Neuroscience:
This beautiful two-photon microscopy image, by Alanna Watt and Michael Hausser, shows a network of Purkinje cells in the cerebellar cortex. Named after the Czech anatomist who discovered them, Purkinje cells are the largest cells in the mammalian brain....
Posted on May 3, 2008 3:44 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
My exams begin on Friday, so things are going to be pretty quite around here until around mid-May. I will post various bits and pieces over the next couple of weeks, but in the meantime, here are some interesting links...
Posted on April 29, 2008 2:32 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Our German counterparts at ScienceBlogs.de have produced this 21-minute video of an interview they did with neuroscientist Eric Kandel, who won the 2000 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of...
Posted on April 21, 2008 3:48 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Currents carried by sodium and potassium ions through the membrane of the giant axon of Loligo. Get more documents Docstoc is a useful tool for sharing PDFs, PowerPoint presentations and Word and Excel documents. It can also be used...
Posted on April 20, 2008 7:10 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I've just got the feedback on my final piece of coursework, and it's better than I expected: A well written description of TrpM8 function in cold sensation. It is written clearly and in the context of experimental evidence. Some additional...
Posted on April 15, 2008 7:31 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A 58-year-old man from Cumbria has had electrodes implanted his brain in order to treat his compulsive gambling.Raymond Mandale (right), who suffers from Parkinson's, claims that his gambling habit was caused by a prescribed drug he had been taking to...
Posted on April 7, 2008 8:22 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What with the current debate about the use of "smart" drugs by academics, I thought it pertinent to republish this old piece from January of last year, about a bacterial toxin which has been shown to enhance fear conditioning and...
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Posted on April 6, 2008 7:30 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
From my inbox: First Interdisciplinary NeuroSchool of the European Neuroscience and Society Network, EMBL, Monterotondo (Rome) Sept. 28th-Oct. 5th We are pleased to invite applications to the first interdisciplinary 'NeuroSchool' of the European Neuroscience and Society Network, a five year...
Posted on April 3, 2008 4:00 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Bora Zivkovic is coming to London on Wednesday April 9th, and several events have been organized for his visit, which I'll be going to. First, there'll be a behind-the-scenes tour of the Natural History Museum, starting at 4.30pm, followed...
Posted on April 2, 2008 4:20 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
My broadband connection was down for the whole day yesterday, so I was unable to link to the latest edition of Encephalon, which is now up at Of Two Minds and is, apparently, hosted by none other than Paris Hilton.As...
Posted on April 1, 2008 3:34 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
