Andres Lozano: Parkinson's, depression and the switch that might turn them off

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Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast
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One of the things I want to establish right from the start
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演讲开始之前我想先说明一件事,
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is that not all neurosurgeons wear cowboy boots.
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那就是并不是所有的精神科医生都穿马丁靴。
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I just wanted you to know that.
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就是想让你们知道而已。
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So I am indeed a neurosurgeon,
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所以我确实是一位神经外科医生,
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and I follow a long tradition of neurosurgery,
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而我从事的神经外科学历史也十分悠久,
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and what I'm going to tell you about today
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今天我要和大家说的是
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is adjusting the dials in the circuits in the brain,
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现在神经外科学让我们能够到达人脑中的任意位置,
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being able to go anywhere in the brain
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将任意部分激活或休眠,
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and turning areas of the brain up or down
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并以此来调整在大脑回路中的“调节控制器”,
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to help our patients.
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最终达到治疗的目的。
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So as I said, neurosurgery comes from a long tradition.
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我刚刚讲过,神经外科学由来已久,
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It's been around for about 7,000 years.
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大约在7000年前就已经兴起了。
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In Mesoamerica, there used to be neurosurgery,
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在中美洲文化发源的地方,神经外科学就有所发展,
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and there were these neurosurgeons that used to treat patients.
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那时就有治疗病痛的神经外科医生。
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And they were trying to -- they knew that the brain was involved
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那些医生想要——他们知道
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in neurological and psychiatric disease.
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神经系统疾病和精神病都与大脑有关。
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They didn't know exactly what they were doing.
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他们并不完全知道自己在做什么。
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Not much has changed, by the way. (Laughter)
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其实现在状况也没有多大变化。(笑声)
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But they thought that,
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但他们觉得,
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if you had a neurologic or psychiatric disease,
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如果你患有神经系统或者精神方面的疾病,
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it must be because you are possessed
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那一定是因为
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by an evil spirit.
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你被邪神控制住了。
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So if you are possessed by an evil spirit
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所以,如果你因为被邪神所控
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causing neurologic or psychiatric problems,
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患上了神经系统或者精神方面的疾病,
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then the way to treat this is, of course,
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那治疗的方法当然就是
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to make a hole in your skull and let the evil spirit escape.
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在你的脑壳上打一个孔,把邪神放出来。
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So this was the thinking back then,
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所以,这就是过去的理解方式
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and these individuals made these holes.
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他们在病人的脑壳上打洞。
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Sometimes the patients were a little bit reluctant
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有时候病人会有点不情愿接受打洞
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to go through this because, you can tell that
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因为你可以看得出来
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the holes are made partially and then, I think,
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洞并没有完全打完。
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there was some trepanation, and then they left very quickly
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我觉得当时的医生可能在脑壳上钻了几,下病人就飞快逃走了
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and it was only a partial hole,
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所以洞并没有完全打好,
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and we know they survived these procedures.
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但我们知道病人还是都活了下来。
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But this was common.
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但这样的开颅手术在那时是很常见的。
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There were some sites where one percent
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在一处遗址所发掘出的头骨中
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of all the skulls have these holes, and so you can see
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大约有百分之一有这样的洞,
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that neurologic and psychiatric disease is quite common,
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所以神经系统和精神疾病是很普遍的,
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and it was also quite common about 7,000 years ago.
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在7000年前也是一样的。
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Now, in the course of time,
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到了目前,随着时间的推移,
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we've come to realize that
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我们逐渐认识到
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different parts of the brain do different things.
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大脑的不同区域有不同功能。
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So there are areas of the brain that are dedicated
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有特定的区域
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to controlling your movement or your vision
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用来控制你的运动或者视野
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or your memory or your appetite, and so on.
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或者记忆力或者你的食欲等。
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And when things work well, then the nervous system
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如果一切正常,神经系统
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works well, and everything functions.
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也就正常,每个功能也就正常。
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But once in a while, things don't go so well,
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但偶尔也会出现问题,
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and there's trouble in these circuits,
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回路会出现故障,
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and there are some rogue neurons that are misfiring
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一些异常的神经细胞就就会失效,造成问题,
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and causing trouble, or sometimes they're underactive
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或者有的时候,神经细胞不够活跃,
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and they're not quite working as they should.
