Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Treatment Shows Promise in the Most Difficult Cases

Talan, Jamie

ISBN 10: 193259437X / ISBN 13: 9781932594379

Published by Dana Press, 2009

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Synopsis:

There are disorders that defy treatment with prescribed pharmaceuticals: a man’s hands shake so hard that he cannot hold anything; a woman is mired in severe inescapable depression. For these patients and others, an alternative is emerging: deep brain stimulation. In this fascinating and timely investigation, well-known science writer Jamie Talan explains a cutting-edge medical development that is surprising and impressing researchers around the world.

More than 40,000 people worldwide have undergone deep brain stimulation, which involves implanting electrodes in the brain that are connected to a device similar to a pacemaker. With compelling profiles of patients and an introduction to doctors and scientists who are pioneering the research, Talan describes the ways in which deep brain stimulation has produced promising results in the treatment of diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and dystonia—as well as the ethical issues that have arisen in the course of this research.

About the Author:

Science writer Jamie Talan shared the 1998 Edgar Award with Richard Firstman for best nonfiction for The Death of Innocents, a story of forensic science that was also a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Talan covered neuroscience for Newsday for more than twenty years and is currently science writer-in-residence at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in New York. 

Bibliographic Details

Title: Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Treatment ...
Publisher: Dana Press
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
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