From the media:
U.S. News &World Report, March 1, 1999 , p. 52 (WWW.USNEWS.COM).
"REwiring the brain. How a bright idea became an innovative mediccal
device"
tells the story of how Alim-Louis Benabid, backin the 1980s in Grenoble,France
expanded the idea of brain electrodes from a diagnostic technique to a
therapeutic device for controlling the symptoms of Parkinson's Disease.
This two-page article takes Benadid across continents from
Grenoble, France to Minneapolis,Minnesota where he collaborated with
Meditronic and a biological engineer, Mark Rise, to produce Activa.
The article describes how Activa , a deep brain stimulator, has been
developed to control symptoms of Parkinson's, and is being considered
as beneficial in the treatment of some mental disorders.
The magazine is on the newstands now.
[log in to unmask] (Mary Manfredi)
