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Controlling Brain Activity With Magnetic Nanoparticles
sciencehabit writes: Deep brain stimulation, which now involves surgically inserting electrodes several inches into a person's brain and connecting them to a power source outside the skull, can be an extremely effective treatment for disorders such as Parkinson's disease, obsessive compulsive disorder, and depression. The expensive, invasive procedure doesn't always work, however, and can be risky. Now, a study in mice (abstract) points to a less invasive way to massage neuronal activity, by injecting metal nanoparticles into the brain and controlling them with magnetic fields. The technique could eventually provide a wireless, nonsurgical alternative to traditional deep brain stimulation surgery, researchers say.
I am IRON MAN...hey wait turn that off... AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!! That hurts!!!
I only look human.
My mother is a halfling and my dad is an ogre, so that makes me an Ogreling
You know it's bad when "injecting metal nanoparticles into the brain and controlling them with magnetic fields" is LESS invasive.
"Controlling Brain Activity with Magnetic Monopoles", and thought that it didn't seem like a terribly practical technique.
I'm pretty sure this is our cue to throw out the tinfoil hats and embrace our new singular existence.
How about if we just welcome our new magnetic mouse overlords?
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
What could possibly go wrong?
the above is my personal opinion and does not necessarily reflect that of the little voices in my head
So, we can inject a brain and then play games with it magnetically. I'm sure no one will use it to punish people, alter their behavior at will, or to try to change rebellious people into get-along types. Oh, oh, yes - or to try to quiet their kids down to get better grades and do more homework. After all, we nail them with chemicals to do those very things. No one will try to take a solid-state shortcut. 'Cause we don't trust tech that much, do we? No siree. We don't have blind faith in our programming skill and computer use, which is what is required to pull this off.
i mean, c'mon man.
inserting fake memories
What, they make 'em watch TV?
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
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. . . injected custom-made, 20-nanometer iron oxide particles into a region of the rodents' brains called the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a well-studied deep brain structure essential to the experience of reward, which plays a central role in disorders such as addiction and depression in people
Think of Larry Niven's "wire head' addicts and the Puppeteer's Tasp in Ring World. There are potentials for both private and governmental abuse.
is indistinguishable from Star Trek technobabble, apparently.
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This sounds like the modern-day lobotomy. I wonder how it will be viewed a few decades from now.
what's strange about this is anti psychotic injections: invega and risperidone consta, already contain nano particles as their method of delivering the medication to the brain/blood stream. believe me, I would have never done this to myself but otherwise I'd be without a place to live right now.