科学家发现人脑记忆开关

科学家发现人脑记忆开关 zt

记忆对人类来说如同一个谜,它有时会不经意闪现,但有时它可能消失了再也不会回来。科学家日前在进行肥胖症治疗时,却意外地发现了大脑中一个能唤起遗失记忆的“开关”,这一发现将为治疗老年痴呆症患者带来福音。
  据报道,这一发现要得益于加拿大安大略省多伦多西部医院的神经外科学教授安德烈·罗萨诺对一名50岁的男性进行的试验性脑手术。这名男子体重190公斤,曾经尝试使用各种方法减肥却毫无收效。于是,医生决定在他的下丘脑位置安装一些电极来抑制他的食欲,因为下丘脑被认为与人的饥饿感有关。
  然而令人没想到的是,电极刺激对他的胃口并没有影响,但却令他想起了30年前的一件往事。这名男子回忆说,那段记忆突然间如潮水般涌来,他记得自己那时大约是20多岁,与朋友们正在逛公园。更神奇的是,当电流强度加大,回忆中的场景就更鲜活,细节就更丰富,他看到其中有自己那时的女朋友,大家都在交谈,连穿的衣服都清晰可辨。而当电流被切断时,这些记忆就迅速模糊黯淡下去了。
  电流不仅帮这名男子找回了过去,还令他的学习能力得到很大恢复。
  这一发现令许多专家感到吃惊,因为下丘脑部位通常并不认为与记忆有关系。作为在深脑刺激领域的世界级权威,罗萨诺教授此前利用这一技术为400名帕金森氏症患者和28名抑郁症患者进行了脑部手术。他认为这一次关于“记忆开关”的新发现在医学上具有广阔的应用前景,特别是对阿尔茨海默症(老年痴呆症)来说更是如此。

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