Neurostimulation Article Clarification

Neurostimulation

1MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care, New York, NY, USA 2Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Bronx, NY, USA 3Department of Neurology, University Medical Hospital Bergmannsheil, 44789 Bochum, Germany 4Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, 44139 Dortmund, Germany 5D...

Clarification

Note of clarification concerning our article: controversies in the determination of death: perspectives from Switzerland.

The Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) helpfully pointed out that one of our claims about the “whole brain” approach for donation after cardiac arrest requires clarification. Drawing on data from resuscitation research, we argue that a loss of brain function may not be irreversible after ten minutes of cardiac arrest. However, these data only provide limited evidence for our claim. First,...

Epilepsy, Consciousness and Neurostimulation

Consciousness is often disrupted in epilepsy. This may involve altered responsiveness or changes in awareness of self and subjective experiences. Subcortical arousal systems and paralimbic fronto-parietal association cortices are thought to underpin current concepts of consciousness. The Network Inhibition Hypothesis proposes a common neuroanatomical substrate for impaired consciousness during ...

Therapeutic Neurostimulation and Schizophrenia

Electroconvulsive therapy Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder are indications for use of ECT, according to the FDA executive summary for the Neurological Devices Panel Meeting.1 In the US, ECT is predominantly used in the treatment of mood disorders, whereas in Asian countries, it is commonly used in the treatment of schizophrenia despite the relatively modest evidence for efficacy. Rand...