2-Minute Neuroscience: Phantom Limb

[@S1EEPLES5]

Why are we still here? Just to suffer?

[@nicolasvenezuelaverde1184]

Kaz is clearly a The last of us 1 fan

[@VincentK.McMahon]

SNNAAAAAKKKKEEE

[@Blackstar_mobilesuits]

Clicked on this video just to see this comment and I’m not disappointed 😂. This video is informative as well

[@Jimbogf]

Existence is pain.

[@Funkyisfresh]

I got hit by a metal gear. Lost my left arm. I still feel phamtom pains

[@furrobabosoVEVO]

Has the memory gone? Are you feeling numb?

[@Funkyisfresh]

@@furrobabosoVEVO or have I become invisible

[@Ricotherascal]

I guess you could say, this was our… phantom limberty

[@RohitPant04]

Hands down, the most interesting topic in neuroscience to deep dive into! 🙏

[@ananyarao4960]

This was perfect and concise for 2 minutes , Thank You!

[@MRbug_423]

Who here grew watching Syfy or science fiction show like Star Wars and thought how cool it would be having a prosthetic or robotic limb. Only to grow up and realize how depressing it must be losing a piece/part of yourself

[@amandal1450]

Great explanation. I hope that this, just like cancer should be researched more to help the amputees

[@selenesanesi492]

Hi! I Just wanna say I love your videos and your website! Thanks for the awesome job in explaining basic neuroscience concepts, the world definitely needs more culture about it. Your work Is helping me a lot writing my thesis essay about art and the brain!

[@NoName-zi9qs]

People born with no limbs also feel phantom pain. This suggests that the body is already mapped out in the brain.

[@Fujinon]

Actually a good theory

[@NoName-zi9qs]

@@Fujinon I was nominated for a Nobel in Medicine.

[@Fujinon]

@@NoName-zi9qs good

[@PayItForward21]

No the brain has plasticity. They realize that the brain changes after amputation. Yes there is a map of the human body. The brain rewires itself and changes. The area where the limb takes up is all discombobulated. I'm an amputee from the hip. The nerves in my groin and anus are where the map changes. when straining for my bowels the stump wants to explode. it shoots down my phantom and cold or hot washcloth light up my phantom foot. Also my little dog can lick my right palm and you'd think I had a trillion fire ants all over. Below is my current situation. My battle with Excruciating Phantom Limb Pain has destroyed 27 years of my life. I'm so desperate for encouragement. Please HELP me!! I was dragged down I-75 age 12 and hit by a car 2 yrs later. Both were uninsured so I never got a dime. 70 surgeries, 23 broken bones, amputation at the hip. 6 months in traction in the University of Michigan Burn Unit. I couldn't see my parents on surgery days nor the day after. No iPhones, Androids nor tablet. 1400+ days as an inpatient through the most important days of my life. My right heel screwed to my left leg and foot 3 times. Using 16 screws for 7 wks and bedridden 10 wks for each. Learning to walk 6x. I've suffered the majority of time from Excruciating Phantom Limb Pain and Sciatica with shooting pain. I've tried 48 different medications and having to go on each and going off is very difficult. With chronic pain meds I'm drenched in sweat while just sitting in my wheelchair 56°. Just laying down I can't function I've gone 5 weeks twice without any sleep through the worst pain imaginable for medication transitioning and my head throbbing non stop. Foot feels like it's in a animal trap, meat grinder, garbage disposal, and being branded like a cow halfway to knee. It also is 😮crushed backwards to feeling like the Achilles tendon is splitting. On fire crushed down and twisted into a terribly uncomfortable position. Total lack of sleep. I can't be in the sun/unrelated If I don't get some financial aid I will have to do what I don't deserve. Especially after everything I've been through in and out of hospital but I don't know how else to live. I need someone to come together and help me. I live alone.. I'm very lonely and lately crying a lot. I mean unbelievable amount because I have just a month left of money. I don't want to survive, I want to Live. I know we all have something whether visible or not but this is too much. You couldn't imagine the lives I touched and I was so proud of myself. I was there for thousands. I'm a good person. We all have something whether visible or not. Take time to dream and enjoy. With warm and gentle thoughts 🌸🙏💜🌸

[@PayItForward21]

It's very rare that those with congenital deformities such as missing limbs get phantom pain and if so it's extremely mild

[@Notmoyo]

I can't thank you enough. You're amazing for providing us with these videos! Please keep them coming. :)

[@vxvnw]

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[@basakaybasakay5000]

This was mentioned in the book Descartes’ Error by Antonio Damasio and it blew my mind when i read it. It is good to hear other hypotheses on this subject. Great video

[@rea-g5l]

Brilliantly explained . Great help for medical students

[@aamirrazak3467]

Awesome video as always! I love these short neuroscience videos. Would love a future video on mirror neurons or brain activation during dreams if possible

[@tammyhall3144]

As an upper limb amputee, It is so affirming to hear phantom limb pain is not a psychological issue like some people think.

[@rickharold7884]

Love theses 2 minutes. Thx

[@Popularmango10245]

Thanks a lot from this medical student

[@Muuip]

Excellent! Much appreciated! 👍

[@creemaz]

mgsv reference 🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tinyvr7036]

When an abdominal injury is not "repaired" surgically, and just stiched up or allowed to heal on its own, years later with bodily changes (for example, childbirth), a neuoma can form under the wound. I believe keloid type scaring plays a part . Has anyone investigated the site of amputations as well? This video is fascinating. Thank you.

[@adaptercrash]

Or when they schizophrenic, they didn't actually feel much pain unless you aggravated the injury it's temporary

[@NoContent1991]

I think i have phantom pain were my appendix was is that a thing?

