SCIENCE BRIEFING
From Times Staff And Wire Reports
Zapping the brain with a mild electrical current appears to help patients with a difficult-to-treat form of cerebral palsy, French researchers said Wednesday.
Patients in the study were implanted with pacemaker-like devices known as deep-brain stimulators made by Medtronic Inc., which helped fund the study.
After a year, eight out of the 13 people had improvements in motor symptoms, the researchers reported in Lancet Neurology.
