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Recap APH Junified 2026: Boost your AI skills On June 18, the sixth edition of APH Junified took place: a yearly event organized for APH early and midcareer researchers. This year’s edition, themed ‘Boost your AI skills’, focused on developing AI skills.
7-Tesla MRI scan improves DBS treatment in Parkinson’s disease By using a powerful 7-tesla MRI scan to examine the brain in great detail before surgery, neurosurgeons can place electrodes more accurately during Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). As a result, more patients with Parkinson’s disease benefit from the treatment, and the average improvement in motor symptoms is greater. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by Yarit Wiggerts, Maarten Bot, and colleagues of the Department of Neurosurgery at Amsterdam UMC.
- Brain & Psychiatry
Meet the Scientist: Hadi Seddiqi! In our series of 'Meet the AMS scientist', we shine the light on outstanding AMS researchers and dive into their background, what drives them, what their work brings them and what they bring to their work.