Mar 25, 2024
TWiN welcomes mice to the elite club of ‘self-aware’ animals, with a study demonstrating a mirror-induced self-directed behavior in mice resembling visual self-recognition.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Timothy Cheung, and Vivianne Morrison
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Feb 19, 2024
TWiN describes a study that reveals activation of endogenous retroviruses in oligodenroglia from patients with traumatic brain injury.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, and Timothy Cheung
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Jan 29, 2024
TWiN explains an amazing study of a man who was paralyzed after a spinal cord injury and regained the ability to walk after implantation of a brain-spinal cord interface.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, and Timothy Cheung
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Jan 1, 2024
TWiN explains research showing that interaction between glioma cells and neurons in the brain shares mechanistic features with synaptic plasticity that contributes to memory and learning in the healthy brain.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Jason Shepherd, and Timothy Cheung
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Dec 13, 2023
TWiN discusses research showing that sciatic nerve activation with electroacupuncture at the sciatic nerve controls systemic inflammation and rescues mice from polymicrobial peritonitis, by inducing vagal activation of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase, leading to the production of dopamine in the...