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没有达到预期功能,
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Now, the manifestation of this
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出现这样的症状
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depends on where in the brain these neurons are.
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与大脑的神经细胞所在的位置有关。
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So when these neurons are in the motor circuit,
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当神经细胞在驱动回路时,
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you get dysfunction in the movement system,
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运动系统就不能正常工作,
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and you get things like Parkinson's disease.
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会产生类似于帕金森氏综合症一样的疾病,
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When the malfunction is in a circuit that regulates your mood,
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当负责情绪的回路出现问题时,
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you get things like depression,
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会产生像抑郁症一样的疾病,
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and when it is in a circuit that controls your memory and cognitive function,
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当负责记忆和认知功能的回路出现故障时,
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then you get things like Alzheimer's disease.
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会产生像阿兹海默症一样的疾病。
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So what we've been able to do is to pinpoint
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因而我们能做的就是定位
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where these disturbances are in the brain,
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大脑中的异常区域,
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and we've been able to intervene within these circuits
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并且介入大脑中的这些回路
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in the brain to either turn them up or turn them down.
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或调整回路中信号的强弱。
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So this is very much like choosing the correct station
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就像使用收音机的调台旋钮,
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on the radio dial.
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选择想听的频道。
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Once you choose the right station, whether it be jazz or opera,
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一旦选择了,无论是爵士或者歌剧,
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in our case whether it be movement or mood,
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就像选择运动神经或情绪神经,
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we can put the dial there,
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我们就把调节器的旋钮放在那儿,
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and then we can use a second button to adjust the volume,
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然后用另一个旋钮来调整音量,
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to turn it up or turn it down.
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调高或者调低。
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So what I'm going to tell you about
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所以,我要说的是
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is using the circuitry of the brain to implant electrodes
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借由植入大脑回路中的电极
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and turning areas of the brain up and down
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来调整大脑中某些区域的信号强弱
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to see if we can help our patients.
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来看我们是否能帮助病人。
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And this is accomplished using this kind of device,
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使用这种装置就能完成,
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and this is called deep brain stimulation.
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这被称为大脑深部电击术。
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So what we're doing is placing these electrodes throughout the brain.
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我们将电极置入大脑的各个区域
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Again, we are making holes in the skull about the size of a dime,
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同样,在脑壳上打个硬币大小的洞,
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putting an electrode in, and then this electrode
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置入电极
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is completely underneath the skin
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使其完全在皮肤下
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down to a pacemaker in the chest,
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就像是胸腔内的心律调节器,
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and with a remote control very much like a television remote control,
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就像电视机的遥控器一样
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we can adjust how much electricity we deliver
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我们能够调整电流强度
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to these areas of the brain.
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以及刺激相应的脑部区域。
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We can turn it up or down, on or off.
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我们可以调强,调弱,开关。
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Now, about a hundred thousand patients in the world
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现在,全球约有10万病人
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have received deep brain stimulation,
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已接受了大脑深部电击术,
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and I'm going to show you some examples
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接下来我将给大家你们展示几个案列
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of using deep brain stimulation to treat disorders of movement,
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通过大脑深部电击术来治疗运动失调,
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disorders of mood and disorders of cognition.
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情绪失调和认知失调。
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So this looks something like this when it's in the brain.
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它在脑中看起来就像这样。
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You see the electrode going through the skull into the brain
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你可以看到电极穿过脑壳进入脑部
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and resting there, and we can place this really anywhere in the brain.
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停留在那里,我们可以把它放到大脑的任何位置。
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I tell my friends that no neuron is safe
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我告诉我的朋友,没有任何神经细胞,
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from a neurosurgeon, because we can really reach
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是神经外科医生碰不到的,我们现在可以
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just about anywhere in the brain quite safely now.
