Neuroscientists warn against self-administered brain stimulation

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) Noninvasive electrical brain stimulation offers hope as a potential new tool to ease the symptoms of certain diseases and mental illnesses. But neuroscientists from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are warning against self-administered brain stimulation by so-called 'do-it-yourself' users. Their "Open Letter" appears in the July 7 issue of Annals of Neurology.