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A discussion of the hypothalamus and posterior pituitary gets derailed when Libby uncovers Ruka's painfully comprehensive reserve of 2000's boy band knowledge.

Key Words

anterior pituitary, antidiuretic hormone (ADH), autonomic, Bader-Meinhof phenomenon, diencephalon, endocrine, epithalamus, frequency illusion, hypophysis, hypothalamo-hypophysial portal vessels, hypothalamus, infundibulum, lactation, magnocellular neuron, mammillary bodies, median eminence, nuclei, optic chiasm, osmolality, oxytocin, paraventricular nucleus, pituitary, portal vasculature, portal veins, posterior pituitary, recency illusion, sella turcica, somatic, sphenoid, supraoptic nucleus, thalamus, third ventricle, uterine contraction, vasopressin, viscerosensory transduction

Old West Words of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Nanny

Neck oil

Nose paint

Necessary

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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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.

A discussion of the hypothalamus and posterior pituitary gets derailed when Libby uncovers Ruka's painfully comprehensive reserve of 2000's boy band knowledge.

Key Words

anterior pituitary, antidiuretic hormone (ADH), autonomic, Bader-Meinhof phenomenon, diencephalon, endocrine, epithalamus, frequency illusion, hypophysis, hypothalamo-hypophysial portal vessels, hypothalamus, infundibulum, lactation, magnocellular neuron, mammillary bodies, median eminence, nuclei, optic chiasm, osmolality, oxytocin, paraventricular nucleus, pituitary, portal vasculature, portal veins, posterior pituitary, recency illusion, sella turcica, somatic, sphenoid, supraoptic nucleus, thalamus, third ventricle, uterine contraction, vasopressin, viscerosensory transduction

Old West Words of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Nanny

Neck oil

Nose paint

Necessary

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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Libby and Ruka use their artificial artificial intelligence to discuss how actual artificial intelligence helps researchers understand the ways the human brain values art. Celebrate their first in-person recording in eight episodes!

Key Words

abstract, art preference, artificial intelligence (AI), association cortex, color field, cubism, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), impressionism, internal review board (IRB), lateral prefrontal cortex (lPFC), mechanical Turk, medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), neural network, posterior parietal cortex, prefrontal cortex (PFC), preprint, prepublication, valence, value, visual cortex

Old West Words of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Make a mash

Man trap

References and Resources

• Aesthetic preference for art emerges from a weighted integration over hierarchically structured visual features in the brain
• • "This article is a preprint and has not been certified by peer review"
• Do you like weird art? Blame your brain

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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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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 use their artificial artificial intelligence to discuss how actual artificial intelligence helps researchers understand the ways the human brain values art. Celebrate their first in-person recording in eight episodes!

Key Words

abstract, art preference, artificial intelligence (AI), association cortex, color field, cubism, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), impressionism, internal review board (IRB), lateral prefrontal cortex (lPFC), mechanical Turk, medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), neural network, posterior parietal cortex, prefrontal cortex (PFC), preprint, prepublication, valence, value, visual cortex

Old West Words of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Make a mash

Man trap

References and Resources

• Aesthetic preference for art emerges from a weighted integration over hierarchically structured visual features in the brain
• • "This article is a preprint and has not been certified by peer review"
• Do you like weird art? Blame your brain

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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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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.

It's Headshake's first guest ever! Theanne Griffith, Ph.D. joins as a third host to discuss her neuroscience research on specialized ion channels in cold sensation, as well as her brand new STEM-themed children's book series The Magnificent Makers!

Dr. Griffith's research starts at 00:23:47

The Magnificent Makers starts at 01:02:56

Key Words

action potential, blocker, caliper, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, cold-sensitive neurons, diversity, dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons, F & P text level Q, firing, ganglia, genetic approaches, implicit bias, ion channel, labeled line theory, model, peripheral nervous system, pharmacological approaches, representation, sensory neurons, somatic sensation, splanchnic, TRPM8, two-point discrimination

Old West Word of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Like bricks

Dr. Theanne Griffith's Research

• Dr. Griffith's latest publication in The Journal of Neuroscience: Tetrodotoxin-Sensitive Sodium Channels Mediate Action Potential Firing and Excitability in Menthol-Sensitive Vglut3-Lineage Sensory Neurons
• Publication that references Dr. Griffith's above paper: The Sensory Coding of Warm Perception

The Magnificent Makers

"BOOM! SNAP! WHIZ! ZAP! A modern-day Magic School Bus for chapter book readers!"

Check out Dr. Griffith's brand new STEM-themed children's book series, a great gift for your favorite curious 7-10 year-old!

• https://www.theannegriffith.com/books
• Please consider purchasing from your local independent and/or Black-owned bookseller:
• • https://www.indiebound.org/
  • List of Black-owned booksellers (also includes stores that may not be Black-owned but specialize in Black literature)
• If you cannot currently purchase The Magnificent Makers, be sure to request the series at your local library!

Connect with Dr. Griffith!

Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @doctheagrif

Site theannegriffith.com

Connect with The Magnificent Makers illustrator Reggie Brown!

Facebook

Instagram: @reggiebrownart

Site: https://trendingcreativedesign.com/

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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. The hosts are not medical doctors, and nothing they say is medical advice. Please consult with your physician before making decisions about your health.

It's Headshake's first guest ever! Theanne Griffith, Ph.D. joins as a third host to discuss her neuroscience research on specialized ion channels in cold sensation, as well as her brand new STEM-themed children's book series The Magnificent Makers!

