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This Week in Neuroscience

A podcast about the nervous system.

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TWiN 42: Therapeutic effects of psychedelic drugs

TWiN 42: Therapeutic effects of psychedelic drugs

TWiN explains how psychedelic drugs such as LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA, which are being explored for treating a wide rang... Read more

18 Jul 2023

56mins

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TWiN 41: Alzheimer's and melanin-concentrating hormone

TWiN 41: Alzheimer's and melanin-concentrating hormone

Vivianne explains how early in Alzheimer’s disease, the brain attempts to counteract the increased excitatory drive caus... Read more

20 Jun 2023

1hr 18mins

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TWiN 40: Dopamine organizes behavior's syllables

TWiN 40: Dopamine organizes behavior's syllables

Tim takes TWiN through two studies on the role of dopamine: that syllables are natural units of spontaneous behavior use... Read more

11 May 2023

1hr 4mins

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TWiN 39: Virus-like capsids trigger paraneoplastic disease

TWiN 39: Virus-like capsids trigger paraneoplastic disease

Junjie from Jason’s lab joins TWiN to discuss the observation that the cell gene PNMA2 encodes non-enveloped virus-like ... Read more

28 Apr 2023

52mins

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TWiN 38: Bacterial immunity heals sensory neurons

TWiN 38: Bacterial immunity heals sensory neurons

TWiN explains the finding that immunity to commensal bacteria promotes sensory neuron regeneration via the cytokine inte... Read more

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1hr 4mins

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TWiN 37: Microglia at the crossroads

TWiN 37: Microglia at the crossroads

TWiN reviews the field of microgial research, which has advanced in recent decades but is constrained by nomenclature th... Read more

23 Jan 2023

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TWiN 36: Unbearable neurologists

TWiN 36: Unbearable neurologists

TWiN answers listener questions about Alzheimer’s disease, glaucoma and the microbiota, Dravet’s Syndrome, schizophrenia... Read more

3 Jan 2023

1hr 29mins

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TWiN 35: Neuromodulation in treatment-resistant depression

TWiN 35: Neuromodulation in treatment-resistant depression

Jason and Tim review the use of an implanted chronic deep brain sensing and stimulation device to carry out biomarker-dr... Read more

6 Dec 2022

1hr 9mins

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TWiN 34: Microglia vital after spinal cord injury

TWiN 34: Microglia vital after spinal cord injury

TWiN explains how central nervous system resident macrophages known as microglia coordinate cellular interactions during... Read more

30 Sep 2022

1hr 9mins

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TWiN 33: Viruses leaving the brain

TWiN 33: Viruses leaving the brain

TWiN describes how neurotropic viruses leave the brain via meningeal lymphatic vessels located dorsally and basally bene... Read more

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