Only a 12 minute video by Stanford neurobiologist Carla Shatz, PhD. What is your doctor going to takeaway from this to update your 100% recovery protocol?
http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2014/11/26/examining-the-potential-of-creating-new-synapses-in-old-or-damanged-brains/
Synapses are the structures in the brain where neurons connect and
communicate with each other. Between early childhood and the beginning of
puberty, many of these connections are eliminated through a process called
“synaptic pruning.” Stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and traumatic brain injury can
also cause the loss of synapses. But what if new synapses could be created to
repair aging or damaged brains?
Stanford neurobiologist Carla Shatz, PhD, addresses
this question in the above Seattle+Connect
video. In the lecture, she discusses the possibility of engaging the molecular
and cellular mechanisms that regular critical developmental periods to regrow
synapses in old brains. Watch the video to learn how advances at the neural
level around a novel receptor, called PirB, have implications for improving
brain plasticity, learning, memory and neurological disorders.
Previously: Drug
helps old brains learn new tricks, and heal, Cellular
padding could help stem cells repair injuries and Science
is like an ongoing mystery novel, says Stanford neurobiologist Carla Shatz
and “Pruning
synapses” and other strides in Alzheimer’s research
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