Episode 101 -- Cameron McIntyre PhD
Thursday, September 5, 2013 Cameron McIntyre (Case Western Reserve) discusses the idea of being able to "dose" deep brain stimulation (DBS), and how it is now being used to treat neuropsychiatric di...
5 Sep 201341min
Episode 100 -- Daniel Ansari, PhD
Daniel Ansari (University of Western Ontario) discusses the new field of Mind, Brain and Education (sometimes called Neuroeducation) which seeks to bring evidence based practice and empirical calcula...
25 Apr 201346min
Episode 99 -- Samuel Pfaff, PhD
Thursday, April 18, 2013 Sam Pfaff (HHMI, Salk Institute) discusses the heterogeneity of spinal interneurons, vertebrate neural development, and central pattern generators. Duration: 42 minutes Discus...
18 Apr 201342min
Episode 98 -- Charles "Lee" Cox, PhD
Thursday, April 11, 2013 Lee Cox (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign) discusses some of the challenges in investigating thalamic investigation, the contribution of the thalamus to sensory proc...
11 Apr 201341min
Episode 97 -- Gordon M Shepherd, MD, DPhil
Thursday, April 4, 2013 Gordon Shepherd (Yale) discusses the idea that all cortical circuitry is based on elaboration of a basic microcircuit. The group discusses ideas that have shaped the understan...
4 Apr 201343min
Episode 96 -- Russell Poldrack
Thursday, March 7, 2013 Russell Poldrack (UT Austin) discusses how cognitive fMRI studies are evolving from a focus on "blobology" to the new emphasis on data mining methods that focus on network con...
7 Mars 201338min
Episode 95 -- Julie Kauer, PhD
Thursday, February 28, 2013 Julie Kauer (Brown University) discusses her work on plasticity and addiction, specifically her discovery of the potentiation of GABA synapses (GABA-LTP) on dopamine neuro...
28 Feb 201342min
Episode 94 -- Barbara Finlay
Thursday, February 21, 2013 Barbara Finlay (Cornell University) discusses her comparative brain development database, "Translating Time." She takes questions from the group regarding the significance...
21 Feb 201339min