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安全的对大脑任何部位做手术了。
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Now the first example I'm going to show you is a patient
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我要给大家展示的第一个案列
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with Parkinson's disease,
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是位帕金森氏综合症的病人。
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and this lady has Parkinson's disease,
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这位女士患有帕金森氏综合症,
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and she has these electrodes in her brain,
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她的脑部有这些电极,
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and I'm going to show you what she's like
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我要给你们展示的是
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when the electrodes are turned off and she has her Parkinson's symptoms,
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当电源关闭时,她的帕金森病症表现,
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and then we're going to turn it on.
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然后我们打开电源。
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So this looks something like this.
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就会变成这样。
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The electrodes are turned off now, and you can see that she has tremor.
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现在电源关闭了,你们看到,她在颤抖。
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(Video) Man: Okay. Woman: I can't. Man: Can you try to touch my finger?
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(视频)男:好的。女:我做不到。男:你能试着碰下我的手指吗?
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(Video) Man: That's a little better. Woman: That side is better.
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(视频)男:有好一点。女:那边比较好。
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We're now going to turn it on.
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现在要把电源打开。
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It's on. Just turned it on.
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打开了。
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And this works like that, instantly.
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只要打开,就立即见效。
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And the difference between shaking in this way and not --
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抖动和稳定的区别
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(Applause)
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(掌声)
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The difference between shaking in this way and not is related to the misbehavior
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抖动和稳定的区别
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of 25,000 neurons in her subthalamic nucleus.
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和她的丘脑下核的25000个神经细胞有关。
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So we now know how to find these troublemakers
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我们已知道怎么找出这些问题细胞
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and tell them, "Gentlemen, that's enough.
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并告诉它们“嘿,玩够了。
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We want you to stop doing that."
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我们想让你们停止。”
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And we do that with electricity.
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我们可以用电流。
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So we use electricity to dictate how they fire,
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所以我们想使用电流来控制神经细胞的反应,
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and we try to block their misbehavior using electricity.
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并且通过电流阻断异常行为。
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So in this case, we are suppressing the activity of abnormal neurons.
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此例是抑制不正常细胞的反应。
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We started using this technique in other problems,
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我们将这种技术用在其他问题上,
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and I'm going to tell you about a fascinating problem
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下面是我们遇到的一个很棒问题的案例,
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that we encountered, a case of dystonia.
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称为肌张力障碍。
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So dystonia is a disorder affecting children.
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肌张力障碍是影响儿童的病变,
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It's a genetic disorder, and it involves a twisting motion,
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它是遗传疾病,会有扭曲的动作,
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and these children get progressively more and more twisting
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这些儿童会越来越扭曲
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until they can't breathe, until they get sores,
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直到不能呼吸,直到觉得病痛,
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urinary infections, and then they die.
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泌尿系统感染,最终走向死亡。
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So back in 1997, I was asked to see this young boy,
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回到1997年,我应要求去看望这个小男孩,
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perfectly normal. He has this genetic form of dystonia.
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他看起来很正常,但他有肌张力障碍的基因。
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There are eight children in the family.
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一家有8个孩子,
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Five of them have dystonia.
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5个有肌张力障碍。
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So here he is.
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这就是他。
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This boy is nine years old, perfectly normal until the age six,
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这个男孩9岁,6岁前完全正常,
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and then he started twisting his body, first the right foot,
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然后他身体开始扭曲,先是右腿,
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then the left foot, then the right arm, then the left arm,
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然后是左腿、右臂、左臂,
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then the trunk, and then by the time he arrived,
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然后是躯干,等他来的时候,
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within the course of one or two years of the disease onset,
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距离病发有1~2年的时间,
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he could no longer walk, he could no longer stand.
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他已经不能行走和站立。
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He was crippled, and indeed the natural progression
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他的腿跛了,事实上随着病情恶化,
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as this gets worse is for them to become progressively twisted,
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肢体扭曲的情形会加重,
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progressively disabled, and many of these children do not survive.
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残障日益加重,许多孩子无法存活。
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So he is one of five kids.
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他是五个孩子之一。
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The only way he could get around was crawling on his belly like this.
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他想行动时,只能趴在地上爬行。
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He did not respond to any drugs.
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药物已不起任何作用。
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We did not know what to do with this boy.
