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Bonus: Meet Dr. Wilson and hear some of his advice for undergrads in this meet-the-author video interview!
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Meet the author: Dr. Kevin Wilson (Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience)
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June 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Bonus: Meet Dr. Wilson and hear some of his advice for undergrads in this meet-the-author video interview!
youtu.be/9_Z1UmkmC-o
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Bonus: meet Dr. Griffin and learn more about her research and some advice she has for young scientists!
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Meet the author: Dr. Amy Griffin (Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience)
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May 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Bonus: meet Dr. Griffin and learn more about her research and some advice she has for young scientists!
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Bonus: check out our methods video appendix to help explain core neuroscience techniques and see them in action.
We've also got author interviews. You can learn about the authors of each chapter. Their science journey. Their golden nuggets of advice.
And yes, that's all completely free too!
We've also got author interviews. You can learn about the authors of each chapter. Their science journey. Their golden nuggets of advice.
And yes, that's all completely free too!
May 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Bonus: check out our methods video appendix to help explain core neuroscience techniques and see them in action.
We've also got author interviews. You can learn about the authors of each chapter. Their science journey. Their golden nuggets of advice.
And yes, that's all completely free too!
We've also got author interviews. You can learn about the authors of each chapter. Their science journey. Their golden nuggets of advice.
And yes, that's all completely free too!
Bonus: Meet Dr. Carter and hear about his science journal in this meet-the-author video:
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Meet the author: Dr. Matt Carter (Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience)
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February 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Bonus: Meet Dr. Carter and hear about his science journal in this meet-the-author video:
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Video 3(of 3) in our series on changing brain activity in animal models: #Chemogenetics.
This video by Corina Damian & Juan Song explains how small molecules coupled with genetically modified receptors can activate or inhibit neurons and thereby teach us about the brain!
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This video by Corina Damian & Juan Song explains how small molecules coupled with genetically modified receptors can activate or inhibit neurons and thereby teach us about the brain!
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Explaining Chemogenetics (An OpenStax resource)
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February 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Video 3(of 3) in our series on changing brain activity in animal models: #Chemogenetics.
This video by Corina Damian & Juan Song explains how small molecules coupled with genetically modified receptors can activate or inhibit neurons and thereby teach us about the brain!
youtu.be/LOIlPlfB8u8
This video by Corina Damian & Juan Song explains how small molecules coupled with genetically modified receptors can activate or inhibit neurons and thereby teach us about the brain!
youtu.be/LOIlPlfB8u8
Video 2 in our series on changing brain activity in animals models: Optogenetics!
This video by Belgin Yalcin explains how we can use light to activate or inhibit neurons and thereby learn about the brain and what it does!
youtu.be/5wlmO8TTjhE
This video by Belgin Yalcin explains how we can use light to activate or inhibit neurons and thereby learn about the brain and what it does!
youtu.be/5wlmO8TTjhE
Explaining optogenetics (An OpenStax resource)
YouTube video by OpenStax
youtu.be
February 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Video 2 in our series on changing brain activity in animals models: Optogenetics!
This video by Belgin Yalcin explains how we can use light to activate or inhibit neurons and thereby learn about the brain and what it does!
youtu.be/5wlmO8TTjhE
This video by Belgin Yalcin explains how we can use light to activate or inhibit neurons and thereby learn about the brain and what it does!
youtu.be/5wlmO8TTjhE
Bonus, meet the authors and hear how they got into science and why they think bio rhythms and sleep are so fascinating:
Dr. Mahoney: youtu.be/0MTDfSJ0Kn8
Dr. Mintz: youtu.be/1hRNIN2GUI4
Dr. Mahoney: youtu.be/0MTDfSJ0Kn8
Dr. Mintz: youtu.be/1hRNIN2GUI4
February 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Bonus, meet the authors and hear how they got into science and why they think bio rhythms and sleep are so fascinating:
Dr. Mahoney: youtu.be/0MTDfSJ0Kn8
Dr. Mintz: youtu.be/1hRNIN2GUI4
Dr. Mahoney: youtu.be/0MTDfSJ0Kn8
Dr. Mintz: youtu.be/1hRNIN2GUI4