Via FORA.tv - a rather geeky look at how far we have come in being able to repair damaged and dysfunctional brains - which also points to how far we have to go to actually know what we are doing (imo).
Speaker: Keith Kendrick
Loss of sensory or behavioural functions as a result of brain damage or dysfunction can clearly have a significant negative impact on quality of life. What progress are we making towards repairing damaged brains and sense organs and treating mental disorders?
This lecture will consider what therapeutic promise is currently offered by pharamacological, brain stimulation, brain training, neuroprosthetic (connecting artificial sensors to the brain or using brain to control itself or artificial limbs etc), stem cell and gene therapy approaches.
For transcript and download versions of this lecture, please visit the event's page on the Gresham College website: Repairing and treating damaged or dysfunctional brains
Keith Kendrick is a Systems and Behavioural Neuroscientist at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, and Emeritus Gresham Professor of Physics.
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