Shit. You go on vacay for two weeks and the interbrains (and world) blows up with awesome/scary/beautiful news. Via NYT’s Ideas Blog:
A twangy high note for brain surgery: the bluegrass musician Eddie Adcock plays his banjo during an operation to treat a hand tremor. During the procedure, which someone filmed, surgeons in Nashville used Adcock’s playing to isolate the tremor and install a brain electrode connected to a pacemaker to shut it down.
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[...] Banjo used in brain surgery Due to a hand tremor, musician Eddie Adcock was having trouble playing the banjo. During the surgery to fix the problem, the doctors had Adcock play his banjo to isolate the problem in his brain and then they made the repair. Video here. (via delicious ghost) [...]