Deep Brain Stimulation: The Effects Have Shown Good Results

A person who does not have any problems is a dead man. It could be true because problems which force us to live. However, the quote does not relate to the motivation of living, it is more simple than motivation but it has higher understanding than motivation.

In facing problems, we as a human is more likely to avoid it if we could. Surprisingly, how matter we try to avoid the problems the more we are caught by them. Therefore, the main activity in interacting between human and human is decision making. This is also one of features of interests we have so that we are different to electronic devices including robots. The capability of our brain in making decision has led us to survive on this planet.

Interestingly, the way of growing in this world and the development of the era have moved the problems into several level. There are some problems who are considered causing big effect are difficult issue so that are difficult to solve and decide. Others, we see those as a little issue which can be okay if do not solve those. However, either it is difficult or not we are more likely to become default other than making a difficult decision. Our brain amazingly suggests us about those default states are known as dilemma and invites us to leave the issues.

This relationship according to some expert in field of neurosciences is related to brain work. Neurophysiological evidence has suggested there is a role of the Subthalamic Nucleus which is responsible in commencing the status quo characteristic. Or could be this our survival instinct in case we do not want to take even a little of risk? Well, it could be true until the recent study has investigated that the decision we made was influenced by the Subthalamic Nucleus conducted by researchers in University Hospital of Magderburg, Germany from eighteen patients.

The experiment was applied for the patients which had the medication of dopaminergic since they had had Parkinson disease and they were tested during the experiments based on their medical cycle. The test was instructed to complete the task in several sessions and they had to complete two counterbalanced in one sessions in a day. The test to the patients involved the Subthalamic Nucleus throughout the deep brain stimulation so that it resulted the patient with condition of ON and OFF stimulus.

The results showed demonstrated that the stimulation occurred to the patients had increasingly affected the perceptual decision making. And the results also displayed, the decision making was depended on difficulties of the decision and indicated the patients’ improvement. Overall, the works of brain in making decision has been experimentally influenced by the Subthalamic Nucleus which was stimulated.