Deep Brain Simulation Summary

This summary consists of the experience and results obtained by different scientists after manipulating the brains of people, to control and monitor the thalamus, and other parts of the brain. These experiments allow the scientists involved in the study to study the effect of deep brain stimulation and the effect that is has on sleep. For instance, deep brain stimulation abbreviates (DBS). The stimulation consists of performing different surgeries on patients that had experienced tremors with no apparent cause. For instance, these studies began in 1995 in places like Europe, Canada, and Australia (Patrick Regina, 2006). The deep brain stimulator is a device that was utilized for pain treatment as well. This is because the scientists that utilized the DBS to treat patients, believed in the theory which states that pain is a result of somatic signals being obstructed from stimulating certain areas, like the thalamus. Other discoveries about DBS are that the surgery stopped abnormal movements in chronic pain patients. This is a great discovery, that allowed the patients who underwent this surgery to stop having abnormal movements that …show more content…
For instance, the tip of the lead contains four electrodes. Each of the electrodes stimulate an area of the tissue. Also, the other end of the lead is connected to a neurostimulator by an extension wire. Also, the neurostimulator produces the stimulatory pulses, and these are transmitted to the leas by the extension wire. Furthermore, the surgery is performed by placing the person’s head within a stereostatic frame, which is a semi-circled frame where a person puts the head in the middle, and the study is performed. This is done this way, in order to make measurements and determine precisely where to insert the lead. Also, the frame allows to keep the head in position during the experiments, and to prevent movement accidents (Patrick Regina,