-ZeroRelevance- t1_is4yo8n wrote on October 13, 2022 at 10:23 AM

Reply to comment by Riverrat423 in Human brain cells transplanted into baby rats’ brains grow and form connections by Shelfrock77

That’s kind of interesting actually. I wonder if growing brain cells in a lab from stem cells then putting them in someone’s head would actually allow them to become smarter.

xpietoe42 t1_is5n8nt wrote on October 13, 2022 at 2:06 PM

or just help fix people with brain injuries recover

Jokens145 t1_is61cqj wrote on October 13, 2022 at 3:42 PM

More likely

OWENPRESCOTTCOM t1_is847dr wrote on October 14, 2022 at 12:04 AM

I feel like the end result will be more brain injuries long term

tobi117 t1_is552uo wrote on October 13, 2022 at 11:37 AM

Big Brain time.

-ZeroRelevance- t1_is55534 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 11:38 AM

Literally

StillBurningInside t1_is683fu wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:27 PM

It's not necessarily the cells themselves that make you smarter, its the dendrites that do all the connecting to the network. The Cells themselves are like hubs. What you need to do is too strengthen the network. That's basically brain training. You want strong signals in your neural network.

It's all repetition, hence... practice makes perfect.

whenhaveiever t1_is6ky81 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 5:50 PM

Or give them a new kind of multiple personality disorder.

HelloYesNaive t1_is6tl3q wrote on October 13, 2022 at 6:46 PM

Does anyone know any immediate reasons why this might not work (like some fundamental incompatibility between foreign brain cells and a new brain)? It's an interesting idea but seems like it could create problems for the complex structure and connections of brain regions.