Luke Johnson
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Credentials
PhD
Credentials
PhD
Assistant Professor
Biography
Research Summary
Dr. Johnson's research addresses critical questions regarding the brain mechanisms underlying Parkinson's disease and how to develop new and more effective strategies to deliver DBS therapies. His new methods and techniques will also have broader importance and will impact the development of other applications (e.g. brain-machine interfaces) and therapies for additional brain conditions (e.g. epilepsy, depression and dystonia).He is utilizing neurophysiology (single unit, multi-unit and local field potentials) and behavioral approaches in models of Parkinson's disease (PD) to advance the understanding of PD pathophysiology and mechanisms of deep brain stimulation (DBS).
He is also investigating stimulation paradigms that use neural biomarkers for closed-loop control of DBS for the treatment of motor and non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease.
Education
PhD,
Johns Hopkins University
Major: Biomedical Engineering
BS,
Washington University in St Louis
Major: Biomedical Engineering
BA,
Luther College
Major: Physics
Contact
Contact
Address
LRB/MTRF, Rm 4072001 6th Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455