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#87: The Future of the Brain - Miguel Nicolelis, MD, PhD

The FitMind Podcast: Mental Fitness, Neuroscience & Psychology

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Parkinson's and Epilepsy in Animals?

Scientists have found a way to stimulate the spinal cord in Parkinson's patients. The treatment has had tremendous benefits, particularly for subgroup of Parkinson's patients that are what we call frozen. And when you stimulate this spinal cord, you can see that this freezing state melts in front of you and they start walking normally.

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