Here's one of the few more modern articles I found about this Arc gene and how brains work. "Arc Regulates Transcription of Genes for Plasticity, Excitability and Alzheimer’s Disease" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9405677/
The Neuroscience department at SISSA is hiring! We are looking for candidates for multiple assistant professor (tenure track) openings across a broad spectrum of topics in neuroscience (molecular, cellular, circuit, systems, cognitive and computational). SISSA is an international school in Trieste, Italy, promoting basic and applied research in Neuroscience, Mathematics and Physics and dedicated to the training of PhD students.
What can we learn about our senses from people who were born without them?
We think of perception as a passive, mechanical process, as if our eyes are cameras and our ears microphones. But as neurobiologist Susan R. Barry argues, perception is a deeply personal act. Our environments, our relationships, and our actions shape and reshape our senses throughout our lives.
@jbaert Lots of modern #invivo#neurobiology is done like this, conceptually. Swap the GPU for a brain and the microphone for a -scope, and this could be a neat "cell population dynamics of enemy perception in a virtual environment" #calciumimaging (or EEG?) study.
What we think about and focus on, impacts on us emotionally and physically, so a choice to be appreciative - even despite tough times - elevates your immune system as well as your attitude.
This trains your brain and body to be in an increasingly positive state.
...simple: the amount of "basic" knowledge and understanding of the subject matter is just so much or complex that only professionals or scholars can really grasp it.
IDK whether you tried reading the article I'd linked*.
Despite some background in systems theory and quite some interest in the subject, I really struggled with this academic research paper in #neurobiology.
Hi @Marlafeller, re your post looking for #neurobiology content, a great starting point for relevant Mastodon accounts to follow in the post above ⬆️, thanks to @elduvelle
Must-read! 🤔 😯
Broad long-term societal implications / public health concerns re: COVID-19 / long COVID
Why long COVID could be a ticking time bomb for public health
Long COVID isn't novel: Other viruses in history have had similar "long" arcs - with devastating repercussions
Great article by Philip Finkelstein | https://philipfinkelstein.com/general
Cites leading peer-reviewed, primary research (Nature Communications; Mayo Clinic; ...)
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Pls boost! Registration is open for a new one day U.K. meeting for neuronal and glial cell biology.
Inspired by successful one-day meetings such as the British Microtubule Meeting, we want a go-to event that is 1) focussed, 2) cheap to attend and 3) takes up minimal time.
Join us 15th of September in York. Talks selected from submitted abstracts with an emphasis on ECRs.
I lead a research group trying to figure out axonal transport and neurodegeneration. A big emphasis on the microtubules and their motors, but really the transport of anything that doesn't have a membrane around it. For this we use a lot of single molecule methods and live cell imaging. I also post about research culture.
💥MRC-funded Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position to investigate the response of resident neural progenitor cells after spinal cord injury (SCI) in regenerative
and non-regenerative species.