Headshake

In this elephant-themed episode, Headshake's male and female hosts talk about whether or not there are differences in the brain between the sexes. If there are, how do they get there, and do they even matter?

Key Words

ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, behavior, conduct disorder, corpus callosum, development, eating disorders, environmental, frontal lobe, gender, generalized anxiety disorder, genes, hormones, hypothalamus, innate, intersex, major depression disorder, parietal lobe, phrenology, plasticity, sex, social

Old West Words of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

shote

skittles

slamgander

slantindicular

see the elephant

saltwater vegetables

References and Resources

• Brain scientists haven't been able to find major differences between women's and men's brains, despite over a century of searching, The Conversation, August 6, 2020
• Neuroscience and Sex/Gender: Looking Back and Forward, The Journal of Neuroscience, January 2, 2020

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Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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This podcast is for entertainment and education only. Neither of the hosts is a medical doctor, and nothing they say is medical advice. Please consult with your physician before making decisions about your health.

In this elephant-themed episode, Headshake's male and female hosts talk about whether or not there are differences in the brain between the sexes. If there are, how do they get there, and do they even matter?

Key Words

ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, behavior, conduct disorder, corpus callosum, development, eating disorders, environmental, frontal lobe, gender, generalized anxiety disorder, genes, hormones, hypothalamus, innate, intersex, major depression disorder, parietal lobe, phrenology, plasticity, sex, social

Old West Words of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

shote

skittles

slamgander

slantindicular

see the elephant

saltwater vegetables

References and Resources

• Brain scientists haven't been able to find major differences between women's and men's brains, despite over a century of searching, The Conversation, August 6, 2020
• Neuroscience and Sex/Gender: Looking Back and Forward, The Journal of Neuroscience, January 2, 2020

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Music

Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Modified from original with volume fading and cuts

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This podcast is for entertainment and education only. Neither of the hosts is a medical doctor, and nothing they say is medical advice. Please consult with your physician before making decisions about your health.

Does listening to Headshake activate your fight or flight response? Or maybe it leaves you comfortably in your rest and digest state. Ruka and Libby talk about the differences between these systems while planning Libby's self-eulogized Viking funeral.

Key Words

acetylcholine, adrenal medulla, adrenaline, afferent, autonomic motor, autonomic nervous system, blood pressure, central nervous system (CNS), cervical, collateral ganglia, efferent, enteric, epinephrine, fight or flight response, ganglion, gastrointestinal (GI) tract, glucose, heart rate, heart, homeostasis, innervate, liver, lumbar, norepinephrine, parasympathetic, peripheral nervous system (PNS), postganglionic, preganglionic, pupils, rest and digest state, sacral, somatic motor, somatic nervous system, somatic sensory, special sensory, spinal cord, stress, sympathetic trunk, sympathetic, thoracic, visceral sensory

Old West Words of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Rumbumptious

Rum hole

References and Resources

Textbook: Vander's Human Physiology, 13th Edition

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Disclaimer

This podcast is for entertainment and education only. Neither of the hosts is a medical doctor, and nothing they say is medical advice. Please consult with your physician before making decisions about your health.

Does listening to Headshake activate your fight or flight response? Or maybe it leaves you comfortably in your rest and digest state. Ruka and Libby talk about the differences between these systems while planning Libby's self-eulogized Viking funeral.

Key Words

acetylcholine, adrenal medulla, adrenaline, afferent, autonomic motor, autonomic nervous system, blood pressure, central nervous system (CNS), cervical, collateral ganglia, efferent, enteric, epinephrine, fight or flight response, ganglion, gastrointestinal (GI) tract, glucose, heart rate, heart, homeostasis, innervate, liver, lumbar, norepinephrine, parasympathetic, peripheral nervous system (PNS), postganglionic, preganglionic, pupils, rest and digest state, sacral, somatic motor, somatic nervous system, somatic sensory, special sensory, spinal cord, stress, sympathetic trunk, sympathetic, thoracic, visceral sensory

Old West Words of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Rumbumptious

Rum hole

References and Resources

Textbook: Vander's Human Physiology, 13th Edition

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Music

Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Want to lose 1.5 pounds fast? Get a hemispherectomy! Libby and Ruka discuss research on highly-functioning adults who, for medical reasons, had half their brains removed as kids.

Key Words

anatomical hemispherectomy, behavior, brain stem, cerebellum, cerebrum, chronic focal encephalitis, cognition, connectome, control/executive, cortical dysplasia, default, dorsal attention, emotion, functional hemispherectomy, intelligence, functional network, hemispherectomy, limbic, parcel, perinatal stroke, plasticity, Rasmussen encephalitis, salience/ventral attention, somatosensory/motor, visual

Old West Word of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Quincy

Bonuses: puddin' foot, prairie chips, pop your corn

References and Resources

• Research Paper: Intrinsic Functional Connectivity of the Brain in Adults with a Single Cerebral Hemisphere
• Related articles
• • How The Human Brain Rewires Itself After Half A Hemisphere Is Surgically Removed
  • What Is Brain Plasticity And Why Is It So Important?

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Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Modified from original with volume fading and cuts

Disclaimer

This podcast is for entertainment and education only. Neither of the hosts is a medical doctor, and nothing they say is medical advice. Please consult with your physician before making decisions about your health.

Want to lose 1.5 pounds fast? Get a hemispherectomy! Libby and Ruka discuss research on highly-functioning adults who, for medical reasons, had half their brains removed as kids.

