George Koob: Neurocircuitry of Addiction – An Alcohol Perspective
[59:11] George Koob, PhD Director, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH [Video and text source: Vi…
MOREDialogues Between Neuroscience and Society: Global Mental Health and Neuroscience
[1:27:29] Global mental health is slowly but steadily coming out of the shadows. It is benefiting from advances in neur…
MORETreating Parkinson’s Disease: Brain Surgery and the Placebo Effect
[2:10] At the University of Florida, Parkinson’s disease patient Russell Price undergoes surgery to implant a deep …
MOREWhat Are Microglia?
[4:38] The brain is like a really fancy restaurant. It’s picky about who it lets inside. You have to be one of the privil…
MOREMy Neurons, My Self
[1:39:50] With ever more refined techniques for measuring complex brain activity, scientists are challenging the un…
MOREAshley Gearhardt: The brain reward system and food addiction
[7:50] Ashley Gearhardt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Mi…
MOREKristin Comella: Reversing Aging with Stem Cells
[14:35] U. S. Stem Cell, Inc. is a clinical stage biotechnology company that is dedicated to becoming the world’s lea…
MORE10 Evil Social Experiments
[7:34] Throughout the course of the 20th century, there were disturbing experiments taking place all over the world. F…
MOREIn a Coma, Do We Cease to Exist?
[7:10] What happens when someone slips into a vegetative state? Do they feel pain? Do they think? Without consciousnes…
MOREDavid Eagleman: The Brain – Romanian Orphanages
[2:49] An examination of Romanian orphanages reveals how neglect at a young age impacts underdevelopment in brains. […
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