Known Experimental Examples
- 1950-60-70: Tulane University School of Medicine. Approximately 100 patients were experimented on using electrical brain stimulation.
- 1963: "Electrical self-stimulation of the brain in man." by Dr. Robert Heath
- 1972: A 24-year-old man with temporal lobe epilepsy. Identified as patient "B-19". "He was permitted to wear the device for 3 hours at a time: on one occasion he stimulated his septal region 1,200 times, on another occasion 1,500 times, and on a third occasion 900 times. He protested each time the unit was taken from him, pleading to self-stimulate just a few more times... "
- 1986: A 48-year-old woman with chronic pain. "the patient self-stimulated throughout the day, neglecting personal hygiene and family commitments."
- 2003: Treating depression with electrodes inside the brain.
- 2005: A man with Parkinson’s disease.
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