Source: Daily Mail
Posted: Last updated at 09:29am on 31st January 2008
Summary:
The Daily Mail reports scientists have discovered how to reverse memory loss by using electrical stimulation on the human brain:
"Scientists have accidentally discovered how to reverse memory loss by stimulating a specific part of the hypothalamus.
They were experimenting with deep-brain stimulation in an attempt to curb the appetite of a 30st patient who suffered from a lifelong obesity problem. Electrodes were pushed into his brain and stimulated with an electric current. The treatment did not cure his eating problem - but he experienced vivid memories of an event that occurred 30 years earlier."
