I have MS and I'm participating in a lifelong study on the onset and progression of the disease. While having it sucks, A LOT, I'm glad that I'm contributing to the research of a surefire cure/treatment of it.
Awful that you have it, but it’s awesome that you’re helping build the backbone of research that will, hopefully, prevent others from going through the same. As was said, you’re a legend!
Thank you for having the strength to be proactive & contributing for current & future generations afflicted with MS! I completely agree with the other comments, LEGEND 🙌🙏🏼
You're genuinely an absolute hero (or heroine, if you prefer). I hope they find a cure or a management method soon, for you and everyone struggling with autoimmune diseases. I'm going to post a public forum message on a similar theme, but, that doesn't mean you didn't inspire me to write it. Thank you.
1:05 - Chapter 1 - MS might be caused by a virus 5:00 - Chapter 2 - Paralyzed patients walk again 8:00 - Chapter 3 - 1st scan of dying human brain 10:45 - Chapter 4 - Lab grown brains
I'm a hospice nurse, so I clicked immediately when I saw this headline. I'm constantly bombarded with questions from family members about the patients level of consciousness, awareness, can they hear, feel, etc etc. Consciousness is so difficult to explain and exists on a spectrum of mostly shades of gray, not black and white. I've seen so many people take their last breaths, and I've always wondered what is going on in their brains at that moment. Great video
I'm really surprised that there's no other data than this single brain scan during death. Yes, for most people, death is not something you schedule and can therefore make preparations to have a brain scan running. But there ARE still plenty of cases of "scheduled death" like executions and (physician-assisted) suicide. If given the opportunity, some of those people might even be okay to have brain scans taken for the benefit of science. Having been involved in a case of physician-assisted suicide in my very close family (reason was terminal cancer), I'm kind of surprised that the organization providing this service (Exit in Switzerland) is not working together with scientists to connect them with willing individuals. There's a good chance that the individual in my family might have agreed to having an EEG set up in advance. (But not to having a stranger present in the same room at the time of death.)
Based on my personal experiences, many, if not most people are able to take in sensory input for a few minutes even after clinical death. So it’s a practice in my family to always assure a dying relative that they’re surrounded by loved ones and that they’re not alone. Hopefully our message gets through and they can pass on a little more peacefully as a result.
Geries nurse here, I like to imagine it's peace and release. You've probably seen the last gasp of life when they're switched on like a light switch then gone
From my experience/experimentation, I believe psychedelics/mediation/sound frequencies breaks down the barrier between our conscious and subconscious mind, allowing our conscious mind to experience our sub conscious thoughts, feelings and memories..... however I also believe, in our subconscious mind we can access the universal consciousness... One of my first truly breakthrough experiences, during my own experimentation was this..... the words/feeling/communication I was experiencing, felt as if they were coming from someone/something/somewhere else... """"" Hey we've been waiting for you....... don't be scared...... don't be scared....... your family is here with us..... you don't really know him well, but he's family, he's family...... it's (then proceeded to tell me a name) he's safe, he's here with us, he's your family don't worry, he's with us"""" 3 days later I was with my mum and we were talking about our family and I was asking if any of my older family members had caught or been effected by c v..... at first she said no.... then after a short pause she said her cousin... with the same name I had heard/felt/experienced 3 days before had been in a coma for 4 days with pneumonia and died the day after my experience.... I was gobsmacked and instantly began to feel an incredibly sadness this was one of the most profound experiences of my life... I had only ever met the man a few times and never really seen him or his family in my day to day life or on social media as I only use this..m. there had been no mention from anyone or way of me knowing about his predicament in the weeks prior. My ability to see this snow has now also been hugely amplified, while staring at anything I can make it I appear in my vision, here's something crazy... I've been able to form whole living scenes from this static/snow, they aren't super clear, but during another couple of session, I was staying at a b and b at the time and the owners son also lived there, I didn’t talk to him as I didn't really like his character, anyway I was seeing a motorbike, very clearly and being told stop looking it's a secret, twice this happened, then a few days later his friend pulled up with two motorbikes in his van to drop off at the b and b...... after much thought and some research, I can only conclude that our minds are like radios and have the ability to tune into different frequencies, that allow us to effectively experience different inputs into our senses/brains. I was a hard-core atheist before this.... now I have a new found sense of.... enlightenment amazement, fascination and desire to discover the world to which is there but we cannot see or experience, not in our normal state anyway. Peace, power and freedom to all the psychonauts out there.
I know someone in UCSC's Neuro Dept, & she works with brain organiods. She told me that in addition to studying diseases, they also use organiods to study the effects of pressure on brain tissue. This has implications for learning more about TBIs (traumatic brain injuries) & what treatments could help brain tissue recover! It won't be this year, & maybe not this decade, but it is still a beacon of hope for veterns & other people exposed to concussive events. Imagine retiring someday knowing that your life's work led to so much help for so many! I hope these innovations come quickly, yet I know that scientists _have to_ move with care & deliberation. Those who review the research must move with even more care. I must admit, given that we are talking about people's _brains,_ I am not in favor of rushing! Still, this is *Utterly Amazing Stuff!!!*
9:58 “the brain may actually have been orchestrating the entire process of death” The heart hit the power button, the brain however said “waiting for background programs to close…please wait”
10:38 This gives me some hope that when (hopefully many years from now) my sweet little cat passes on, he gets to quickly relive a wonderful life spent with me. I know that might sound morbid, but I’ve been struggling with anxiety surrounding his furry little mortality the last few days and that thought oddly comforts me. So, thanks.
Omg this made me cry lol. I lost my beautiful old girl (dog) recently, she was put to sleep and died in my arms looking at me. She lived the best life, as did her mom - I was there the moment both of them were born until their deaths. I think you’re probably right about this, and it also gave me hope that they were both able to pass on peacefully and relive our time together- & and a reminder of how deeply they were/are still loved. The griefs is horrible, but time we had with them is always worth it tho Yk when they do the euthanizing process it takes quite some time to go to sleep and the eventual heartbeat to stop - I really do feel like it appears like their brain’s must be dreaming or reliving their lives. Your suggestion gave me some comfort too, thank you ♡ I wish your sweet baby the best and to have a long healthy and happy together with you ♡ dogs and cats are so special
I have ms and wasn’t expecting a lesson in it tonight before bed. Thank you though I learned some stuff I was unaware of and will mention this info to my neurologist tomorrow in regards to epv and how that knowledge may be helping future medications and the ultimate goal of stopping disease progression forever and maybe even myelin regeneration. MS sucks but so much to be thankful for. We all deal with something don’t we?
My first job after finishing nursing training was in a spinal injury rehab unit. Great place, great job but the idea of any of them walking again was met with a firm not gonna happen. It's brilliant to see that in the 25 or so years since that job, this has happened and that before too long, rehab will be learning how live with an implant and rebuild your neural system.
When I graduated nursing school almost 2 years ago it was still the belief that neurons could not be repaired or regenerated, and spinal and brain injuries were permanent. We have come a long way in understanding the brain and CNS, but still have a long way to go
Well and even 25 years ago some recovery was possible but I wonder if part of the statement was made for the sake of mental health at the time. Only in the last couple decades have we taken a second look at the pros and cons of "false hope" there used to be a much stronger emphasis on "give up hope and learn to deal with it" in our society and on top of that we had the limited treatment options comparatively.
The MS part hits home. My mom suffered from MS for nearly 30 years, going through a number of different treatments. She recently passed away from complications from MS. She went from outgoing and active, to stuck at home, to confined to a wheelchair, to confined to bed. Too late for her, sadly, but I hope to God that a cure is found. This horrific disease needs to go.
