The Electric Brain

The Electric Brain

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“The Electric Brain”

About Deep Brain Stimulation

What is DBS?
- The Cleveland Clinic

- Mayo Clinic

– Medtronic (manufacturer of DBS device)

Watch a DBS surgery, from Wake Forest Univ

Many doctors perform this surgery across Washington and the U.S. This story featured Dr. Peter Nora at Swedish Hospital’s Seattle Neuroscience Institute

About Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

What is TMS?

- From the journal Psychiatry

- From TMS researchers in Australia

Society for Transcranial Stimulation

TMS machines are made by Neuronetics and Medtronic

The research study on TMS for depression is conducted at Harborview Medical Center, by Dr. David Avery

Research study on TMS for depression

A Canadian company called MindCare Centres provides TMS treatments in Vancouver and Toronto.

About Brain-Computer Interface and Neuro-prosthetics

A scientific overview of current research -- click here

A sampling of the research at the University of Washington, featured in this story:

- Department of Computer Science – Rajesh Rao

- Department of Physiology and Bioengineering -- Eberhard Fetz

- Program in Neurobiology and Behavior

Understanding the brain:

Simple Interactive tour inside the brain

Detailed interactive tour inside the brain

Brain science news and research – The DANA Foundation

Is the brain like a computer?

Neuroscience for Kids

Music from this series

Song featured in Part 1: "Waiting for My Real Life to Begin" by Colin Hay, from the album "Going Somewhere"

Series theme song: "Help for Your Aching" from the album "Bundle of Joy" by the band Land of the Loops