Brain cells are the key to understanding neuroscience! 🧠 Join Richard Wingate as he shares insights from his book, “The Story of the Brain in 10 ½ Cells.” #AskaNeuroscientist @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Just like your heart or your muscles, your brain requires maintenance and protection. Hear Richard Wingate talk about why our brains need care just like any other organ. #AskaNeuroscientist @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Meet Richard Wingate, a professor of developmental neurobiology at Kings College London and Editor in Chief of BrainFacts. #AskaNeuroscientist @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

“Your brain is the only brain you have, so we want to protect it,” @srheilbronner.bsky.social shares what she wants us to know about our brains. “But at the same time… we can become very different people than we were.” Hear her full answer & her fun fact about the brain. 🧠 #AskaNeuroscientist

Why should we break down science for the public? Because science is about our experience, and it should be made available for us all to understand. (Plus, it’s paid for by our tax dollars!) @srheilbronner.bsky.social
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In this #AskaNeuroscientist, uncover what Sarah’s work tells us about the default mode network, a network of brain regions that become more active during rest and relaxation. @srheilbronner.bsky.social

What’s one of @srheilbronner.bsky.social surprising discoveries? Advancements in diffusion-weighted MRI are allowing her and other scientists to better predict how brain stimulation will affect an individual’s neural pathways. #AskaNeuroscientist

How can we see inside the brain? Learn how different magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques are used to build and help us visualize wiring diagrams of the brain. @srheilbronner.bsky.social #AskaNeuroscientist

“There's always experiments that you can do. But what are you trying to discover?” Wilsaan Joiner reminds us why breaking science down for everyone matters in this #AskaNeuroscientist.

Wilsaan Joiner describes how a simple experiment on bees’ vision and smell can be important for our environment. As environmental changes alter bees’ senses, they may have trouble finding nectar, hurting their ability to navigate an ecosystem and pollinate. #AskaNeuroscientist

“If we talk about science in our own language, it can get lost.” Wilsaan Joiner reminds us in this #AskaNeuroscientist why simplifying science into everyday language matters. @ucdavis.bsky.social

Why is designing prosthetics for kids such a challenge? Wilsaan Joiner breaks it down in this #AskaNeuroscientist — describing a “catch-22.” Devices are expensive and often abandoned, so better ones aren’t built. But his team’s research aims to change that. @ucdavis.bsky.social

Hear neuroscientists answer questions about the field and how the brain works in our new #AskaNeuroscientist series! 🧠 Meet our first scientist: Wilsaan Joiner, a neurobiology professor working to develop better prosthetics for kids who need them. @ucdavis.bsky.social

A Billion Things To Ask A Neuroscientist
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The sound of dopamine neurons communicating. Well, it's the sound we create in the lab from the electrical signals. But still awesome.

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A schematic of the top-down order of mental imagery, from (1) the prefrontal cortex to (2) the temporal lobe and hippocampus, and (3) the parietal sensory association area and occipital lobe.

Someone asked #AskANeuroscientist: "Why is my brain so full of stories and characters that won't be quiet?"

That's all thanks to your wonderful imagination. 🌠
Imagination is a hugely complicated process that involves episodic memory, sensory cortices, mental imagery and planning.
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