I agree with Rhonda, Simon; I would love seeing that video, as my aunt suffers from epilepsy and has had seizures her entire life. Now in her 60’s, she is finding the seizures more and more debilitating.
Thank you Simon and crew! This was really interesting and engaging. The whole gang knows how to grab attention and keep it focused on the topics presented!
The segment on recording a brain at a person’s death reminded me of the scene from the movie. ‘Brainstorm’ where a scientist records what she sees after suffering a heart attack.
I've been waiting to hear about scanning the brain during death for the past 15 or so years because I'm (slightly morbidly) fascinated by the process of death. I really hope there's more research into it in my lifetime. I'd kind of assumed it had been done but not necessarily published but I didn't realize it's only happened once. That's pretty discouraging.
I'm like you, wildly fascinated by the knowledge people bring back from these near-death experiences. I find it so arrogant when disbelievers try to tell people that what they experienced wasn't 'real' and 'didn't happen' because they can't fathom that all these people could be having experiences the disbelievers haven't. I'm so tired of disbelievers trying to turn everyone onto their dull, uninteresting, mentally-limiting box of thought. Something is going on there that we don't have the science yet to know what is. Even more ridiculous is when the readings are used as proof that the brain lighting up means 'nothing' is happening. Because we can see where in the brain it happens. It proves nothing other than we may have found where humans connect to the universe. Anyone who tries to invalidate a sane person's experience can take a long hike in the wilderness and then get back to us.
@thornyback it's not that people disbelieve the experience, it's that they don't believe the cause. The dying brain creates hallucinations, so it's pretty normal to assume that someone resuscitated just imagined those experiences.
Well, guess all the head trauma I've collected, like they were gold bars, broke my brain. I recently decided to go into cascading organ failure with pulmonary distress syndrome which required 6 revivals, and a 2.5 month coma in ICU unit... I didn't experience anything except perfect peace and relaxation in a comfortable darkness, and after waking up I felt the most well rested ever, and so completely weak that I couldn't lift a finger. I would have loved to stay there, and not return to the broken body my doctor couldn't take the hint I wanted out of.
Fascinating video!! I have an extremely rare genetic disorder (doesn’t even have a name yet), so this was incredibly interesting. I’ll definitely mention it to my neurologist! Thank you Simon and team 😊👏🏻🔥🙌🏻
The work with paralysis is truly amazing. While I am not someone who had that, as such, I was confined to a wheelchair for many months after a serious accident as a young adult. Learning to walk again even after they thought I'd fail was immensely satisfying. I can only imagine how much better it would be after being even more seriously impacted than I was. At least I could move enough to read and such after a few months of recovery. Brains are truly amazing things, human and animal alike. We've just barely scratched the surface of this field of study and I'm always fascinated by the new things experts in the field find. Even more so when it's an accidental discovery such as the patient who died.
Most people don't realise that the brain isn't the only concentration of neurons in the human body. The heart and stomach also contain neurons as well. Perhaps the organelles could be made to act as a pacemaker, if that isn't too complicated a task for them.
I have the electrodes in the spinal cord. It works. I spent almost 15 years paralyzed from a spinal cord injury and had to wear a diaper and now I can walk unaided, don't have to wear the diaper anymore, and sexual function has returned. For those out there watching this video and reading this comment that suffer from a spinal cord injury, if you have the opportunity to receive this treatment sign the waivers and just do it. You won't be sorry although it's not a magic bullet, you have to do the therapy as well. And it's paid for by Medicare and Medicaid 🙂👍
All of this is very cool, especially the dying brain activity story. I'm glad we have at least a data point on that, and it was collected in an accidental and ethical way. I do think we ought to be careful ethically with lab grown brains though. The idea of creating a new human consciousness and simply running tests on it is terrifying to me, and falls very close to the line of "man-made horrors beyond your comprehension."
That’s the tricky part though. We don’t really understand what consciousness is, nor where it ‘lives’ within neural structures. I don’t think we’re anywhere close to creating anything even close, but it’s nice to see that they are finally able to gain a tiny fraction of insight into how some neural diseases work. I’m not sure our current ethical research standards would even allow us to get anywhere close to replicating human consciousness in the next few hundred years, unless there is a huge shift in priority and technology. We know where certain things happen in certain regions, but we often don’t understand why it’s happening in the first place.
Sadly it cant be monitored since its grown so no prying eyes let alone thinking of it ethically is black and white so im gonna assume they are doing it right now somewhere remote. Its no secret that unethical research is still conducted this era but its never in 1st world countries. Sorry if this could trouble you and might i add that i might be wrong so theres still that.
I remember as a little kid suffering from a few bouts of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. Scarey as hell. Everything looked so small and far away. Disappeared quickly. Then got full blown epilepsy at age 27.
I was diagnosed with epilepsy at the same age although admittedly it was after three fractures to the side of my skull. I'm 32 now and havnt had any form of seizures in about a year and havnt had a grand mal seizure in over 2! There's always hope that you can at least control it, it truly sucks getting diagnosed late in life so I feel for you... Never experienced anything like Alice in Wonderland syndrome though, that sounds wild 😬
@@MeryddJ thankfully I have been free of seizures for at least 15 years. Wasn't having them all the time but often enough that I had to stop driving at one point. Lamotrigine changed my life.
I have such high EBV and got it at ~32 yo. Since then I’ve had progressive pain in my calves and forearms no one can diagnose. I’ll be showing this to my Dr.
I think in the epileptic case, by "heart attack" you meant or should have said 'cardiac arrest'. One is where the heart has reduced blood flow, but is a process of minutes, hours or longer and can result in anything from no harm to death, and the other is when the heart stops beating and without successful intervention will cause death.
It regulates everything about the body, and when it's dead, _you're_ dead. Brain death is how we know when to terminate life support, and no one--not a single person--has ever come back from brain death.
Regarding chapter 1, a vaccine would not be a logical way of preventing MS. Only 800 people out of that pool of 10 million had MS despite basically everyone having gotten EB Virus. You would quite literally cause more deaths in traffic accidents alone directly related to someones commute to be vaccinated than you would prevent cases of MS ignoring any negative side effects. Add normal allergy complication deaths with vaccines and it becomes a very bad way of preventing MS in particular.
As someone with MS I appreciate your thoughts, however I can tell you with certainty that it’d really depend on where you are in the world re a vaccine for MS. In northern latitudes of Europe eg Scotland, you’re about 1 in 400 chance of having MS at some stage in your life. That’s completely different to a sample derived from what would be a young, most likely healthy and fit control group that this study was from; England about 1in 600 chance of developing it. I’d advocate for a potential cure/vaccine program any day with those figures. MS is a bitch, and if it could be to all intents and purposes eradicated, fantastic. It’d save a fortune in health care too, from MRI scans to crazy expensive meds to dampen (my) immune system, which can lead to other complicated decisions down the road (hi there covid!) which can make life extremely complicated, to say the least. All best and trust science!
@@rebelgonebad I understand the disease is horribly debilitating and the idea of a vaccine or any cure to save you from the suffering you've endured is extremely appealing, but even at those rates a vaccination program would likely only make still make sense for the children and direct family of those who already has MS given herpes prevalence amongst the population. That's even if herpes is what causes MS. This entire plotline of finding a vaccine to prevent a disease that literally infects 95%+ of people, to prevents MS reads like a pharma companies wet dream. They know how much emotion a disease like MS provokes and they know how quickly people would buy up a potential prevention even if it doesn't end up actually preventing the disease. They could sell the product for several decades before it's proven not to work, they could design it to require multiple doses, and they'd have the justification of widespread administration given the source diseases prevalence. Idk, I'd say a lot more research is needed and I'd be very surprised if there is one single cause of a disease like MS.
