Could your brain repair itself? - Ralitsa Petrova

[@janiceking3024]

I would have to say the brain can repair itself, although some parts repair faster than others. Our son was in a car wreck over 17 years ago, when he was 18, and had the temporal and frontal lobes damaged. He had started college at sixteen years old. He had to learn to walk, talk and feed himself again. He has also overcome major memory issues. The last CT scan they ran on him showed new blood vessels had formed to bypass the damaged part of his brain. He was able to go back and finish college, and even completed grad school. He is our walking miracle.

[@madhurimane1065]

Please give me some suggestions how to treatment of boy because same problem with my brother.

[@tatithe609]

I am so happy for you. neurological diseases are terrifying

[@joshuaeddinger5694]

My hope!!

[@faisalbi1330]

hi is he fully recovered please reply me۔

[@brandonxs9r659]

God is good.

[@aemiliusmaximus]

If only humanity invested more funds and energy into researching such essential discoveries, instead of wars and lies, we could be living much happier lives. My dad suffered from a very strong stroke and has recovered to some degree via lots of therapy, but he is still crippled. Imagine if we had a solution to his condition and to millions of others with similar conditions, how much happier this world could be!

[@warmaxxx]

***** human instinct wants war and ruin whether you like or not your living around many psychopaths therefore this happy ideal you speak off would never really happen unless if you wipe out most of the population and have a certain amount of people that are controlled genetically to think in utopia ways of how the happy ideal may work

[@dansyw]

This is why I am studying in natural sciences and later on in health sciences. I want to work as a researcher so I can help to find cures and such ! Sadly, not a lot of companies/people providing those fundings trust those researches so its hard to gain them. Sorry about my English, it is not my main language, but I totally agree with you on this.

[@abhinav4change]

Emil Tsvetanov yes I very much agree with you

[@mr.kenway4554]

Unfortunately the wealthy side of humanity are only interested in war, violence, and politics. Medical advancements are the last thing they care.

[@YadiAnyankah]

Emil Tsvetanov he should try the wim hof method.. Hope it helps..

[@JaCeLyN1431]

My beloved mother just died of stroke three weeks ago! How I miss her so badly & wished this treatment was available to save her life. She was very active & had the sharpest brain! I wonder why she got such a massive stroke from nowhere!!! A grieving daughter 💔 wishes all people with debilitating diseases to heal!

[@gslimm40]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💗💗💗

[@mateuszmazurek7991]

could you tell us at what age she was?

[@blackbeasley23]

My condolences and send love your way 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@othihaliemleu8382]

If you really love your mother then you should go to work and not commenting on youtube

[@mccheesegaming9284]

@@othihaliemleu8382 bruh

[@DorangoBread]

This is weird. My brain is learning about my brain...

[@wispy9859]

Brainception!

[@alexandriariley5209]

Your brain encoded into text about the brain about your brain learning about your brain.

[@awfullygenericname6783]

James Last that's what our brain sucks, IT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT ITSELF

[@Yafama]

phung tran IT does well depends which part of the brain but mainly the parts of the brain you cannot control knows itself also you probably sort of do but cannot translate it into words.like binary without anyway to interpret it

[@b3at2]

James Last you are the brain. so you are just learning about yourself. Or the cells within yourself.

[@opticalriot]

I will tell you how it works, I had a stroke when i was 12, its called exercise. I couldnt talk or walk. So i grunted and grunted all day until i could finally say "ma" then so on, I eventually moved a finger and moved it all day until my whole hand, now i have my whole body, im fine

[@silviamunoz6863]

Yes! I'm doing this with my muscles,that were almost atrophied (arthrosis) and now I can walk without help... but I learned it is caused by new connections, the plasticity of the brain is incredible!

[@anitamachlin9200]

way to go robot

[@K-xor]

@@Abdullah_Ibn_Abdullah I find your comment really interesting. I think the same.

[@pranavflame]

@@Abdullah_Ibn_Abdullah Stephen, did you end up using magic to heal your fingers?

[@chips.3927]

I also experienced chronic stress and leads to brain damage, my brain was also impaired by a falling soccer goal post when I was on the 1st grade, life is truly unappealing nor unpleasing and un amusing.

