EJN interview with Dan Abrams (Stanford University), first author of the EJN article “Inter-subject synchronization of brain responses during natural music listening” published in EJN in issue 37-9, in May 2013. Music is an individualistic experience, but in this study, Dan Abrams et al. found that different people’s brains track music in a consistent …
Looking for an easy and fast method to express transgenes in the mice brain? Find out how to achieve this by listening to this interview of the authors of the EJN Technical Spotlight on viral transduction of the neonatal brain. In this interview, the authors describe how this method provides controllable genetic mosaicism …
Neurons can last a lifetime, so how do these cells cope with repetitive stress exposure? In a previous study published in EJN (Doehner, 2012), Knuesel’s Lab investigated the ultrastructural properties of Reelin-positive granular aggregates (typical feature of aging) and found accumulation of Reelin in varicosities in dendritic and axonal compartments, particularly in aged immune-challenged mice. …
Interview of Minna Huotilainen and Vesa Putkinen (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland) authors of the article “Informal musical activities are linked to auditory discrimination and attention in 2–3-year-old children: an event-related potential study”, first published online in EJN on November 21, 2012. Watch this interview to find out what we know on the neuroplastic effects …
Interview of Vinay Parikh (Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA), corresponding author of the article “Diminished trkA receptor signaling reveals cholinergic-attentional vulnerability of aging”, first published online in EJN on December 11, 2012. Watch this interview to find out what we know on the role of NGF signalling on the structural integrity of cholinergic neurons …
Interview of Margaret Bell (University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA), corresponding author of the article “Adolescent gain in positive valence of a socially relevant stimulus: engagement of the mesocorticolimbic reward circuitry“, first published online in EJN on November 22, 2012. In this interview, Margaret explains the aim of this study and summarizes …
Interview of Miriam Nokia (University of Jyväskylä, Finland) corresponding author of the article “Chemotherapy disrupts learning, neurogenesis and theta activity in the adult brain”, first published online in EJN on October 8, 2012. In this interview, Miriam Nokia explains the aim of this study and summarizes its findings. This study was carried out in …
Interview of Terry E. Robinson (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA), corresponding author of the article “The role of dopamine in the accumbens core in the expression of Pavlovian-conditioned responses”, first published online in EJN on July 11, 2012. In this interview, Terry Robinson explains the aim of this study and summarizes its findings. …
Interview of John R. Terry (University of Exeter, UK), Guest Editor of the Special Issue, giving an overview of the Issue and a summary of his study on temporal evolution of focal-onset seizures in intracranial EEG recordings from patients with temporal lope epilepsy.
Interview of Jonathan Rubin (University of Pittsburgh, USA): Summary of the changes on neuronal activity that are associated with parkinsonism and overview of the Rubin/Terman computational model (interview published July 9, 2012).