What is a Healthy Brain? | Brian Kopell, MD @MountSinaiNYC
What is a Healthy Brain? | Brian Kopell, MD  @MountSinaiNYC
Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A healthy brain supports resilience to stress, and the ability to adapt and learn. This capacity for change, known as neuroplasticity, is one of the most remarkable features of the human brain and is central to how we heal, grow, and recover.

At the forefront of this field is neuromodulation—a neurosurgical approach that uses implantable devices to help treat conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, OCD, and depression. These technologies don’t simply suppress symptoms; they help release the brain from the constraints of disease, enabling its own neuroplastic potential to support recovery.
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What is a Healthy Brain? | Brian Kopell, MD

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