The concept of "Reverse molecular psychiatry" is derived from "reverse engineering". Reverse engineering is the process of discovering the technological principles of a device, object or system through analysis of its structure, function and operation. So there is an object, device or system that we know WHAT it does, but not HOW it does it, which is what we are interested in. We want to replicate it, to modify it, or to maintain its function.
In psychiatry we have something that resembles this concept. We have the brain (with all its circuits, complex connections, neurons and synapses). And psychiatric disorders arise from disturbance in brain's functions (this is agreed upon by biological psychiatrists).
What I am dreaming about is to gain the ability to reverse engineer brain circuits through understanding the different processes taking place at the molecular level that resulted in the development of the brain. And I am interested in doing this through the techniques of bioinformatics and computational biology.
I know that this is a very far dream, and no one will be able to reach during my life period. But I want to share in the path to that dream as much as I can. It is so exciting.
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