Suffering from a rare disease and not being able to get answers. Deteriorating health being close to death hearing that we are conscious while dying, the brain is alive and working even after death for that long is very scary information to process. That's just awful and torcherous.
8:38 - This was not the first time medicine has looked at the human brain, while people die. They just didn't talk about it. For one example; there was a study in the UK (about a decade ago). Involving the 'Liverpool Care Method', later renamed the 'Liverpool Care Pathway'. To see if patients, who went through it, die in agony (but unconcious, so medical staff and the family don't 'see' the suffering). Or if they died peafully (in that state). By scanning the brains, in the days leading up to and including death, they discovered people died in agony. But were unable to inform staff or family (as they are unconcious/in a coma, leading up to death). They also go insane while in the coma (due to the lack of food and water in the 'Liverpool Care Method'). The NHS then quietly stopped the practice. And the media hardly even covered it. But it all happened. It was a scandle, swept quickly under the rug.
@@Sashazur none were under anesthetic, they slipped into coma. The mind, was therefore very much active and readable by scanning (years of previous brain activity research also came into play here). The parts of the brain active, light up. And from the signals they saw, could conclude what was going on. A vivid nightmare dream. Where the patient was aware and slowly going crazy in their own heads (due to the lack of food+water). Some might see that as a 'living' hell. But, on the outside (the outside world), no movement or indication this was going on. The study was so effective and irrefutable, as i mentioned, that the whole NHS dropped the 'LCM' ..in practically one night. Peace.
guess what humans have even less understanding in the way the skin ages. something we touch every day, humans dont know how to fix shit! eczema, toe nail fungus, alopecha, follucolites, gray hair, baldness, wrinkles....these conditions are even less expored
About the guy who died while having a MRI done, in the late 60`s or 70's there was a movie with natalie wood in it. This was based on people developing a system to record memories. Toward the end one of the people died while the machine was recording his memories. The other scientists replayed the memory recording in their brains, and were able to see/experience all, except the actual death. Ok, it's been ages since I watched that movie and I don't recall all the details, but an IMDb search based on the Natalie wood name and the fact this is science fiction might pull up the correct movie. It might even be available someplace.
I think these findings are amazing.... at some point, these scans will be instrumental to helping others.... understanding is the beginning!!! And of course there's a burst of gamma activity.... we see our loved ones again....
I see a few here with ms... I also was diagnosed with it in my 30s... I'm now 44. Like everyone with ms have good days and bad... My good days still have mild issues with my legs but my memory is definitely affected... My husband picks on me cause I can't remember what happened 10 seconds ago... So if this tends to spiral off, it's cause I forgot my point... Oooh I was tested for ebv, and tested negative... Still haven't tested positive for it... But I do have the classic "handprint" on my brain ... Since my last scan, the handprint has gotten bigger and I'm not 100%sure what that means .... But I guess I should stop talking otherwise I'll write a novella for Simon .. lol. Good luck to everyone who is suffering with ms or any other issue they have... I thank u for the best info I have seen on Ms... I learned stuff that I didn't even know ... 💖💖
my dad was diagnosed with it at 30 exactly i believe. that sounds right, and he shouldnt be like that to you if he knows its not your fault!! thats not cool. but ill pray for you sharon! sending my love..
@@aprilmingone3271 thank u for kind words and the loves... I'll send some right back to u to keep the cycle going lol... It's a rough diagnosis for anyone to get.... Mainly cause they can't figure out how to help. Some things the docs can help with, and others just to mask the systems... I hope that ur Dad is doing well and I also hope u are also doing well. Sending loves and hugs ur way.. ❤️
Ok, I saw a movie once where they were essentially recording their brain as they were dying. It’s like the “brain dance” idea from cyberpunk. Or the idea from SOMA that you can record someone’s personality and memories and upload it into a robot, it thinks it’s still that human person that was scanned, it can talk, walk, make decisions, have conversations, experience feelings, it has sentience. Is it the human the scan came from? Or just a copy? What does it mean to be human and/or to have sentience? It’s a really crazy thought that sometimes sets me down an existential rabbit hole.
Constructing a society which cares for its most vulnerable members pays dividends when research into solving their problems becomes research that benefits all of humanity at large.
Is the findings from the team who wrote about the dying brain scan available for lay people to read? I am absolutely fascinated by the life/death process and would love to read this paper.
I would, too. I know that their scanning method has limitations, but I'd be interested to know if they observed evidence of the DMT release that supposedly accompanies death.
Regarding the brain stem cells created in a lab, I wonder if someday they will be able to excise damaged areas of the brain from someone, replace them with stem cells, and help them regain functionality. Things like epilepsy, strokes, etc. could certainly use another avenue in the treatment and rehabilitation of these diseases! Thanks Simon, and I loved the segment on the dying brain.
That could be useful for certain functions, but obviously not anywhere in the brain. What first came to mind was restoring vision to people that have dead/damaged tissue in the region of the brain dealing with processing visual information, but don't have damage to their eyes or the optic nerve itself. So in areas where new tissue would possibly restore functionality, it could be useful. Obviously not going to replace personality/higherthinking/memories with new cells and get back previous functionality. Anyways, cool to think about, but that tech feels like it would be many decades away.
Science will eventually grow a human brain in the lab from stem cells harvested from skin cells. Given that GOP considers life at conception, they may not like a synthetic brain.
Anyone working on this is an absolute hero (or heroine, if you prefer). I hope the scientists find a cure or a management method soon, everyone struggling with autoimmune diseases (carers and sufferers).
The 2 takeaways I got from this is if you've had a fantastic rich life your last 15 min your brain is going to show you what you are going to miss. Also if you've had a terrible and painful life you get to relive it in a sort of low lights reel....either way dying sucks D.
I suffer from Neurosarcoidosis which is exponentially more rare than MS. Most of the problem is that there is nothing you can do about it. I have granulomas (think hard tiny ball bearings) in my brainstem and and other areas of my brain and it can just go wherever it wants. This causes extreme pain and you don't know where it comes from and it's very frustrating because it's a brain thing. When I talk to a pain doctors they're like, oh well you know it's nerve pain there's nothing we can do about it, and I'm like well you need to do something about it.
This is a very interesting. My ex-mother-in-law had MS and it was very difficult on her. I hope that one day a cure, or at least a treatment to improve the lives of those who have MS.
Thank you. Your passing of scientific insight into what occours during death is deeply fascinating. I cannit thank you and the hospitals contribution to my and many others knowledge of such a macabre yet intresting topic
Maybe they can find out how bipolar disorder works in the brain and develop a better treatment than drugging a person into a zombie or taking a medication that has so many side effects that create more problems and causes them to be put on more medication.
With the stem cell research now able to create the embryonic stem cells without the ethical concerns, it leaves me curious. Couldn't they use these cells in a spinal cord to repair it?
It is at this point in time unviable to grow organs by themeslves to full maturation simply due to the fact they do not grow that way naturally, they rely on the integrated interconnected system of organs and tissues that the body grows. Itd be like trying to grow just roots of a tree and expect them to carry on without the nutrients the leaves and trunk provide the roots. Yin and yang as above so below. Create a system of vats that implement an environment similar to that of the organ, make sure it is fed and properly stimulated. Also make sure its vat tank environment matches that of the host, based off their genome signature, and chemical alignment. Then you can start growing organs. There is also a way to kind of in a way 3d print tissues as well. Im still waiting for nano drugs at parties
My mom HAD MS. Doctors don't know what happened to it. She got her required vaccines to travel to foreign countries and upon her second to last checkup before she left to ensure her MS would allow her to travel over seas they couldn't find the legions. They scanned her spine and brain to make sure they hadn't moved, which is what happens just before MS becomes terminal from my understanding. Thus far today, she only has diabetes to contend with besides high cholesterol levels.
