Bingecast: Jonathan Sackier on Healing the Brain

Episode 75 March 26, 2020 00:33:44
Bingecast: Jonathan Sackier on Healing the Brain
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Bingecast: Jonathan Sackier on Healing the Brain

Mar 26 2020 | 00:33:44

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Show Notes

The brain can also both adapt and heal itself. How can we facilitate this healing in patients with brain challenges? Can this healing be accelerated without brain surgery? Using stimulation to the tongue can result in incredible changes to brain functions. Robert J. Marks and Dr. Jonathan Sackier discuss brain trauma, healing and stimulation. Show Notes 01:11 | Introducing Dr. Jonathan Sackier, Chief Medical Officer of Helius Medical Technologies 02:00 | Evidence for the brain adapting and healing itself 04:00 | The stability-plasticity dilemma 04:48 | Neuroplasticity 06:01 | The nature of addiction 09:01 | Brain trauma and healing 11:40 Read More ›

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