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我们对他的病症无计可施。
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We did not know what operation to do,
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我们不知道,
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where to go in the brain,
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该对他脑部的哪个区域进行什么手术,
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but on the basis of our results in Parkinson's disease,
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但从帕金森氏综合症的的经验,
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we reasoned, why don't we try to suppress
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我们推论,何不尝试抑制
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the same area in the brain that we suppressed
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造成帕金森氏综合症的同一区域,
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in Parkinson's disease, and let's see what happens?
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看看会发生什么?
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So here he was. We operated on him
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于是我们对他进行了手术
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hoping that he would get better. We did not know.
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希望他能好转。我们当时没有把握。
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So here he is now, back in Israel where he lives,
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这是现在的他,回到了以色列的家,
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three months after the procedure, and here he is.
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这是他手术过后3个月的样子。
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(Applause)
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(掌声)
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On the basis of this result, this is now a procedure
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借由这次经验,这项手术
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that's done throughout the world,
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已在全世界施行,
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and there have been hundreds of children
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已有数百名儿童
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that have been helped with this kind of surgery.
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受惠于这项手术。
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This boy is now in university
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这个男孩现在已上大学
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and leads quite a normal life.
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过着正常的生活。
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This has been one of the most satisfying cases
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这是我从医多年来
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that I have ever done in my entire career,
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最满意的一个案例。
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to restore movement and walking to this kind of child.
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使这类病童恢复运动和行走能力。
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(Applause)
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(掌声)
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We realized that perhaps we could use this technology
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我们认识到也许这项科技
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not only in circuits that control your movement
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不仅可以控制运动
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but also circuits that control other things,
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还能控制于其他方面,
08:11
and the next thing that we took on
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我们研究的下一个课题
08:12
was circuits that control your mood.
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是控制情绪的回路。
08:15
And we decided to take on depression,
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我们决定治疗抑郁症,
08:17
and the reason we took on depression is because it's so prevalent,
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我们之所以选择它是因为它很普遍,
08:19
and as you know, there are many treatments for depression,
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而且你们也知道,治疗抑郁症的方法有多种,
08:22
with medication and psychotherapy,
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有药物治疗和心理治疗,
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even electroconvulsive therapy,
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甚至有电休克疗法,
08:26
but there are millions of people,
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但在数百万人中,
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and there are still 10 or 20 percent of patients with depression
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仍然有百分之十到二十的患者
08:30
that do not respond, and it is these patients that we want to help.
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无法治愈,就是这些患者需要我们的帮助。
08:33
And let's see if we can use this technique
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让我们来看看这项科技
08:35
to help these patients with depression.
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能否改善抑郁症患者的病情。
08:38
So the first thing we did was, we compared,
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我们做的第一件事情是,比较
08:39
what's different in the brain of someone with depression
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抑郁症患者的脑部
08:41
and someone who is normal,
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和正常人脑部的不同之处,
08:43
and what we did was PET scans to look at the blood flow of the brain,
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我们通过正电子发射层析扫描来查看脑部血流的流向,
08:46
and what we noticed is that in patients with depression
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我们注意到抑郁症患者
08:49
compared to normals,
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与正常人相比较,
08:51
areas of the brain are shut down,
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脑部某些地方停工了,
08:52
and those are the areas in blue.
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这些地方呈现蓝色。
08:53
So here you really have the blues,
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所以你就感到抑郁了,
08:55
and the areas in blue are areas that are involved
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这些蓝色区域和
08:59
in motivation, in drive and decision-making,
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动机,驱动力和决策有关,
09:01
and indeed, if you're severely depressed as these patients were,
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如果你的抑郁和这些病人一样严重,
09:04
those are impaired. You lack motivation and drive.
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你会缺乏动机和驱动力。
09:07
The other thing we discovered
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我们发现的另一件事是
09:08
was an area that was overactive, area 25,
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有个区域过于活跃,
09:11
seen there in red,
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就是呈现红色的25号区域,
09:12
and area 25 is the sadness center of the brain.
