What do you think?

[POSITIVEPERSON]

What do you think abou tthe brian dead being stimulated and brought back to life?



Riva

[Bernard]

What, like Frankenstein?

[POSITIVEPERSON]

No, they have been doing this and the fda is getting ready to ok it too,from what they said on the news. They used depth electordes and stimulated the brain.


Riva

[Bernard]

So we are talking about dead brain, live body then?

I don't have any experience or knowledge in that area, so I really don't have a strong opinion. On the surface, it seems like a bad idea though.

[Birdbomb]

Got a link to a news article or study on this?

[POSITIVEPERSON]

Sorry no it was on the news tonite


Riva

[POSITIVEPERSON]

I was corrected in the EFA board.
I heard it was to help people who have suffered from a brain injury....they are not dead.....here is the link to the story....

Doctor's Awaken Man 6 Years After Brain Injury

Sorry for the misunderstanding

Riva

[Birdbomb]

Brain-Injured Man Speaks After 6 Years
Source

[Wally]

Just imagine what they are learning from this.......

[Bernard]

From the article Birdbomb found:

Before the electrodes were implanted the man was in what doctors call a "minimally conscious state." That means he showed only occasional awareness of himself and the environment. In a coma or vegetative state, by contrast, patients show no outward signs of awareness.

He was never in a coma - but he might as well have been.

The man described in the Nature study speaks in a breathy but audible voice, said Dr. Joseph Giacino, a co-lead author. He does not initiate conversations but can reply to others, typically with one to three words, said Giacino, of the JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison, N.J.

Several weeks ago he recited the first half of the Pledge of Allegiance without assistance, Giacino said.

The man also recovered some movement. He can demonstrate motions such as brushing his teeth, said study lead author Dr. Nicholas Schiff of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. He can't actually carry out that task because the tendons in his arms contracted after years of immobility.

"He is still totally dependent and severely disabled," Schiff said.

But the treatment has helped him, the man's mother said in a statement. "Now, my son can eat, express himself and let us know if he is in pain. He enjoys a qualify of life we never thought possible," she said.

6 years in a "minimally conscious state" with muscles all atrophied only to be awakened to enough consciousness to realize you are a prisoner in your own bed? Uh, no thanks.