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6056920 No.6056920 [Reply] [Original]

Hi,
I'm wondering what happens when a piece of brain tissue is transplanted from one brain to another. For instance a small piece of the primary visual cortex. Could it be used to transplant memories? How would something like this work?

>> No.6056935

>>6056920
No, The immune system would recongise the transplanted tissue as foreign and you would get meningitis, maybe even encephalitis.

>> No.6056940

>No, The immune system would recongise the transplanted tissue as foreign and you would get meningitis, maybe even encephalitis.

And what if the immune system is supressed with meds?

>> No.6056948

>>6056940
Then no one knows, because we understand almost nothing of how the brain interfaces with itself or how memories are stored on an individual basis, and how much they differ.

It's also not likely to get solved any time soon.

>> No.6056968

>>6056920
It was solved a long time ago. Memories aren't stored in the brain, they're stored in the mind. You're not your body.

>> No.6056976

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_transplant#Partial_brain_transplant

So it has been done before in mice and one human, does anyone know the results?

>> No.6057099

>>6056968
Dualist pls go

>> No.6057127

Considering that CNS nerves don't regenerate, you'd have a chunk of foreign brain matter sitting inside a hole in the native brain.

The nerve endings wouldn't connect.

>> No.6057138

>>6057099
Please don't hate us, not all dualists are this fucking stupid.

>> No.6057163

>>6056940
>And what if the immune system is supressed with meds?
Enjoy the same quality of life as someone who has AIDS.

>> No.6057170

>>6057138
Not all dualists are stupid, as much as not all religious people for example are stupid, its true. Are they right? No.

>Not science pls go.