Monday, May 20, 2013

Young stroke victim recovers with help from new electrical stimulation technology

Bad reporting here.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/05/20/electric-stimulation-treatments-help-young-stroke-victim/
This paragraph is totally wrong.
use electricity to stimulate the damaged portions of his brain and the neural connections between the brain and muscles.
Should be
use electricity to stimulate the nerves of his hand and leg and hope that his brain figures out how to fire those nerves directly.

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