Deep brain stimulation boosts near comatose patients

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Robin

By using electrodes to provide electricity thereby boosting signals inside the thalamus, a patient who after a traumatic head injury could only move his eyes and a finger slightly can now communicate, move and eat independently. This could revolutionarise how (near) comatose patients are treated.

Robin

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