Deep brain stimulation improves cognition after injury
December 05, 2023
December 05, 2023
ITHACA, New York, Dec. 5 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Five people who had life-altering, seemingly irreversible cognitive deficits following moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries showed substantial improvements in their cognition and quality of life after receiving an experimental form of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in a phase 1 clinical trial.
The trial, reported Dec. 4 in Nature Medicine, was led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, S . . .
Five people who had life-altering, seemingly irreversible cognitive deficits following moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries showed substantial improvements in their cognition and quality of life after receiving an experimental form of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in a phase 1 clinical trial.
The trial, reported Dec. 4 in Nature Medicine, was led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine, S . . .