The prospect of the chip is emerging from progress in deep brain stimulation, in which tiny shocks from implanted electrodes are given to the brain.

预期芯片问世后有望取代“伟哥”。该性芯片的原理是由植入的电极轻微电击脑部，从而深层刺激脑神经。

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Deep brain stimulation requires placement of electrodes at specific neuroanatomical sites.

深度脑刺激疗法要求在特定神经解剖部位放置电极。

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DEEP brain stimulation has long been psychiatry's black magic: stick electrodes into a region linked to mental illness, deliver rapid pulses of weak current, and voila!

脑深部刺激一直是精神病学的魔术：用电极植入精神病相关的区域，用具有快速脉冲弱电流刺激，然后，哇！

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The medical device giant Medtronic is testing a related technique called deep-brain stimulation, in which electrodes from a device in the chest are surgically threaded several centimeters into the brain to the site of damage.

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