通过激发深层大脑核的刺激来唤醒
1Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland. hugh@iol.ie.
Nature
|March 7, 2008
概括
对中线胸膜核的深脑刺激成功地提醒了一个处于最小意识状态的患者. 这种有针对性的方法为恢复意识和改善患者结果提供了新的希望.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 神经学 神经学
- 神经外科 神经外科
背景情况:
- 深度大脑刺激 (DBS) 是一种新兴的治疗意识障碍的疗法.
- 中线 thalamus 在兴奋和意识中起着至关重要的作用.
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