Podcast Episode · Big Brains · 06/26/2025 · 37m

🧠 UCSD Neuroscience - emotion, habit, body-brain connection, chronic pain, neuroimaging, neuroplasticity, 17 years bodywork/wellness

UniSA research shows that any form of exercise can significantly boost brain function and memory across children, adults, and older adults.

Humans lack memories for specific events from the first few years of life. We investigated the mechanistic basis of this infantile amnesia by scanning the brains of awake infants with functional magne...

A Potassium Channel on Axons Reduces Ectopic Spikes Nooshin Abdollahi, Yu-Feng Xie, Stephanie Ratte, and Steven A. Prescott (see article e1889242025) Action potentials, or spikes, transmit informa...

de Riedmatten et al. propose apparent diffusion coefficient functional MRI as a novel contrast for assessing functional connectivity in both grey matter and white matter, addressing the limitations of...

Article on Interactions between classic psychedelics and serotonergic antidepressants: Effects on the acute psychedelic subjective experience, well-being and depressive symptoms from a prospective sur...

The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely targeted infusions.

How to adjust to losing an hour of sleep. March 08, 2025 It feels cruel, doesn’t it? Being forced to lose a precious hour of sleep. In the US, daylight saving time (DST) begins on March 9, 2025. At 2a...

In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...

Thomas Corry resigned over disagreements with the HHS secretary and his approach to the measles outbreak.

Nature talks to prospective students left in limbo as some institutes withdraw offers and put applications on hold.

Earlier this month, the National Institutes of Health issued supplemental guidance indicating it would immediately impose a 15% cap on indirect costs for research grants, an unprecedented and abrup…

Apparently, the human brain needs background noise to stay sharp.

Macklemore · Single · 2025 · 1 songs

‘This is the biggest financial challenge in UCSD’s history,’ said Terry Gaasterland, a longtime faculty member.