Magnetic stimulation of the brain, the Americans went on a vegetative state

American Josh Villa (Josh Villa), for several months in a vegetative state after traumatic brain injury, he began to respond to external stimuli and communicate with others through eye movements after a few sessions of transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain. This is the first successful application of this technology in the rehabilitation of patients in a vegetative state. With the approval of the members attended the Villa six-week experiment on the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain, by Theresa Pape (Theresa Pape) in the hospital of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Los Angeles organized. The essence of this method lies in the direction of the effect of magnetic field on the different structures of the brain - in the case of the villa, it was the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Previously, this type of therapy in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, and used some time ago, approved the Office of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of depression. Significant improvement in the patient's condition occurred after 15 sessions of the experimental therapy, and at the end of the course of 30 sessions, he began to answer simple sentences to answer questions Age movement to monitor the movement of the doctor's hands, pronounce and even a few words. Unfortunately, this positive change and additional courses would not lead to the desired result. However, the doctors recognize the obvious progress in the patient: It is currently classified as a state of minimal consciousness. Many professionals with interest the results of the experiment Theresa Pape. The official said the Department for the Investigation of coma at the University of Liege, Belgium Steven Loris is the first successful experience of this type of treatment are in a vegetative state patients. However, the positive change in the condition of a patient does not prove the validity of the experimental procedure as a whole, according to the American medical researcher John White know of many cases in which patients. Coming from a vegetative state, and for many months without outside interference