This Week in Neuroscience
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TWiN 56: Astrocytes help neurons remember
TWiN explains a study showing that while groups of neurons, form the basis for memory, astrocytes are key components of the adaptive reponse to learning experiences, and regulate the flow of information during circuit plasticity and memory recall.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, and Tim Cheung
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- Astrocytes and memory (Nature)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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TWiN 55: A brain circuit for day/night balance
TWiN explains the identification of a brain circuit and periodic branch-specific neurotransmitter deployment that regulates organismal adaptation to photoperiod change.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, and Tim Cheung
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- Brain circuit for photoperiod adaptation (Nature)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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TWiN 54: How pregnancy transforms the brain
TWiN explores how pregnancy leads to modifications in brain structure and function that may prepare the mother for parenting.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, and Vivianne Morrison
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- Pregnancy transforms the brain (Nature)
- Hormone-mediated neural remodeling during pregnancy (Science)
- Effects of pregnancy on brain activity (Nature Comm)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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TWiN 53: Slowing time by cooling the brain
Joseph Paton and Felipe Rodrigues join TWiN to explain how they used temperature manipulation to alter the speed of neuronal dynamics in the dorsal striatum of rats, a manipulation that selectively slowed down or sped up time perception, illuminating the mechanisms of time-based decisions.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, Timothy Cheung, and Vivianne Morrison
Guest: Joseph J. Paton and Felipe Rodrigues
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- Using temperature to analyze the neural basis of a time-based decision (Nat Neurosci)
- Hot times for the dorsal striatum (Nat Neurosci)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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TWiN 52: Probiotic improves social behavior in children with ASD
Mauro Costa-Mattioli returns to TWiN to discuss the results of a placebo controlled, double blind clinical trial of a probiotic which improved social behavior but not autism severity in children with ASD.
Hosts: Jason Shepherd, Timothy Cheung, and Vivianne Morrison
Guest: Mauro Costa-Mattioli
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- Probiotics for autism spectrum disorder (Cell Host Microbe)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Music is by Ronald Jenkees
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