The Cross Heads

Werner Herzog muses on mysteries of the brain in Theater of Thought

That mind is partly revealed through Herzog’s running narration, such as when he muses about collective behavior and whether fish have souls—a digression sparked by his interview with Siri co-inventor Tom Gruber. “In the background, I saw his TV screen still on, we didn’t switch it off, and I saw some very, very strange school […]

December 13, 2024 | brain, consciousness, Culture, documentaries, film, Neuroscience, science documentaries | No comments

Astrocytes play a key role in memory

“In simple terms, we use genetic tools that allow us to inject mice with a drug that artificially makes astrocytes express some other gene or protein of interest when they become active,” says Wookbong Kwon, a biotechnologist at Baylor College and co-author of the study. Those proteins of interest were mainly fluorescent proteins that make […]

November 23, 2024 | astrocytes, Biology, memory, neurobiology, neurons, Neuroscience, Science | No comments

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