Neuroscientists zap patient’s brain to induce laughter ... during surgery

Brain surgery is normally no laughing matter, but now neuroscientists at Emory University may have found a way to make it so. The team discovered that electrically stimulating a brain region known as the cingulum creates a mild euphoria complete with laughter, and used it to calm down a patient undergoing a brain surgery where she needed to stay awake. The technique could be put to use as a kind of sedative or a treatment for anxiety, depression or chronic pain.

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Category: Biology

Tags:

• Anxiety
• Brain
• Deep Brain Stimulation
• Depression
• Emory University
• Neuroscience
• Surgery

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