Adjusting Dials on Circuits in the Human Brain: Andres Lozano at TEDxCaltech

Andres Lozano, M.D., Ph.D., is professor and chairman of neurosurgery at the University of Toronto and holds both the R.R. Tasker Chair in Functional Neurosurgery at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience. He is best known for his work in Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). His team has mapped out cortical and subcortical structures in the human brain and has pioneered applications of DBS for various disorders including Parkinson's disease, depression, dystonia, anorexia, Huntington's and Alzheimer's disease. Andres has over 400 publications, serves on the board of several international organizations and is a founding member of the scientific advisory board of the Michael J. Fox Foundation. He has received a number of awards including the Olivecrona Medal and the Pioneer in Medicine award, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and has received the Order of Spain.

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[treid]

I want to hug this man. This is the most incredible, and beautiful, advancement in human achievement.

[MichaelLlewellyn]

Utterly incredible! The change in the life of those children, and the potential impact on the world. Thank science!

[squamish]

All of this will be possible soon without DBS:  they are working on electrical and sonic means of dialing up/down brain activity.

[ollobrains]

do it externall using neurofeedback rather than expensive and dangerous implants

[AQGOAT]

They aren't paid based on what social service they provide. They are paid based on the fact that they make their team's millions of dollars. The owner's are wealthy because people like us buy tickets to the games, buy product's, watch the games etc.

In reality, we are the reason for the disparity. Owner's make money off of these players and therefore are able to afford paying them huge contracts without losing money.

[adrianhats]

Since when was a person's labor output the only metric by which we evaluate value? And since when have we thought of medical funding as merely a pot out of which research institutions take money? Both are presumptions; both are misinformed.

[harmonyvegan]

Why are footballers being paid more than these guys?

[tRuStThEsCiEnCeBiGoT]

Why are we wasting all of this money researching old people diseases? That money could have been better spent helping 25-35 year olds who are contributing (working) members of society.


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Now before you start screaming- get the point I was trying to make- many of you fully support programs like the "Affordable Care Act", which only serve to ration funds (politician's idea of maximum utility). I think this reasearch is awesome, much better than "a pain pill" like Odumbo suggested.

[LaLiLuLeLoX]

I KNOW RIGHT??? Something is utterly wrong with our culture!!