The Frontal Cortex links to the latest episode of Radio Lab. The subject is Zoos and happens to have a segment regarding Elizabeth Gould, Fernando Nottebohm, and their research into the effects of environment on neurogenesis.
Archive for the ‘neurogenesis’ Category
Radio Lab: Zoos
Posted in environment, neurogenesis on June 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Pain, Gain
Posted in OCD, Substance P, addiction, depression, neurogenesis, pain on June 3, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Substance P. What is it?
From Wikipedia:
“In the central nervous system, substance P has been associated in the regulation of mood disorders, anxiety, stress, reinforcement, neurogenesis, respiratory rhythm, neurotoxicity, nausea / emesis and pain.”
That’s not very specific.
The wikipedia article mentions Substance P is involved in the regulation of neurogenesis. Specifically, it has been shown that an [...]
50 Years of Dopamine
Posted in Dopamine, neurogenesis on May 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting article on Arvid Carlsson, the man who established dopamine as a neurotransmitter: Neuroscience: The molecular wake-up call.
Also, I don’t have time to read this article which touches on dopaminergic neuron neurogenesis right now, but I’m going to stick it here for future reference.
Antidepressants and Neurogenesis
Posted in Fluoxetine, Serotonin, depression, environment, neurogenesis on May 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A good article on the history of neurogenesis and on environmental factors in brain development. I don’t like the casual use of the word self, which has come to fashionable use in the service of popularizing neuroscience. Journalists, especially, like to throw the term around. I’m not now going to go into all the problems [...]
