Evolving story: trepanation and self-trepanation to enhance brain function

ABSTRACT Trepanation has been performed by people interested in enhancing mental power and well-being since the early 1960s. The pioneers and main proponents of the procedure are described here. The phenomenon appeared in Europe after a Dutch former medical student published a psychoactive drug-frie...

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Main Author: Charles André
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2017000500307&lng=en&tlng=en