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Jill L. Ostrem is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco, in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and neuroscience, with a focus on neurology and related subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's work concentrates on several major topics, notably:

  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Neuroscience and neural engineering
  • Genetic neurodegenerative diseases
  • EEG and brain-computer interfaces
  • Botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation studies

Jill L. Ostrem has published extensively, with frequent contributions to journals such as:

  • Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • JAMA Neurology
  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders

Recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • "Long-term wireless streaming of neural recordings for circuit discovery and adaptive stimulation in individuals with Parkinson's disease" (2021), published in Nature Biotechnology
  • "Parkinson's Disease" (2024), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Chronic adaptive deep brain stimulation versus conventional stimulation in Parkinson's disease: a blinded randomized feasibility trial" (2024), published in Nature Medicine
  • "Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation with a multiple independent constant current-controlled device in Parkinson's disease (INTREPID): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, sham-controlled study" (2020), published in The Lancet Neurology
  • "Mapping dysfunctional circuits in the frontal cortex using deep brain stimulation" (2024), published in Nature Neuroscience

Frequent collaborators in Jill L. Ostrem's research include Philip A. Starr, Simon Little, Ian O. Bledsoe, Doris D. Wang, and Sarah Wang, reflecting longstanding partnerships in neurological research.

Best Publications

  • Safety and tolerability of intraputaminal delivery of CERE-120 (adeno-associated virus serotype 2–neurturin) to patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease: an open-label, phase I trial

    William J Marks;Jill L Ostrem;Leonard Verhagen;Philip A Starr

  • Physiological activation of a cortical network during performance of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test: A positron emission tomography study

    Karen Faith Berman;Jill L. Ostrem;Christopher Randolph;James Gold

  • Gene delivery of AAV2-neurturin for Parkinson's disease: a double-blind, randomised, controlled trial.

    William J Marks;Raymond T Bartus;Joao Siffert;Charles S Davis

  • Therapeutic deep brain stimulation reduces cortical phase-amplitude coupling in Parkinson's disease

    Coralie de Hemptinne;Nicole C Swann;Jill L Ostrem;Elena S Ryapolova-Webb

  • Exaggerated phase–amplitude coupling in the primary motor cortex in Parkinson disease

    Coralie de Hemptinne;Elena S. Ryapolova-Webb;Ellen L. Air;Paul A. Garcia

  • Modulation of cognition-specific cortical activity by gonadal steroids: A positron-emission tomography study in women

    Karen Faith Berman;Peter J. Schmidt;David R. Rubinow;Merry A. Danaceau

  • Adaptive deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease using motor cortex sensing.

    Nicole C Swann;Coralie de Hemptinne;Margaret C Thompson;Svjetlana Miocinovic

  • Microelectrode-guided implantation of deep brain stimulators into the globus pallidus internus for dystonia: techniques, electrode locations, and outcomes.

    Philip A. Starr;Robert S. Turner;Geoff Rau;Nadja Lindsey

  • Gamma Oscillations in the Hyperkinetic State Detected with Chronic Human Brain Recordings in Parkinson's Disease

    Nicole C. Swann;Coralie de Hemptinne;Svjetlana Miocinovic;Salman Qasim

  • Long-term wireless streaming of neural recordings for circuit discovery and adaptive stimulation in individuals with Parkinson's disease.

    Ro’ee Gilron;Simon Little;Randy Perrone;Robert Wilt

  • Spontaneous Pallidal Neuronal Activity in Human Dystonia: Comparison With Parkinson’s Disease and Normal Macaque

    Philip A. Starr;Geoff M. Rau;Valerie Davis;William J. Marks

  • Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulator placement using high-field interventional magnetic resonance imaging and a skull-mounted aiming device: technique and application accuracy.

    Philip A. Starr;Alastair J. Martin;Jill L. Ostrem;Pekka Talke

  • Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in primary cervical dystonia

    J.L. Ostrem;C.A. Racine;G.A. Glass;J.K. Grace

  • Efficacy and Safety of Deep Brain Stimulation in Tourette Syndrome: The International Tourette Syndrome Deep Brain Stimulation Public Database and Registry

    Daniel Martinez-Ramirez;Joohi Jimenez-Shahed;James Frederick Leckman;Mauro Porta

  • Treatment of Dystonia with Deep Brain Stimulation

    Jill L. Ostrem;Philip A. Starr

  • Subthalamic nucleus neurons are synchronized to primary motor cortex local field potentials in Parkinson's disease.

    Shoichi A. Shimamoto;Elena S. Ryapolova-Webb;Jill L. Ostrem;Nicholas B. Galifianakis

  • Is there cognitive decline in schizophrenia? A cross-sectional study.

    Thomas M. Hyde;Safia Nawroz;Terry E. Goldberg;Llewellyn B. Bigelow

  • Oscillations in sensorimotor cortex in movement disorders: an electrocorticography study.

    Andrea L. Crowell;Elena S. Ryapolova-Webb;Jill L. Ostrem;Nicholas B. Galifianakis

  • Pedunculopontine nucleus deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease: A clinical review

    Wesley Thevathasan;Bettina Debu;Tipu Aziz;Bastiaan R Bloem

  • Pallidal deep brain stimulation in patients with cranial-cervical dystonia (Meige syndrome).

    Jill L. Ostrem;Jill L. Ostrem;William J. Marks;William J. Marks;Monica M. Volz;Susan L. Heath

  • Uncoupling Cognitive Workload and Prefrontal Cortical Physiology: A PET rCBF Study

    Terry E. Goldberg;Karen Faith Berman;Kirsten Fleming;Jill Ostrem

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip A. Starr
Philip A. Starr University of California, San Francisco
Michael S. Okun
Michael S. Okun University of Florida
Kelly D. Foote
Kelly D. Foote University of Florida
Andres M. Lozano
Andres M. Lozano University of Toronto
Robert Turner
Robert Turner Max Planck Society
Daniel R. Weinberger
Daniel R. Weinberger Johns Hopkins University
Marwan Hariz
Marwan Hariz Umeå University
Karen F. Berman
Karen F. Berman National Institutes of Health
Ayşegül Gündüz
Ayşegül Gündüz University of Florida
Christopher R. Butson
Christopher R. Butson University of Utah

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