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Jan 28, 2009

January 2009:

In this month's show, we celebrate fifty years of pheromones, discover how brain cells know who to network with, why imaging might be giving us a misleading picture of brain activity, and how sleeping lightly at night could be making you forgetful the next day.
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation.
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Dec 19, 2008

December 2008:

In this month's show, Kerri finds out why researchers are studying slumbering flies, looks back on the life of famous amnesiac patient HM, finds a load of brain proteins whose function is changed by adding fat, and takes a tour of a brain bank in London.
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation.

Nov 28, 2008

November 2008:

This month's show is packed full of highlights of the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Washington, DC. Discover why neuroscientists are interested in carbon nanotubes, how to do neuroscience for under $100, and how a patient with locked-in syndrome has been able to produce speech.
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation.
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Oct 24, 2008

October 2008:

Kerri Smith discovers how monkeys have regained movement in paralysed limbs, finds out how the brain is affected by steroids, hunts out two new Alzheimer's disease targets and reports back from a meeting on autism.
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation.
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Sep 29, 2008

September 2008:

The psychology of the credit crunch, drugs versus cognitive therapy for depression, how deaf people can retain speech and an unusual play with a neuroscience theme.
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation.
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Aug 27, 2008

August 2008:

Magic and neuroscience, fairness and egalitarianism in children, low-fat mice, and the ultimate selfish genes.
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation.
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Jul 25, 2008

July 2008:

Sleep deprivation and false memories, virtual reality drug dens, electrical harmony in the brain, and more highlights of the FENS meeting in Geneva.
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation.
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Jun 26, 2008

June 2008:

New genetic mutations and schizophrenia, language and human nature, the cortex in Tourette syndrome, the genes that maketh man.
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation.
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May 19, 2008

May 2008:

Our musical minds, a monkey model of Huntington's disease, how we speak and listen at the same time, and the challenge of free will.
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation.
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Apr 23, 2008

April 2008:

Risky decision-making, high-res working memory, the genetics of stress and anxiety, and the teenage brain.
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation.
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Dec 13, 2007

December 2007:

This month, Kerri Smith reports from a brain imaging conference in London, discovers a protein that triggers aggression in male mice, bisexual flies reveal how the brain controls behaviour, and we learn why exercise is good for the brain as well as the body
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation.
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Nov 16, 2007

SFN Special:

In this special issue of NeuroPod, Kerri Smith brings you the best of the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, California. Find out what computers can do for brains, find two ways to zoom in on pain, hear some of the most quickfire conference presentations ever, and discover what the Rolling Stones were doing at the meeting.
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation.
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Nov 01, 2007

November 2007:

This month, we see the brain in glorious Technicolor, discover how the brain controls optimism, hear about an on-off switch for mice, and debate the 'hash realities' of cannabis.
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation.
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Oct 08, 2007

October 2007:

We investigate how brain research is changing the face of warfare, what brain imaging really tells us, anaesthetics that don't cause paralysis, and learning under stress.
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation.
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Oct 12, 2006

October 2006:

Kerri Smith explores the latest neuroscience research from Nature: untangling autism, slimming down obesity, getting emotional about memories, multipurpose ion channels, and neuroeconomics.
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation.
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