Reprogramming the Brain A Guide to the Future of the Brain and Neuromodulation by a Patient and his Doctor
In June 2021, Doctor and Patient decided that time had come to surgically implant two six-inch-long metal alloy spikes all the way through Ben’s brain. It was felt that the medications Ben was taking to control his Parkinson’s disease had become unmanageable. Back then, Ben was taking about 20 diffe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature Switzerland
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
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Table of Contents:
- Patient Prelude
- Physician Prelude
- What’s in a Name?
- Dysko Joy Ridin’
- To DBS or Not to DBS, that is the Question
- The Black Forest
- The Cards We’re Dealt
- The Future of Cell Replacement Therapies
- From Cooper To FUS
- ADD: Adaptive vs. Directional vs. Distance
- The Three Pillars of DBS
- The Surgeon
- The Family
- Time, Healing and Patience
- The Caregiver’s Burden
- The Day I Thought I Could be Prime Minister of Canada
- Oscillopathies and You
- What’s it like letting an Algorithm Run Your Brain
- Is aDBS a Cure?
- Brain Conquistadores
- The Coming Wave
- The Art of Neuroscience
- The Alignment Problem
- DBS in Crisis
- The Future of Neuromodulation
- Epilogue – To Elon Musk, On the Future of Our Brains