I have MS and knew this about EBV (I got it from my first kiss as a freshman in college.) and I knew this already, but thank you for educating the rest of the world. Rock On.
The big thing about the life review wasn’t that people doubted it happened but that people didn’t know if it happened well before a near death event or well after the recovery but just before consciousness was regained. This finding seems to suggest that it really does occur at death rather than well before or after a near death event. Whether other aspects of NDEs occur at that point or if the brain incorporates the life review into a narrative about a white light and Devine imagery after recovery begins is still an open question.
Your brain keeps you breathing? Mine must be dysfunctional then, because I just forgot to breathe for a minute while watching a TV show. Makes you feel pretty weird.
I wish there was a way to ctrl A and like all your videos. I have a bad habit of not smashing that like button. guess I gotta just rewatch all your videos on all your channels... ill shall enjoy it. haha and I'll be sure to like em. great content man. seriously.
In regards to scanning a person's Brain during death, why not hook up death row prisoners to an EEG machine while lethal injections were administered. At least something useful will come from their death.
im happy for us humans . we are such a wonderfull species with such complex brains that we often forget .. everytime i get cought up in my adult life i try to remenber that my brain is just the most complex organism to be raised by know evolution. and thats fuckintastic
As far as we can tell - and as stated factual evidence is a sample of 1 - your life does indeed flash before your eyes during the time around death or when you believe you might be about to die. Based on anecdotal evidence however it isn't simply a recap of your life - pluses, minuses, achievements and regrets - but it may serve an actual purpose. It appears that the brain is quickly sorting through a lifetime of memories to find a way out of what it believes is coming - a way to avoid death. Most of the time it fails, but every so often some seemingly long forgotten memory snaps back into perfect focus that can get you out of the situation.
Before watching this video, I hope there is a mention of SOMA :D that's truly a haunting masterpiece of what it actually means to be human and/or alive
My memories are triggered for retrieval by loud booms, automatic weapon reports, and nearly every single day for the last 10 years, trying to sleep quietly and still, but my head is a bit of a bell-end
There was a man who suffered from OCD and he would constantly have the urge to wash his hands over and over again up to 50 or more times a day. It got him so depressed about it after several years that he tried to take his own life and used his revolver to shoot himself in the side of the head. He survived shooting himself and after recovering from his little accident he never had the compulsion to frequently wash his hands the way he always did.
I think if you’re gonna create another channel you may as well just do one about science exclusively … I just went down the rabbit hole of your random video’s on science specifically and they are all over the place lol… soooo as an idea ( and I mean a little more in depth then science of science fiction- because yes, I watched that too 😅
Is the brain and the mind the same thing? Many schools, both current and ancient, state they are different entities yet are inextricably connected. So, where do mind (half of the psyche) and the brain (a "physical analogue" of the mind and storage unit not unlike a hard drive or SSD card) separate? When do we know which is which or which truly drives us or is afflicted by disease or damage? Are we even capable of making an effective and qualitative differentiation between the two?
emotional associations of involving persistence for reactions, though at some point of nervous involvement, it's hard to differ reactions from expressions because anger refigures actions which can be contradicted by concern like expressing concern about potential for inadequacy to elaborate involvement according to figured actions and reactions of circumstantial involvements and trying to change according to figured outcomes thrilled by potential, appreciative of self considerations, or exhaustive by change beyond concerns to enable settle.
Dude. Get on your stairmaster. That way you can build up stamina so you don't have to take those annoying short microbreaks to catch your breath mid-sentence.
Organoids and other similar synthetic flesh can and will be used/implemented into both computer/a.i, u.i. systems and applications as well as make virtually all organic computational devices. Living computers. If a.i.does arrive from us, it too will eventually go the path of organics, yet think about the fact it is an a.i. it will perfect its own living organic systems and functions. Almost a perfect living organic artificially incepted being that may one day live long enough to be indistinguishable from the rest of natural life on earth.
I got paralyzed from Ms no idea I had it... Dr's said based off how long I was paralyzed it was extremely unlikely to ever get any feeling back. Got 90% back 4 months later 🤷 life's weird
I have MS and I'm participating in a lifelong study on the onset and progression of the disease. While having it sucks, A LOT, I'm glad that I'm contributing to the research of a surefire cure/treatment of it.
You are a legend
@@Robbo-mx8nn doing my best 😊
Awful that you have it, but it’s awesome that you’re helping build the backbone of research that will, hopefully, prevent others from going through the same. As was said, you’re a legend!
Thank you for having the strength to be proactive & contributing for current & future generations afflicted with MS! I completely agree with the other comments, LEGEND 🙌🙏🏼
You're genuinely an absolute hero (or heroine, if you prefer). I hope they find a cure or a management method soon, for you and everyone struggling with autoimmune diseases. I'm going to post a public forum message on a similar theme, but, that doesn't mean you didn't inspire me to write it. Thank you.
Here before he creates another channel
Too late.
@@nelsondisalvatore9812 nooooooooooooooo
Lol, he created 3 in the time it took to type your post and 5 more in the time it took me to type this 😂
How Many dose he have l 😭😭😭
@@majorhampton6741 He's the creator of seven out of nine UA-cam channels
This guy could launch his own streaming service with more original content than netflix.
Don't give him any ideas 🤣
Actually, hey Simon, please?
In a way.... he already has....
@@theresehopkins1581 the youtube takeover is real
Much busy. Very video.
1:05 - Chapter 1 - MS might be caused by a virus
5:00 - Chapter 2 - Paralyzed patients walk again
8:00 - Chapter 3 - 1st scan of dying human brain
10:45 - Chapter 4 - Lab grown brains
much appreciated.
Thank you
What a bro. Thanks!
Ty. Straight to 8 mins
Thank you!
I'm a hospice nurse, so I clicked immediately when I saw this headline. I'm constantly bombarded with questions from family members about the patients level of consciousness, awareness, can they hear, feel, etc etc. Consciousness is so difficult to explain and exists on a spectrum of mostly shades of gray, not black and white. I've seen so many people take their last breaths, and I've always wondered what is going on in their brains at that moment. Great video
I'm really surprised that there's no other data than this single brain scan during death.
Yes, for most people, death is not something you schedule and can therefore make preparations to have a brain scan running.
But there ARE still plenty of cases of "scheduled death" like executions and (physician-assisted) suicide. If given the opportunity, some of those people might even be okay to have brain scans taken for the benefit of science.
Having been involved in a case of physician-assisted suicide in my very close family (reason was terminal cancer), I'm kind of surprised that the organization providing this service (Exit in Switzerland) is not working together with scientists to connect them with willing individuals.
There's a good chance that the individual in my family might have agreed to having an EEG set up in advance. (But not to having a stranger present in the same room at the time of death.)
Based on my personal experiences, many, if not most people are able to take in sensory input for a few minutes even after clinical death. So it’s a practice in my family to always assure a dying relative that they’re surrounded by loved ones and that they’re not alone. Hopefully our message gets through and they can pass on a little more peacefully as a result.
Geries nurse here, I like to imagine it's peace and release. You've probably seen the last gasp of life when they're switched on like a light switch then gone
From my experience/experimentation, I believe psychedelics/mediation/sound frequencies breaks down the barrier between our conscious and subconscious mind, allowing our conscious mind to experience our sub conscious thoughts, feelings and memories..... however I also believe, in our subconscious mind we can access the universal consciousness...
