Brain Explained

By Abdullah Iqbal

A podcast exploring fresh off the press neuroscience research. Tune in to our podcast for a deep dive interview exploring a research paper or thesis with the scientist themselves. Strengthen your unde... more

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The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.

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March 18, 2024 Different Types of Dopamine Neurons with Professor Rajesh and Daniel

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.
Links
Paper
Daniel.A.Domeck – lab
website
Rajesh Awatramani – lab
website
Daniel A Dombeck twitter
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54min
October 20, 2023 Looking for Dementia in the Blood with Dr Keenan Walker
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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1h 7min
August 22, 2023 Looking at Memory and Navigation In the Brain With Professor Arne.D.Ekstrom and Sarah Seger
Today is a unique episode. It is the first time I will have
people interviewed on the show. I talked to both Professor Arne.D.Ekstrom and Sarah Seger who is a PhD student in his lab who did a lot of the work for the paper which is titled, ‘ Memory-related processing is the primary driver of human hippocampal theta oscillations.

Lab website
Paper
Twitter page
Podcast website

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1h 1min
August 06, 2023 Looking Into The Brain With Dr Regis Grailhe
This episode is a short one because I could not find the other episodes even after contacting Zoom.
We will be discussing the paper titled.
Non-invasive In Vivo Brain Astrogenesis and Astrogliosis Quantification Using a Far-red E2-Crimson Transgenic Reporter Mouse
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30min
February 05, 2023 Memory and Drosophila with Professor Scott Waddell
Today, I’ll be talking to Professor Scott Waddell and is research into memory in the Drosophila the commonly used fly in science research. Memory is one of the most interesting topics in the most interesting field which is neuroscience and this episode will not disappoint.
https://www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/team/scott-waddell
https://twitter.com/ScottishWaddell
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58min
November 10, 2022 COVID and the Brain with Dr Daniel Martins De Souza
COVID may be something we do not want to think about but it is important that we carry on trying to understand the effects of this devastating virus. With Dr Daniel Martins de Souza we will be looking into the neural effects of COVID. Listen in to find out how it effects the brain.
Link to Paper
Link to Dr Daniel Martins de Souza
Link to Brain Explained Blog
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57min
September 25, 2022 Microglial Development with Dr David Menassa
Microglia are the brain’s defense system and cleaning system and so are incredibly important for the normal functioning of the brain if you want to learn more about these fascinating cells then be sure to listen in to this episode of Brain Explained.
Dr David Menassa’s Twitter
Dr David Menassa’s lab page
The paper
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40min
July 16, 2022 Exploring Blood Supply to Different Brain Regions with Dr Yongsoo Kim
Come at listen to the latest episode of Brain Explained where we explore research looking into blood flow across the brain. A relatively new and very important area o research that is opening up so many findings.
The paper
Dr YongSoo lab website
Dr YongSoo’s Twitter
Brain Explained website
Brain Explained Twitter
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58min
June 16, 2022 Brain Regions Involved in Fever and Illness with Dr Jessica Osterhout
New neurons have been discovered that generate fever and illness in the brain. Want to learn more about them and how they where discovered then listen in to the latest podcast episode.

Dr Jessica Osterhout's Twitter
Dr Jessica Osterhout's University Profile
The Paper
Brain Explained Twitter
Brain Explained Website
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53min
May 25, 2022 Genes and the Brain Through Life with Dr Rachel Brouwer
Want to learn about how genetic differences might affect your brain then come and listen to the most recent episode of Brain Explained where we explore just that. You’ll learn about the first-ever long-term study in this area and it does not disappoint. It is truly something to look forward to.
Laboratory Website
Paper
Brain Explained Twitter Account
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42min

FAQs about Brain Explained:

How many episodes does Brain Explained have?

The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.