The Pros And Cons Of Deep Brain Stimulation

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In medicine, there are always new issues arising every year, decade, and millennium due to the drastic change our world is experiencing. New technology has given us the opportunity to to create new machines and revolutionize our modern world. This does not slow down when it comes to medicine. The medical field has drastically grown and has been the first to witness what the modern world has done for us. People are living longer, diseases are being eradicated, and treatment is getting better. But this is only mostly true. When one talks about the Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States, not much is known about them or how they can be cured. The treatment options are very limited to those individuals who have been diagnosed as being in …show more content…
These two states of comatose-ness have two very different odds of recovery. Today, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is used in a variety of other neurological diseases and conditions, including in patients who are in a VS and in a MCS. In a study conducted at the Nihon University School of Medicine in Japan, Doctor Yamamoto conducted a study involving DBS and its affects on VS and MCS. DBS was first introduced in 1987 when doctors implanted electrodes into patients who had Parkinson disease (Chen 200-212). This procedure amplifies the activity in the brain by activating the synapses and allowing them to communicate more efficiently (Chen 200-212). DBS also increases the cerebral blood flow which then stimulates neurogenesis, the process in which impaired parts of the brain regenerate resulting in the repairment of the damage tissue (Chen 200-212). The electrodes provide a small current that aids in the lessening of the tremors the patients were experiencing due to their condition (Chen 200-212). DBS thus gives patients the potential to awaken, effectively pulling them out of their comatose
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