TWiN 59: AI co-scientist
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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: , Tim Cheung, and Vivianne Morrison Subscribe (free): , , Links for this episode AI cracks (BBC) scientific breakthroughs (Google Research) Towards an (arXiv) Timestamps by . Thanks! Music is by Send your neuroscience questions and comments to [email protected]
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TWiN 58: Tongue-dragging rescue behavior
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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: , Tim Cheung, and Vivianne Morrison Subscribe (free): , , Links for this episode in mice (Sci Adv) Timestamps by . Thanks! Music is by Send your neuroscience questions and comments to [email protected]
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TWiN 57: Repetitive injury, herpes, and Alzheimer's
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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: and Tim Cheung Subscribe (free): , , Links for this episode Repetitive injury, herpes, and (Sci Signal) The tau of herpesvirus () Fishing for viruses in senile () Timestamps by . Thanks! Music is by Send your neuroscience questions and comments to [email protected]
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TWiN 56: Astrocytes help neurons remember
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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: , , and Tim Cheung Subscribe (free): , , Links for this episode , oppose RFK Jr nomination Astrocytes and (Nature) Timestamps by . Thanks! Music is by Send your neuroscience questions and comments to [email protected]
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TWiN 55: A brain circuit for day/night balance
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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: , , and Tim Cheung Subscribe (free): , , Links for this episode Brain circuit for (Nature) Timestamps by . Thanks! Music is by Send your neuroscience questions and comments to [email protected]
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TWiN 54: How pregnancy transforms the brain
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TWiN explores how pregnancy leads to modifications in brain structure and function that may prepare the mother for parenting. Hosts: , , and Vivianne Morrison Subscribe (free): , , Links for this episode transforms the brain (Nature) during pregnancy (Science) on brain activity (Nature Comm) Timestamps by . Thanks! Music is by Send your neuroscience questions and comments to [email protected]
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TWiN 53: Slowing time by cooling the brain
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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: , , , and Vivianne Morrison Guest: and Subscribe (free): , , Links for this episode Using temperature to analyze the (Nat Neurosci) for the dorsal striatum (Nat Neurosci) Timestamps by . Thanks! Music is by Send your...
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TWiN 52: Probiotic improves social behavior in children with ASD
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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: , , and Vivianne Morrison Guest: Subscribe (free): , , Links for this episode Probiotics for (Cell Host Microbe) Timestamps by . Thanks! Music is by Send your neuroscience questions and comments to [email protected]
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TWiN 51: Sensory processing dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders
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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: , , , and Vivianne Morrison Subscribe (free): , , Links for this episode Mouse models of (Nature Neuroscience) Timestamps by . Thanks! Music is by Send your neuroscience questions and comments to [email protected]
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TWiN 50: Neurological sequelae after COVID-19
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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: , , , and Vivianne Morrison Subscribe (free): , , Links for this episode SARS-CoV-2 perturbs (Nature Micro) Timestamps by . Thanks! Music is by Send your neuroscience questions and comments to [email protected]
info_outlineTim 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
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- 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
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