Posted on Jun 20, 2015
Grant to implant devices to provide deep stimulation to areas not functioning properly in cases like PTSD,TBI & depressions
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CBS News, 10 June 2015
“A push by the military to find mental health treatment for men and women returning from war is leading to the biggest surge of research in decades. Massachusetts General Hospital researchers received a $30 million grant from a defense agency to create an implantable brain device that deep stimulates parts of the brain not functioning properly, specifically in people suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury or major depression.
“A push by the military to find mental health treatment for men and women returning from war is leading to the biggest surge of research in decades. Massachusetts General Hospital researchers received a $30 million grant from a defense agency to create an implantable brain device that deep stimulates parts of the brain not functioning properly, specifically in people suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury or major depression.
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Terrific! Our Service members returning with injuries deserve as much peace as possible, if this device would allow all of us to live a more normal fulfilled life than I am all for it.
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There has been promising work done with this to repair previously untreatable spinal cord injury in animal studies.
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