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The present invention relates to a combined neuromodulation and/or neurostimulation system (10) for mitigating locomotor deficits of/or neuronal disorders, especially Parkinson's disease, said system (10) comprising: - at least one Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) System for providing Deep Brain Stimulation to brain tissue of a subject (P), - at least one control unit, configured and adapted to provide stimulation data, - at least one stimulation unit (12), operatively connected to the at least one control unit, the at least one stimulation unit (12) being configured and adapted to deliver epidural electrical stimulation (EES) to the dorsal side of the spinal cord (S) of said subject (P), and - at least one implantable pulse generator (IPG) (13), wherein the at least one stimulation unit (12) includes one or more electrodes (14) configured to be implanted epidurally, the one or more electrodes (14) being operatively connected to the at least one IPG (13).
Grégoire Courtine, Jordan Squair, Markus Maximilian Rieger
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