Improving quality of life for Multiple Sclerosis patients | Christopher Patrick | TEDxCSU

Doctoral Student Chris Patrick present findings from multiple sclerosis research conducted in Dr. Brett Fling’s Sensorimotor Neuroimaging Lab. The presentation focuses on understanding neural components that contribute to mobility impairment and intervention strategies that may promote neuroplastic changes leading to functional motor recovery.

A native of northern Virginia, Chris first became interested in neuroscience research as an undergraduate at Allegheny College where he studied factors that contribute to neural proliferation. After graduating, Chris found employment at the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Janelia Research Campus researching neural circuits in fruit flies. With a desire to continue research but with a more human-centric focus, Chris was accepted into CSU’s Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Neuroscience program and joined Dr. Brett Fling’s Sensorimotor Neuroimaging Lab. Chris’ current research focuses on understanding the function of neural pathways that are involved in mobility and balance impairments in people with neurodegenerative diseases and creating neuro-focused recovery approaches. Following his graduate studies, Chris hopes to head up his own lab and research team to continue enhancing neurorehabilitative approaches to positively impact lives.

[suegee]

Thank you so very much to Chris and his fellow researchers for this important work! My nephew was diagnosed with MS at 18 years old, and we are so grateful for the available treatments he gets twice a year. However, as a cure is not in the near future, the ability to use our own neuropathwaya to overcome MS limitations is thee best option, I believe. Please keep doing what you’re doing. It matters to so many.

[acornhomestead]

I was diagnosed in my mid-30 but looking back I had symptoms for like 10 years before too. I am not medicated because I believe that if I control my stress and work life balance I will have less episodes (2 - one in 2005 lasted almost a full year, diagnosis in 2006, and then 2018 lasted 7 months and that one was stress related) I'm going to be 56 this month and while I'm a big girl I'm active, with managable stress, and I'm happy-which I feel is extremely important.
Good luck in the future Chris!

[flyboymic]

I have MS, but I’ve beaten it. I’m cured. All you have to do is proper eating and a healthy lifestyle. I’m an elite swimmer and MS is nothing. I ended up getting double vision, but this is an issue that won’t go away ever, cause damage already done. But when I did conceive MS my eating was soooo horrible, and smoking, and 0 excercise. Again the pharmaceutical industry will never let MS die, they will never tell you how to get ride of it cause there is way to much money there making. Remember our health comes second to the pharmaceutical companies and money is 1st.

[robertnobles]

I lead an MS support group and though the average age for diagnosis may be 30, people often struggle with the symptoms and trying to get a diagnosis for years, often five or more. When I was diagnosed I had scars from previous exacerbations that were never detected. I likely suffered from MS for a decade before my official diagnosis. It is not uncommon.

[whisperingwooper]

Don’t have MS but I know it’s pretty similar to Fibromyalgia with damage but both involve chronic pain with movement. Any research on any chronic pain condition is greatly welcomed!

[rafaelcolmenarez]

Ya es hora de que haya traducción al español!

[nd_]

This thumbnail almost looks like Charlie Day

[ritascheuermann]

There is a special treatment with vitamin d . Why not talking about healing. Only technik like carrepair.

[flyboymic]

Stay away from processed meats, and sugar. Listen to me not him. Also get off your but and do any kind of resistance training on almost a daily basis. Say 4 days a week. 👈 that’s my prescription to you.

[Incognito-xhze]

He said almost nothing for the first ten minutes.

[christianwilliams]

An autoimmune disease like MS is simply your own immune system being confused and attacking your own cells. Now why would the body get so confused?. Well it's usually because some foreign proteins got inside your bloodstream that look a lot like yours, but aren't, so the body attacks not only the foreign protein inside the blood but also attacks yours. Now the real question is, where are those foreign proteins coming from? Well they come from a damaged gut, that is full of holes, making it possible for clumps of undigested proteins to get thru and find itself into the bloodstream, and what sits just behind that gut membrane is 70% of your immune system, so your food gets attacked and so are you. And the next question we must ask is, what proteins resembles your own proteins, well animal proteins look a lot like yours, all mammals pretty much has the same protein structure, so when you eat meat, dairy or anything that comes from an animal, some of those proteins do not get digested, and with a damaged gut, you let in those undigested clump of proteins that looks a lot like yours, and then your body attacks it and due the a phenomena called biomimicry your body gets confused and attacks bot the protein form the animal you just ate and yourself. This is why when you go eat a completely plant based lifestyle these autoimmune disease stop and often time reverses. For more science on this do a search for Dr. John Mcdougall and MS. You can also research Roy Swank.