Ultrasound Used to “Jump-Start” Patient’s Brain out of a Coma

[Cheesus]

A 25-year old man has made incredible progress after doctors "jump-started" his brain out of a coma using ultrasound. The team asserts that further study is needed to determine how effective this ultrasound technique really is, but they have high hopes.

As its name suggests, the treatment made use of sonic stimulation to stir up the neurons in the thalamus—the brain’s focal center for processing information. This was done because, as previous assertions likely made clear, doctors hoped that this would help “jump-start” his brain back to functionality. And notably, according to the UCLA Newsroom’s release, the patient has regained full consciousness and full language comprehension just after three days.

http://futurism.com/world-first-ultrasound-used-to-jump-start-patients-brain-out-of-a-coma/

 

[Snowdrop]

Good to know. I'm at the point where I'd like to be put in a coma.
So, useful if they know how to reverse that.

 

[taniaaust1]

maybe they can find ways to jump start memory too.