The benefits of deep-brain stimulation for a minimally conscious patient
The benefits of deep-brain stimulation for a minimally conscious patient have recently been reported in the journal Nature (click here for the article), as presented in a previous SCR post by Thomas Ramsoy. Here is another article on this same minimally conscious patient, whose identity remains undisclosed, written by Tom Valeo (image from the article). […]
The benefits of deep-brain stimulation for a minimally conscious patient have recently been reported in the journal Nature (click here for the article), as presented in a previous SCR post by Thomas Ramsoy. Here is another article on this same minimally conscious patient, whose identity remains undisclosed, written by Tom Valeo (image from the article).
Click here to watch a video on Sarah Scantlin, a patient who was stuck in a minimally conscious state for 20 years.
Sorry, but not really new:
Yamamoto T et al.
Deep brain stimulation therapy for the vegetative state.
Neuropsychol Rehabil. 2005 Jul-Sep;15(3-4):406-13:
10 years experience, 21 patients, similar theoretical background.
I wonder why Schiff et al. haven`t discussed that work or even cited it. What exactly makes their single-case different, so it could be published in NATURE?
On August 25 of 1997 I experienced a bruised brain in a MVA acc- ident, hence I sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury.