Re: Out of curiosity: research goals

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I think they need to do mri imaging of the brains of people with severe 4s

listening to (their specific) trigger sounds and compare them to mri images of a

(non 4s) control group listening to the same specific sounds.

I think what this will reveal is a much more than normal neural activity in the

parts of the brain responsible for hearing and also for emotional response.

(Basically I think our brains will light up like a Chrismas tree). I think this

imaging will also reveal " hard wiring " of the neural pathways proving the

emotional reactions are being triggered by auditory stimulus.

I still think our condition is similar to synesthesia and results from a

(necessary) lack of neural pruning.

I am hopeful that a drug exists or can be developed that will help with sensory

gating.

I posted earlier, and did not have any positive responses to this question: Have

any 4s sufferers ever been on Aricept ? I did have one response indicating that

this drug might be helpful with sensory gating.

Unfortunately, these are only my theories with absolutely zero out there to

prove or disprove them !

> Out of curiosity, if somebody did get interested in researching 4S, what kind

of project do you envision them doing? Would they be studying the anatomy of the

inner ear? Doing neurological tests on people with 4S as they react to triggers?

Trying to isolate common factors in families with a history of 4S?

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