Brain Bee Podcast Ankit Choudhury

In today’s episode, I review the neuroscience behind the Connectome. Using material presented in Brain Facts published by the Society for Neuroscience, I talk about how our neurons communicate with one another, and how our brain is able to encode information to interpret, process, and respond to the different stimuli in our environment. My guest is Dr. Michael Tadross, an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neurobiology at Duke University. Dr. Tadross has developed a cuttin...

In today’s episode, I review the neuroscience behind Language Processing and Birdsong. Using material presented in Brain Facts published by the Society for Neuroscience, I talk about how our brain is able to make sense of speech sounds and some of the major brain regions involved with language processing. My guest is Dr. Marc Schmidt, a Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts & Sciences and the Co-Director of the Undergraduate Neuroscience Program. His lab is...

In today’s episode, I review the neuroscience behind Addiction. Using material presented in the Brain Facts Book published by the Society for Neuroscience, I talk about the neurological basis of addiction and the effect it has on the brain. My guest is Dr. Julie Blendy, a Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Where she is a member of the Institute for Neurological Science and the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics. In addition ...

In today’s episode, we review the neuroscience behind Alzheimer’s Disease. Using material presented in Brain Facts published by the Society for Neuroscience, we talk about the prevalence and impact of the disease, the symptoms, how it is typically diagnosed, proposed causes and pathology, the genetics of the disease, and current treatments. Our guest is Dr. David Holtzman, MD, the Barbara Burton and Reuben M. Morriss III Distinguished Professor of Neurology, the Scientific Director for t...

In today's episode, we review the neuroscience behind our visual system. Using material presented in Brain Facts published by the Society for Neuroscience, we talk about the retina, how we process visual information, the visual cortex, and binocular vision.Our guest is Dr. Keith Hengen, PhD, an Assistant Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. Within neuroscience, he is broadly interested in network dynamics, robust computation, plasticity & disease. His lab utilizes a...

In today’s episode, we review the neuroscience behind circadian rhythms. Using material presented in Brain Facts published by the Society for Neuroscience, we talk about our internal biological clock that governs our sleep-wake cycle, our circadian rhythm.Our guest is Dr. Erik Herzog, the Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Herzog’s lab studies the cellular and molecular basis of circadian rhythms in mammals. His team util...