[@DRiungi]

WHY ARE WE NOT FUNDING THIS?!

[@wispy9859]

Cuz most of us are lazy and stupid.

[@clansapngad9312]

The government does not want us to live long...

[@lilman7755]

+CalvinWinz_YT lol

[@dad2628]

because we lost a lot of brain cells and now we to stupid to do it xd

[@abigailsockeye1586]

Liberals need to fund modern art

[@marcielleb]

My brain is completely recovered. Just before Covid lockdown, I suffered an unexpected blackout because I had hit my head. My brain was bleeding. While unconscious, I crashed into another car. I woke up in the hospital after a Crainiotomy. I was well within a year. A HUGE challenge. You can get through this.

[@tatithe609]

these researchers and doctors and scientists are our true heroes

[@TijuannaBottleRocket]

Even if you could regenerate the neurons, it is their synaptic networks that enable their efficient and repeatable functioning. In other words, despite having new cells to replace the damaged ones, patients would have to "re-learn" the information that the previous neurons contained by re-establishing that synaptic web

[@artie4319]

TijuannaBottleRocket Why not making it regenerate its information that is held too ? Or why isnt it possible as some cells when they replicate they still have their information or memory when they form new ones

[@passionaria]

Maybe that's where meditation comes in 🤔

[@bepishombre8999]

@@artie4319 What do you mean regenerate information? If the cell is dead, there's no going back, the information is lost. Also I'm not entirely sure neurons replicate at all

[@justanotherchannelwithauno7580]

@@bepishombre8999 if that changed DNA, until that it's a pipe dream.

[@opelcorsa9398]

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[@bibekgautam512]

One of the reasons that makes me happy to be alive in this age.

[@1reviravoltanotempo611]

@@Matty94 information

[@Jackgritty28]

Reboot the brain, sounds like science fiction, avoid diseases of the brain, neurogenesis, replace the old cells, is it possible, the technique needs improvement, scientists are experimenting if it could be done, a major goal of medicine, closer to that reboot switch📡

[@opelcorsa9398]

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[@opelcorsa9398]

Learn the bible by uthmaan ibn farooq goodluck on youtube.com goodluck 😇😇😇😇

[@PratikLawate]

Last Year I lost my father to Parkinson's. I am glad we are slowly getting there I would love to contribute anything possible to see it a reality because I know what these things do to a family with a member suffering from it.

[@iche9373]

Keto and intermittend Fasting

[@ouroboros9218]

@@iche9373 does this really work? My father has parkingson's and I have been looking for things that might work outside of his medical medication. He is now trying lionsmane but it doesn't seem to be working.

[@christophertan5949]

Check out the perispinal etanercept treatment at Boca Raton in Florida

[@juandoe195]

@@ouroboros9218 mucuna pruriens is a good natural ldopa also try to find fava beans at a middle eastern store. The fava beans work as ldopa and carbadopa. Had to do this because my brother didn't want my dad taking meds. :( was so pissed

[@floydsteel1703]

A brain can fix everything else in the world but can't fix itself

[@RaymonJordan2323]

Floyd steel wrong for the most part. Sleep can help Alzheimer and Dementia patients. Those are brain diseases. C.T.E patients can live a better life with sleep.

[@usefulbobcat]

Brain surgery

[@diamonddemon7612]

if this happens, it will be able to

[@ssayorr]

Almost everything

[@ssayorr]

@@usefulbobcat but that is other brains heiping it not it heliping itself

[@thormaster06]

I love artistic expression of this one!!

[@jackyinhere]

Love the illustration style and digging the knowledge!

[@robbieanderson227]

The human brain is the most sophisticated computer ever, neuroplasticity is a wonderful thing

[@davidgrech4574]

Fine years ago I was just crossing the street from my job when I got hit by a distracted driver and then by the grace of God I was rushed to the ICU and I was in a coma for three weeks and even though I was just given a five percent chance of surviving I am alive and well and thankfully enjoying my life again. After my accident I would wake up and not even be able to remember what I had done the day before. I would have to sleep sixteen hours a day and I was just exhausted from my accident. Well I’m glad that I was able to get back to my normal life again with some mobility issues but I’m just amazed at how the brain is able to repair itself 🙏

[@Monalisa-lf4iv]

2 months ago my dad got a haemorrhagaic stroke. He couldn't eat food through mouth and couldn't control his pee but now he's eating and peeing normal but his right side is paralyzed. I hope he gets fully recovered. But he's changed now. His behaviour got worse. He's more annoyed don't laugh like b4. I'm so much afraid if it's a bad sign or not

[@Mahmoud020east]

Hey Monalisa, very sad to hear. Exactly your situation has been also the situation of my dad, he can't move his right arm anymore. However the stroke happend just 3 weeks ago. I hope it recovers. Could you please update me your situation? Much blessing and health send to your family. Greetings from The Netherlands

[@chips.3927]

I remember that when I was on 1st grade, my head was impaired by a falling soccer ball post, and therefore I experienced brain damage, my parents didn't know such thing, yet after 6 years have escalated, I've recovered from it, thanks god.

[@bingsu7824]

And my parents, teachers, say that the brain doesn’t recover dead brain cells. It’s old research, and they won’t believe me that the human body could regenerate brain cells. Old study... If I can only say that “why don’t you try searching about it today then?” They don’t even put into consideration that more and more research is done today on things that we didn’t know from THE PAST.

[@Istanislav1]

Relax, take it easy

[@choco.melonpan]

ほんとにそんな技術が、一般市民でも享受できるようになったら本当にうれしい。 家族の脳が元に戻ってくれたらいいのに。

[@SatyajitGhana7]

Keep up the good work Ted-Ed

[@Yee20234]

My mom died a year ago from a stroke and she was just 40 years old. How tf can this sh*t Happen out of nowhere? It ruined my family and im depressed because of this. Im now 17 and i feel like something needs to happen to try and heal the brain atleast somehow

[@besmart2350]

was she smoking?

[@jairoblas8450]

Has there been a follow up video? Of when can I find more about what was explained? Thanks!

[@marcellocapone4925]

Those cartoons are awesome! Great animating skills!

[@robertschlesinger1342]

A worthwhile video.

[@thetruth3068]

Pretty sure few days ago when this was recommended, the thumbnail didn't have yellow background.

[@sophieamarant1536]

Mine did after a stroke within 24 hours of birth. I absorbed a quarter of the damage. So instead of the entire hemisphere being affected as it was in the first scan only 3/4 were damaged long term.

[@Monalisa-lf4iv]

Did you fully recover

[@sophieamarant1536]

@@Monalisa-lf4iv I had the 3/4 removed in January 2008 to get rid of seizures. I also have had left hemiplegia since birth.

[@iche9373]

Keto, Exercise and intermittend Fasting

[@rampalchauhan7819]

Dopamine is very important for our happyness

[@zappandy]

Pretty cool! Definitely want to read more about this. Can you imagine the implications of this discovery for learning processes? Awesome video as usual Ted guys.

[@strip4jimmy395]

Learned how to walk and talk again after my stroke, I can also retain memories like normal, yes it can:)

[@darraghhayes7129]

I love these scientists because trying to fix the brain back together

[@ApollonianShy18]

Great one... thank you for educating us! Information is power ❤

[@tanveerchowdhury7630]

Thank you TED-Ed for the post

[@lolitapalms7312]

I really loved the illustrations

[@HypeMaster1473]

That is good to know in “2015” but it’s “2021” right now, Did we find a way?

[@eddiemora8587]

I had a stroke in 2022 and every time I read stuff like this, I am amazed at how our bodies were made for self repair

[@siddharthat8792]

These videos never bore me

[@glorydog1481]

This video was 7 years ago I wonder what progress has been made in that field

[@yourschosen5868]

I’ll accept rebooting it as long as we keep everything that makes us, us. Without losing myself in the process, or make things worse.

[@troyhagen587]

WOW THAT'S AWESOME BLOWN AWAY. INFORMATION AND VIDEO ARE AWESOME.

[@pauldavisschlichting3726]

I was in a coma for on year as a result of a head injury sustained during a motorcycle accident. I have now lived longer with the damage than without it. So I’m not really sure if it repaired itself or I became used to having to think slowly

[@christophertan5949]

Check out the Perispinal etanercept treatment at Boca Raton in Florida

[@junemercado]

I wish my brain will heal again...😞

[@Buhofree]

What's your major issue?

[@claramonroe9759]

Wow Neurogenesis is a completely new way of understand the brain Wonderful advances

[@pallavisreetambraparni6995]

I would say it depends on how badly the brain gets damaged and which parts of the brain gets damaged. For instance, if the parts of the brain where motory skills of limbs such as arms and legs get damaged, one mght be able to get some of it back through physical therapy, if parts of the brain where speech gets damaged, one might be able to get some of it back through speech therapy, if everyday activities are difficult, due to brain damage, then occupational therapy may be required to make things easier... etc...

[@terryseldon7446]

So use it, if u dont want to lose it. Way u put it in perfect common sense. Thank u .

[@colorado841]

Doctor: The good news is I can repair your damaged brain. Patient: And the bad news? Doctor: It won't be you. 2:39

[@satan2583]

at 3:16 i can just imagine someone going "Boi if u don-" and getting cut off when the scene changes

[@jacksonpope3955]

I think so. I've had some psychological issues from drug use and concussions that seem to have gotten better. I'm not sure, though.

[@aaaaaa-hh8cq]

This is amazing Hope to see it in near future When we're still young

[@kimia1664]

I wish neurons in my prefrontal cortex could regenerate so that I would get rid of ADHD 😔

[@iche9373]

Keto, Exercise and intermittend Fasting can cure your ADHD

[@Slidehhy]

​@@iche9373 what about schizophrenia

[@iche9373]

@@Slidehhy it also works on schizophrenia, depression etc.

[@Icantchangemyhandlehelp]

@@iche9373 noooo it can't.

[@iche9373]

@@Icantchangemyhandlehelp not true

[@snikitty12345]

My brain damage was the only thing that made me capable of properly functioning as a human being of society.

[@gabe-b7r]

you seriously have brain damage for you to think that

[@aspiringprogrammer2820]

Snikkichie The Broken Machine i don't get it????what do you mean??

[@naceraboukaidi3588]

I feel you

[@RaymonJordan2323]

White Goat brain damage made him more social. He helps the society by telling ideas on how to prevent brain damage.

[@zack-ronald259]

​@@RaymonJordan2323​ that doesn't make any sense though,why would he say that it made him a functioning human being

[@rubynepomuceno4708]

That intro and outro music calms me.

[@jdwallace6312]

We now know that psilocybin regenerates neurons, right? Btw, TEDEd videos are BY FAR my favorite! This is my first time to comment so I just wanted to say “Thank You” to your amazing team!

[@Buhofree]

Is this true?

[@iche9373]

Keto, Exercise and intermittend Fasting

[@stoptrudeau42]

@@Buhofree yup and creates new pathways. Mushrooms are your friend. I'm on them rn lol I microdose everyday helps with depression. Waiting for surgery stuck on the couch everyday. It is a huge mood boost. I think it makes me a better father too. Makes me more emotional and loving caring. ❤️

[@larrytate1657]

@@stoptrudeau42 I heard it creates new pathways but did not hear that it creates more neurons. Does it? Know of any studies?

[@KM-vq1vy]

I would wonder if such things could help those whose brains are damaged due to Trauma might find this beneficial?

[@mskb1412]

My neuroanatomy teacher have told us that in some cases, the brain shown that some parts can take the job of another damaged part!

[@vformarallo]

Yes, but in pacients with minimal damage, and it doesnt heals parkinson and other brain diseases, that is the main point of these researches. But anyway, thanks for sharing this information :)

[@ashleyjackson8595]

I had a cerebral palsy and a little bit of autism since I was a little girl on May 6,1991.

[@Ark_of_Lorian]

If someone evolved to make more cell quicker then this could help them heal

[@jasperstuart5745]

Should this also work with etc,epilepsy?

[@RealationGames]

Why could it be that we yet have the potential of self-repair, but not the activation method for it? If there's a potential self-repair mechanism, I just wonder why the only missing link is the activation. I'd assume that a self-activation method for that repair process would've emerged by evolution.

