by Ginger Campbell, MD on June 23, 2010
Last month I announced that the next new episode of the Brain Science Podcast will be posted in the second week of September 2010. Today I am posting a brief update in the feed.
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Some Advice for new listeners: The summer break gives new listeners an excellent chance to listen to past episodes of the Brain Science Podcast, but now that there are 69 episodes available, a little guidance might be helpful. If you are new to neuroscience I suggest that you listen to episodes 1-27 in order. That will give you a solid foundation for enjoying more recent episodes. Naturally I hope you will listen to them all, but the order is not critical. There are a few exceptions, but I think these are clearly labeled.
This week’s podcast also includes a little about how the Brain Science Podcast has evolved since it started back in December 2006. At the end of the announcements I describe the features of updated Brain Science Podcast application for iPhone/iPod Touch.
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by Ginger Campbell, MD on May 12, 2010
Recent research has discovered that glial cells (the non-neuronal cells that make up about 85% of the cells in the human nervous system) actually do more than just support neurons. In Episode 69 of the Brain Science Podcast I explore some of these recent discoveries with pioneering researcher, R. Douglas Fields, PhD. Dr. Fields is the author of The Other Brain: From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries about the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science. The Other Brain provides a compelling introduction to this exciting new field. It is aimed at general readers, but it should also be on the must-read list for all students of neuroscience.
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- The Other Brain: From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries about the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science by R. Douglas Fields (2010)
- Glial Neurobiology: A Textbook by Alexei Verkhratsky and Arthur Butt (2007)
- Bullock, T. H., Bennett, M. V., Johnston, D., Josephson, R., Marder, E., Fields, R. D. “Neuroscience. The neuron doctrine, redux.” Science 310. 5749 (2005): 791-3.
Perspectives
- Bullock, T. H. (2004) The Natural History of Neuroglia: an agenda for comparative studies. Neuron Glial Biology 1:97-100.
- Fields, R. D. (2006) Beyond the Neuron Doctrine. Scientific American Mind June/July 17:20-27.
Links:
- The Other Brain website
- R. Douglas Fields: Chief and Senior Researcher of the Section on Nervous System Development and Plasticity at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, which is part of NIH.
- Dr. Ichiji Tasaki; worked at NIH for over 50 years and was a pioneering researcher of nerve conduction. (See the episode transcript for links to the other researchers that were mentioned in this episode.)
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- The Brain Science Podcast application for iPhone/Touch now contains transcripts for all episodes. Your reviews are greatly appreciated.
- The next new episode of the Brain Science Podcast will come out in September, 2010.
- Be sure to check out my other podcast Books and Ideas.
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- Correction: Barbara Strauch is the author of The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind. (note the correct spelling of STRAUCH)
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by Ginger Campbell, MD on April 14, 2010
Brain Science Podcast 68 is an interview with Dr. Peter Whitehouse, co-author (with Daniel George) of The Myth of Alzheimer’s: What You Aren’t Being Told About Today’s Most Dreaded Diagnosis. Alzheimer’s Disease originally referred to a relatively rare form of premature dementia, but in recent decades the diagnosis has been expanded to include patients of all ages. This change is not based on science and in this interview we talk about why being labeled with with Alzheimer’s may be doing older patients more harm than good.
Dr. Whitehouse is one of the pioneering researchers in this field, but advocates devoting resources to helping elders with with a wide range of age-related brain changes. This interview should be of interest to physicians, scientists, as well as patients and their families. I will be posting a supplemental interview with Daniel George, the co-author of The Myth of Alzheimer’s later this month. (Learn more at http://booksandideas.com.)
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by Ginger Campbell, MD on February 19, 2010
For those of you who listen on the Zune®, its now easier to find the Brain Science Podcast because we finally have our own page at Zune.net. I hope you will go to the page and post a review. Just follow the link below, scroll down, and you will see the post a link button on the bottom Right.
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by Ginger Campbell, MD on January 13, 2010
Episode 65 of the Brain Science Podcast is an interview with Jaak Panksepp, PhD, author of Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions. Dr. Panksepp has done pioneering work on the neural origins of emotions. In this interview we discuss how his work challenges some of the common assumptions about emotions and some of the important implications of his discoveries. New listeners may want to go back and listen to Episode 11 for an introduction to the neuroscience of emotion.
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by Ginger Campbell, MD on December 16, 2009
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