“…This device, Activa PC+S ( Medtronic, Inc ), allows chronic, intermittent collection of field potential data over years, initiated either by investigators in the clinic, by patients in their homes, or by automated algorithms 1,2,30,32,33 . The device is available to research groups worldwide under investigator-initiated protocols, or under CE Mark in European countries 15,20,27 . In our study, the stimulation/sensing pulse generator is attached to both a basal ganglia and a cortical electrode array, to allow multisite recordings for network-level analyses.…”