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| Title |
The Hypothesis of Connecting Two Spinal Cords as a Way of Sharing Information between Two Brains and Nervous Systems
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00105 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Amílcar Silva-dos-Santos |
| Abstract |
Direct communication between different nervous systems has been recently reported through Brain-to-Brain-Interfaces and brainet. Closed loops systems between the brain and the spinal cord from the same individual have also been demonstrated. However, the connection between different nervous systems through the spinal cord has not yet been considered. This paper raises the hypothesis that connecting two spinal cords (spinal cord - spinal cord connection) is an indirect mean for communication of two brains and a direct way of communication between two nervous systems. A concept of electrical fingerprint of a drug is introduced. The notion of connection between two parts of the same spinal cord to treat a paraplegic patient is also introduced. Possible applications of this technique are discussed in the context of psychology, psychiatry and mental health. Also, it is discussed that external information injected to a spinal cord as well as spinal cord - spinal cord connection can become new tools to (1) study the physiology of the nervous system, (2) model specific behaviors, (3) study and model disease traits (4) treat neuropsychiatric disorders and (5) share information between two nervous systems. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 73 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 9 | 12% |
| United States | 7 | 10% |
| Latvia | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Russia | 1 | 1% |
| Turkey | 1 | 1% |
| Morocco | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Unknown | 46 | 63% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 64 | 88% |
| Scientists | 5 | 7% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 15 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 15 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 4 | 27% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 27% |
| Researcher | 2 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 3 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 20% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 13% |
| Psychology | 2 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 7% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 3 | 20% |
| Unknown | 3 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 96. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 November 2017.
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#438,186
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#907
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#9,610
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#24
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Altmetric has tracked 25,363,685 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 34,390 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its peers.
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