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Banjo Used In Brain Surgery
Ponca City, We love you writes "Legendary bluegrass musician Eddie Adcock has undergone brain surgery to treat a hand tremor, playing his banjo throughout to test the success of the procedure. Adcock suffers from essential tremor, a condition where there is a continuing deterioration in areas of the brain that control movement, causing a tremor that usually appears when the person tries to act or move. Deep brain stimulation can be used to treat the movement difficulties of both Parkinson's and essential tremor by sinking an electrode into the thalamus, a deep brain area that is part of the motor loop — a circuit that helps coordinate movement. Surgeons placed electrodes in Adcock's brain and fitted a pacemaker in his chest, which delivers a small current that shuts down the region of his brain causing the tremors. The most sensible thing to do was to tweak the system while Adcock was playing the banjo to optimize the effect for the thing that's most important to him."
...for this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyKvD-4IxOY
(Now imagine the brain surgeon trying to work with that going on...)
I was told that to really appreciate music, you have to get inside the head of the musician. This wins...
Yes, they're that immature.
"It's not Lupus, now go fry his brain."
...this means when i have the surgery i will be enjoying some self loving, in the form of hand pleasure. "The most sensible thing to do was to tweak the system while Adcock was playing the banjo to optimize the effect for the thing that's most important to him.""
the bariatric surgery retractor and the spinal pedicle screw have successfully been used to perform "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow" by the Soggy Bottom Boys
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Sure thing. Here's your money back, asswipe.
off a skyscraper, which one hits the ground first?
A. Who cares?
Disclaimer: It's All Been Said Before.
Q: What's the difference between a banjo and a trampoline?
A: People take off their shoes before jumping on a trampoline.
Q: Ever hear someone say, "Hey, there's that mansion where that famous banjo player lives?"
A: No, and you never will
They could insert an electrode to stop the part of her brain that makes her talk. She'd definitely be talking through the entire procedure, so they'd have incentive to get it done right quick.
I am currently trolling on slashdot to test the success of my brain surgery. So far everything is just fi ~2 ,'`~ s asb a77777777777
Table-ized A.I.
I just hope no one from Slashdot forum has to undergo such a procedure as Adcock did. They might allow you to play with your banjo in the operating room but with their hobbies tending towards masturbation and all... Well you get the idea..
-*ZIP ZIP ZAP!*- "Giggidy Giggidy! Right there doc! Hold whatcha got!"
to check that the operation is not effecting brain function adversely.
Affecting
Dueling Brain-Stems??? Gotta love it! Anyone for "Devil Went Down to Thalamus"? Ok, I'll stop here.
The most sensible thing to do was to tweak the system while Adcock was playing the banjo to optimize the effect for the thing that's most important to him.
HA! Yeah, until he discovers his penis no longer works!
I guess in this case, the banjo tuned him.
Jackhammer. Now that's news.
Or how about: "Good thing he doesn't play the tuba".
For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
I have a friend who constantly gets those mixed up... "it's not brain science" she says, or "it's not rocket surgery."
I think she does it deliberately to irritate people.
Wouldn't having a hand tremor be considered a bonus in that situation?
Hey. Mods. Whoosh.
Brain function? Grammar?
Assume I was drunk when I posted this.
If I have to have a procedure, better it be Adcock than Subtractcock!
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
Damn kids... :p
"Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies."