Possible applications of the discovery of researchers from the Technion: treatments for epilepsy and blindness
Technion researchers have identified a new mechanism for artificial stimulation of the brain using ultrasound waves. Professors Eitan Kimmel and Shay, who are from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering and the Russell Berry Institute for Research in Nanotechnology, tested the ability of a theoretical model that Professor Kimmel proposed three years ago - to predict the results of a series of brain stimulation experiments using ultrasound.
Creating a precise but non-invasive way to reach through the skull to target areas in the depths of the brain and influence its activity is a long-standing ambition of those involved in brain research and treatment. This is the reason for the growing enthusiasm in the scientific community for the recent successes of several research groups in the world to stimulate electrical nerve activity in nerve cells (neurons, the cells in the brain, spinal cord and nerves that communicate with each other in electrical pulses called "action potentials") using focused ultrasound beams of not high intensity. While the number of studies showing that the method works and can be applied is rapidly increasing, the stimulation mechanism remains mysterious. The new research by professors Eitan Kimmel and Shay Shao and doctoral student Michael (Misha) Flexin offers a scientific explanation for the phenomenon and may promote the ability to intervene in brain activity in a non-invasive manner using ultrasound, and lead to the development of new medical treatments. The findings were published in the scientific journal In Physical Review X
"The current work is based on a theoretical model that I proposed three years ago as a new and revolutionary explanation for the effect of ultrasound waves on cells of any type in the living body," says Professor Kimmel. "The model focused on the cellular membrane - the envelope that surrounds the cell. The molecules that make up the membrane are arranged in two layers with a space between them. According to the model, when an ultrasound wave hits the cell, the two layers of the cell membrane move apart, stretch and begin to vibrate (similar to the vibration of the vocal cords when air passes through the throat). The new research examined what happens during the vibration to the electrical behavior of the cells (the cell membrane is also a capacitor that stores an electrical charge)."
The Technion researchers showed that when the layers vibrate, the movement of the electric charge creates an alternating current that also indirectly leads to the accumulation of charge. As the vibration continues, more charge accumulates in the membrane, and eventually enough charge accumulates to create an action potential and electrical excitation of the nerve cells.
To test the model, the Technion team tested its ability to predict the results of a series of brain stimulation experiments using ultrasound. According to Professor Shaham, "a very high agreement was found between our predictions and sophisticated observations recently carried out by researchers at Stanford University. This actually has a double meaning - we developed the first theory capable of predicting neural stimulation using ultrasound, and indirectly we strengthened the theoretical model from three years ago."
This new understanding may lead to significant new medical developments. Scientists and doctors will be able to use ultrasound waves to study the internal structure of the brain non-invasively, as complementary information to an MRI scan, and possibly even to treat epileptic seizures. Professor Shoah has already begun to examine ways to stimulate cells in the retina using ultrasound - a technique that may allow the creation of images and vision without light. "There is extensive potential here for additional applications, which are based on understanding the mechanism of action," say the researchers.
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You wrote "40% of the assets and resources were looted by XNUMX% of the people."
Where did you see that I claimed that someone was corrupt?
Unless you define for me who is corrupt? Is someone who has a billion shekels in liquid money corrupt or not?
And if he has 10 million dollars?
What is corrupt?
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A very large number of people who have billions donate their time and money for the benefit of those who do not. Beyond the fact that they provide work for millions of people.
Some people are corrupt, right? Most people, including most of the rich, are not like that.
Miracles, it just shows how clueless you are about humans and crowd psychology.
You probably have feelings of superiority and you simply suppress the fact that we humans are stupid creatures on average (and according to Einstein our level of stupidity is infinite).
Stupid creatures are very easy to brainwash. And that's what the media does.
And you are even more naive to think that there are some free market forces whose purpose is to increase the viewership just like that. As if those who control the media have no personal interest in not revealing all kinds of things that could harm him.
Imagine that you have billions of dollars, and lots of resources and assets and you also control the means of communication. Won't you try your best to prevent others from being able to compete with you? Wouldn't that be your main goal?
My serious accusations are based on the fact that about 40% of the assets and resources have been looted by XNUMX% of the people.
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You make serious and baseless accusations.
The content of the television is determined to increase the viewing percentages. The reason for this is that the source of revenue for the television networks is the advertisers, and earners need viewers.
Advertisers appeal to an audience that is able to buy, or influence someone else to buy.
Conclusion - no one wants very young children to watch TV.
There are much more important studies that are not published - for example, the danger of withholding vaccines from children, and the danger of "homeopathic" treatment. And the problem is that most people are so lovable that they won't be interested in it and will switch channels.
The parents are responsible for what the children see. The fact that it is convenient for parents to sit a baby for hours in front of bad programs is the source of the problem. I mean - the reason why they don't publish studies on the harms of television is the low level of television viewers - and these are the children's parents.
It's nice that you know studies that show a connection. But I don't know such studies, and neither does the majority of the public.
And the main reason is that the media does not publish such studies.
And not only that, if there were funding for such studies, in my opinion the results would be very sharp. But there isn't because those up there don't want us to know.
Who are those above? These are the capitalists, the media, the banks and the central bank.
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It's not a matter of opinion. I know of studies that show there is a connection between ADHD and watching TV. Of course, saying that watching TV is the cause of ADHD is idiotic.
Please tell me - who exactly is "above", who did you choose?
And of course - those who don't watch TV don't know what they said on the news...
indeed. I don't think it is possible to prove that there is no damage to the body of the fetus. At most we can say that there is no visible damage.
Regarding ADHD, my opinion on the matter is that the television the children watch causes it. And the connection is relatively simple and direct: in nature all things have legality, in television there is no legality. Images are changed according to the whim of the editor. And it creates madness in the child's mind.
You will never hear this on the news because then the entire mechanism of brainwashing the children will collapse. And nobody up there wants that. So give them ADHD. That way they won't be able to think about the fact that they were screwed and they will also pay money to the drug companies.
And maybe this is exactly how ultrasound waves harm fetuses and create learning difficulties and hyperactivity...? (Even if it is a different concentration of the ultrasound beam.)