One of my first truly breakthrough experiences, during my own experimentation was this..... the words/feeling/communication I was experiencing, felt as if they were coming from someone/something/somewhere else...
""""" Hey we've been waiting for you....... don't be scared...... don't be scared....... your family is here with us..... you don't really know him well, but he's family, he's family...... it's (then proceeded to tell me a name) he's safe, he's here with us, he's your family don't worry, he's with us""""
3 days later I was with my mum and we were talking about our family and I was asking if any of my older family members had caught or been effected by c v..... at first she said no.... then after a short pause she said her cousin... with the same name I had heard/felt/experienced 3 days before had been in a coma for 4 days with pneumonia and died the day after my experience.... I was gobsmacked and instantly began to feel an incredibly sadness this was one of the most profound experiences of my life... I had only ever met the man a few times and never really seen him or his family in my day to day life or on social media as I only use this..m. there had been no mention from anyone or way of me knowing about his predicament in the weeks prior. My ability to see this snow has now also been hugely amplified, while staring at anything I can make it I appear in my vision, here's something crazy... I've been able to form whole living scenes from this static/snow, they aren't super clear, but during another couple of session, I was staying at a b and b at the time and the owners son also lived there, I didn’t talk to him as I didn't really like his character, anyway I was seeing a motorbike, very clearly and being told stop looking it's a secret, twice this happened, then a few days later his friend pulled up with two motorbikes in his van to drop off at the b and b...... after much thought and some research, I can only conclude that our minds are like radios and have the ability to tune into different frequencies, that allow us to effectively experience different inputs into our senses/brains.
I was a hard-core atheist before this.... now I have a new found sense of.... enlightenment amazement, fascination and desire to discover the world to which is there but we cannot see or experience, not in our normal state anyway.
Peace, power and freedom to all the psychonauts out there.
@@TheNightWatcher1385 how many times have you died?
I know someone in UCSC's Neuro Dept, & she works with brain organiods. She told me that in addition to studying diseases, they also use organiods to study the effects of pressure on brain tissue. This has implications for learning more about TBIs (traumatic brain injuries) & what treatments could help brain tissue recover!
It won't be this year, & maybe not this decade, but it is still a beacon of hope for veterns & other people exposed to concussive events. Imagine retiring someday knowing that your life's work led to so much help for so many!
I hope these innovations come quickly, yet I know that scientists _have to_ move with care & deliberation. Those who review the research must move with even more care. I must admit, given that we are talking about people's _brains,_ I am not in favor of rushing!
Still, this is *Utterly Amazing Stuff!!!*
9:58 “the brain may actually have been orchestrating the entire process of death”
The heart hit the power button, the brain however said “waiting for background programs to close…please wait”
10:38 This gives me some hope that when (hopefully many years from now) my sweet little cat passes on, he gets to quickly relive a wonderful life spent with me.
I know that might sound morbid, but I’ve been struggling with anxiety surrounding his furry little mortality the last few days and that thought oddly comforts me. So, thanks.
Omg this made me cry lol. I lost my beautiful old girl (dog) recently, she was put to sleep and died in my arms looking at me. She lived the best life, as did her mom - I was there the moment both of them were born until their deaths.
I think you’re probably right about this, and it also gave me hope that they were both able to pass on peacefully and relive our time together- & and a reminder of how deeply they were/are still loved. The griefs is horrible, but time we had with them is always worth it tho
Yk when they do the euthanizing process it takes quite some time to go to sleep and the eventual heartbeat to stop - I really do feel like it appears like their brain’s must be dreaming or reliving their lives.
Your suggestion gave me some comfort too, thank you ♡
I wish your sweet baby the best and to have a long healthy and happy together with you ♡ dogs and cats are so special
I have ms and wasn’t expecting a lesson in it tonight before bed. Thank you though I learned some stuff I was unaware of and will mention this info to my neurologist tomorrow in regards to epv and how that knowledge may be helping future medications and the ultimate goal of stopping disease progression forever and maybe even myelin regeneration. MS sucks but so much to be thankful for. We all deal with something don’t we?
My first job after finishing nursing training was in a spinal injury rehab unit. Great place, great job but the idea of any of them walking again was met with a firm not gonna happen. It's brilliant to see that in the 25 or so years since that job, this has happened and that before too long, rehab will be learning how live with an implant and rebuild your neural system.
When I graduated nursing school almost 2 years ago it was still the belief that neurons could not be repaired or regenerated, and spinal and brain injuries were permanent. We have come a long way in understanding the brain and CNS, but still have a long way to go
Well and even 25 years ago some recovery was possible but I wonder if part of the statement was made for the sake of mental health at the time. Only in the last couple decades have we taken a second look at the pros and cons of "false hope" there used to be a much stronger emphasis on "give up hope and learn to deal with it" in our society and on top of that we had the limited treatment options comparatively.
The MS part hits home. My mom suffered from MS for nearly 30 years, going through a number of different treatments. She recently passed away from complications from MS. She went from outgoing and active, to stuck at home, to confined to a wheelchair, to confined to bed.
Too late for her, sadly, but I hope to God that a cure is found. This horrific disease needs to go.
It did for me as well, same story, Mother has MS went from an outgoing person to being stuck in the house barely moving. I dont wish this on anyone.
I have epilepsy since I was very young. Seizures all over my brain, requiring many meds twice daily. Can you do a video about that, please Simon? Thx
I agree with Rhonda, Simon; I would love seeing that video, as my aunt suffers from epilepsy and has had seizures her entire life. Now in her 60’s, she is finding the seizures more and more debilitating.
I have Epilepsy and would love to see a video about it.
Neuroscience is fascinating.
its my favorite topic then science of animals then space.
Thank you Simon and crew! This was really interesting and engaging. The whole gang knows how to grab attention and keep it focused on the topics presented!
The segment on recording a brain at a person’s death reminded me of the scene from the movie. ‘Brainstorm’ where a scientist records what she sees after suffering a heart attack.
That would be a heart attack
Makes me want to volunteer to have my brain scanned whilst I'm dying.
I'm a hospice nurse and would love to do that as well
Coincidence, my husband will be entering hospice later this yes. He would likely be interested in this as well. I wonder who one would talk to?
Dew it!
I would totally do it for science.
I've been waiting to hear about scanning the brain during death for the past 15 or so years because I'm (slightly morbidly) fascinated by the process of death. I really hope there's more research into it in my lifetime. I'd kind of assumed it had been done but not necessarily published but I didn't realize it's only happened once. That's pretty discouraging.
I'm like you, wildly fascinated by the knowledge people bring back from these near-death experiences. I find it so arrogant when disbelievers try to tell people that what they experienced wasn't 'real' and 'didn't happen' because they can't fathom that all these people could be having experiences the disbelievers haven't.
I'm so tired of disbelievers trying to turn everyone onto their dull, uninteresting, mentally-limiting box of thought.
Something is going on there that we don't have the science yet to know what is.
Even more ridiculous is when the readings are used as proof that the brain lighting up means 'nothing' is happening. Because we can see where in the brain it happens. It proves nothing other than we may have found where humans connect to the universe.
Anyone who tries to invalidate a sane person's experience can take a long hike in the wilderness and then get back to us.
@thornyback it's not that people disbelieve the experience, it's that they don't believe the cause. The dying brain creates hallucinations, so it's pretty normal to assume that someone resuscitated just imagined those experiences.
@@Here_is_Waldo They think they have the answer. The arrogance.
Death is a part of life.
