Long-Term Alleviation of Parkinsonian Resting Tremor Using Wireless Optogenetic Nanonetworks.

Resting tremor is one of the major symptoms of Parkinson's disease, which causes havoc in motor functions of the body, has its genesis in communication impairments in the subthalamic nucleus of the basal ganglia. The modern sophisticated surgical treatments, including electrical deep brain stimulation do not yield satisfactory results due to their inability to provide long-term cure and minimize side effects, such as discomfort and increased infection rates. In this work, we propose a novel system based on the emerging communication technology of wireless optogenetic networks of neural dusts to provide a long-term solution for the alleviation of resting tremor.