Neuroscientists Talk Shop

On December 13, 2024 we spoke with the speakers at our annual UTSA Neuroscience Symposium, on the Basal Ganglia Circuitry. Topics of discussion included the heterogeneity of cells and connections, the...

13 Des 202450min

On December 5, 2024 we spoke with Jason Chen about G-protein signaling in the mammalian photoreceptors, and the G-protein regulator proteins that govern the speed of transduction and the temporal reso...

5 Des 202434min

On November 21, 2024 we spoke with Jonathan Fadok on the brain circuits that choose whether an animal will freeze or try to escape in the presence of a dangerous stimulus. Guest: Jonathan Fadok, Asso...

21 Nov 202441min

On November 14, 2024 we spoke with Claudio Punzo on the metabolic interdependence of the retinal pigment epithelium and the photoreceptors of the retina, and its implications for the degenerative proc...

14 Nov 202440min

On November 7, 2024 we spoke with Carlos Bassetto about the relationship between molecular structure and functional states of the ion channels that underlie all electrical signals in the nervous syste...

7 Nov 202441min

Neuroscientists Talk Shop: Raju Metherate on nicotine and auditory processing On October 31, 2024 we spoke with Raju Metherate, on the sites of action of nicotine in the auditory pathway and the mech...

31 Okt 202437min

On October 17, 2024 we talked with Eric Fortune about the electric field sensory system in weakly electric fish and its function in social communication, predation and spatial localization. Eric expla...

17 Okt 202445min

On October 10, 2024 we met with Ranmal Samarsinghe to talk about the use of cortical assembloids, three-dimensional cultures containing both excitatory and inhibitory neurons. to explore the developme...

10 Okt 202434min