# Can the damaged brain repair itself?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2013
- Speaker: Siddharthan Chandran
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/siddharthan_chandran_can_the_damaged_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)

After a traumatic brain injury, it sometimes happens that the brain can repair itself, building new brain cells to replace damaged ones. But the repair doesn't happen quickly enough to allow recovery from degenerative conditions like motor neuron disease (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS). Siddharthan Chandran walks through some new techniques using special stem cells that could allow the damaged brain to rebuild faster.

## Lectures

1. [Can the damaged brain repair itself?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/siddharthan_chandran_can_the_damaged_brain_repair_itself/e1a2c98008e8), 16 min (TED's player)