Fierce Biotech December 5, 2023
For the first time, according to researchers, an implanted device has successfully demonstrated an ability to improve the long-term effects of traumatic brain injuries.
The researchers—representing Stanford University, Weill Cornell Medicine, Harvard Medical School and several other institutions—published the results of a small study in Nature this week, describing how the use of deep brain stimulation technology was linked to improvements in five participants’ scores on standard cognition tests.
The participants had all experienced moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injuries between three and 18 years before the study began, and all were able to regain at least some of the cognitive functions that they’d lost to the injuries, according to the results.
The implanted neurostimulation device was designed to activate the central...
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