Potentiating brain plasticity: Neurofeedback and Neuromodulation

Potentiating brain plasticity: Neurofeedback and Neuromodulation

Monday, 11 de July de 2022

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   Everyone has heard of the brain as an organ that, after its full maturation, becomes immutable, unable to generate new connections and cells. However, in some specific physiological situations where new connections need to be reestablished, brain cells may instead create alternative pathways to attempt to restore or create activity in a neural pathway, and the name of this phenomenon is neuroplasticity. As we saw in our blog 'Neuroplasticity: How does the brain adapt to adverse situations?', Neuroplasticity can be defined as the ability of the SN to shape itself in the adversities of the environment, biochemical, physiological and morphological changes in nerve cells, especially neurons, with the purpose of adapting to the stimuli, which can occur in various ways: regenerative, axon, synaptic, somatic and dendritic. Knowing this, in pathological cases such as a stroke, as well as in a physiological situation such as in a learning process, imagine if it were possible to accelerate the neuroplasticity process through the use of specific methods. This is possible! In this blog, we will talk about Neurofeedback and Neuromodulation.

Neurofeedback

 

   Feedback is the input information we receive when we perform some kind of activity and is closely linked with stimuli from the external environment or environment, on which we rely to understand, modulate our actions, learn and interact with the environment. There are several types of stimuli, such as visual, auditory, touch (vibration, temperature and pressure), alpha, and so on. A practical example of feedback is when we move our arm for an empty soda can. The moment we move our arm to reach the target, we need to receive visual feedback to find the soda can, as well as the tactful feedback so as not to dent the empty can. When we need to establish a neurological pathway for the correct movement of a stroke patient or a child needs to learn the correct movement to pick up an object, feedback helps in the process of neuroplasticity of these pathways as recurrent stimulation will occur. And for this "help" to be potentialized, the Neurofeedback method is used.

Potentiating brain plasticity: Neurofeedback and Neuromodulation: Potentiating brain plasticity: Neurofeedback and Neuromodulation Monday, 11 de July de 2022 English | Portuguese      Everyone has heard of the brain as an organ that, after its full maturation, becomes immutable, unable to generate new connections and cells. However, in some specific physiological situations where new connections need to be reestablished, brain cells may instead create alternative pathways to attempt to restore or create activity in a neural pathway, and the name of this phenomenon is neuroplasticity. As we saw in our blog 'Neuroplasticity: How does the brain adapt to adverse situations?', Neuroplasticity can be defined as the ability of the SN to shape itself in the adversities of the environment, biochemical, physiological and morphological changes in nerve cells, especially neurons, with the purpose of adapting to the stimuli, which can occur in various ways: regenerative, axon, synaptic, somatic and dendritic. Knowing this, in pathological cases such as a stroke, as well as in a physiological situation such as in a learning process, imagine if it were possible to accelerate the neuroplasticity process through the use of specific methods. This is possible! In this blog, we will talk about Neurofeedback and Neuromodulation. Neurofeedback      Feedback is the input information we receive when we perform some kind of activity and is closely linked with stimuli from the external environment or environment, on which we rely to understand, modulate our actions, learn and interact with the environment. There are several types of stimuli, such as visual, auditory, touch (vibration, temperature and pressure), alpha, and so on. A practical example of feedback is when we move our arm for an empty soda can. The moment we move our arm to reach the target, we need to receive visual feedback to find the soda can, as well as the tactful feedback so as not to dent the empty can. When we need to establish a neurological pathway for the correct movement of a stroke patient or a child needs to learn the correct movement to pick up an object, feedback helps in the process of neuroplasticity of these pathways as recurrent stimulation will occur. And for this "help" to be potentialized, the Neurofeedback method is used.