Stimulating brains, altering minds.
Deep-brain stimulation has been used to treat advanced Parkinson disease and other neurological and psychiatric disorders that have not responded to other treatments. While deep-brain stimulation can modulate overactive or underactive regions of the brain and thereby improve motor function, it can a...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Medical Ethics Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 289 - 293 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
BMJ Publishing Group
May 2009
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=509044594&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 509044594 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 03066800 MET jtl: Journal of Medical Ethics issn: 03066800 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May 2009 vid: 35 iid: 5 pid: 8280 pub: BMJ Publishing Group artinfo: ui: 509044594 10.1136/jme.2008.027789 ppf: 289 ppct: 4 formats: tig: atl: Stimulating brains, altering minds. aug: au: Glannon, W. su: Brain function localization Brain stimulation implants sug: subj: Brain function localization Brain stimulation implants ab: Deep-brain stimulation has been used to treat advanced Parkinson disease and other neurological and psychiatric disorders that have not responded to other treatments. While deep-brain stimulation can modulate overactive or underactive regions of the brain and thereby improve motor function, it can also cause changes in a patient's thought and personality. This paper discusses the trade-offs between the physiological benefit of this technique and the potential psychological harm. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|