# Could your brain repair itself?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Ralitsa Petrova
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ralitsa_petrova_could_your_brain_repair_itself)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Imagine the brain could reboot, updating its damaged cells with new, improved units. That may sound like science fiction — but it's a potential reality scientists are investigating right now. Ralitsa Petrova details the science behind neurogenesis and explains how we might harness it to reverse diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. \[Directed by Outis, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [Could your brain repair itself?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ralitsa_petrova_could_your_brain_repair_itself/0289ca9e8a7b), 4 min (TED's player)