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Brain Talk, a BSi production, hosts weekly interviews covering a wide variety of topics in brain research.

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    • Feb 18, 2014 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 3m AVG DURATION
    • 60 EPISODES


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    How Music Strengthens the Brain

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2014 3:45


    with Charles J. Limb, M.D.Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Faculty, Peabody Conservatory of Music Editor-in-Chief, Trends in Amplification Listen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Hope for People Suffering from Memory and Learning Problems Associated With MS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2014 3:45


    with Kristen Rahn, Ph.D.Instructor, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology Johns Hopkins School of MedicineListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Hope for Depression, Addiction, and Pain Sufferers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2014 3:45


    with Irving Reti, MBBSAssociate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Brain Stimulation ProgramListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    The Silent Epidemic of Peripheral Neuropathy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2014 3:45


    with Ahmet Hoke, M.D., Ph.D.Professor, Neurology and Neuroscience Director, Neuromuscular Division Editor-in-Chief, Experimental NeurologyListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Why Many of Us Suffer Seasonal Affective Disorder

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2013 3:45


    with Samer Hatter, Ph.D.Associate Professor Department of Biology, School of Arts & Sciences Department of Neuroscience, School of MedicineListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    The Relationship Between Sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2013 3:45


    with Mark Wu, M.D., Ph.D. and Adam Spira, Ph.D.Dr. Wu is an Assistant Professor in Neurology, Medicine, Genetic Medicine, and Neuroscience Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Dr. Spira is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mental Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, jointly appointed in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Listen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    The Role the Gene NHE9 Could Play in Autism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2013 3:45


    with Rajini Rao, Ph.D.Professor, Department of Physiology Johns Hopkins School of MedicineListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Why the Brain Prefers Certain 3-D Shapes to Others

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2013 3:45


    with Ed Connor, Ph.D.Professor, Department of Neuroscience Director, Krieger Mind Brain Institute Listen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Giving Hope to Many People with Paralysis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2013 3:45


    with Adam Kaplin, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral SciencesListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Saving Those Most at Risk with Encephalitis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2013 3:45


    with Arun Venkatesan, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Neurology Romergryko Geocadin, M.D. Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine Division of Neuroscience Critical Care Listen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Treating Insomnia Without Medication

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2013 3:45


    with Rachel E. Salas, M.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology Johns Hopkins School of MedicineListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Diagnosing Strokes In Patients With Vertigo

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2013 3:45


    with David Newman-Toker, M.D., Ph.D.Associate Professor, Department of Neurology Johns Hopkins School of MedicineListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Identifying and Helping Kids With Anxiety

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2013 3:45


    with Golda Ginsburg, Ph.D.Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Director, Research, Division of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Fighting Cancer with Fat

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2013 3:45


    with Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa MD, DHL (hon), FAANS, FACSProfessor of Neurological Surgery, Oncology, Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Medicine Director, Brain Tumor Surgery Program, JHB Director, Pituitary Surgery Program, JHH Director, Neurosurgery Stem Cell Laboratory The Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Medical InstitutionListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Finding a Cure for Parkinson’s Disease

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2013


    with Ted M. Dawson, M.D., Ph.D.Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Professor of Neurodegenerative Diseases; Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience; Director, Institute of Cell EngineeringListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    The Growing Popularity of Diet Therapy to Treat Seizures

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2013 3:45


    with Eric Kossoff, M.D.Associate Professor, Neurology & PediatricsListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    The Hidden Epidemic of Traumatic Brain Injury

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2013 3:45


    with Robert Stevens, M.D.Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Treating the Debilitating Depression Precipitated by MS

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2013 3:45


    with Adam Kaplin, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral SciencesListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Restless Leg Syndrome

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2013 3:45


    with Christopher Earley, M.B.B.Ch., Ph.D.Professor of NeurologyListen to the Podcast

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    The Link Between Stroke and Alzheimers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2013 3:45


    with Rebecca Gottesman, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Cerebrovascular Division, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineListen to the Podcast

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    Recent Advances in Headache Research

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2013 3:45


    with B. Lee Peterlin, M.D.Associate Professor, Department of Neurology Director, JHU Headache ResearchListen to the Podcast

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    3D Vision and the Brain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2013 3:45


    with Ed Connor, Ph.D.Professor, Department of Neuroscience Director, Krieger Mind Brain InstituteListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Motor Learning, Motor Memories, and the Brain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2013 3:45


    with Reza Shadmehr, Ph.D.Professor of Biomedical Engineering and NeuroscienceListen to the Podcast

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    Developing a Vaccine to Prevent Brain Tuberculosis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2013 3:45


    with Sanjay Jain, M.D.Associate Professor, Pediatrics Director, Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research Center for Tuberculosis ResearchListen to the Podcast

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    The Discovery of Nerve Cells Responsible for Itch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2013 3:45


    with Xinzhong Dong, Ph.D.Associate Professor, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of NeuroscienceListen to the Podcast

