Friday, December 07, 2012

Alzheimer pace

Johns Hopkins surgeons implant first brain ‘pacemaker’ for Alzheimer’s disease in US
December 7, 2012

Brain Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have surgically implanted a pacemaker-like device into the brain of a patient in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, the first such operation in the United States. The device, which provides deep brain stimulation and has been used in thousands of people with Parkinson’s disease, is seen as a possible … more…

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