ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
XIX NEUROBIOETHICS ENCOUNTER – 4TH SEMINAR
Brain Stimulation: Therapeutic Advances and Ethical-Legal Implications
April 1, 2011 – 16:30-19:00
Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Via degli Aldobrandeschi, 190 Roma
AULA MAGNA
Greeting from the Rector of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum
Prof. Padre Pedro Barrajón, LC
Moderator: introduction and contextualization of the theme
Dr. Alberto Carrara, LC
Deep Brain Stimulation: what science tells us about it
Prof. Massimo Gandolfini, Department Director of Neuroscience and Neurosurgery, Brescia, Italy
Deep Brain Stimulation: a brief story of a personal experience
Dr. Lucilla Bossi, Parkinson Italia
Stimulation of the vagus nerve in the treatment of depression
Riccardo Carrara, University of Padova, Italy
Deep Brain Stimulation and the protection of the fundamental right of psychic integrity
Prof. Alberto García
Director of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights
Conclusion and discussion with the speakers