Waking Up: Brain stimulator spurs dramatic improvement years after injury
By Brian Vastag
A man who spent 6 years in a minimally conscious state regained the ability to talk, eat, and move after doctors implanted electrodes deep in his brain.
“The improvements were significant, particularly the communication, because it allowed him to reengage his world,” says Nicholas Schiff, a neuroscientist at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.