The Brain Podcast

Welcome to the 36th episode of The Brain Podcast  - the official podcast of the journals  Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with senior author Dr Carsten Finke of the Brain article entitled: Brain atrophy patterns in anti-IgLON5 disease We discuss a fascinating article which examines clinical and imaging data related to anti-Iglon5 disease. This valuable contri...

Welcome to the 35th episode of The Brain Podcast  - the official podcast of the journals  Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with first author Dr Laetitia Marcadet and senior author Chantelle F Sephton of the Brain article entitled:  Targeting lipid droplets in FUS-linked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mitigates neuronal and astrocytic lipotoxicity. We discuss th...

Welcome to the 34th episode of The Brain Podcast  - the official podcast of the journals  Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with first author Dr Lorenzo Pini of the Brain article entitled: Brain connectivity as a new target for Alzheimer's disease therapy? We discuss a fascinating review into the literature examing brain connectivity in Alzheimer's disease as a...

Welcome to the 33rd episode of The Brain Podcast  - the official podcast of the journals  Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with first author Dr Courtney R Benoit and senior author Associate Professor Tracy L Young-Pearse  of the Brain article entitled: POU3F2 regulates canonical Wnt signalling via  SOX13  and  ADNP to expand the neural progenitor population We...

Welcome to the 32th episode of The Brain Podcast  - the official podcast of the journals  Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with first author Dr Philipp J Koch of the Brain article entitled: Neurotransmitter-informed connectivity maps and their application for outcome inference after stroke We discuss a fascinating method to map neurotransmitter-informed brain...

Welcome to the 31th episode of The Brain Podcast  - the official podcast of the journals  Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with first author Dr Ifrah Zawar of the Brain article entitled: The association of seizure control with neuropathology in dementia We discuss an impressive post-mortem investigation of the link between seizures and the associated neuropath...

Welcome to the 30th episode of The Brain Podcast  - the official podcast of the journals  Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with senior author Professor Gabor G Kovacs of the Brain article entitled: Midbrain cytotoxic T cells as a distinct neuropathological feature of progressive supranuclear palsy Listen to the fascinating insights exploring the autoimmune sid...

Welcome to the 29th episode of The Brain Podcast  - the official podcast of the journals  Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with first author of the Brain article entitled: Distinct transcriptional changes distinguish efficient and poor remyelination in multiple sclerosis We are joined by Alida Chen for an interesting discussion into detecting transcriptional c...

Welcome to the 28th episode of The Brain Podcast  - the official podcast of the journals  Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with three authors of the Brain article entitled: The relationship between kidney health and neurodegenerative diseases Ms Melody Zuo , Dr Le Chang and Professor Sarah A Gagliano Taliun grace the Brain podcast with an insightful discussion...

Welcome to the 27th episode of The Brain Podcast  - the official podcast of the journals  Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with first author Dr  Lucia M Li of the Brain article entitled: High-dimensional proteomic analysis for pathophysiological classification of traumatic brain injury Listen to the fascinating insights into classifying traumatic brain injury...

Welcome to the 26th episode of The Brain Podcast  - the official podcast of the journals  Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with first author Dr Marios Kritsilis and senior author Associate Professor  Iben Lundgaard of the Brain article entitled: Loss of glymphatic homeostasis in heart failure This academic duo from Lund University discuss their fascinating fin...

Welcome to the 25th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals  Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with senior author Dr Tanya Stojkovic of the Brain article entitled: Congenital myasthenic syndromes in adults: clinical features, diagnosis and long-term prognosis Dr Stojkovic discusses findings from an impressive longitudinal adult cohor...

Welcome to the first episode of 2025 for The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals  Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with senior author Dr Frank Porreca of the Brain article entitled: Nociceptors are functionally male or female: from mouse to monkey to man? Dr Porreca discusses important findings into the  sexual dimorphic nature of nociception...

Welcome to the 23nd episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain  and  Brain Communications .  In this episode, we bring on authors Dr Helen Devine and Professor Simon Mead to discuss their opinion article entitled: Academic neurology in the UK: a plea to turn away from the precipice. The discussions covers the growing concerns regarding the future of academic neurolog...

Welcome to the 22nd episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with senior author Dr Torsten Baldeweg of the Brain article entitled: Long-term neuropsychological trajectories in children with epilepsy: does surgery halt decline? Dr Baldeweg discusses fascinating insight into the long term cognitive outc...

Welcome to the 21th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with the first author Dr Selina Yogeshwar of the Brain article entitled: HLA-DQB1*05 subtypes and not DRB1*10:01 mediates risk in anti-IgLON5 disease  Dr Yogeshwar offers exciting insight into the genetic mechanisms of a relatively recently...

Welcome to the 20th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with the final author Dr Jun Li of the Brain article entitled: PAK2 is necessary for myelination in the peripheral nervous system How are peripheral nerve cells myelinated and what proteins are invoved? Is there a difference between PAK1 and...

Welcome to the 18th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with first author author Dr Stefanie Grabrucker of the Brain article entitled: Microbiota from Alzheimer's patients induce deficits in cognition and hippocampal neurogenesis How does lifestyle and the environment affect cognition in Alzheime...

Welcome to the 17th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain  and  Brain Communications .  This episode features a discussion with senior author Dr Bénédicte Ballanger of the Brain article entitled: Noradrenergic alterations in Parkinson's disease: a combined  11 C-yohimbine PET/neuromelanin MRI study Can this multi-modal study examining the role of Noradrenaline i...

Welcome to the 16th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain  and  Brain Communications .  We are very excited to feature a January issue Brain article, where we speak with senior author Dr Lasse M Giil entitled:   Impaired glucose utilization in the brain of patients with delirium following hip fracture Delirium is a common condition with significant impact on pat...

Welcome to the 15th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain  and  Brain Communications .  We are very excited to feature our first article from Brain Communications, where we speak with first author Dr Kiel Telesford of the article entitled: Neuron-binding antibody responses are associated with Black ethnicity in multiple sclerosis during natalizumab treatment Thi...

Welcome to the 14th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain  and  Brain Communications .  In this episode we speak with Fu-Chin Liu, senior author of the article entitled:  Speech- and language-linked  FOXP2 mutation targets protein motors in striatal neurons.  This article explores a potential genetic basis for disordered speech by a mutation in the transcription...

Welcome to the 13th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain  and  Brain Communications .  In this episode we speak with Josef Parvizi, senior author of the article entitled: Multisite thalamic recordings to characterize seizure propagation in the human brain This article explores the role of the thalamus in seizure propagation and how multi-site intracranial elect...

Welcome to the 12th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain  and  Brain Communications .  In this episode we speak with Nico Melzer, senior author of the article entitled:  A genome-wide association study in autoimmune neurological syndromes with anti-GAD65 autoantibodies This article explores expanding entity of GAD-65 associated neurological syndromes, the excit...

Welcome to the 11th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain  and  Brain Communications .  In this episode we speak with Ted Price, senior author of the article entitled: RNA profiling of human dorsal root ganglia (DRG) reveals sex differences in mechanisms promoting neuropathic pain This article explores exciting findings around differences in the DRG transcriptom...