Brain

The Brain Podcast

Science EN ↓ 36 episodes

A fascinating, informative and digestible podcast highlighting the rich and diverse neuroscience published in the Brain journals. The episodes will take the format of interviews with article authors and the aim is to produce an informal and enjoyable podcast that appeals to a broad audience including clinicians, researchers, students, neuroscientists, neurologists, neurosurgeons and psychiatrists

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Tau positron emission tomography in preclinical Alzheimer's disease 23.03.2023 20:05

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 Philip Insel, lead author of the article entitled: Tau positron emission tomography in preclinical Alzheimer ' s disease The article explores the utility of tau PET imaging in three independent, large cohorts of cognitively normal individuals with...

Intrinsic blood–brain barrier dysfunction contributes to multiple sclerosis pathogenesis 23.02.2023 29:16

Welcome to the 10th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications . In this episode we speak with Hideaki Nishihara and Britta Engelhardt, lead authors of the article entitled: Intrinsic blood–brain barrier dysfunction contributes to multiple sclerosis pathogenesis This was a transcontinental recording with our guests dialing in from Japan and E...

COVID-19 induces CNS cytokine expression and loss of hippocampal neurogenesis 02.02.2023 24:58

Welcome to the 9th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications . In this episode we chat with Professor Robyn S. Klein, senior author of the article entitled: COVID-19 induces CNS cytokine expression and loss of hippocampal neurogenesis This article explores the ongoing challenge to better understand the mechanisms underlying the cognitive and...

Gene variant effects across sodium channelopathies predict function and guide precision therapy 04.01.2023 31:49

Welcome to another episode of The Brain Podcast (first for 2023!) - the official podcast for the journal Brain and sister journal Brain Communications . In this episode, three guests joined us to discuss the article entitled: Gene variant effects across sodium channelopathies predict function and guide precision therapy. Professor Andreas Brunklaus (first author) and Professor Stephanie Schorge (s...

A daily temperature rhythm in the human brain predicts survival after brain injury 15.12.2022 32:40

Welcome to the seventh episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications . In this episode we chat with Dr Nina M Rzechorzek , lead author of the article entitled: A daily temperature rhythm in the human brain predicts survival after brain injury We discuss how brain temperature was measured using invasive and non-invasive methods to identify a phys...

Seronegative autoimmune encephalitis: clinical characteristics and factors associated with outcomes 24.11.2022 25:24

Welcome to The Brain Podcast - the official podcast for the journal Brain and sister journal Brain Communications. In this episode we are joined by Professor Soon-Tae Lee to discuss his review article entitled Seronegative autoimmune encephalitis: clinical characteristics and factors associated with outcomes. Read the full article on the Brain website: https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awac166 Maarte...

Cortical involvement and upcoming therapies in Multiple Sclerosis 21.11.2022 22:01

Welcome to The Brain Podcast - the official podcast for the journal Brain and sister journal Brain Communications. In this episode we are joined by Associate Professor Pavan Bhargava to discuss his review article entitled The contribution of B cells to the cortical damage in multiple sclerosis. Read the full article on the Brain website: https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awac233 This episode was...

Tau measurements from skin biopsy to distinguish primary taupathies and alpha-synucleinopathies 15.11.2022 18:16

Welcome to The Brain Podcast - the official podcast for the journal Brain and sister journal Brain Communications . In this episode we chat with Dr Georgia Melli, senior author of the article entitled: Tau protein quantification in skin biopsies differentiates tauopathies from alpha-synucleinopathies She discusses the use of skin biopsy to quantify pathological tau protein as an accessible and us...

Focused ultrasound to improve blood-brain barrier penetration of a novel therapeutic for Alzheimer's pathology 14.10.2022 27:25

Welcome to the third episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast for the journal Brain and sister journal Brain Communications. In this episode we chat with Dr Kristiana Xhima and Professor Isabelle Aubert, lead and senior authors, respectively, of the article entitled: Ultrasound delivery of a TrkA agonist confers neuroprotection to Alzheimer-associated pathologies. They discuss the excit...

Neuropathological fingerprints of survival, atrophy and language in primary progressive aphasia 08.09.2022 21:44

Welcome to another episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast for the journal Brain and sister journal Brain Communications. We are joined by Professor Marsel Mesulam who will discuss his masterclass in clinico-pathological-neuroimaging analysis of primary progressive aphasias. Check out the full article on the Brain website: https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awab410 This episode was hosted,...

Modelling narcolepsy induced by influenza vaccination 20.08.2022 19:01

Welcome to the first episode of the Brain podcast- the official podcast for the journal Brain and sister journal Brain Communications. We are joined by Professor Roland Liblau who will tell us about his group's mouse model of narcolepsy in which autoimmune inflammation of orexinergic neurons is induced by influenza vaccination. Check out the full article on the Brain website: https://academic.oup....