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This Week in Neuroscience

This Week in Neuroscience

By: Vincent Racaniello
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 A podcast about the nervous system.This Week in Neuroscience is copyright 2019 by MicrobeTV, LLC Biological Sciences Nature & Ecology Science
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  • TWiN 71: Psychedelics rewire the brain from within

    TWiN 71: Psychedelics rewire the brain from within
    Apr 29 2026

    TWiN explains the finding that activation of intracellular, not plasma membrane, serotonin 2A receptors is responsible for the plasticity-promoting and antidepressant-like properties of psychedelic compounds.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Vivianne Morrison, and Tim Cheung

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    • Psychedelics rewire the brain from within (Science)
    • Psychedelics elicit their effects by Gi signaling (Nature)
    • History of LSD (Wikipedia)
    • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

    Music is by Ronald Jenkees

    Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv
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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • TWiN 70: Unraveling the axon wrap

    TWiN 70: Unraveling the axon wrap
    Mar 17 2026

    TWiN explains the role of a ubiquitin ligase component in regulating the sheathing of multiple axons by Schwann cells.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Vivianne Morrison, and Tim Cheung

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    • Gut microbiome promotes pain in fibromyalgia (Neuron)
    • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

    Music is by Ronald Jenkees

    Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • TWiN 69: Fibromyalgia and the microbiome

    TWiN 69: Fibromyalgia and the microbiome
    Mar 5 2026

    TWiN explains a study which showed that transplanting gut microbiota from women with fibromyalgia into mice induces pain, as well as phenotypes commonly observed in patients, such as immune activation, metabolomic changes, and reduced skin innervation.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Vivianne Morrison, and Tim Cheung

    Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS

    Links for this episode
    • MicrobeTV Discord Server
    • Gut microbiome promotes pain in fibromyalgia (Neuron)
    • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

    Music is by Ronald Jenkees

    Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv
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    1 hr and 11 mins
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