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Giving the brain a tiny jolt

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A study in a prestigious medical journal will likely spread the word about a therapy using a Medtronic pacemaker-like device to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

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  • added January 07, 2009
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3 responses // Giving the brain a tiny jolt

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    Looks like this is the same Medtronic device (essentially) now FDA-approved to treat chronic Major Depression. Zap me, baby.

    grusgune
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    Larry Niven predicted the end of Drug-Abuse/Addiction due to this...termed WIREHEADING in many of His novels...

    Gargaryun
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    You nailed that one! Larry Niven predicted just that in his novels. "Ringworld" is still one of my favourite Sci-Fi reads.

    RCS
    • RCS
    • 6 months ago

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