How to Make Neuroplasticity Repeatable On Demand

by Dean Reinke
(Michigan, USA)

Submission from reader: Neuroplasticity is widely touted as a way for stroke survivors to recover. To make it repeatable on demand, what exact signal is being sent from one neuron to a neighboring neuron, saying; 'Drop your job and help me with mine'. If we know what triggers that process, we can make it repeatable. Right now everything about neuroplasticity is just guesswork. We should be able to listen in on neuron signaling via this:

NeuroGrid:recording action potentials from the surface of the brain/

Or this: Use nanowires to listen in on single neurons

Or this: New brain implant device could record activity in thousands of neurons; Stanford University.

I'm just an 18 year stroke survivor writing Deans'Stroke Musings, you won't like me, but then you'll want to 100% recover when you are the 1 in 4 per WHO that has a stroke. 100% recovery is the only survivor goal in stroke.

Comment from Stroke-Rehab: It's estimated the brain has 80-100 billion neurons and each neuron can make connections with 1000s of other neurons. It's a vast network and very intricate. Technology still has a way to go when it comes to figuring out the mapping process and neurogenesis. AI should be able to help though. There will be a lot more learned in the upcoming years I'm sure, but unfortunately, that doesn't help current stroke survivors. You might find these articles interesting:

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