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Brain implants are being trialled for their potential to ameliorate treatment-resistant conditions or to restore function. However, there are no clear guidelines for continued access to brain implants for trial participants whose symptoms improve with these devices.

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The authors thank M. Husain and A. Viswanathan for helpful input about issues addressed in this article. Research for this article was funded by the US National Institute of Mental Health (grant R01-MH114854-01 to G.L.M.), the US National Eye Institute (grant R01-EY023336-04 to D.Y.) and the US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (grant UH3-NS100549-01 to W.K.G.).

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  1. Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Gabriel Lázaro-Muñoz & Amy L. McGuire

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Daniel Yoshor

  3. Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Michael S. Beauchamp

  4. Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Wayne K. Goodman

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Lázaro-Muñoz, G., Yoshor, D., Beauchamp, M.S. et al. Continued access to investigational brain implants. Nat Rev Neurosci 19, 317–318 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-018-0004-5

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