New Parkinson's treatment method in which the brain itself controls implanted electrodesAdaptive Deep Brain Stimulation (aDBS) only gives pulses when the patient's brain itself asks for them. Amsterdam UMC neurologist Martijn Beudel has been researching aDBS for over 10 years. On 13 January, 2025, the first patient in the world was treated 'tailor-made' with this method outside of study.
More people in the Netherlands affected by MS than previously estimatedUp until a few years ago, it was believed that approximately 1 in 1,000 people in the Netherlands had Multiple Sclerosis (MS), totaling around 18,000 individuals. However, recent findings indicate that the actual prevalence is significantly higher.
ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to Betty Tijms Amsterdam Neuroscience researcher Betty Tijms has been awarded the European Research Council – Consolidator Grant. With nearly 3 million euros in funding, she will investigate whether the five biological variants of Alzheimer’s disease, that she previously discovered, respond differently to medication.
