College of Medicine
Butson Lab
Led by Christopher R Butson · Neurology
What we study
The Butson Lab studies neuromodulation, which uses electrical stimulation to treat brain disorders like epilepsy and Tourette syndrome. They focus on optimizing stimulation techniques and identifying the best targets for therapy.
What working here is like
- Clinical
- Computational
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Optimizing Neuromodulation Therapies for Epilepsy
Identifying the best patients, brain areas, and timing for epilepsy treatment using stimulation.
Defining Targets for Tic Detection and Suppression in Tourette Syndrome Deep Brain Stimulation
Finding the most effective stimulation targets to reduce tics in Tourette syndrome.
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Recent papers, explained
- A comparative study of video-based and electromyography-based detection of tics
2026 · Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Compares video and electromyography methods for detecting tics in Tourette syndrome patients.
- Revisiting the role of structural connectivity-based parcellation in thalamic nuclei segmentation: Benchmarking against recent state-of-the-art methods
2026 · PLoS ONE
Compares methods for segmenting thalamic nuclei using high-resolution MRI data and historical atlases.
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- Circadian modulation of aperiodic background and oscillatory activity as a biomarker of seizure burden in Lennox–Gastaut syndrome
2026 · Epilepsia
Tests whether circadian brain activity patterns can track seizure frequency in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome patients.
- Modeling DBS Tolerability in Tourette Syndrome: Unilateral and Bilateral Effects Characterization
2026 · UF Journal of Undergraduate Research
Models how stimulation affects side effects in Tourette syndrome patients using data from unilateral and bilateral DBS trials.
- Evaluating Deep Brain Stimulation Tolerability in Tourette Syndrome
2025 · UF Journal of Undergraduate Research
Evaluates DBS tolerability in Tourette syndrome patients, finding higher thresholds for side effects in the aGPi.
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