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There’s a huge number of leads in the search for markers. It’s just that nobody is talking about it. I’ve never met a lay person who had any clue of what’s going on in the space

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spadros4y ago

Interesting. Care to elaborate?

EEBio4y ago

Last year a couple of researchers published a paper on their approach to treat depression in otherwise-untreatable patients.

They implanted a chip in the patient's (yes, n=1) brain, which they trained to detect when the patient is going into depressing thoughts. Using Deep Brain Stimulation they terminate the signal propagation of that neural pathway.

Similar techniques have been used to treat Parkinson's.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32846987/

spadros4y ago

Interesting. I think the field of using electronic brain stimulation to help disease is moving forward in a good direction compared to the lobotomies and craziness of the 60s. That seems to be what you’ve linked here.

I’m talking about a simple, non intrusive way of testing someone’s mental health without talking to them. That stills seems far off on the horizon. Maybe some MRI research might be able to take us into the future in that regard.

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spadros4y ago

Interesting. Care to elaborate?

EEBio4y ago

Last year a couple of researchers published a paper on their approach to treat depression in otherwise-untreatable patients.

Similar techniques have been used to treat Parkinson's.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32846987/

spadros4y ago

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