@@Here_is_Waldo right release of DMT same when we dream
I have multiple sclerosis. It really sucks.
Hoping that this research provides a treatment that slows the progress of the disease down for you. 🌻
im sure it does. my father had it. i will pray for you
Imagine being born in a lab and your sole purpose is to experience seizures.
Well, guess all the head trauma I've collected, like they were gold bars, broke my brain. I recently decided to go into cascading organ failure with pulmonary distress syndrome which required 6 revivals, and a 2.5 month coma in ICU unit...
I didn't experience anything except perfect peace and relaxation in a comfortable darkness, and after waking up I felt the most well rested ever, and so completely weak that I couldn't lift a finger. I would have loved to stay there, and not return to the broken body my doctor couldn't take the hint I wanted out of.
Fascinating video!! I have an extremely rare genetic disorder (doesn’t even have a name yet), so this was incredibly interesting. I’ll definitely mention it to my neurologist! Thank you Simon and team 😊👏🏻🔥🙌🏻
The work with paralysis is truly amazing. While I am not someone who had that, as such, I was confined to a wheelchair for many months after a serious accident as a young adult. Learning to walk again even after they thought I'd fail was immensely satisfying. I can only imagine how much better it would be after being even more seriously impacted than I was. At least I could move enough to read and such after a few months of recovery.
Brains are truly amazing things, human and animal alike. We've just barely scratched the surface of this field of study and I'm always fascinated by the new things experts in the field find. Even more so when it's an accidental discovery such as the patient who died.
Most people don't realise that the brain isn't the only concentration of neurons in the human body. The heart and stomach also contain neurons as well. Perhaps the organelles could be made to act as a pacemaker, if that isn't too complicated a task for them.
I have the electrodes in the spinal cord. It works. I spent almost 15 years paralyzed from a spinal cord injury and had to wear a diaper and now I can walk unaided, don't have to wear the diaper anymore, and sexual function has returned. For those out there watching this video and reading this comment that suffer from a spinal cord injury, if you have the opportunity to receive this treatment sign the waivers and just do it. You won't be sorry although it's not a magic bullet, you have to do the therapy as well. And it's paid for by Medicare and Medicaid 🙂👍
thats awesome!!! my dad had ms and died at 52 of it :(
All of this is very cool, especially the dying brain activity story. I'm glad we have at least a data point on that, and it was collected in an accidental and ethical way. I do think we ought to be careful ethically with lab grown brains though. The idea of creating a new human consciousness and simply running tests on it is terrifying to me, and falls very close to the line of "man-made horrors beyond your comprehension."
If I knew I was dying I'd try like heck to be scanned during to help.
That’s the tricky part though. We don’t really understand what consciousness is, nor where it ‘lives’ within neural structures. I don’t think we’re anywhere close to creating anything even close, but it’s nice to see that they are finally able to gain a tiny fraction of insight into how some neural diseases work. I’m not sure our current ethical research standards would even allow us to get anywhere close to replicating human consciousness in the next few hundred years, unless there is a huge shift in priority and technology. We know where certain things happen in certain regions, but we often don’t understand why it’s happening in the first place.
Sadly it cant be monitored since its grown so no prying eyes let alone thinking of it ethically is black and white so im gonna assume they are doing it right now somewhere remote.
Its no secret that unethical research is still conducted this era but its never in 1st world countries. Sorry if this could trouble you and might i add that i might be wrong so theres still that.
I remember as a little kid suffering from a few bouts of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. Scarey as hell.
Everything looked so small and far away.
Disappeared quickly.
Then got full blown epilepsy at age 27.
Thanks for sharing that. Best wishes mate.
I was diagnosed with epilepsy at the same age although admittedly it was after three fractures to the side of my skull. I'm 32 now and havnt had any form of seizures in about a year and havnt had a grand mal seizure in over 2!
There's always hope that you can at least control it, it truly sucks getting diagnosed late in life so I feel for you...
Never experienced anything like Alice in Wonderland syndrome though, that sounds wild 😬
@@MeryddJ Cheers Josh. Best wishes mate...yep I used that in another comment....it just shows I mean it.
@@MeryddJ thankfully I have been free of seizures for at least 15 years.
Wasn't having them all the time but often enough that I had to stop driving at one point.
Lamotrigine changed my life.
Life review is real, as someone who has died and been bought back, I can vouch for it.
You pass yours?
I have such high EBV and got it at ~32 yo. Since then I’ve had progressive pain in my calves and forearms no one can diagnose. I’ll be showing this to my Dr.
I think in the epileptic case, by "heart attack" you meant or should have said 'cardiac arrest'. One is where the heart has reduced blood flow, but is a process of minutes, hours or longer and can result in anything from no harm to death, and the other is when the heart stops beating and without successful intervention will cause death.
The brain is the most important organ in the body, according to the brain......
Yeah that does sound a little biased, now that you mention it
It regulates everything about the body, and when it's dead, _you're_ dead. Brain death is how we know when to terminate life support, and no one--not a single person--has ever come back from brain death.
Regarding chapter 1, a vaccine would not be a logical way of preventing MS. Only 800 people out of that pool of 10 million had MS despite basically everyone having gotten EB Virus. You would quite literally cause more deaths in traffic accidents alone directly related to someones commute to be vaccinated than you would prevent cases of MS ignoring any negative side effects. Add normal allergy complication deaths with vaccines and it becomes a very bad way of preventing MS in particular.
As someone with MS I appreciate your thoughts, however I can tell you with certainty that it’d really depend on where you are in the world re a vaccine for MS.
In northern latitudes of Europe eg Scotland, you’re about 1 in 400 chance of having MS at some stage in your life. That’s completely different to a sample derived from what would be a young, most likely healthy and fit control group that this study was from; England about 1in 600 chance of developing it. I’d advocate for a potential cure/vaccine program any day with those figures. MS is a bitch, and if it could be to all intents and purposes eradicated, fantastic. It’d save a fortune in health care too, from MRI scans to crazy expensive meds to dampen (my) immune system, which can lead to other complicated decisions down the road (hi there covid!) which can make life extremely complicated, to say the least. All best and trust science!
@@rebelgonebad I understand the disease is horribly debilitating and the idea of a vaccine or any cure to save you from the suffering you've endured is extremely appealing, but even at those rates a vaccination program would likely only make still make sense for the children and direct family of those who already has MS given herpes prevalence amongst the population. That's even if herpes is what causes MS. This entire plotline of finding a vaccine to prevent a disease that literally infects 95%+ of people, to prevents MS reads like a pharma companies wet dream. They know how much emotion a disease like MS provokes and they know how quickly people would buy up a potential prevention even if it doesn't end up actually preventing the disease. They could sell the product for several decades before it's proven not to work, they could design it to require multiple doses, and they'd have the justification of widespread administration given the source diseases prevalence. Idk, I'd say a lot more research is needed and I'd be very surprised if there is one single cause of a disease like MS.
Suffering from a rare disease and not being able to get answers. Deteriorating health being close to death hearing that we are conscious while dying, the brain is alive and working even after death for that long is very scary information to process. That's just awful and torcherous.
8:38 - This was not the first time medicine has looked at the human brain, while people die. They just didn't talk about it.
For one example; there was a study in the UK (about a decade ago). Involving the 'Liverpool Care Method', later renamed the 'Liverpool Care Pathway'. To see if patients, who went through it, die in agony (but unconcious, so medical staff and the family don't 'see' the suffering). Or if they died peafully (in that state).
By scanning the brains, in the days leading up to and including death, they discovered people died in agony. But were unable to inform staff or family (as they are unconcious/in a coma, leading up to death). They also go insane while in the coma (due to the lack of food and water in the 'Liverpool Care Method').