[@danieldevito6380]

Every time I hear "phantom limb", I think of the House MD episode where he kidnaps and helps the one arm veteran get rid of his phantom limb pain with mirror therapy.

[@PayItForward21]

That mirror therapy is a joke. I mean no disrespect to your comment though. I've done over 6,000 hrs of research as I had amputation at the hip. 70 surgeries, 23 broken bones, 6 months in traction in the Burn Unit from being dragged down I-75 age 12. Long road. Take time to dream and enjoy. 🩷🩵

[@chandrahasreddy1729]

​@@PayItForward21at the age of 12!! 😨

[@PayItForward21]

@@chandrahasreddy1729 here's an updated version. I'm falling apart. I'm so desperate for encouragement. Please HELP me!! I was dragged down I-75 age 12 and hit by a car 2 yrs later. Both were uninsured so I never got a dime. 70 surgeries, 23 broken bones, amputation at the hip. 6 months in traction in the University of Michigan Burn Unit. I couldn't see my parents on surgery days nor the day after. No iPhones, Androids nor tablet. 1400+ days as an inpatient through the most important days of my life. My right heel screwed to my left leg and foot 3 times. Using 16 screws for 7 wks and bedridden 10 wks for each. Learning to walk 6x. I've suffered the majority of time from Excruciating Phantom Limb Pain and Sciatica with shooting pain. I've tried 48 different medications and having to go on each and going off is very difficult. With chronic pain meds I'm drenched in sweat while just sitting in my wheelchair 56°. Just laying down I can't function I've gone 5 weeks twice without any sleep through the worst pain imaginable for medication transitioning and my head throbbing non stop. Foot feels like it's in a animal trap, meat grinder, garbage disposal, and being branded like a cow halfway to knee. It also is 😮crushed backwards to feeling like the Achilles tendon is splitting. On fire crushed down and twisted into a terribly uncomfortable position. Total lack of sleep. I can't be in the sun/unrelated If I don't get some financial aid I will have to do what I don't deserve. Especially after everything I've been through in and out of hospital but I don't know how else to live. I need someone to come together and help me. I live alone.. I'm very lonely and lately crying a lot. I mean unbelievable amount because I have just a month left of money. I don't want to survive, I want to Live. I know we all have something whether visible or not but this is too much. You couldn't imagine the lives I touched and I was so proud of myself. I was there for thousands. I'm a good person. We all have something whether visible or not. Take time to dream and enjoy. With warm and gentle thoughts 🌸🙏💜🌸

[@SimenSebastian]

And I think of the Tourniquet song «Phantom Limb»

[@conspiracyeyes1682]

​@@PayItForward21i think it's just time to stretch out, relax, and talk calmly to the brain about it. Lol. May peace come to your limbs 🙏

[@elonchieftwatt]

Where was you channel when I was in high school! 😅

[@ayii_sha_tife7114]

My appendix sutures just started aching me afte lr 13 years and the pain has been unbearable is that alos regarded as phantom

[@maramaborsheed6342]

Thank u very much

[@dailydoseofmedicinee]

👏👏

[@Muuip]

Excellent! Much appreciated! 👍 That was also my understanding, the brain is always on a loop and it is expecting a feedback but not getting any. ..... 🤔 a Neuralink implant at the neuroma might be able to artificially create that feedback and ease the pain. 🤔

[@neurochallenged]

Thanks! Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like issues with a neuroma explain all of the cases of phantom limb (it would make treatment a little less complicated if they did). In cases where the neuroma is removed or there is anesthetic injected into the neuroma, for example, the pain often remains. So it suggests there are central mechanisms involved, too, at least in many cases. The true mechanisms at play probably vary from case to case, though.

[@Muuip]

@@neurochallenged The lack of a signal seems to be the problem, anesthesie just recreate the lack of a signal. The brain is awaiting a feedback, a signal from the limb. So maybe stimulation here could be a solution (like deep brain stimulation) but with Neuralink connected to AI software to create the matching awaited signal. At the same time the implant could be used in reverse to listen to a signal from the brain to help direct a prostethic limb.

[@neurochallenged]

Oh I see sorry I misread your first comment!

[@ronaldagudo791]

Hello discovered your channel just wanted a sub! Neuroscience majors where y’all at ?

[@ИуХ-с7з]

Here! +

[@tham4378]

It has been proved that brain and nerves only amplify and transmit the experience being t have no say in the sensation as it it.

[@tham4378]

So what is the organ that science until now doesn’t consider but is responsible for sensation.

[@superglidernoyb5815]

And then there's the subject most are afraid to even mention in the US... circumcision. Without getting into a lot of detail, I'll just say... I can still feel what I'm missing during certain events. I think a lot more could, if they understood that was possible.

[@joebutlersnr7017]

The only amputees that don't have phantom pains are the ones who can't remember having the limb in the first place, i e those that lost the limb at a very young age.

[@PayItForward21]

It's not that they don't remember. The brain remembers everything. I've done 6,000 hrs of research. I'm an amputee after catastrophic trauma. Feel free to ask. I hope you are well 🙏❤️‍🩹

[@francohsu4245]

My phantom pain 🥹

[@nonllso9461]

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[@Stoogie]

amazing ;p

[@MadmanThreeTwoTwo]

Cuz beyond this physical veil is soul u cant cut soul.

[@theresamiley8917]

I have phantom boobs. I had a breast reduction. Lol

[@manishkota4145]

Who else is competing in the brain bee?

[@desiredecove5815]

#Sharingiscaring

[@tonimorton]

why didn't humans develop the ability to regenerate limbs? lol

[@esotericmelody9718]

Holographic memory

[@xBlackShadowsZz]

Venture bros