Dr. Griffith's research starts at 00:23:47

The Magnificent Makers starts at 01:02:56

Key Words

action potential, blocker, caliper, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, cold-sensitive neurons, diversity, dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons, F & P text level Q, firing, ganglia, genetic approaches, implicit bias, ion channel, labeled line theory, model, peripheral nervous system, pharmacological approaches, representation, sensory neurons, somatic sensation, splanchnic, TRPM8, two-point discrimination

Old West Word of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Like bricks

Dr. Theanne Griffith's Research

• Dr. Griffith's latest publication in The Journal of Neuroscience: Tetrodotoxin-Sensitive Sodium Channels Mediate Action Potential Firing and Excitability in Menthol-Sensitive Vglut3-Lineage Sensory Neurons
• Publication that references Dr. Griffith's above paper: The Sensory Coding of Warm Perception

The Magnificent Makers

"BOOM! SNAP! WHIZ! ZAP! A modern-day Magic School Bus for chapter book readers!"

Check out Dr. Griffith's brand new STEM-themed children's book series, a great gift for your favorite curious 7-10 year-old!

• https://www.theannegriffith.com/books
• Please consider purchasing from your local independent and/or Black-owned bookseller:
• • https://www.indiebound.org/
  • List of Black-owned booksellers (also includes stores that may not be Black-owned but specialize in Black literature)
• If you cannot currently purchase The Magnificent Makers, be sure to request the series at your local library!

Connect with Dr. Griffith!

Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @doctheagrif

Site theannegriffith.com

Connect with The Magnificent Makers illustrator Reggie Brown!

Facebook

Instagram: @reggiebrownart

Site: https://trendingcreativedesign.com/

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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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Can you feel it? Your pointer finger can. After a visit to the land of Complicatia, Libby and Ruka return to Gap Junction to discuss somatosensation and ask important personal questions about the little man living in your cortex.

Key Words

analgesia, anterolateral column, capsaicin, cation, contralateral, dorsal column, free neuron ending, gate, habituation, homunculus, hyperalgesia, insult, ion channel, ipsilateral, ligand, mechanoreceptor, Meissner's corpuscle, menthol, Merkel's corpuscle, modality, nociceptor, Pacinian corpuscle, pain, phantom limb, pressure, receptive field, referred pain, Ruffini corpuscle, sensory adaptation, somatosensation, somatosensory cortex, submodality, temperature, touch, transient receptor potential (TRP) protein, vibration

Old West Word of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Knock Into a Cocked Hat

Reference

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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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.

Can you feel it? Your pointer finger can. After a visit to the land of Complicatia, Libby and Ruka return to Gap Junction to discuss somatosensation and ask important personal questions about the little man living in your cortex.

Key Words

analgesia, anterolateral column, capsaicin, cation, contralateral, dorsal column, free neuron ending, gate, habituation, homunculus, hyperalgesia, insult, ion channel, ipsilateral, ligand, mechanoreceptor, Meissner's corpuscle, menthol, Merkel's corpuscle, modality, nociceptor, Pacinian corpuscle, pain, phantom limb, pressure, receptive field, referred pain, Ruffini corpuscle, sensory adaptation, somatosensation, somatosensory cortex, submodality, temperature, touch, transient receptor potential (TRP) protein, vibration

Old West Word of the Day (Gap Junction Almanac)

Knock Into a Cocked Hat

Reference

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/)

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300002

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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Your body isn't strung with copper wire. So how does the nervous system send electrical signals? Libby and Ruka discuss this question and attempt to do math. When you're done listening, remember to write that letter to your Nana Amps. She misses you.

Key Words

action potential, axon terminal, axon, cell membrane, current, electrical potential, excitatory, extracellular, gap junction, graded potential, inhibitory, intracellular, ions, leak channels, megaohms (mΩ), membrane potential, millivolts (mV), myelin, Na+/K+-ATPase, nanoamps (nA), negative charge, Ohm's law, pacemaker potential, permeability, positive charge, potential difference, potential, propagation, receptor potential, resistance, resting membrane potential, signal transduction, synaptic potential, threshold, transmembrane potential, V=IR, volts

Old West Words of the Day

John B.

John Barleycorn

Brother Jonathan

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References

• Textbooks
• • Principles of Neural Science, Kandel, Schwartz, and Jessell, 4th Edition
  • Vander's Human Physiology, 13th Edition

Music

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

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300002

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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.

Your body isn't strung with copper wire. So how does the nervous system send electrical signals? Libby and Ruka discuss this question and attempt to do math. When you're done listening, remember to write that letter to your Nana Amps. She misses you.

Key Words

action potential, axon terminal, axon, cell membrane, current, electrical potential, excitatory, extracellular, gap junction, graded potential, inhibitory, intracellular, ions, leak channels, megaohms (mΩ), membrane potential, millivolts (mV), myelin, Na+/K+-ATPase, nanoamps (nA), negative charge, Ohm's law, pacemaker potential, permeability, positive charge, potential difference, potential, propagation, receptor potential, resistance, resting membrane potential, signal transduction, synaptic potential, threshold, transmembrane potential, V=IR, volts

Old West Words of the Day

John B.

John Barleycorn

Brother Jonathan

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References

• Textbooks
• • Principles of Neural Science, Kandel, Schwartz, and Jessell, 4th Edition
  • Vander's Human Physiology, 13th Edition

Music

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

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300002

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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.