Nurturing Neuro

Mayuri Hana Gupta

The Nurturing Neuro Podcast teaches about the nervous system, ranging from the fundamentals to more complex concepts.

Episodes

  1. 05/31/2019

    How to Dissect an Adult Drosophila Central Brain and Ventral Nerve Cord (intact)

    A description of how to dissect an adult fruit fly's brain and ventral nerve cord: anesthetizing flies, obtaining the head and thorax, along with fine removal of the cuticle to obtain the VNC and the brain intact. Tips on how to dissect successfully as a novice.

  2. 03/04/2019

    Overview of Auditory Processing in the Brain

    How sounds get encoded into electrical impulses to the brain. It passes through the pinna and ear canal (outer ear), to the ear drum and ossicles (middle ear), to the cochlea (inner ear). The cochlea contains the scala tympani, scala media, and scala vestibula. Vibration of the oval window vibrates the perilymph, then the endolymph, basilar and reissner's membrane. This stimulates hair cells to depolarize and transmit impulses to the auditory cortex (temporal lobe) via the auditory nerve.

  3. 02/27/2019

    Overview of Visual Processing in the Brain

    How light is processed in the eye: From photoreceptors (rod & cone cells), through bipolar neurons, to ganglion cells, and finally to the brain via the optic chiasma.

  4. 02/13/2019

    Glial Cells: Types, Structures, Functions

    An overview of glial cells, and the structure and functions of their six types - Astrocytes, Satellite Cells, Oligodendrocytes, Schwann Cells, Microglia, and Ependymal Cells.

  5. 02/06/2019

    Overview of Neurulation

    An overview of the four main processes of neurulation: Formation of the neural plate, neural groove, neural crest and neural tube.

  6. 02/04/2019

    Overview of the Action Potential

    An overview of the fundamental attributes of an action potential: The resting membrane potential, depolarization, repolarization, hyperpolarization, and the refractory period.

  7. 02/04/2019

    Basic Structure and Function of a Neuron

    An overview of the basic structure of a neuron, and how each structure correlates to its function. Parts discussed include soma, dendrites, axon, myelin sheath, nodes of ranvier, axon terminal, and the synapse.

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The Nurturing Neuro Podcast teaches about the nervous system, ranging from the fundamentals to more complex concepts.

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  • Creator
    Mayuri Hana Gupta
  • Years Active
    2019
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
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