Neuroscience
The research arm of the Pentagon today announced a University of Pennsylvania-led national project to treat memory impairment by delivering very small doses of electricity to the brain, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The $22.5 million, four-year effort seeks treatments for returning veterans who have suffered traumatic brain injury. It relies on the cooperation of patients who already are having electrodes implanted in their brains to treat Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, and other neurological ailments. Researchers will measure brain activity as the patients engage in memory games and other tasks, to determine what electrical patterns are associated with memory when it is operating at peak performance.
The project is led by psychology professor, Michael J. Kahana, PhD. Gordon Baltuch, MD, PhD, neurosurgeon and a team member on the project, characterized it as "extremely ambitious.”
“This is way out there," Baltuch said. "But if there's a group that's going to do it, it's DARPA."
Read the full article here.
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Neuroscience
Penn Neurosurgeons Leading Effort to Treat Veterans' Memory Problems
The project is led by psychology professor, Michael J. Kahana, PhD. Gordon Baltuch, MD, PhD, neurosurgeon and a team member on the project, characterized it as "extremely ambitious.”
“This is way out there," Baltuch said. "But if there's a group that's going to do it, it's DARPA."
Read the full article here.
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