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25号区域是大脑的悲伤中心。
09:15
If I make any of you sad, for example, I make you remember
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如果我让你悲伤,比如,我让你回想起
09:18
the last time you saw your parent before they died
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亲人或朋友
09:20
or a friend before they died,
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去世前的最后一面,
09:22
this area of the brain lights up.
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脑部的这个区域就会启动。
09:23
It is the sadness center of the brain.
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这是大脑的悲伤中心。
09:25
And so patients with depression have hyperactivity.
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抑郁症患者发病时,
09:28
The area of the brain for sadness is on red hot.
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大脑的悲伤中心运作到最高峰。
09:30
The thermostat is set at 100 degrees,
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好像调节器的温度被设定在100度,
09:33
and the other areas of the brain, involved in drive and motivation, are shut down.
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动机和驱动力等区域完全停工。
09:36
So we wondered, can we place electrodes in this area of sadness
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我们想,如果把电极置于悲伤中心,
09:39
and see if we can turn down the thermostat,
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降低温度,
09:41
can we turn down the activity,
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以降低这个区域的活跃性,
09:43
and what will be the consequence of that?
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结果又会是怎样的呢?
09:45
So we went ahead and implanted electrodes in patients with depression.
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我们将电极植入抑郁症患者的脑部。
09:48
This is work done with my colleague Helen Mayberg from Emory.
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我和在Emory大学的同事Helen Mayberg一起合作。
09:51
And we placed electrodes in area 25,
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我们将电极置入25号区域,
09:53
and in the top scan you see before the operation,
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最上面那张是手术前扫描
09:55
area 25, the sadness area is red hot,
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的25号区域,即悲伤中心,呈现红色,
09:57
and the frontal lobes are shut down in blue,
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脑前额叶部完全停工,呈现蓝色,
10:00
and then, after three months of continuous stimulation,
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每天24小时连续刺激,连续3个月,
10:02
24 hours a day, or six months of continuous stimulation,
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6个月后
10:05
we have a complete reversal of this.
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情况完全逆转。
10:07
We're able to drive down area 25,
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25号区域的活跃程度,
10:10
down to a more normal level,
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已降低到正常水准,
10:12
and we're able to turn back online
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脑前额叶,
10:14
the frontal lobes of the brain,
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则重新上线,
10:15
and indeed we're seeing very striking results
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我们从这些重度抑郁症患者的身上
10:17
in these patients with severe depression.
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看到了惊人的结果。
10:20
So now we are in clinical trials, and are in Phase III clinical trials,
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我们正进行3期临床试验,
10:23
and this may become a new procedure,
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这有可能成为新的治疗方式,
10:25
if it's safe and we find that it's effective,
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只要证实是否能安全,有效的
10:27
to treat patients with severe depression.
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治疗重度抑郁症患者。
10:31
I've shown you that we can use deep brain stimulation
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刚才向大家展示的是使用大脑深部刺激电击术
10:34
to treat the motor system
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治疗动力系统的相关疾病
10:36
in cases of Parkinson's disease and dystonia.
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比如帕金森氏综合症和肌张力障碍。
10:39
I've shown you that we can use it to treat a mood circuit
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大家看到了它能够治疗情绪回路的疾病,
10:41
in cases of depression.
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比如抑郁症。
10:43
Can we use deep brain stimulation to make you smarter?
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那能否用大脑深部电击术让你变得更聪明呢?
10:47
(Laughter)
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(笑声)
10:49
Anybody interested in that?
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有人有兴趣吗?
10:52
(Applause)
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(掌声)
10:54
Of course we can, right?
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当然可以对吧?
10:57
So what we've decided to do is
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我们决定
10:59
we're going to try to turbocharge
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要试着
11:02
the memory circuits in the brain.
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给大脑中的记忆回路充电。
11:04
We're going to place electrodes within the circuits
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将电极置入
11:07
that regulate your memory and cognitive function
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控制记忆和认知的回路,
11:09
to see if we can turn up their activity.
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来看能够增强它们的活跃性。
11:13
Now we're not going to do this in normal people.
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我们不会拿正常人做实验。
11:15
We're going to do this in people that have cognitive deficits,
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而是用在有认知缺陷的患者身上,
11:18
and we've chosen to treat patients with Alzheimer's disease
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我们尝试治疗老年痴呆症
11:22
who have cognitive and memory deficits.
