Scientists reveal brain circuit mechanisms underlying arousal regulation
Friday, December 11, 2015 - 11:40
in Health & Medicine
Adjusting a specific deep-brain circuit’s firing frequency immediately and dramatically alters rats’ forebrain activity and alertness levels, Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have shown. The findings, published online Dec. 10 in eLife, hold direct implications for an increasingly widespread therapeutic approach called deep-brain stimulation. They point to DBS’s potential for restoring consciousness in minimally […]