TWiN explains the finding that in the mouse visual cortex, astrocytes are key elements in the experience-dependent wiring of brain circuits.
TWiN discusses the finding that rewiring retinal projections to the auditory thalamus in ferrets leads to visually responsive cells that are typical of cells in the visual cortex.
TWiN 26: Immunological memory in the brain
- January 26, 2022
- Tagged as: brain, immune respose, memory, neurobiology, neuroscience
TWiN reviews evidence in mice that brain neurons encode and retrieve specific immune responses.
TWiN explains how anti-DNA antibodies present in lupus patients bind to GluN2A-containing NMDA receptors, act as positive allosteric modulators, and impair spatial memory.
TWiN explores a study of hallucination-like perception in mice which supports the idea that hallucinations arise as faulty perceptual inferences due to elevated dopamine in the striatum.
While perceptual constancy requires the brain to maintain a stable representation of sensory input, TWiN explores a study showing that odor-evoked responses in the olfactory cortex drift over periods of days to weeks.
Columbia University Chief Neurology Resident Genna Waldman joins TWiN to explains how her department prepared for COVID-19, and the neurological symptoms associated with the disease.
TWiN 6: Neural control of sexual behavior
- May 20, 2020
- Tagged as: brain, gender, neurobiology, neuroscience, sexual behavior
Nirao Shah joins TWiN to discuss the work of his laboratory on how our brains generate social interactions that differ between the sexes.
Bob Datta joins TWiN to reveal the findings of his laboratory on expression of SARS-CoV-2 entry genes in the olfactory epithelium and the implications for anosmia associated with COVID-19.
About the Hosts
Jason Shepherd, Ph.D.
Vivianne Morrison, Ph.D.
Tim Cheung, Ph.D.
Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D.