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他们的认知和记忆有缺陷。
11:24
As you know, this is the main symptom
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如各位所知,这是
11:26
of early onset Alzheimer's disease.
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早期老年痴呆症的主要症状。
11:28
So we've placed electrodes within this circuit
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我们放置电极的位置
11:30
in an area of the brain called the fornix,
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称为穹窿,
11:32
which is the highway in and out of this memory circuit,
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它是进出记忆回路的高速公路,
11:35
with the idea to see if we can turn on this memory circuit,
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看看是否能够开启记忆回路,
11:39
and whether that can, in turn, help these patients
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进而是否可以帮助
11:42
with Alzheimer's disease.
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老年痴呆症的患者。
11:44
Now it turns out that in Alzheimer's disease,
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结果发现老年痴呆症患者的脑部,
11:46
there's a huge deficit in glucose utilization in the brain.
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对葡萄糖的利用有严重的缺陷。
11:50
The brain is a bit of a hog when it comes to using glucose.
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脑部是大量消耗葡萄糖的地方。
11:54
It uses 20 percent of all your --
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尽管只占体重的百分之二
11:56
even though it only weighs two percent --
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却消耗人体总量的百分之二十
11:57
it uses 10 times more glucose than it should based on its weight.
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脑部葡萄糖的消耗量是其本身质量的10倍
12:00
Twenty percent of all the glucose in your body is used by the brain,
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人体总量百分之二十的葡萄糖用在脑部,
12:03
and as you go from being normal
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从正常的脑部
12:05
to having mild cognitive impairment,
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到轻微的认知损伤,
12:08
which is a precursor for Alzheimer's, all the way to Alzheimer's disease,
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再发展成为老年痴呆症,
12:10
then there are areas of the brain that stop using glucose.
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脑部有些区域停止利用葡萄糖。
12:13
They shut down. They turn off.
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停工了。关机了。
12:15
And indeed, what we see is that these areas in red
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事实上,我们可以看到
12:17
around the outside ribbon of the brain
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脑中央带状区的外圈
12:19
are progressively getting more and more blue
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由红色逐渐变蓝
12:21
until they shut down completely.
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直到完全停工。
12:24
This is analogous to having a power failure
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好像是大脑停电了
12:27
in an area of the brain, a regional power failure.
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形成区域性供电异常。
12:29
So the lights are out in parts of the brain
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老年痴呆症的患者的部分大脑,
12:32
in patients with Alzheimer's disease,
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好像因停工而陷入异常,
12:34
and the question is, are the lights out forever,
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问题是,电力中断是永久性的呢,
12:37
or can we turn the lights back on?
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还是我们有办法恢复?
12:40
Can we get those areas of the brain to use glucose once again?
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可以让这些区域再利用葡萄糖吗?
12:43
So this is what we did. We implanted electrodes in the fornix
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我们把电极植入穹窿
12:45
of patients with Alzheimer's disease, we turned it on,
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以激活老年痴呆症患者的这一区域,
12:48
and we looked at what happens to glucose use in the brain.
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并观察大脑利用葡萄糖的情况。
12:52
And indeed, at the top, you'll see before the surgery,
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上面那张是手术前,
12:55
the areas in blue are the areas that use less glucose than normal,
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蓝色区域葡萄糖的用量比正常的少,
12:58
predominantly the parietal and temporal lobes.
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主要是在顶骨和大脑的颞叶。
13:00
These areas of the brain are shut down.
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大脑的这些区域停工了。
13:02
The lights are out in these areas of the brain.
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这些区域停电了。
13:05
We then put in the DBS electrodes and we wait for a month
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我们放入大脑深部电击电极并等待一个月
13:08
or a year, and the areas in red
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或一年,红色区域
13:09
represent the areas where we increase glucose utilization.
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代表葡萄糖的利用率在增加。
13:12
And indeed, we are able to get these areas of the brain
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所以,我们确实可以让大脑中
13:15
that were not using glucose to use glucose once again.
