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A podcast about the nervous system.

This Week in Neuroscience Vincent Racaniello

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A podcast about the nervous system.

    Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest mouse of all?

    Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest mouse of all?

    TWiN welcomes mice to the elite club of ‘self-aware’ animals, with a study demonstrating a mirror-induced self-directed behavior in mice resembling visual self-recognition. 
    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Timothy Cheung, and Vivianne Morrison
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    Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Mice are self-aware (Neuron) Mirror self-recognition in mice (Neuron) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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    • 1 hr 31 min
    Traumatic brain injury and retroviruses

    Traumatic brain injury and retroviruses

    TWiN describes a study that reveals activation of endogenous retroviruses in oligodenroglia from patients with traumatic brain injury. 
    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, and Timothy Cheung
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    Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Activation of endogenous retroviruses in TBI oligodendroglia (Cell Rep) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees
    Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv

    • 51 min
    Walking after spinal cord injury

    Walking after spinal cord injury

    TWiN explains an amazing study of a man who was paralyzed after a spinal cord injury and regained the ability to walk after implantation of a brain-spinal cord interface. 
    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, and Timothy Cheung
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    Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Walking naturally after spinal cord injury (Nature) The paralyzed rat that walked (YouTube) Mike the headless chicken (Wikipedia) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees
    Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv

    • 55 min
    Neuronal activity promotes glioma progression

    Neuronal activity promotes glioma progression

    TWiN explains research showing that interaction between glioma cells and neurons in the brain shares mechanistic features with synaptic plasticity that contributes to memory and learning in the healthy brain. 
    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, and Timothy Cheung
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    Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Glioma synapses recruit mechanisms of adaptive plasticity (Nature) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees
    Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv

    • 51 min
    Acupuncture modulates the immune system

    Acupuncture modulates the immune system

    TWiN discusses research showing that sciatic nerve activation with electroacupuncture at the sciatic nerve controls systemic inflammation and rescues mice from polymicrobial peritonitis, by inducing vagal activation of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase, leading to the production of dopamine in the adrenal medulla. 
    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, and Timothy Cheung
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    Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Electroacupuncture modulates the immune system (Nat Med) Electroacupuncture drives the vagal–adrenal axis (Nature) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees
    Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv

    • 52 min
    ADHD and persistent pain

    ADHD and persistent pain

    TWiN reviews a mouse model of ADHD to characterize hypersensitivity to pain, and that sensitization is further amplified in a pathological inflammatory state.
    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, and Timothy Cheung
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    Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Pain hypersensitivity in ADHD model (PNAS) Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees
    Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv

    • 1 hr

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