The NHS then quietly stopped the practice. And the media hardly even covered it. But it all happened.
It was a scandle, swept quickly under the rug.
How do you tell if someone is in agony, if they are unconscious and also are unable to wake up later to tell you?
@@Sashazur
none were under anesthetic, they slipped into coma. The mind, was therefore very much active and readable by scanning (years of previous brain activity research also came into play here). The parts of the brain active, light up. And from the signals they saw, could conclude what was going on. A vivid nightmare dream. Where the patient was aware and slowly going crazy in their own heads (due to the lack of food+water). Some might see that as a 'living' hell. But, on the outside (the outside world), no movement or indication this was going on.
The study was so effective and irrefutable, as i mentioned, that the whole NHS dropped the 'LCM' ..in practically one night.
Peace.
I always found it fascinating that of all things, the brain can't understand how it works!
To be fair, none of my other organs know how they work either.
guess what humans have even less understanding in the way the skin ages. something we touch every day, humans dont know how to fix shit! eczema, toe nail fungus, alopecha, follucolites, gray hair, baldness, wrinkles....these conditions are even less expored
This was a very interesting episode. One where I'll be following up each of the topics in my own time. So thanks for that.
About the guy who died while having a MRI done, in the late 60`s or 70's there was a movie with natalie wood in it. This was based on people developing a system to record memories. Toward the end one of the people died while the machine was recording his memories. The other scientists replayed the memory recording in their brains, and were able to see/experience all, except the actual death.
Ok, it's been ages since I watched that movie and I don't recall all the details, but an IMDb search based on the Natalie wood name and the fact this is science fiction might pull up the correct movie. It might even be available someplace.
Reminds me of the movie total recall
they are working on such a device. that can record and decipher actual memories. Its still very crude...but i cant wait until its perfected.
The movie is called brainstorm. Natalie Wood died by drowning before the movie was finished. She was married to Robert Wagner at the time.
@@JayM409and sleeping with Christopher walken
I think these findings are amazing.... at some point, these scans will be instrumental to helping others.... understanding is the beginning!!! And of course there's a burst of gamma activity.... we see our loved ones again....
I see a few here with ms... I also was diagnosed with it in my 30s... I'm now 44. Like everyone with ms have good days and bad... My good days still have mild issues with my legs but my memory is definitely affected... My husband picks on me cause I can't remember what happened 10 seconds ago... So if this tends to spiral off, it's cause I forgot my point... Oooh I was tested for ebv, and tested negative... Still haven't tested positive for it... But I do have the classic "handprint" on my brain ... Since my last scan, the handprint has gotten bigger and I'm not 100%sure what that means .... But I guess I should stop talking otherwise I'll write a novella for Simon .. lol. Good luck to everyone who is suffering with ms or any other issue they have... I thank u for the best info I have seen on Ms... I learned stuff that I didn't even know ... 💖💖
my dad was diagnosed with it at 30 exactly i believe. that sounds right, and he shouldnt be like that to you if he knows its not your fault!! thats not cool. but ill pray for you sharon! sending my love..
@@aprilmingone3271 thank u for kind words and the loves... I'll send some right back to u to keep the cycle going lol... It's a rough diagnosis for anyone to get.... Mainly cause they can't figure out how to help. Some things the docs can help with, and others just to mask the systems... I hope that ur Dad is doing well and I also hope u are also doing well. Sending loves and hugs ur way.. ❤️
Wow. This video gives me allot of hope!
when science is to stupid and lazy that they can only discover things by accident...it dosent give me any hope.
Super interesting, but why are the title sequence and the end credits so much louder than the video? It makes me jump and stresses me out.
Wonderful! My mother died of Parkinson’s disease. It’s fantastic, the tools we have now to explore our existence!
lost my dad to ms. im sorry to hear of your mom.
I really wish the sources were linked so I could easily read them myself, they seem really interesting!
Likely you can find them on Google.
Yes, please. That would be such an awesome addition to the videos
@Mo Schmitz that's not a video idea. He talking about information sources
Ok, I saw a movie once where they were essentially recording their brain as they were dying. It’s like the “brain dance” idea from cyberpunk. Or the idea from SOMA that you can record someone’s personality and memories and upload it into a robot, it thinks it’s still that human person that was scanned, it can talk, walk, make decisions, have conversations, experience feelings, it has sentience. Is it the human the scan came from? Or just a copy? What does it mean to be human and/or to have sentience? It’s a really crazy thought that sometimes sets me down an existential rabbit hole.
Constructing a society which cares for its most vulnerable members pays dividends when research into solving their problems becomes research that benefits all of humanity at large.
I love these types of videos, the schizophrenia one is the other one, very good way to bring awareness to these issues people have to live with
Is the findings from the team who wrote about the dying brain scan available for lay people to read? I am absolutely fascinated by the life/death process and would love to read this paper.
I would, too. I know that their scanning method has limitations, but I'd be interested to know if they observed evidence of the DMT release that supposedly accompanies death.
“Enhanced Interplay of Neuronal Coherence and Coupling in the Dying Human Brain,” published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.
Regarding the brain stem cells created in a lab, I wonder if someday they will be able to excise damaged areas of the brain from someone, replace them with stem cells, and help them regain functionality. Things like epilepsy, strokes, etc. could certainly use another avenue in the treatment and rehabilitation of these diseases! Thanks Simon, and I loved the segment on the dying brain.
Stroke isn't a disease. It's a diagnosis of a brain injury
@@fuzzyhair321 Well he/she clearly meant dead or damaged parts of the brain.
That could be useful for certain functions, but obviously not anywhere in the brain. What first came to mind was restoring vision to people that have dead/damaged tissue in the region of the brain dealing with processing visual information, but don't have damage to their eyes or the optic nerve itself. So in areas where new tissue would possibly restore functionality, it could be useful. Obviously not going to replace personality/higherthinking/memories with new cells and get back previous functionality. Anyways, cool to think about, but that tech feels like it would be many decades away.
Science will eventually grow a human brain in the lab from stem cells harvested from skin cells. Given that GOP considers life at conception, they may not like a synthetic brain.
That only works in certain locations. Doing that in the region pertaining to memories would lead to memory loss.
A golden opportunity missed. Imagine a Brain Blaze episode about brains. WOW!🧠🤯
Amazing lecture Simon. Thanks.
Was it too inappropriate to feature this on Brain Blaze?
I’m really skeptical of this loose correlation between EBV and MS.
sameeee
Anyone working on this is an absolute hero (or heroine, if you prefer). I hope the scientists find a cure or a management method soon, everyone struggling with autoimmune diseases (carers and sufferers).
The 2 takeaways I got from this is if you've had a fantastic rich life your last 15 min your brain is going to show you what you are going to miss. Also if you've had a terrible and painful life you get to relive it in a sort of low lights reel....either way dying sucks D.
right what the fuck
I suffer from Neurosarcoidosis which is exponentially more rare than MS. Most of the problem is that there is nothing you can do about it. I have granulomas (think hard tiny ball bearings) in my brainstem and and other areas of my brain and it can just go wherever it wants. This causes extreme pain and you don't know where it comes from and it's very frustrating because it's a brain thing. When I talk to a pain doctors they're like, oh well you know it's nerve pain there's nothing we can do about it, and I'm like well you need to do something about it.
They have things for nerve pain. Too many doctor seem to enjoy extending the suffering of margenalized people.
@@matthewatwood207 I think you might be correct 😂 I've been living with this now for 15 years and at this point I just laugh at it
@@ComommonlyCensored thank you
@@matthewatwood207 doctors don't enjoy their patients suffering. Sometimes there really isn't a good solution.
