Can shocking the brain prevent overeating?
Dr. Casey Halpern and colleagues at Stanford use stimulating brain electrodes to induce weight loss in patients with binge eating disorder. Guest: Casey Halpern MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Epilepsy Surgery at Stanford University. Host: Pardis Zarifkar Study: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03868670 For more information on Dr. Casey Halpern’s work: https://med.stanford.edu/neurosurgery/research/welcome-to-the-halpern-malenka-lab.html