Patent Document ID: 9669216
Application ID: 14977065
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system 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 system comprising: a stimulation device comprising at least one electrode implantable in 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; and a signal generator configured to be connected to the at least one electrode to electronically stimulate said tissue of the neural circuit through the at least one electrode to thereby increase or decrease the level, of the one or more neurotrophic factors and therefore treat or alleviate the neurological disorder.