Brain Tumor and Movement Disorders
Bornali Kundu, MD, PhD, is a neurosurgeon at the University of Missouri School of Medicine. Her laboratory investigates how cognitive functions such as working memory are supported by structural and functional brain networks, and how brain stimulation can be harnessed to treat network-based disorders like epilepsy and movement disorders.
Implanted brain stimulation devices have transformed the treatment of functional disorders, including epilepsy and movement disorders. Yet, the precise ways in which neurostimulation influences brain activity and modifies pathological circuits remain unclear. The Kundu Lab aims to elucidate how brain stimulation alters large-scale brain networks, with the ultimate goal of advancing treatments for network disorders—especially those involving memory dysfunction.