洛杉矶加州大学神经外科医生伊查克·弗莱德在其发表在《自然》杂志的论文中,就介绍过这么一个例子:弗莱德当时正在研究一名16岁癫痫少女的大脑,以寻找刺激其癫痫发作的发作根源,结果却发现了一个奇怪的现象:只要他给病人的左前叶(说到底就是一个不足1平方英寸的区域)施加电流,那个女孩就会笑出声来。
Take the case of a 16-year-old girl described four years ago in Nature by neurosurgeon Itzhak Fried of the University of California at Los Angeles.
人们已经在探讨这无意中的发现。六名阿尔茨海默氏症病人已植入DBS,以观察他们是否能重复结果。
This unintentionally discovery is already being explored. Six Alzheimer's patients have been implanted with DBS in order to see if they can recreate the findings.
他说,需要进行更多更大型的研究以弄清脑中所发生的变化,但是,目前的发现显示,音乐或许为中风病人增添了一个简单实惠的治疗策略选择。
Larger studies are needed to better understand exactly what is going on but these findings show that music may offer a cheap, easy additional treatment for stroke patients, he said.
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