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本该不使用葡萄糖的区域重新恢复使用。
13:18
So the message here is that, in Alzheimer's disease,
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结果显示,老年痴呆症的患者,
13:20
the lights are out, but there is someone home,
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虽然停电了,但仍有人在家
13:23
and we're able to turn the power back on
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我们可以
13:25
to these areas of the brain, and as we do so,
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让这些区域的电力恢复,
13:27
we expect that their functions will return.
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我们预期它们的功能也会恢复。
13:30
So this is now in clinical trials.
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这正在临床试验阶段,
13:32
We are going to operate on 50 patients
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我们对50位
13:34
with early Alzheimer's disease
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早期老年痴呆症患者做了手术,
13:36
to see whether this is safe and effective,
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确认是否安全有效
13:38
whether we can improve their neurologic function.
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是否能改善他们神经的功能。
13:41
(Applause)
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(掌声)
13:49
So the message I want to leave you with today is that,
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我要传给各位的讯息是,
13:52
indeed, there are several circuits in the brain
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脑部不同回路的异常
13:54
that are malfunctioning across various disease states,
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和不同的疾病有关,
13:58
whether we're talking about Parkinson's disease,
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我们讨论了帕金森氏综合症,
14:00
depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's.
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抑郁症,精神分裂症,老年痴呆症。
14:03
We are now learning to understand what are the circuits,
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我们现在在学习了解这些回路,
14:06
what are the areas of the brain that are responsible for
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还有对应的脑部区域
14:09
the clinical signs and the symptoms of those diseases.
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以及对应的临床症状。
14:11
We can now reach those circuits.
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我们现在可以碰触这些回路。
14:13
We can introduce electrodes within those circuits.
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并在其中中放入电极。
14:16
We can graduate the activity of those circuits.
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我们可以控制它们的活动,
14:19
We can turn them down if they are overactive,
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如果它们太活跃
14:22
if they're causing trouble, trouble that is felt throughout the brain,
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引发问题,影响大脑运转,我们可以将它们调低,
14:25
or we can turn them up if they are underperforming,
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如果它们不太活跃,则可调高,
14:28
and in so doing, we think that we may be able to help
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我们认为由此可以帮助
14:30
the overall function of the brain.
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整个大脑的功能。
14:33
The implications of this, of course, is that we may be able
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这意味着我们能够
14:35
to modify the symptoms of the disease,
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缓和疾病的症状,
14:37
but I haven't told you but there's also some evidence
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但我还没有告诉大家,有迹象表明
14:39
that we might be able to help the repair of damaged areas of the brain using electricity,
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电流可以帮助修复大脑受损区域,
14:44
and this is something for the future, to see if, indeed,
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这些都是未来的愿景,
14:46
we not only change the activity but also
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我们不仅可以调整脑部活动,
14:48
some of the reparative functions of the brain
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还能实现大脑受损功能
14:50
can be harvested.
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得到修复。
14:52
So I envision that we're going to see a great expansion
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我预期这项技术在未来
14:55
of indications of this technique.
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将会得到广泛的应用。
14:57
We're going to see electrodes being placed for many disorders of the brain.
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我们将看到电极被用于修复多种脑部问题,
15:00
One of the most exciting things about this is that, indeed,
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而其中最令人振奋的是,
15:03
it involves multidisciplinary work.
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它还涉及跨领域的合作。
15:05
It involves the work of engineers, of imaging scientists,
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包括工程师,影像科学家,
15:08
of basic scientists, of neurologists,
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基础科家学,神经病学家,
15:10
psychiatrists, neurosurgeons, and certainly at the interface
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精神医师,神经外科医师通力合作,
15:13
of these multiple disciplines that there's the excitement.
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这样的跨领域合作是最令人兴奋的。
15:16
And I think that we will see that
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我想将来有一天
15:18
we will be able to chase more of these evil spirits
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随着时间的推移
15:22
out from the brain as time goes on,
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越来越多的邪恶将被赶出脑袋,
15:24
and the consequence of that, of course, will be
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结果当然是,
15:26
that we will be able to help many more patients.
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更多的病人能够得到救治。
15:28
Thank you very much.
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非常感谢。
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