Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “We opened the brain, which was a closed box and like a puzzle...”

The 6th BaCI (Basic Clinical and Multimodal Imaging) Conference was hosted by Üsküdar University. Expert participants from countries such as Canada, the United States, Germany, China, Italy and the Netherlands discussed research and new developments on how artificial intelligence works with the brain. The main agenda of the conference included the synthesis of neuroscience and computer science, the transfer of data from the computer to the brain and the transfer of the information in the brain to the computer. President of Üsküdar University Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said that we opened the brain which is like a puzzle and a closed box, and measured how it works and signal flow. Prof. Tarhan stated that the BaCI meetings held every year are held in the USA and the European Union countries exchangeably. Tarhan said, "This year, we are hosting the conference as Üsküdar University in our country on behalf of Europe. In the 100th year of our Republic, as Türkiye, we are proud to be a host and pioneer in science."

The 6th Basic Clinical and Multimodal Imaging (BaCl) Conference beginning in Üsküdar University NP Health Campus brought together expert participants from many countries. The conference was organized in partnership with EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS), International Society for Neuroimaging in Psychiatry (ISNIP), The International Society for Functional Source Imaging (ISFSI), International Society for Brain Electromagnetic Topography (ISBET), Üsküdar University Therapeutic Brain Mapping Association and Biological Psychiatry and Neurotechnology Association.

"It is a point of honor to be a host in science in the 100th year of our Republic"

In the conference where the synthesis of neuroscience and computer science was discussed, the following topics were also discussed: artificial intelligence and the network in the brain worked together, writing a brain and computer interface, transfer of the data in the computer to the brain and transfer of the information in the brain to the computer. Famous names such as Dr. Maheen Adamson, Prof. Pinhans Dannon and Prof. Martijn Arns discussed the current developments on the contribution of brain mapping in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and the studies from different perspectives.

We opened the brain, which was a closed box and like a puzzle...

Prof. Nevzat Tarhan made a statement about the matters discussed in the conference and said that "BaCI meetings are held in the USA and in the European Union countries exchangeably. This year, we are hosting in our country as Üsküdar University on behalf of Europe. In the 100th year of our Republic, as Türkiye, we are proud to be the host and pioneer in science. There are over 100 participants at the conference, more than half of them are from Canada, America, Germany, China, Italy and the Netherlands. All of them are specialized in their fields and have studies and publications. In this program, we opened the brain, which is like a puzzle and a closed box. We measured how it worked and the signal flow."

We are very close to producing a brain computer interface

Providing detailed information on the topics discussed in the conference, Tarhan said that "If there is a connection disorder with which region of the brain, scientific data about which disease occurs are collected, published, and then it comes to a certain point and become commercialized. Devices are produced. For example, we are very close to producing a brain computer interface. There are examples not only in animal experiments, but also in experiments on humans. They make the participants listen to the sounds of birds, babies and people. The brain signals of those who listen to these sounds are recorded. Then, people are only made to listen to the signals. People can distinguish signals as baby, bird and human voices by 80 percent. This means that the computer speaks to the signals in the brain."

Stating that the congress is a congress where pharmagenetics, neuroscience and computer science are discussed together, Tarhan said that "Genetics is important here. There are micro-RNAs that recognize body tissues in the diagnosis of the disease. Studies such as the recognition of diseases by measuring them, the creation of a treatment plan, and the production of targeted drugs will also be discussed here."

Every organ has a counterpart in the brain!

Prof. Nevzat Tarhan pointed out that there is an important accumulation of data in diseases such as Alzheimer's, alcoholism, schizophrenia, autism and bipolar disorder and said that according to these data, the target genes in the brain can be measured and artificial intelligence can diagnose the disease according to the accumulated data. Statig that “For this reason, the new space of science is the brain," Tarhan noted that the brain is an unknown field. Tarhan added that if new discoveries are made about the brain, new treatments will emerge and continued: "Each of our organs has a counterpart in the brain. When the response in the brain is disrupted, the organs deteriorate. When the response in the brain improves, the functioning of the organs also improves."

Personalized drug regulation can be made with pharmacogenetics

Prof. Nevzat Tarhan also made a presentation in the context of neuropsychiatry and pharmacogenetic studies at the conference and discussed pharmacogenetic identity. Stating that pharmacogenetic identities previously made abroad can now be made in the laboratory established within Üsküdar University, Tarhan said that "With pharmacogenetic identity, we determine more precisely which drug to give to the patient. There are two pillars of this, the first is pharmacogenetics, which is a method used to give the right drug to the right person in the right time in order to prevent drug sensitivity and poisoning, to prevent side effects, to avoid overdose. The second pillar is pharmacodynamics. Here, we identify also schizophrenia risk groups. We predict the genetic response to whether antidepressant medications will act on that person. If there is a genetic structure that responds late or poorly, we give the drugs in high doses or change the drug."

Neuroquantology will allow disturbed areas in the brain to be treated with radio frequency waves

Talking about the work in the field of neuroquantum in his presentation, Tarhan said that "In 2022, 3 physicists confirmed the hypothesis about quantum entanglement and received the Nobel Prize. Previously, Einstein had developed the theory of time relativity. According to this theory, for example, you send one of the two brothers into space, and one of them stays on Earth. After 30 years, the inhabitants of the earth are getting older, and other brother staying in space is younger. It is called the relativity of time.". Tarhan also expressed that there is a relativity of matter outside of time after neuroquantology and completed his remarks as follows: "We can now easily go beyond the wall; such a situation has emerged. There is no such thing as matter distance because it turned out that everything is energy. Since there is energy, there is no such thing as matter. What you call matter is just a form of energy. If you can pass that form, you will be able to easily see beyond the matter, you will be able to go behind it. Evidence of this has been found. It is thought that the next discoveries will be that matter moves at the speed of light. Work is underway to commercialize it. We will now use neuroquantology in treatment. It will give us the chance to treat the damaged areas in the brain not with drugs, but with radio frequency waves. The main thing is to treat the area of the brain that is broken, not to give drugs and affect the whole brain."

Prof. Monte Buchsbaum was also presented with an honorary doctorate

Within the scope of the program, Monte Buchsbaum, Professor of Radiology and Psychiatry at the University of California, who is considered the pioneer of neuroimaging technologies, was presented with an honorary doctorate.

 

Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)