| US 7,565,199 B2 | ||
| Methods for treating and/or collecting information regarding neurological disorders, including language disorders | ||
| Warren Douglas Sheffield, Seattle, Wash. (US); and Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Wayland, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc., Plano, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 09, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/731,892. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/432073, filed on Dec. 09, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/515309, filed on Oct. 28, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0033378 A1, Feb. 10, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 607—45 [607/50; 600/411] | 57 Claims |
| 2. A method for selecting a stimulation site in a language-disorder patient, comprising:
administering a neuroexcitatory drug to a patient;
directing the patient to perform a language-based task;
directing information to be collected, the information corresponding to a level of neural activity in the patient's brain
while the patient performs the language-based task with the neuroexcitatory drug active in the patient's body; and
based at least in part on the information, selecting a stimulation site within the patient's skull for receiving an electrode
coupleable to an electrical current.
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