Key Words

anatomical hemispherectomy, behavior, brain stem, cerebellum, cerebrum, chronic focal encephalitis, cognition, connectome, control/executive, cortical dysplasia, default, dorsal attention, emotion, functional hemispherectomy, intelligence, functional network, hemispherectomy, limbic, parcel, perinatal stroke, plasticity, Rasmussen encephalitis, salience/ventral attention, somatosensory/motor, visual

Old West Word of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Quincy

Bonuses: puddin' foot, prairie chips, pop your corn

References and Resources

• Research Paper: Intrinsic Functional Connectivity of the Brain in Adults with a Single Cerebral Hemisphere
• Related articles
• • How The Human Brain Rewires Itself After Half A Hemisphere Is Surgically Removed
  • What Is Brain Plasticity And Why Is It So Important?

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Music

Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Modified from original with volume fading and cuts

Disclaimer

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Libby and Ruka learn about the strange but harmless experience of being awake and not being able to move. This episode is brought to you by the letter P and delicious chocolate frosted Kooky Monkey Brains: "They're mentally delicious."

Key Words

atonia, brain stem, general anxiety disorder, glycine, hallucinate, interneurons, jet lag, medulla, midbrain, narcolepsy, non-rem, panic disorder, pons, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), rapid eye movement (REM), REM-off, REM-on, shift work, sleep offset paralysis, sleep onset paralysis, sleep paralysis, sleep phase, spinal cord

Old West Word of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Piece of pudding

Pecker pole

References and Resources

• Sleep Paralysis and the Monsters Inside Your Mind, Scientific American
• Principles of Neural Science, Kandel, Schwartz, and Jessell, 4th Edition
• Sleep Paralysis, NHS

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Modified from original with volume fading and cuts

Disclaimer

This podcast is for entertainment and education only. Neither of the hosts is a medical doctor, and nothing they say is medical advice. Please consult with your physician before making decisions about your health.

Libby and Ruka learn about the strange but harmless experience of being awake and not being able to move. This episode is brought to you by the letter P and delicious chocolate frosted Kooky Monkey Brains: "They're mentally delicious."

Key Words

atonia, brain stem, general anxiety disorder, glycine, hallucinate, interneurons, jet lag, medulla, midbrain, narcolepsy, non-rem, panic disorder, pons, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), rapid eye movement (REM), REM-off, REM-on, shift work, sleep offset paralysis, sleep onset paralysis, sleep paralysis, sleep phase, spinal cord

Old West Word of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Piece of pudding

Pecker pole

References and Resources

• Sleep Paralysis and the Monsters Inside Your Mind, Scientific American
• Principles of Neural Science, Kandel, Schwartz, and Jessell, 4th Edition
• Sleep Paralysis, NHS

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Music

Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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In an attempt to recover from the last episode's derailment by boy bands, Ruka speeds through an overview of the hypothalamus and the anterior pituitary. In the process, she discovers Libby's deep past with the movie Cool Runnings.

Key Words - New record: 46!

adrenal cortex, adrenaline, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), anterior pituitary, biogenic amine, catecholamine, corticotropin, corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), dopamine, endocrine feedback loop, epinephrine, estradiol, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), germ cell, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), gonadotropins, gonads, growth hormone (GH), growth hormone release inhibiting hormone (GHRIH), growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), homeostasis, hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis, infundibulum, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), luteinizing hormone (LH), median eminence, melanocyte, melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH), melanocyte-stimulating hormone release-inhibiting factor (MIF), melanocyte-stimulating hormone-releasing factor (MRF), ovaries, ovum, parvocellular neurons, peptide hormone, portal vasculature, progesterone, prolactin, somatostatin, sperm, testes, testosterone, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), thyroxine, triiodothyronine

Old West Word of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Oof

Related Episode

Episode 14: Turkey Saddle [Hypothalamus and Posterior Pituitary]

References and Resources

Textbooks

• Vander's Human Physiology, 13th Edition
• Principles of Neural Science, Kandel, Schwartz, and Jessell, 4th Edition
• Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications, Haines, 3rd Edition

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Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Modified from original with volume fading and cuts

Disclaimer

This podcast is for entertainment and education only. Neither of the hosts is a medical doctor, and nothing they say is medical advice. Please consult with your physician before making decisions about your health.

In an attempt to recover from the last episode's derailment by boy bands, Ruka speeds through an overview of the hypothalamus and the anterior pituitary. In the process, she discovers Libby's deep past with the movie Cool Runnings.

Key Words - New record: 46!

adrenal cortex, adrenaline, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), anterior pituitary, biogenic amine, catecholamine, corticotropin, corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), dopamine, endocrine feedback loop, epinephrine, estradiol, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), germ cell, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), gonadotropins, gonads, growth hormone (GH), growth hormone release inhibiting hormone (GHRIH), growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), homeostasis, hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis, infundibulum, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), luteinizing hormone (LH), median eminence, melanocyte, melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH), melanocyte-stimulating hormone release-inhibiting factor (MIF), melanocyte-stimulating hormone-releasing factor (MRF), ovaries, ovum, parvocellular neurons, peptide hormone, portal vasculature, progesterone, prolactin, somatostatin, sperm, testes, testosterone, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), thyroxine, triiodothyronine

Old West Word of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Oof

Related Episode

Episode 14: Turkey Saddle [Hypothalamus and Posterior Pituitary]

References and Resources

Textbooks

• Vander's Human Physiology, 13th Edition
• Principles of Neural Science, Kandel, Schwartz, and Jessell, 4th Edition
• Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications, Haines, 3rd Edition

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Music

Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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Disclaimer

This podcast is for entertainment and education only. Neither of the hosts is a medical doctor, and nothing they say is medical advice. Please consult with your physician before making decisions about your health.