Saturday, November 16, 2013

Ted Talk – A #Paralysed Rat That Walked!

Kate Allatt
A Rocky Stroke Recovery
November 10, 2013

Helping the brain help itself. It’s not ‘if’, but ‘when.’


This is the most fantastic TED Talk I have EVER watched!!!

(Use this link if you cannot see the embedded video.)

Gregoire Courtine.




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‘This intervention may lead to improved spinal chord recoveries and improved quality of life for patients.’ 
‘There is still so much to do but… remodelling the plasticity of the brain and spinal chord may also help many other neurological conditions.’ 
‘This advancement will help the brain help itself… it is not ‘if’ but ‘when’.
(Incidentally, a saying I have always used too!)

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