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Tim explains AI co-scientist, a tool released by Google, which it hopes to help scientists generate hypotheses and research proposals, and to accelerate the speed of scientific and biomedical discoveries. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Tim Cheung, and Vivianne Morrison Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server AI cracks superbug problem (BBC) Accelerating scientific breakthroughs (Google Research) Towards an AI co-scientist (arXiv) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv…
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1 TWiN 58: Tongue-dragging rescue behavior 1:14:21
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TWiN explains a study showing that when a mouse is confronted with an unconscious conspecific, it engages in behavior including tongue-dragging to resuscitate the animal via a tongue-brain connection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Tim Cheung, and Vivianne Morrison Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Tongue-dragging in mice (Sci Adv) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv…
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1 TWiN 57: Repetitive injury, herpes, and Alzheimer's 40:09
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TWiN discusses a study showing that repetitive injury reactivates HSV-1 in a human brain tissue model and induces phenotypes associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Tim Cheung Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Repetitive injury, herpes, and Alzheimers (Sci Signal) The tau of herpesvirus ( TWiV 1187 ) Fishing for viruses in senile ( TWiV 519 ) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv…
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1 TWiN 56: Astrocytes help neurons remember 1:00:44
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TWiN explains a study showing that while groups of neurons, form the basis for memory, astrocytes are key components of the adaptive reponse to learning experiences, and regulate the flow of information during circuit plasticity and memory recall. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Jason Shepherd , and Tim Cheung Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Write your Senator , oppose RFK Jr nomination Astrocytes and memory (Nature) Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv…
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1 TWiN 55: A brain circuit for day/night balance 1:09:29
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TWiN explains the identification of a brain circuit and periodic branch-specific neurotransmitter deployment that regulates organismal adaptation to photoperiod change. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Jason Shepherd , and Tim Cheung Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Brain circuit for photoperiod adaptation (Nature) Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv…
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1 TWiN 54: How pregnancy transforms the brain 1:05:25
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TWiN explores how pregnancy leads to modifications in brain structure and function that may prepare the mother for parenting. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Jason Shepherd , and Vivianne Morrison Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Pregnancy transforms the brain (Nature) Hormone-mediated neural remodeling during pregnancy (Science) Effects of pregnancy on brain activity (Nature Comm) Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv…
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1 TWiN 53: Slowing time by cooling the brain 1:10:03
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Joseph Paton and Felipe Rodrigues join TWiN to explain how they used temperature manipulation to alter the speed of neuronal dynamics in the dorsal striatum of rats, a manipulation that selectively slowed down or sped up time perception, illuminating the mechanisms of time-based decisions. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Jason Shepherd , Timothy Cheung , and Vivianne Morrison Guest: Joseph J. Paton and Felipe Rodrigues Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Using temperature to analyze the neural basis of a time-based decision (Nat Neurosci) Hot times for the dorsal striatum (Nat Neurosci) Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv…
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1 TWiN 52: Probiotic improves social behavior in children with ASD 1:05:50
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Mauro Costa-Mattioli returns to TWiN to discuss the results of a placebo controlled, double blind clinical trial of a probiotic which improved social behavior but not autism severity in children with ASD. Hosts: Jason Shepherd , Timothy Cheung , and Vivianne Morrison Guest: Mauro Costa-Mattioli Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Probiotics for autism spectrum disorder (Cell Host Microbe) Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv…
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1 TWiN 51: Sensory processing dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders 1:11:20
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TWiN reviews altered somatosensory reactivity, which is frequently observed among individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and in mouse models the developmental timing of aberrant touch processing can predict the manifestation of ASD-associated behaviors in mouse models. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Jason Shepherd , Timothy Cheung , and Vivianne Morrison Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Mouse models of autism spectrum disorder (Nature Neuroscience) Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv…
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1 TWiN 50: Neurological sequelae after COVID-19 1:04:25
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TWiN reviews experiments which show that SARS-CoV-2 triggers the up-regulation of synaptic components and perturbs local electrical field potential in cerebral organoids, organotypic culture of human brain explants and post-mortem brain samples from individuals with COVID-19. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Jason Shepherd , Timothy Cheung , and Vivianne Morrison Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server SARS-CoV-2 perturbs synaptic homeostasis (Nature Micro) Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv…
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1 TWiN 49: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest mouse of all? 1:31:25
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TWiN welcomes mice to the elite club of ‘self-aware’ animals, with a study demonstrating a mirror-induced self-directed behavior in mice resembling visual self-recognition. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Timothy Cheung , and Vivianne Morrison Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Mice are self-aware (Neuron) Mirror self-recognition in mice (Neuron) Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv…
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1 TWiN 48: Traumatic brain injury and retroviruses 51:13
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TWiN describes a study that reveals activation of endogenous retroviruses in oligodenroglia from patients with traumatic brain injury. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Jason Shepherd , and Timothy Cheung Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Activation of e ndogenous retroviruses in TBI oligodendroglia (Cell Rep) Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv…
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TWiN explains an amazing study of a man who was paralyzed after a spinal cord injury and regained the ability to walk after implantation of a brain-spinal cord interface. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Jason Shepherd , and Timothy Cheung Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Walking naturally after spinal cord injury (Nature) The paralyzed rat that walked (YouTube) Mike the headless chicken (Wikipedia) Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv…
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1 TWiN 46: Neuronal activity promotes glioma progression 51:04
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TWiN explains research showing that interaction between glioma cells and neurons in the brain shares mechanistic features with synaptic plasticity that contributes to memory and learning in the healthy brain. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Jason Shepherd , and Timothy Cheung Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Glioma synapses recruit mechanisms of adaptive plasticity (Nature) Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv…
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1 TWiN 45: Acupuncture modulates the immune system 52:24
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TWiN discusses research showing that sciatic nerve activation with electroacupuncture at the sciatic nerve controls systemic inflammation and rescues mice from polymicrobial peritonitis, by inducing vagal activation of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase, leading to the production of dopamine in the adrenal medulla. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Jason Shepherd , and Timothy Cheung Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Electroacupuncture modulates the immune system (Nat Med) Electroacupuncture drives the vagal–adrenal axis (Nature) Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv…
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