Comments on: Waves in the brain http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/31/waves-in-the-brain/ What associations do you have with waves? Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:39:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: levende http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/31/waves-in-the-brain/#comment-91 levende Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:57:03 +0000 http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/31/waves-in-the-brain/#comment-91 Great input! Talking of Hollywood and its both benevolent and malevolent "treatment" of illness, Michael J. Fox getting Parkinson's Disease at a young age, and later talking openly about it, really changed the attitude of many people. My mom had PD and was embarrassed by the tremour but it helped her to see a public person talk about it. When a PD patient is beyond medical treatment (or if the side effects of the meds are too hard to live with), a "brain pacemaker" (DBS=Deep Brain Stimulation) device can be implanted in the brain in order to send electrical impulses to designated places in the brain. Great input!

Talking of Hollywood and its both benevolent and malevolent “treatment” of illness, Michael J. Fox getting Parkinson’s Disease at a young age, and later talking openly about it, really changed the attitude of many people. My mom had PD and was embarrassed by the tremour but it helped her to see a public person talk about it.

When a PD patient is beyond medical treatment (or if the side effects of the meds are too hard to live with), a “brain pacemaker” (DBS=Deep Brain Stimulation) device can be implanted in the brain in order to send electrical impulses to designated places in the brain.

]]> By: herinde http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/31/waves-in-the-brain/#comment-90 herinde Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:34:29 +0000 http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/31/waves-in-the-brain/#comment-90 Amazing how powerful a movie can be. I remember the electroshock treatments being depicted more like an execution than a treatment. More like a trip to the electric chair than any sort of precise medical tool (even though they can be scary too). Back in the early days electroshock was probably a really unpleasent experience because it was done without the anasthesia ... There's still some controversy about the side effects: http://www.berlingske.dk/indland/artikel:aid=852050 Amazing how powerful a movie can be. I remember the electroshock treatments being depicted more like an execution than a treatment. More like a trip to the electric chair than any sort of precise medical tool (even though they can be scary too). Back in the early days electroshock was probably a really unpleasent experience because it was done without the anasthesia …

There’s still some controversy about the side effects:
http://www.berlingske.dk/indland/artikel:aid=852050

]]> By: Nadja http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/31/waves-in-the-brain/#comment-86 Nadja Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:24:27 +0000 http://www.shareabrainwave.net/2007/01/31/waves-in-the-brain/#comment-86 Wauw - this is literally a post on brainwaves :-) It is interesting how the idea of health and cures change over time - and what it takes to make it change. And you're right, it's incredibly often that it takes a star or a Hollywood-block-buster to change the trends <i>(waves)</i> of even the most scientific matters. Wauw - this is literally a post on brainwaves :-)

It is interesting how the idea of health and cures change over time - and what it takes to make it change. And you’re right, it’s incredibly often that it takes a star or a Hollywood-block-buster to change the trends (waves) of even the most scientific matters.

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