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    New Genetic Studies About What Triggers Schizophrenia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2013 3:45


    with Dimitri Avramopoulos, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor Johns Hopkins McKusick – Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine and the Department of PsychiatryListen to the Podcast

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    Finding a Way to Test for Post-Partum Depression Before It Strikes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2013 3:45


    with Zachary A. Kaminsky, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineListen to the Podcast

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    The Role of Genes in Addiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2013 3:45


    with George Uhl, M.D., Ph.D.Adjunct Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience (JHSoM) Adjunct Professor of Mental Health (JHBSPH) Chief, Molecular Neurobiology Research Branch, NIDA-IRP, NIHListen to the Podcast

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    How Fasting and Exercise is Good for Your Brain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2013 3:45


    with Mark Mattson, Ph.D.Professor, Department of Neuroscience Senior Investigator, NIH Chief, Laboratory of Neurosciences, NIH Chief, Cellular and Molecular Neurosciences Section, NIHListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Recent Discoveries for Treating Alzheimer’s Disease

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2013 3:45


    with Paul B. Rosenberg, M.D.Paul B. Rosenberg, Mand Alzheimer's Treatment Center; Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and NeuropsychiatryListen to the Podcast

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    Cochlear Hearing Implants and the Importance of Building the Musical Brain Muscle

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2013 3:45


    with Charles J. Limb, M.D.Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Faculty, Peabody Conservatory of Music Editor-in-Chief, Trends in AmplificationListen to the Podcast

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    A New Breakthrough in Understanding How Memory and Imagination Work

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2013 3:45


    with David Foster, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of NeuroscienceListen to the Podcast

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    How Obama’s BRAIN Initiative Could Change Brain Science

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2013 3:45


    with Richard L. Huganir, Ph.D.Professor and Director, Department of Neuroscience Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Co-Director, Brain Science InstituteListen to the Podcast

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    Are We Over-Diagnosing ADHD?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2013 3:45


    with Martha Bridge DencklaDirector, Developmental Cognitive Neurology, Kennedy Krieger Institute; Professor, Departments of Neurology and PediatricsListen to the Podcast

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    The New Applications of Brain Science Research

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2013 3:45


    with Susan MagsamenDirector of Interdisciplinary Partnerships for BSi, Founder of Curiosityville, LearnNow and Ultimate Block PartyListen to the Podcast

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    ALS and Exercise

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2013 3:45


    with Nicholas Maragakis, M.D.Associate Professor, Department of NeurologyListen to the Podcast

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    How Light Affects Our Brain, Our Mood, and Our Sleep

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2013 3:45


    with Samer Hattar, Ph.D.Associate Professor Department of Biology, School of Arts & Sciences Department of Neuroscience, School of MedicineListen to the Podcast

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    The Mother–Fetus Relationship

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2013 3:45


    with Janet DiPietro, Ph.D.Professor and Associate Dean for Research Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthListen to the Podcast

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    Sleep Disorders

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2013 3:45


    with Charlene Gamaldo, M.D.Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Medical Director, The Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders CenterListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Visual Awareness and Reading

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2013 3:45


    with Michael McCloskey, Ph.D.Professor of Cognitive Science Johns Hopkins UniversityListen to the Podcast

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    Brain Infections

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2013 3:45


    with Diane E. Griffin, M.D., Ph.D.Alfred and Jill Sommer Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthListen to the Podcast

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    The Developing Fetal Brain

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2013 3:45


    with Janet DiPietro, Ph.D.Professor and Associate Dean for Research Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthListen to the Podcast

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    Understanding Schizophrenia

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2013 3:45


    with Thomas W. Sedlak, M.D., Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Director, Schizophrenia Consultation Clinic Molecular Psychiatry ProgramListen to the Podcast

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    The Best Brain Functioning as We Get Older

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2013 3:45


    with Marilyn Albert, Ph.D. and Guy McKhann, M.D.Professors of NeurologyListen to the Podcast

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    Stroke Rehabilitation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2013 3:45


    with Amy Bastian, Ph.D.Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Director, Motion Analysis Laboratory, Kennedy Krieger Institute Listen to the Podcast

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    Gasotransmitters - Novel Neural Messengers In The Brain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2013 3:45


    with Solomon H. Snyder, M.D.Professor of NeuroscienceListen to the Podcast

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    Treating Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2013 3:45


    with Mike Caterina, M.D., Ph.D.Associate Professor, Departments of Biological Chemistry and NeuroscienceListen to the Podcast

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    Amnesia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2013 3:45


    with Barbara Landau, Ph.D.Dick and Lydia Todd Professor, Department of Cognitive ScienceListen to the Podcast

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    Advances in Alzheimer’s Research

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2013 3:45


    with Marilyn Albert, Ph.D. and Guy McKhann, M.D.Professors of Neurology Listen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Motor Skills

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2013 3:45


    with John W. Krakauer, M.D.Professor, Department of NeurologyListen to the Podcast Download Transcript

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    Math Intuition

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2012 3:45


    with Justin Halberda, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain SciencesListen to the Podcast

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