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Lashley appears to have been the first neuroscientist to propose an interesting alternative: that learning and skills are encoded not “in” specific neurons, or even “in” the connections between neurons, but “in” the cumulative electrical wave patterns that are the result of all the neurons firing together.
Correction of general cellular functions of the neurons and glia. This is the only stage that does not directly address “wiring issues”—that
no lymphatic system—the system of vessels that is very important for the immune system and healing elsewhere in the body. Instead, small “microglial” cells protect the brain
Neurostimulation.
Light, sound, electricity, vibration, movement, and thought (which turns on certain networks) all provide neurostimulation.
Neuromodulation.
level of arousal
The first such system is the reticular activating system (RAS), which is involved in regulating a person’s level of consciousness and the overall level of arousal.
The second way neuromodulation works is by affecting the autonomic nervous system.
turning off the sympathetic system appears to improve the signal-to-noise ratio in brain circuits. Thus turning on the parasympathetic system is probably another way to quiet the noisy brain.
Neurorelaxation.
Neurodifferentiation and learning.
suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), which regulates our biological clock. The biological clock is more than a mere timekeeper; it controls when the major organ systems turn on and off during the course of the day. It is both clock and conductor. The SCN is part of the hypothalamus, and together they function as a master conductor to regulate the symphony of our appetites as they rise and fall—our hunger, thirst, sexual longings, cravings for sleep—by adjusting our hormones. They also influence our levels of arousal and our nervous system.
Astonishingly, people with herniated discs, when treated with lasers, were healed, the body somehow restoring those discs.
Cytochrome is the marvel that explains how lasers can heal so many different conditions, because it converts light energy from the sun into energy for the cells.
Where inflammatory processes have become stuck and “chronic,” as happens with many diseases, laser light can unblock the stalled process and quickly move it to a normal resolution, leading to decreased inflammation, swelling, and pain.
Kinesthetic awareness
Awareness of movement is the key to improving movement.
Differentiation is easiest to make when the stimulus is smallest.
Slowness of movement is the key to awareness, and awareness is the key to learning.
more change is possible.
There is always a brain component to a movement difficulty.
find a new integrated way of functioning together.
The finding that the external muscles can lengthen or shorten
it is also why visualizing one’s athletic or musical performance can improve that performance.
Bell Hand exercise to enable the part of himself of
Michael
Merzenich and his colleagues at Posit Science have developed computer-based brain exercises to expand peripheral
But why stimulate the tongue? Because the tongue, the team has discovered, is a royal road to activating the entire human brain. The tongue is one of the most sensitive organs in the body.
Yuri’s hypothesis is that the PoNS device works in so many different kinds of illness because it activates the neuronal network’s general mechanisms of homeostatic regulation. His emphasis on using brain homeostasis as
