Brain Explained – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Listen to learn about how dopamine neurons aren’t all the same, some neurons use dopamine to reduce negative behaviours, to increase or nothing at all. I’ll be talking to to Professor  Danielle who loves everything to do with navigation and Rajeshwar who is more of a dopamine specialist.

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Paper

Daniel.A.Domeck – lab website

Rajesh Awatramani – lab website  

Daniel A Dombeck twitter

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This was a brilliant episode as I have long been looking into the research into a diagnostic test for Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia in general. I for a long time for a paper on diagnostic markers for Alzheimer’s Disease and demetnai in general because it is one of the roadblocks to help us understand and eventually cure these diseases. We still cannot diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease and most dementia’s until 15-20 years into the disease. And this paper is a big step forward looking at over 5000 proteins in the blood. So listen in to find out more.

NIA investigator page

https://irp.nih.gov/pi/keenan-walker

LinkedIn:

www.linkedin.com/in/keenan-walker-1268a6197

Paper:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37467317

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Episode Description

This episode is with Dr Titas is looking at retrograde zippering which is another way that neurons are able to correctly grow towards their correct final destination. What exactly does this system involve and how does this work? Listen in to learn all about it and we also explore why the C.elegans is a good model for neuroscience research- depending on the question you are asking.

I am also looking for individuals who would be interested in contributing to the blog. It would involve posts about the recent neuroscience that has been published preferably that week. You would try to explain the science in an easy to understand manner and would also want to delve into the significance of the findings. If this is something that interests you I would delighted to hear from you – please join the Brain Explained LinkedIn Contributors Page.

Linkto paper

Dr Titas Sengupta Twitter page

Link to website

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Listen in to learn more about arteriovenous malformations (AVM) a condition that leads to tangled blood vessels in the brain and spinal cord. This increases an individual’s likelihood of stroke. This week we will be exploring research that profiled the cells the blood vessels to find what changes occurred in these cells compared to normal samples. listen in to find out about this amazing research that could have wide-ranging implications.

Dr Ethan Winkler’s Twitter

Dr Ethan Winkler’s University Profile

The paper 

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Episode 11 is all about dancing molecules and how they could be used to help improve spinal cord regeneration. Listen in to learn how proteins that move faster are more effective with Professor Samuel Stupps.

Link to paper - https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abh3602

Professor Stupp’s Lab Website - http://stupp.northwestern.edu/

Prof. Stupp's Twitter- https://twitter.com/SamuelStupp

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Research looking into the effects of phones and concussions. An odd mix but interesting. Listen in to learn more. We’ll be talking to Dr Prasanna.

Link to dissertation work - https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/5339/

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Episode Description

Come and listen to the first special episode. A conversation with Dr Argel who I meet through the Society of Neuroscience. We talk about his journey into neuroscience and his work covering memory and studies into neuroinflammation and ketamine.

Lab website

Twitter account

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Want to know how we work well in teams? Then listen in to the latest episode exploring team flow with Professor Mohammed Shehata. Flow is our ability to enter that state where everything aligns and we are able to focus entirely on the task at hand.

- The eNeuro paper (the journal article here)

News coverage including The Times Magazine London (here), Psychology Today (here and here), IFL Science (here), TVN (here), Science Alert (here), SciShow News (here), and more (here).

- Mohammad Shehata’s LinkedIn

- Mohammad Shehata’s Twitter :@Mohamma_Shehata

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I’m back on track. Here is the next episode. In this episode we explore dopamine signalling in the brain. Why? Because dopamine is the main signalling compound in your brain for reward. So eat a bar of chocolate, get a new job, pass your exams and you get a dose of dopamine. But the research by Professor David Kleinfield is even more important because it shows that mice can control their release of dopamine, which might explain why we can do things that to others seem strange such as climbing mountains. That isn’t all, listen in to learn about his other research around the role of the vasculature in the brain and how senses work.

David Kleinfield lab website

The main paper

Two other interesting papers (which can be found on his website):

Ultra-slow oscillations in fMRI and resting-state connectivity: Neuronal and vascular contributions and technical confounds.

Brain microvasculature has a common topology with local differences in geometry that match metabolic load.

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 Episode 6 will be looking at  the brain regions involved in spirituality and Religiosity which is another word for religion. Therefore, I am extremely grateful to give you this unique episode. This episode will be of interest as over 90% of percent of people have some sort of spiritual practice and the other 10% will want to know how the brain is linked to spirituality and religion and what it means. Not only is this research interesting but it can help people make electrical stimulation therapy which is becoming even more common to reach the forefront. Neurospirituality course syllabus: https://neuromichael.com/neurospirituality-course/ Twitter for Professor Michael Ferguson: https://twitter.com/neuromichael/status/1433525429227372545 Biological Psychiatry article access: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006322321014037?dgcid=author Neuromichael YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/neuromichael --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brain-explained/support