Patent Document ID: 8078275
Application ID: 11303619
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for regulating the level of one or more neurotrophic factors in neural tissue of the cortex or sub-cortex to treat or alleviate a neurological disorder involving neuronal loss or damage, the method comprising: (A) sensing a symptom of the neurological disorder within said neural tissue of the cortex or sub-cortex, wherein said sensing detects amounts of said one or more neurotrophic factors; and (B) relaying said sensing to a signal generator to deliver electrical stimulation to the tissue of a neural circuit of the limbic system selected from the group consisting of the hippocampus, the fornix, the mammillary body, the anterior thalamic nuclei, and the cingulate gyrus through an electrode to thereby increase or decrease the level of the one or more neurotrophic factors and treat or alleviate the neurological disorder.