Herman Darrow Lab

In our human neuroscience lab, we bridge intracranial electrophysiology and direct brain stimulation with noninvasive magnetoencephalography and neuromodulation

[Herman Darrow Lab @HermanDarrowLab]

This week we’re showcasing episode 5 in the Craniotomy series. The topic is eating disorders and decision making with Ann Haynos, PhD. Check it out on @spotifypodcasts or our website! #neuroscience #decisionsdecisions #psychiatry #neurosurgery #behaviora… https://t.co/Uc4YtOhYdr

[Marshall T. Holland, MD, MS @DocMHolland]

Great talk by @daviddarrow from the @HermanDarrowLab on exciting work pushing the treatment of facial pain forward. #CNS2026

[David Darrow, MD @daviddarrow]

Read Dr. Bag's amazing story of #stroke recovery!

[David Darrow, MD @daviddarrow]

Paired VNS, expert rehabilitation and a patient’s hard work. Grateful to Dr. Mirza Baig, psychiatrist, for sharing his stroke recovery story and privileged to be a part of his care. https://t.co/FH1wZr9Ndx

[University of Minnesota Medical School @umnmedschool]

🧠 A University of Minnesota research team received a $3.8M NIH grant for testing personalized brain stimulation for severe, treatment-resistant central neuropathic pain.

Read more: https://t.co/3t2ExMxp3P

#BrainStimulation #NeuropathicPain

[David Darrow, MD @daviddarrow]

Some mail you never forget opening.

Thank you @NIH @NIH_NINDS + the HEAL Initiative for funding SENAP, a trial for central neuropathic pain: pain generated by the brain itself after stroke, MS, or spinal cord injury.

We finally know where it lives. Now we get to go there. 🧠

[University of Minnesota Medical School @umnmedschool]

Congratulations to Dr. David Darrow of @umnneurosurgery, whose project was selected as one of just four awardees in the inaugural UMN–SNU Research Partnership Seed Grant Program! 🎉

Read more: https://t.co/Zh3wPKRDDg.

@daviddarrow #UMNproud

[David Darrow, MD @daviddarrow]

New TN guideline stakeholder episode: Anna Williams, Melissa Baumbick, Marshall Holland, MD, and Donald Nixdorf, DDS, MS discuss patient-centered priorities with @facialpainassoc .

https://t.co/62CgcOKoib

#TrigeminalNeuralgia #FacialPain #PatientAdvocacy

[David Darrow, MD @daviddarrow]

New trigeminal neuralgia guideline episode: @vishadsukul and I speak with neuroradiologist Ajay Malhotra about MRI protocols, neurovascular compression, secondary causes, recurrence, and imaging standardization. @painsection
https://t.co/2Faa5E9sTg

#TrigeminalNeuralgia #MRI

[David Darrow, MD @daviddarrow]

New paper out in Journal of Neural Engineering.

We tested effective connectivity metrics against simulated brain networks with known ground truth.

Takeaway: if brain communication has time delays, zero-lag methods can fail. Metric choice matters.

https://t.co/22GrQHhMRs

[David Darrow, MD @daviddarrow]

We are excited to be a part of this community to further efforts to understand and treat #bipolardisorder where we hope to bring biological insight back to psychiatry @UMNews @umnneurosurgery with @ZiadNahas7 @DrDamienFair @TNetoff @AlexHermanMDPhD @HermanDarrowLab

[Damien Fair @DrDamienFair]

I still get chills

Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts

Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE

see paper, thread
https://t.co/8bdB2pXxQa

[David Darrow, MD @daviddarrow]

This is the future. The reality of biological #psychiatry. We listen to the patient, create a personalized map of their brain, use algorithms to disrupt stuck networks, and adapt the stimulation over time while continuing our quest to understand those networks. @umnneurosurgery

[David Darrow, MD @daviddarrow]

🚀 Big news from @HermanDarrowLab Our latest study in Neuroimage presents a game-changing method for analyzing brain signals, offering a deeper understanding of brain function. This technique is a leap forward for #human #neuroscience @umnmedschool https://t.co/HFOBtLgKWG

[Karrie Molitor @Karriemolitor]

Drs. David Darrow, Tay Netoff, and their team have been working with 20 patients with paraplegia who are seeing improvements after receiving a spinal cord implant.

Watch the story here: https://t.co/IF108QCOCp

#MnDRIVE

[UMN Biomedical Engineering @UMNBME]

Patients w/ paraplegia are seeing improvements after receiving a spinal cord implant — one woman even began moving her legs again after 23 yrs. These and other clinical trial results are from Prof. @TNetoff, @daviddarrow & team. @UMNCSE @UMNresearch.

https://t.co/HQNlR2kiAK

[UMN Biomedical Engineering @UMNBME]

Minnesota folks: Tune into tonight's @kare11 6:30pm broadcast for a story about how nerve stimulation is helping patients w/ paralysis move again — a finding from the clinical trial of Prof. Tay Netoff (@TNetoff), @daviddarrow & team.

[World Neurosurgery Journal @WorldNeurosurg]

June '23 News: Impact of Percutaneous Radiofrequency Rhizotomy Temperature on Trigeminal Neuralgia Relief
@daviddarrow

https://t.co/Mdb5Ewshj8

[U of M Neurosurgery @umnneurosurgery]

Faculty member @daviddarrow discusses the ESTAND study with the MplsStarTribune in this article titled, "Paralyzed patients can move again with nerve stimulation, Hennepin County Medical Center clinical trial confirms" | https://t.co/8DHCBbSXjI

[UMN Biomedical Engineering @UMNBME]

Patients w/ paralysis can move again thanks to nerve stimulation — a first-of-its-kind finding in a clinical trial from Prof. Tay Netoff (@TNetoff), @daviddarrow & team.

Read the front-page @StarTribune story: https://t.co/NA1ullMstu

@umnmedschool @UMNresearch @UMNCSE @UMNews

[U of M Neurosurgery @umnneurosurgery]

Impact of Percutaneous Radiofrequency Rhizotomy Temperature on Trigeminal Neuralgia Relief | Coauthors include faculty members Dr. Andrew Grande and Dr. David Darrow (last author) | #trigeminalneuralgia | https://t.co/7GVoak3lHF