[@ChocolateMilkyBoi]

RealationGames I'd assume it has something to do with cancer. Cell replication is where cancer starts yes? So logically it follows that turning off brain cell production is a method of preventing cancer in one of the most important organs.

[@fbimotherfucker6883]

RealationGames Budget cuts

[@TheRedBaronDSI6]

The reason why such mechanisms don't emerge through evolution is because evolution doesn't trend towards perfection.

[@RealationGames]

TheRedBaronDSI6 I don't think that argument holds any water. We have developed plenty of minor features that only benefit us only slightly. Obviously we're not perfect, but we tend to have all of the benefical features that are reasonable to have.

[@INLF]

RealationGames We also have the genetic equipment to regrow limbs like salamanders but we lost this functionality in favor of scar tissue. And I think it's the same in the brain... For us personally it would mean a lot but evolutionary it's not that helpful to put in the extra cost of maintaining these functionalitys in the whole population just for a small percentage ( of the population ) that would benefit from them... So I don't think it's that strange that we have the cellular machinery but don't use it normally...

[@debbiesicuranza8744]

I am an epileptic who has been taking anti epileptic medicine for almost 40 years. It is hard for me to retain things that I study and this interested me. I know it's only a year later but is this research something I should talk to my neurologist about?

[@Saucyakld]

Yes, definitely, it helped me!

[@ayeshafatima2030]

Am suffering from stroke.this might give us video full inspiration.

[@rounakagrawal3701]

Muahhhhhhh

[@ShawnRavenfire]

If your brain can regenerate itself, would your memories also reset to a blank slate? Maybe that's the reason why we can't remember being babies -- parts of our brains were still regenerating while we were children.

[@Kadulikan]

Not regenerating, but being created, neurons mapping. It's like if you sprouted an arm one morning; you wouldn't remember having it.

[@danibanani15]

the animation is adorable!

[@Delicious_J]

I wonder if they continue with the development of this technology that they will be able to influence other parts of the brain.

[@cowts535]

You forgot one thing the person getting healed will have no memory in the spot they healed

[@Saurabhandsonu1994]

love the animation..

[@anjumafshan1297]

Dr please make a video on brain stroke paralysis since am suffering from brain stroke since 5years and my arm and leg is not working properly

[@mrboombastic_69420]

The one thing i see common about those three parts of the brain is that they are used frequently.

[@LivingDead53]

Can I donate myself to the cause?

[@creepy_squid1090]

Well we all have the ability to create an entire body, all of our organs, our brain. What stops us from being able to do it again?

[@YtubeUserr]

Can you make a video on "default mode network"?

[@elainedelacruz8546]

i've experienced concussion. . 3 times i swelled and caused my fore head to bleed .. it still hurts when i touches.. im experiencing mood swings and hard to sleep.. hard to focus .. how can i heal myself?

[@jeffreyjean111]

Meditate

[@pranavflame]

Yes, try meditation but don't forget to get professional help as well

[@zaidsoub3031]

How to meditate

[@cancerousamphibian625]

Please see a doctor

[@mykieuthi5898]

This comment section is literally full of pseudoscience.”Just meditate and think about all the good things in life,surely your third eye will open to solve all of your brain problems” or another one where some dude literally say “Just fast and your ADHD will be cured.”

[@JH-it2yr]

My mom’s brain scanning showed that some new thinner veins function instead of the old branch which was blocked.

[@soberopium5860]

My father is currently in a severe coma with no brain activity. The icp pressure is not good, can anybody else relate to this situation?

[@itsmohdmustafa]

I pray that he gets well soon, stay strong man!

[@soberopium5860]

@@itsmohdmustafa thank you so much and god bless 🙏🏼

[@marcuhsmancias3236]

@@soberopium5860 any good updates

[@soberopium5860]

@@marcuhsmancias3236 he is making very slow progress but progress nonetheless, he is now home but in the vegetative state,

[@marcuhsmancias3236]

@@soberopium5860 hopefully he makes a full recovery…

[@garydunken7934]

Good animation.

[@ashleyjackson4239]

I HAD CEREBRAL PALSY AND A LITTLE BIT OF AUTISM SINCE I WAS BORN ON MAY 6,1991. DO THERE ARE CURE FOR CEREBRAL PALSY AND AUTISM?

