Can deep-brain stimulation reverse memory loss?

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The forum discussion centers on a breakthrough in deep-brain stimulation (DBS) that has shown potential to reverse memory loss. Originally aimed at appetite suppression, the technique resulted in a patient experiencing vivid déjà vu and enhanced learning capabilities when electrical currents were applied to the brain. This phenomenon has been documented in The Annals of Neurology and has been recognized for over 30 years, indicating a significant advancement in understanding memory recall through electrical stimulation.

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...The accidental breakthrough came during an experiment originally intended to suppress the obese man's appetite, using the increasingly successful technique of deep-brain stimulation. Electrodes were pushed into the man's brain and stimulated with an electric current. Instead of losing appetite, the patient instead had an intense experience of déjà vu. He recalled, in intricate detail, a scene from 30 years earlier. More tests showed his ability to learn was dramatically improved when the current was switched on and his brain stimulated. [continued]

Published in The Annals of Neurology
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...ver-way-to-reverse-loss-of-memory-775586.html
 
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The electrical stimulation of memory recall has been known for at least 30-40 years when I first came across this phenomenon.
Don't know about the potential(or lack there of) of some of the other items mentioned in the link.
 

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