 The film "My American Uncle", directed by Alain Resnais and influenced by Laborit, explores the relationship between self and society and the effects of the inhibition of action.In February 2005, the Boston Syndromic Surveillance System detected an increase in young men seeking medical treatment for stroke.Most of them did not actually experience a stroke, but the largest number presented a day after Tedy Bruschi, a local sports figure, was hospitalized for a stroke.