Prof. Nevzat Tarhan: “The key to a healthy life lies in neurotechnology…”
“The future of neuropsychiatry lies in neurotechnology”
Speaking about how the brain operates through electrical and chemical impulses, Prof. Tarhan said that “The future of neuropsychiatry is already in neurotechnology. The key to healthy living is right here. NeuroLink, the brain-computer interface, is a software designed to transfer brain data to a computer. With wearable technologies, exercises are conducted to move limbs through the power of thought. Our brain functions through electrical and chemical firing. If electrical firing continues, chemical reactions occur simultaneously. Writing in sand is like electrical stimulation, that is temporary while writing on stone is like chemical stimulation that is long-lasting. When information is processed by the brain, it is learned through reason, but unless emotion is involved, the brain doesn’t mark it as important. For example, the August 17 earthquake happened at 3:00 a.m., and no one forgets that date. The fear-induced shock made that memory permanent in the brain.”
“A strong person is one who has well-trained the frontal region of the brain”
Highlighting the importance of resilience training in the brain, Prof. Tarhan continued his remarks as follows: “The human brain is programmed for survival. Priorities are set for staying alive. If a person manages this energy well and takes proper precautions… They can develop the ability to remain calm under stress. Particularly for children, there are training techniques that enhance attention without medication by teaching them how to manage stress. This builds resilience within the brain and forms neural networks, particularly in the frontal lobe, whithe decision-making center. A person who trains this area well becomes mentally strong. In other words, a strong person is one who has effectively trained the front part of the brain.”
“The brain’s infrastructure must be restored”
Stating that the brain’s infrastructure must function properly for the human mind (soul) to operate, Tarhan said that “Our brain operates with typical engineering principles. Previously, engineering was understood solely through Newtonian physics, but now it includes quantum mechanics and probability calculations. Artificial intelligence is no longer built only on conventional computing. It is now based on fuzzy logic, discovered by an Azerbaijani scientist, allowing for nuanced, probabilistic reasoning; however, not just black or white, but shades of gray. This is the basis of a new computational model. One of the recipients of the 2004 Nobel Prize was a geneticist, the other a cognitive psychologist. What is cognitive psychology? It’s the field that views the brain as a computer. This researcher contributed unexpectedly to artificial intelligence and received the Nobel Prize in Physics. The brain works like a well-run factory. Psychiatric disorders are brain-based conditions. Addictions, depression—these are brain diseases. Once you correct the infrastructure of the brain, then therapy can follow. If the electrical circuitry is faulty, the software will not run. Likewise, for the mind to function properly, the neurological base must be repaired. After correcting the electrical and chemical systems, you can build on that with higher cognitive functions.”
"TMU is currently the most effective and successful field in clinical practice"
Prof. Nevzat Tarhan provided information about Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) treatment. Tarhan stated that "This is currently the most effective and successful area in clinical practice. For example, the treatment method known as transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, delivers a magnetic field to the brain. It does not send electricity to the brain. The magnetic field is comparable to an MRI. This creates a current flowing in the opposite direction within the brain. This current affects voltage-dependent ion channels within the brain, such as sodium, potassium, and calcium channels. These channels have receptors. The treatment alters the receptor sensitivity. Depending on the condition, for example, if there is a deficit, the stimulation can either reduce the stimulation by using lower frequencies or increase it by using higher frequencies. If there is slowness or fatigue, with delta and theta waves indicating a slowing of the brain's energy and signal flow, then higher frequencies are applied to restore the disrupted rhythm. Conversely, if there is an excess of beta waves, indicating high stress, lower frequencies, like 1Hz, are used to calm overactivity in the brain and increase receptor sensitivity. High sensitivity might be lowered, and low sensitivity increased. If it is insensitive, it stimulates the receptors. It activates the mechanisms of opening and closing the receptors "
"Psychiatric illness is actually when a part of the brain does not communicate"
Underlining the personalized treatment, Tarhan said; "It activates the natural flow of tissue in the brain. There is no external flow to the brain. The electromagnetic field allows the brain to do it itself. It activates the dormant areas in your brain. It resynchronizes in the brain. It corrects coherence. He corrects the rhythm. The diseases we call psychiatric diseases in the brain are actually the fact that a region of the brain does not speak. For example, they connect with each other through lithium. They are paving the roads there with lithium. Lithium, for example, triggers by affecting the sodium potassium channels there. It makes it easier to ignite. It works like this, but we see at the moment that while we are giving magnetic stimulation therapy, it is also recommending digital therapeutics along with the treatment called TMS and TMS to the brain. Personalized treatment. Digital drugs. For example, with VR glasses made for that person, you show the augmented reality and the information produced specifically for that person at the same time. There we teach the person to overcome his fear. Fear of spiders, fear of heights, social fear, fear of social phobia. This is done with this and digital games. Digital games are trying to treat the treatment of Alzheimer's forgetfulness with digital therapeutics. At the moment, our friends received the TÜBİTAK project. That's how they do it. That's what will happen in the future."
“One of the types of harming the patient is leaving them untreated."
Emphasizing that more time should be allocated to preventive medicine, Prof. Nevzat Tarhan said; "It is necessary to make a diagnosis first. After making the diagnosis, it is necessary to put the indication and then do the treatment and follow up. Hippocrates says it, but one of the types of harming a patient is to leave a patient untreated. It is also a responsibility not to apply it to that patient if there is an innovative treatment that has emerged somewhere in the world that is necessary for that patient, or at least not to tell this patient that there is an option for it. This should also be noted. That's the treatment aspect here. Medicine also has an education that does not allocate much time in neglected medical schools. Preventive medicine. Primary, secondary and tertiary protections. Primary protection is the work done to prevent healthy people in the society from getting sick, secondary protection is to identify these risk groups and ensure that people do not get sick with early diagnosis. The third protection is to try to keep track of the disease and avoid relapse so that someone who has had the disease does not relapse. These protections are also important. Sixty or seventy percent of the diseases are related to the wrong living of the person for all diseases."
"We need to make ourselves wise for the right choices"
Mentioning that the philosophy of life needs to be corrected, Tarhan said; "Wrong decisions, wrong choices, wrong philosophy of life. Going to bed late, being overweight. Not paying attention to what you eat and drink like him, not paying attention to your social relations, and people think about what they eat and drink, they eat everything meticulously like this, but they do not pay attention to their thoughts. It is also necessary to choose thoughts. It is also necessary to choose emotions. If we train the frontal region of our brain, there is a jury in the frontal region of our brain. Look, there's a judge in the presiding judge of this jury. A thought comes to our minds, a feeling comes to mind, an idea comes to mind. That jury makes quick decisions right away. Convenient, not convenient. Valid, not valid. Useful, not useful. It's safe, it's not secure. Beautiful, not pretty. We train the chairman of the jury. The presiding judge of the jury. When we train him, his brain clicks everything right, wrong and right, but the president of the jury will also have the measure in his hands. He will have a supervisor and guide in his hands. There will be comparisons. If there is, that person makes the right decision when the wrong and the right option comes out in front of him. A new option appears. Life is all about our choices. Therefore, we need to make ourselves wise in order to make the right choices. We need to correct our philosophy of life. Live right, be happy. We can say live right and be healthy."
Üsküdar News Agency (ÜNA)