deep brain stimulation
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In a First, Scientists Used Personalised Brain Stimulation to Successfully Treat a Person’s Severe Depression
For some people with difficult-to-treat depression, a personalised, implanted device for the brain might provide relief when nothing else can, a new case study published Monday suggests. Researchers claim, for the first time, to have used custom-fitted deep brain stimulation to substantially alleviate a patient’s decades-long bout with severe depression. Though there are many questions…
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A Lightning Strike Shut Off A Woman’s Brain Implant, And It Could Have Been Even Worse
It’s the sort of story that you’d find in a Marvel movie, but with far less cool consequences. Doctors in Slovenia have reported what they say is the first instance of lightning shutting down a person’s brain implant.
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Why People With Brain Implants Are Afraid To Go Through Automatic Doors
In 2009, Gary Olhoeft walked into a Best Buy to buy some DVDs. He walked out with his whole body twitching and convulsing. Olhoeft has a brain implant, tiny bits of microelectronic circuitry that deliver electrical impulses to his motor cortex in order to control the debilitating tremors he suffers as a symptom of Parkinson’s…
