Submitted by Shelfrock77 t3_ycv6pb in singularity
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Ok_Atmosphere_72 t1_itowma8 wrote
I have SZ, thanks for posting this. I hope in maybe 10 years time one will be able to reverse the disease, there is proof that it can be done in adult mice already.
Shelfrock77 OP t1_itp1e45 wrote
I honestly think it’ll happen before 10 years from the way progress is snowballing up. I think the way we will do it will have to involve a specialized brainchip although I could be wrong on that one, maybe just a needle and nanobots is all you need.
I have a dying question if you want to answer: Have you ever tried virtual reality and seen hallucinations while interfacing with the goggles? I heard some people see things on tv screens whether they have SZ or are on delirium drugs but I wonder if it also applies to virtual reality/augmented reality too.
shadamedafas t1_itpx4ss wrote
I can't imagine it will be easy to convince someone experiencing paranoia that a microchip in their brain will solve their problems.
94746382926 t1_iu31iwm wrote
To be fair a non negligible amount of people with schizophrenia end up involuntarily committed to a psych ward at one point or another. I don't think it's right but once that happens you are no longer free to refuse medical treatment from the doctors in the hospital.
If people are regularly receiving antipsychotic injections and electroconvulsive therapy against their will I don't see why a cell therapy or outpatient surgery would be off the table.
Ok_Atmosphere_72 t1_itp61md wrote
So far I’ve not tried AR/VR. I doubt it would happen with me since I don’t have hallucinations at all - the disease is heterogeneous.
PrivateLudo t1_itp0so9 wrote
You got this man. 🙏❤️
Enzor t1_iu7yijj wrote
Schizophrenics reading this are freaking out right now
[deleted] t1_its41ng wrote
But if one has SZ, they are truly convinced they are healthy and doctors are running a global conspiracy against them. Good luck administrating cure, especially if that comes in the form of an implantable chip.
explicitlyimplied t1_itswbme wrote
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SavingsVersion3934 t1_ituah98 wrote
scz treatments are already effective but patients don't usually take them
94746382926 t1_iu3207a wrote
They also have a high risk of causing irreversible involuntary movement disorders and a host of other nasty side effects. Many patients would rather live with the delusions/voices. Not saying it's a better option but that's probably why med compliance is so low. That and the general distrust or paranoia that usually comes with the disease obviously.
Longjumping_Fly_2978 t1_itq53wn wrote
I'm actually very skeptical of this. There is no approved biological marker to diagnose schizophrenia and all the other supposed psychiatric diseases.
Down_The_Rabbithole t1_itp4t1d wrote
Nothing to do with the singularity.
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Down_The_Rabbithole t1_itp9qm4 wrote
Ok that was a pretty funny joke. Have my upvote.
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NeutrinosFTW t1_itpdk96 wrote
Hard disagree. Any development that helps us better understand and interpret the human brain is likely to accelerate the creation of an AGI.
Not necessarily, since there may be mechanisms entirely unlike the human brain capable of producing intelligence, but there are none that we know of.
Shelfrock77 OP t1_itok93v wrote
“researchers from the University of Copenhagen applied a new method to analyze neurons one by one in order to reveal hitherto unobtainable information about them.”
The researchers specifically studied post mortem brain tissue from adult patients with schizophrenia using control samples from non-schizophrenic brains.
"The human brain has very heterogenous tissue with hundreds of neuron types. We identified exactly those neurons that are most affected by schizophrenia, the position of these neurons in the human brain and what is wrong with these neurons. We see the genes that changed their expression and damaged the overall neuronal signaling, and even how potential neuronal networks are impaired," explains Konstantin Khodosevich
“The researchers discovered a network of neurons most affected by schizophrenia. In particular, they show that it is the upper layers of the prefrontal cortex, the region of the cortex which is involved in higher cognitive brain functions such as learning and memory and general cognition.”
“Our results suggest that for treatment of schizophrenia we should not target one type of neurons, but rather their overall network. Impacting this network or cell ensemble could help restore the impaired function of these neurons," says Konstantin Khodosevich.