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Nature Medicine 13, 1025 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nm0907-1025
Sparking consciousness
Katherine Stevens
By fostering functional neural activation, deep brain stimulation (DBS) led a man to regain communication after spending six years in a minimally conscious state, according to a recent case report in Nature ( 448, 600–603).After a severe traumatic injury, neural circuits can be disrupted.
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