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Published online 29 January 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.538
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Brain electrodes can improve learning
Memory-prompting abilities of brain stimulation discovered by accident.
Electrodes implanted into the brain of a patient undergoing an experimental treatment for obesity have surprisingly improved his memory skills.
The startling and unexpected effects — reported in Annals of Neurology1 — have prompted the Canadian team of neurologists to launch a new deep-brain stimulation (DBS) trial in patients with early Alzheimer’s disease.
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