[muller1209]

I have been doing some reading on neuroplasticity. There has been some studies where patients have been able to rewire parts of their brain to make up for some type of deficiently. There has been studies with monkeys that the brain is able to reorganize its self if there was a severed finger. The brain was able to take the area normally associated with it the area that had the severed finger and use it for the fingers adjacent to it. Allowing for more information being processed for those fingers.

I have not been able to find any research as of yet for the prospectcs of using neuroplasticity for mental disorders. If the brain can reorganize itself due to a lost limb or change structure due to sensory input. There has to be a way for the brain in bipolars to release the correct amount of chemicals. The brain is basically able to take another area not typically associated with performing a particularly task and reorganizing itself to perform that task.

I know there are behavioural therapy that teaches to use logic. But this doesn’t change the root cause of the problem. It only masks it.

[Travelinglady]

Hey, muller. It would be great if our brains could be re-wired. I know, as you say, that if a certain part of the brain is damaged, sometimes another part can take over its function. I have a feeling, though, that mental illnesses are more complicated. I hope brain docs can come up with something, though!

[Love&Toil]

This certainly is an interesting thought!

[Tucson]

Neorplastcicity is a normal function of the brain. IMO there is nothing that special to it. But if the brain can rewire itself to compensate for a mental illness, now that would be something special. But like a previous poster said, I think there is more to mental illness than this would imply.