This is a very interesting. My ex-mother-in-law had MS and it was very difficult on her. I hope that one day a cure, or at least a treatment to improve the lives of those who have MS.
my dad died at 52 of it. it was a awful road that led to his death. he progerssed fast.
Fun video! Thanks!
Thank you. Your passing of scientific insight into what occours during death is deeply fascinating.
I cannit thank you and the hospitals contribution to my and many others knowledge of such a macabre yet intresting topic
Maybe they can find out how bipolar disorder works in the brain and develop a better treatment than drugging a person into a zombie or taking a medication that has so many side effects that create more problems and causes them to be put on more medication.
With the stem cell research now able to create the embryonic stem cells without the ethical concerns, it leaves me curious. Couldn't they use these cells in a spinal cord to repair it?
It is at this point in time unviable to grow organs by themeslves to full maturation simply due to the fact they do not grow that way naturally, they rely on the integrated interconnected system of organs and tissues that the body grows. Itd be like trying to grow just roots of a tree and expect them to carry on without the nutrients the leaves and trunk provide the roots. Yin and yang as above so below. Create a system of vats that implement an environment similar to that of the organ, make sure it is fed and properly stimulated. Also make sure its vat tank environment matches that of the host, based off their genome signature, and chemical alignment. Then you can start growing organs. There is also a way to kind of in a way 3d print tissues as well. Im still waiting for nano drugs at parties
I have MS, got diagnosed with 22. Now I'm 28 and everything is still fine. Hope it stays like that.
Excellent
This is wonderful.. but also scary...Artifical miricals.. But also questions the why in injury in the 1st place and illness and death...
My mom HAD MS. Doctors don't know what happened to it. She got her required vaccines to travel to foreign countries and upon her second to last checkup before she left to ensure her MS would allow her to travel over seas they couldn't find the legions. They scanned her spine and brain to make sure they hadn't moved, which is what happens just before MS becomes terminal from my understanding. Thus far today, she only has diabetes to contend with besides high cholesterol levels.
I have MS and knew this about EBV (I got it from my first kiss as a freshman in college.) and I knew this already, but thank you for educating the rest of the world. Rock On.
I would volunteer to have my brain scanned as I died ...I think that would be awesome.
The big thing about the life review wasn’t that people doubted it happened but that people didn’t know if it happened well before a near death event or well after the recovery but just before consciousness was regained. This finding seems to suggest that it really does occur at death rather than well before or after a near death event.
Whether other aspects of NDEs occur at that point or if the brain incorporates the life review into a narrative about a white light and Devine imagery after recovery begins is still an open question.
Also, what seemed like a life review on the scan could just be the brain desperately searching its memory for a way to survive.
There are people who have reported near death experiences as Hell too. And even those who saw nothing.
the ocean and space are not the final frontier, the human brain is.
Thanks Simon,I found that utterly fascinating,it's amazing to me what Doctors and Scientist's are able to figure out.
Your brain keeps you breathing? Mine must be dysfunctional then, because I just forgot to breathe for a minute while watching a TV show. Makes you feel pretty weird.
Thanks dude. Very interesting.
I wish there was a way to ctrl A and like all your videos. I have a bad habit of not smashing that like button. guess I gotta just rewatch all your videos on all your channels... ill shall enjoy it. haha and I'll be sure to like em. great content man. seriously.
Wow yet another awesome channel!
In regards to scanning a person's Brain during death, why not hook up death row prisoners to an EEG machine while lethal injections were administered. At least something useful will come from their death.
now your thinking! hook up a cd player to record their memories.
im happy for us humans . we are such a wonderfull species with such complex brains that we often forget .. everytime i get cought up in my adult life i try to remenber that my brain is just the most complex organism to be raised by know evolution. and thats fuckintastic
right!!!!
Great vid, thanks
You can literally make any story sound fascinating.
As far as we can tell - and as stated factual evidence is a sample of 1 - your life does indeed flash before your eyes during the time around death or when you believe you might be about to die. Based on anecdotal evidence however it isn't simply a recap of your life - pluses, minuses, achievements and regrets - but it may serve an actual purpose. It appears that the brain is quickly sorting through a lifetime of memories to find a way out of what it believes is coming - a way to avoid death. Most of the time it fails, but every so often some seemingly long forgotten memory snaps back into perfect focus that can get you out of the situation.
weird... I just rewatched Replicas w/ Keanu Reeves.
Before watching this video, I hope there is a mention of SOMA :D that's truly a haunting masterpiece of what it actually means to be human and/or alive
OK it's been 40 mins and I'm here he has created 20 billion new channels lol love this content
Imagine if doctors were only paid based on results?
Bet shit would change quick like.
Damn fascinating!
Hidden gem channel! 💎
interesting
My memories are triggered for retrieval by loud booms, automatic weapon reports, and nearly every single day for the last 10 years, trying to sleep quietly and still, but my head is a bit of a bell-end
There was a man who suffered from OCD and he would constantly have the urge to wash his hands over and over again up to 50 or more times a day.
It got him so depressed about it after several years that he tried to take his own life and used his revolver to shoot himself in the side of the head.
He survived shooting himself and after recovering from his little accident he never had the compulsion to frequently wash his hands the way he always did.
Extreme self treatment.
@@skillmeup53 right jeez what a way to solve ocd lol
I think if you’re gonna create another channel you may as well just do one about science exclusively … I just went down the rabbit hole of your random video’s on science specifically and they are all over the place lol… soooo as an idea ( and I mean a little more in depth then science of science fiction- because yes, I watched that too 😅
Is the brain and the mind the same thing? Many schools, both current and ancient, state they are different entities yet are inextricably connected. So, where do mind (half of the psyche) and the brain (a "physical analogue" of the mind and storage unit not unlike a hard drive or SSD card) separate? When do we know which is which or which truly drives us or is afflicted by disease or damage? Are we even capable of making an effective and qualitative differentiation between the two?
someday i'll ask Karra for you.... its an important question!
emotional associations of involving persistence for reactions, though at some point of nervous involvement, it's hard to differ reactions from expressions because anger refigures actions which can be contradicted by concern like expressing concern about potential for inadequacy to elaborate involvement according to figured actions and reactions of circumstantial involvements and trying to change according to figured outcomes thrilled by potential, appreciative of self considerations, or exhaustive by change beyond concerns to enable settle.
Will lab grown brains be like the Beyond Meat for zombies? 🤔
Nice
Beyond Brains!
The one guy that has more channels than videos
Dude. Get on your stairmaster. That way you can build up stamina so you don't have to take those annoying short microbreaks to catch your breath mid-sentence.
4:12 what it means is, people are gross🤢🤮 and being around or with other people is the best way to get sick😷
If I re-live my entire life when I die then aren't I in a constant loop?
Organoids and other similar synthetic flesh can and will be used/implemented into both computer/a.i, u.i. systems and applications as well as make virtually all organic computational devices. Living computers. If a.i.does arrive from us, it too will eventually go the path of organics, yet think about the fact it is an a.i. it will perfect its own living organic systems and functions. Almost a perfect living organic artificially incepted being that may one day live long enough to be indistinguishable from the rest of natural life on earth.
I got paralyzed from Ms no idea I had it... Dr's said based off how long I was paralyzed it was extremely unlikely to ever get any feeling back. Got 90% back 4 months later 🤷 life's weird
no way that is crazy!!! my father had it
Simon please make the thumbnail your profile picture on everything
I watch your content at 0.75 speed.it’s perfect at that. Not sure why you have deliver it as if you are in a race.