NeuroPod from Nature: December 2008

In this month's show, Kerri finds out why researchers are studying slumbering flies, looks back on the life of famous amnesiac patient HM, finds a load of brain proteins whose function is changed by adding fat, and takes a tour of a brain bank in London.

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Comments

[docartemis]

I especially enjoyed the interview with Dr. Leslie Griffith about sleep in fruit flies. (I missed her talk at Neuroscience 2008.) Her work is another example of why fruit flies are so essential to research, both in genetics and in neuroscience, as well as numerous other fields.

Ginger Campbell, MD
Brain Science Podcast