Deep Stimulation Brain News Today

States to face charges. authorities found the fugitive hiding in bushes trying to sneak across the border from belize to guatamala. he is accused of stealing nearly $3 million in gold two years ago. now weve got him. brian? >> what if they could wake someone up from a coma? new technology using electronic stimulation aims to do that. a study shows mildly comatose patients showed sign of consciousness after this procedure but only for a short time. is this giving false hope to families of those o...

Completely vegatative state, they have no brain activity. and half have minimal consciousness. they put probes on the side of their brain and did a very superficial stimulation of the brain. about half of those started to have some reaction. they were able to squeeze your finger, able to move their eyes. this is quite interesting. >> then they go back? >> about 20 minutes of system lace, -- 20 minutes of stimulation they are able to show some signs of life and after that they go back to the coma...