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We came a long way from treating Brain like a chemical soup of neurotrasmitters to considering it a wired computational machine of utmost complexity.
The prevalence of disabilitating neurological diseases such as Parkinson, epilepsy, depression, bipolar disorders etc is high and will become more and more important as the population’s mean age grows.
We are now in the phase of reverse engineering Brain’s neuronal connections in a way that we will soon be able to understand the neuronal manifestation of many neurological diseases that were till now resistance or uncurable with drugs. By reverse engineering the Brain we will soon also delve into the mystery of cognition and consiousness.
What we need is a method of controlling Brain’s neural networks. Current state of the art is Deep Brain Stimulation techniques (D.B.S.) and optogenetics. Both these methods are invasive and require surgical intervention in the Brain with possible complications that are very serious.
We need a minimal invasive method to control Brain’s neural networks. My proposed method involves the search for a protein that can be engineered through computational biology and genetic engineering methods to respond to electromagnetic waves of certain frequency and produce stimulation or inhibition of neural cell’s membrane.
This protein will be delivered with genetic vectors in the Brain’s or spinal cord’s neural cells’ membrane, rendering the stimulation through focused electromagnetic waves possible in the whole Brain or only in certain neural networks in order to target specific Brain regions.
This research will lead to a minimal invasive method to treat many neurological diseases that are created by miscommunication between neurons. It can also lead to a deeper understanding of our Brain’s inner working.
Thank you for taking the time to read about my idea. If you liked it please vote for it at http://www.bodyshock.com
Sincerely yours,
L.A. Louizos
MSc in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology.
