The Neuro Network

What is fascia? Christopher Rodousakis joins us to discuss the innerworkings of the essential tissue layer beneath our skin. Christopher is an exercise physiologist and founder of ALIGN, a Fascial Laboratory, Education Center and Private Training Facility headquartered in the heart of Washington, DC.https://aligningfascia.com/Papers:https://www.bodyworkmovementtherapies.com/article/S1360-8592(11)00156-2/fulltexthttps://journals.lww.com/techortho/Abstract/2003/03000/Bioelectric_Responsiveness_of_Fascia__A_Model_for.12.aspxhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1360859202000670*Disclaimer: The information in this show is for entertainment purposes only, and is not to be taken as professional or medical advice. Similarly, the views expressed on this show represent my own and not professional organizations affiliated.

How are memories formed? Can cannibalistic worms eat the memories of others? Zach and Nick discuss the basic unit of memory within the brain.Papers:Planaria: Memory Transfer through Cannibalism Reexamined: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.146.3641.274A Manual of Psychological Experiments in Planaria: https://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/levin/resources/documents/PlanarianManual.pdfMemory Transfer:https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.153.3736.658*Disclaimer: The information in this show is for entertainment purposes only, and is not to be taken as professional or medical advice. Similarly, the views expressed on this show represent my own and not professional organizations affiliated.

Part two of the Neuroscience of Breathing. Can modulating our breath change our brain behavior? We take a dive into the neural circuitry connecting your breathing centers to higher order regions controlling consciousness and emotion. We also discuss how large scale brain rhythms emerge, and how they're measured.Papers:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncir.2016.00115/fullhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnana.2020.00058/fullhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8275985/#B52https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35259917/*disclaimer: The information in this show is for entertainment purposes only, and is not to be taken as professional medical advice. Similarly, the views expressed on this show represent my own and not professional organizations affiliated*

In with the good, out with the bad. In this episode we discuss the ins and outs of the respiratory control network. Why do we breathe? How do we breath? And what does this have to do with goats? Papers mentioned:Ventilatory and integrated physiological responses to chronic hypercapnia in goats-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30211447/Effects on breathing of agonists to μ-opioid or GABAA receptors dialyzed into the Ventral Respiratory Column of awake and sleeping goats-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5996971/Pre-Bötzinger Complex: a Brainstem Region that May Generate Respiratory Rhythm in Mammals-https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1683005Microcircuit synchronization and heavy tailed synaptic weight distribution augment preBötzinger Complex bursting dynamics-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36400528/Pacemaker neurons and neuronal networks: an integrative view-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15582367/Neuromodulation and the orchestration of the respiratory rhythm-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18602029/