[@taniakhan3335]

My mother suffered from a massive brain haemorrhage and is in comma since 3 months. I am searching for some treatment or medicine that could help to cure.

[@gslimm40]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💗💗💗💗

[@avicalen3210]

Yes it can, i had panic when i had back on the head a brain tumour, and i saw how my body, nerves, muscles repair it self, i felt my muscles moving to send signals to my brain. I experienced full body repair, and brain repair. i cant explain everything on english, but yea.

[@kulwantmeriwala3068]

Can u pls tell ur symptoms during back of head tumor.

[@cordeliaclaire1960]

I'm experiencing something similar. I can feel this sensation from my middle head down to my toes. I can control it with my breathing.

[@mariamfarouk9551]

Marvelous video Thank you

[@etherealnight1722]

Kinda funny how the brain studies itself lol.

[@blakknight85]

I would like to thank professor Richard Faull from the University of Auckland for this discovery

[@LucaAliberti]

How do I test for brain injuries ?

[@Matty94]

put head in microwave for approximately 1 min.

[@Xenderque]

@@Matty94 dang xD

[@venuvenu2719]

Namaste, you can go for MRI or CT scan

[@Haze2121]

Yes it can. It’s called fasting the first half or quarter of the day and not eating 3 hours before sleep. Your body and brain repairs itself while you get GOOD sleep

[@ashleyjackson6752]

I had this disorder is cerebral palsy and autism since I was born on May 6,1991. Do my brain damage from cerebral palsy and autism repair itself?

[@tulipsworld1865]

Bunu sesli olarak seslendirsenize alt yazı yerine, yazılar çok hızlı geçiyor, ve şekillere bakılamıyor. seslendirdiğinizde duyarak ve şekillere bakarak izleme harika olur.

[@_issacerhv_6331]

Good Info Video ,I Think Its Helpful,Mainly Now ,That Children Cannot Go To School Because of COVID - 19,Thanks Ted

[@OppoOppo-jg6ux]

In theory and lab yes it's possible. But in human body or some specific area like brain, the question is can the whole organ and cells in human body synchronous with any abnormal rate of speed, pressure, growth,etc.. from a single cell without making damaged to other cell ?

[@leonardgibney2997]

Odd situation, making the brain understand itself. This is an exciting prospect. I saw a TV documentary (UK) where a man crippled with Parkinson's was administered with dopamine directly through implants into the brain. Unable to walk prior to the operation he was strolling around like a normal person, the op completely successful. But he died two weeks later from the stress of it all. Maybe someday they'll invent a pill we can take containing the necessary neurons... or something.

[@anonymousbeing5510]

😅😉

thanks it helps me a lot

[@mratheimperfec1033]

Just wanna ask. Will that new braincells have memory like the dead one? Like if we got damaged brain cells and forget how to swim properly, then I got a new one, could I instantly remember how to swim?

[@Saucyakld]

I am hoping! My mother, grandmother and her mother all died of altzheimers. So I see not way way out for me. They started at 75, I am now 76 and forgetting things. So hope they find a solution soon before I am committed to a home

[@christophertan5949]

Check out the Perispinal etanercept treatment at Boca Raton in Florida

[@EvilEmperorKmuz]

my teacher of neuro always todl me there were works than prove there is regeneration in neurologic tissue, the problem is its much slower than teh rest of the bodry, taking months or even yeays to repear

[@andicela3937]

Decades

[@abdullahalnoman626]

Thanks 🥰

[@madamadadane4387]

With good rest, foods, and drinks then yes

[@TND12]

The art is good

[@deepakkumarDPKreal]

I have been looking for ways to forget some years of my life, but all I find is how we're gonna have stronger memory. :(

[@Nifica]

This is like exactly reinstalling a lit game, but lost progress.

[@suzyfein]

Once I did some work in school That’s bad enough for me I don’t know how I’d even survive brain damage

[@meiyaoli2258]

Omg this is so cool, maybe repairing brains would be possible in my 30s?

[@hubertfarnsworth2020]

Bring back Michael Schumacher.

[@BionicTenshi96]

3 years since your comment yet we still don't know anything about Schumi's condition :(

[@ayushtiwari8624]

NoFap rewired my brain