This is not a top secret military base like Area 51 in Stargate SG1, but an area of the brain (Brodmann Area 25) that has been shown to have suppressed activity in people with extreme sadness.
Canadian doctors have shown that deep brain stimulation of this area can help some patients with treatment resistant depression. In a new study with the acronym BROADEN , a pacemaker will send pulses to the brain.
Is this similar to the cortical implant or node in the Borg lady named Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan)?
Built into every cortical node is a fail-safe mechanism designed to shut down the higher brain functions when the drone achieves a certain amount of emotional stimulation, in order to deactivate drones who start to regain their emotions.
Will medications and psychotherapy for treating depression be replaced by the new treatments that are now in the research pipeline.
- Vagus nerve stimulation
- Magnetic seizure therapy
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Deep brain stimulation
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Implantable cortical stimulation
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