How Microglia Influence Brain Development and Disease | Ania Majewska
On this episode of Neuroscience Perspectives, John Foxe, PhD, talks with Ania Majewska, PhD, professor of neuroscience and co-director of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Cente...
24 Sep 39min
RE-RELEASE: Why the Brain is Smarter than AI
Dr. Doris Tsao shares how her pioneering research has transformed our understanding of how the brain processes visual information. Her lab helped discover that it only takes a few hundred neurons to e...
27 Aug 23min
RE-RELEASE: Lisa Genova Novels and Neuroscience
Revisit the fascinating conversation with best-selling author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova, PhD. Her groundbreaking novel, Still Alice, coupled powerful storytelling with the reality of Alzheimer's ...
23 Juli 39min
How can a microscopic roundworm help researchers understand the brain?
Anne Hart, PhD, professor and Chair of Neuroscience at Brown University, uses C elegans to study genetics, disease, and sleep. In this episode of Neuroscience Perspectives, she tells Dr. John Foxe abo...
25 Juni 38min
Why Can't You 'See' Everything? The Neuroscience Behind Selective Attention
Dr. Marlene Cohen, professor of Neurobiology at the University of Chicago's Neuroscience Institute, discusses how selective attention helps us pick out what is important in the world around us. Our ey...
21 Maj 35min
Rett Syndrome: Symptoms, Genetics, Science, and Clinical Trials
What is Rett syndrome—and how close are we to effective treatments? In this episode of Neuroscience Perspectives, Dr. John Foxe, director of the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at University of R...
23 Apr 39min
Brain Organoids Unlock New Understanding of Developmental Disorders
What the hippocampus tells us about exercise, learning, and memory. How organoids are being used in neurodevelopmental research. And the future of medicine and stem cell therapy. In this episode, Dr. ...
19 Mars 48min
What the Developing Brain Could Reveal About Autism
In this episode of Neuroscience Perspectives, we speak with Dr. Shafali Jeste, an internationally recognized child neurologist whose research has advanced the identification of early biomarkers that p...
19 Feb 41min
