Replicating Cortical Signatures May Open the Possibility for “Transplanting” Brain States via Brain Entrainment
Brain states, which correlate with specific motor, cognitive, and emotional states, may be monitored with noninvasive techniques such as electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) that measure macroscopic cortical activity manifested as oscillatory network dynamics. These rhythmic...
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doaj-3b74c8080a1d4d00ae578658d6252ed02021-09-22T04:31:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612021-09-011510.3389/fnhum.2021.710003710003Replicating Cortical Signatures May Open the Possibility for “Transplanting” Brain States via Brain EntrainmentAlexander Poltorak0Alexander Poltorak1Neuroenhancement Lab, Suffern, NY, United StatesThe City College of New York, New York, NY, United StatesBrain states, which correlate with specific motor, cognitive, and emotional states, may be monitored with noninvasive techniques such as electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) that measure macroscopic cortical activity manifested as oscillatory network dynamics. These rhythmic cortical signatures provide insight into the neuronal activity used to identify pathological cortical function in numerous neurological and psychiatric conditions. Sensory and transcranial stimulation, entraining the brain with specific brain rhythms, can effectively induce desired brain states (such as state of sleep or state of attention) correlated with such cortical rhythms. Because brain states have distinct neural correlates, it may be possible to induce a desired brain state by replicating these neural correlates through stimulation. To do so, we propose recording brain waves from a “donor” in a particular brain state using EEG/MEG to extract cortical signatures of the brain state. These cortical signatures would then be inverted and used to entrain the brain of a “recipient” via sensory or transcranial stimulation. We propose that brain states may thus be transferred between people by acquiring an associated cortical signature from a donor, which, following processing, may be applied to a recipient through sensory or transcranial stimulation. This technique may provide a novel and effective neuromodulation approach to the noninvasive, non-pharmacological treatment of a variety of psychiatric and neurological disorders for which current treatments are mostly limited to pharmacotherapeutic interventions.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2021.710003/fullmental statebrain wavetranscranial stimulationsensory stimulationphotobiomodulationbrain state |
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Replicating Cortical Signatures May Open the Possibility for “Transplanting” Brain States via Brain Entrainment |
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Replicating Cortical Signatures May Open the Possibility for “Transplanting” Brain States via Brain Entrainment |
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Replicating Cortical Signatures May Open the Possibility for “Transplanting” Brain States via Brain Entrainment |
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Replicating Cortical Signatures May Open the Possibility for “Transplanting” Brain States via Brain Entrainment |
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replicating cortical signatures may open the possibility for “transplanting” brain states via brain entrainment |
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Brain states, which correlate with specific motor, cognitive, and emotional states, may be monitored with noninvasive techniques such as electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) that measure macroscopic cortical activity manifested as oscillatory network dynamics. These rhythmic cortical signatures provide insight into the neuronal activity used to identify pathological cortical function in numerous neurological and psychiatric conditions. Sensory and transcranial stimulation, entraining the brain with specific brain rhythms, can effectively induce desired brain states (such as state of sleep or state of attention) correlated with such cortical rhythms. Because brain states have distinct neural correlates, it may be possible to induce a desired brain state by replicating these neural correlates through stimulation. To do so, we propose recording brain waves from a “donor” in a particular brain state using EEG/MEG to extract cortical signatures of the brain state. These cortical signatures would then be inverted and used to entrain the brain of a “recipient” via sensory or transcranial stimulation. We propose that brain states may thus be transferred between people by acquiring an associated cortical signature from a donor, which, following processing, may be applied to a recipient through sensory or transcranial stimulation. This technique may provide a novel and effective neuromodulation approach to the noninvasive, non-pharmacological treatment of a variety of psychiatric and neurological disorders for which current treatments are mostly limited to pharmacotherapeutic interventions. |
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