Swansea University Medical School: Neuroscience
Dr Phil Newton & Dr Samuel WebsterPhil teaches Sam about neuroscience, from action potentials to tracts, parts of the brain and so on. The series is intended to be useful to all medical students and maybe to students in other, related disciplines.
| Publishes | Infrequently | Episodes | 7 | Founded | 16 years ago |
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Reflex arcs, lower motor neurones, upper motor neurones, the cerebellum, basal ganglia, the frontal cortex and even decussations get a mention.
We cover the neuroanatomy, and a little neuroscience, of how pain is perceived by the brain and how analgesics and the brain itself can modify this.
Phil and Sam talk about the anatomy of the autonomic nervous system, the neurotransmitters involved and pharmacological targets.
Phil tries to teach Sam about neurotransmitters and how they work. We work through a list of the main neurotransmitters and give an overview of their functions.
Phil tells Sam why his weight is fairly stable, what happens in his brain when he gets hungry and what changes when he has eaten. We talk about the adipostat, leptin, ghrelin and obesity, why we choose particular foods and how dopamine, opioids and (... more
Phil describes the electrochemical nature of action potentials, the different phases and how a neuron transmits a signal along its length and from neuron to neuron.
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- Excellent.. despite their only being 7 in total.
Disappointed, they didn’t do more of them.
Apple Podcasts5SouthernSeaSnake
United States2 years ago - Please record more!
I’m just starting to study neuroscience and would love to hear more.
Apple Podcasts5Lg09st
United Kingdom5 years ago - Neroscience not the most thrilling topic but I’m hooked,I love this series
Amazing podcast, very informative and I’m not even a student and I love this series very interesting and how Dr phill puts things across in a great manner and explains how processes work and gives examples brilliantly
This has given me the get up and go to learn more about this topic
Keep up the great work and please please more n more topics I’m all caught up on the podcasts need more from you 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Apple Podcasts5CookiebohUnited Kingdom6 years ago - Awesome
Love these guys
Apple Podcasts5Xavier's music
Canada7 years ago - Amazing
I love this podcast! There’s soo much information available and it’s conveyed beautifully. I’m soo happy you finally put out another podcast, hopefully won’t have to wait 7/8 years for the next (;.
I personally like how Dr. Sam Webster can be ‘uninterested’ or has forgotten some of the content, as it relates to how some students may feel in a lecture, or even how I felt myself throughout sometimes.
Apple Podcasts5Hustler_ClaudiaUnited Kingdom7 years ago - Could be great….
The information in this podcast is clear and well presented by Dr. Newton, but I cannot bear to listen to Sam Webster behave as though he is barely awake and somewhat disinterested in subject matter I care very much about and am trying to learn. For example during the podcast on addiction, Dr. Newton asks him a simple question like, “Do you remember nicotine?” and he acts as though he might have remembered something about nicotine but his foggy half-awake state it is difficult to recall anything... more
Apple Podcasts3Martha246United Kingdom9 years ago - Wow
Great stuff. Really, really well presented and informative. More please!!
Apple Podcasts5glowcogUnited Kingdom11 years ago - Best!!
I love this and would suggest everyone listen to them! Even if you don't do there.
Apple Podcasts5Donkeymo29United States11 years ago - Too much dilly dallying
Better to go faster
Apple Podcasts1The SpenmanUnited States13 years ago - Great!
I absolutely enjoyed this podcast! It was extremely delightful, as well as enlightening. To hear the normalcy of their conversation about action potentials was for once, for me, highly entertaining to have partaken in. The light hearted humor incorporated with a complex topic of neuroscience kept me wanting to hear more. Learning it over through his perspective was fun for me. Thanks!!!
Apple Podcasts5Rachel AnyanwuUnited States13 years ago - I absolutely love these!
Great way to review after introductory neuroscience lectures. And fun to listen to :)
Apple Podcasts5Elyse JoannUnited States13 years ago - Great Series
Where's the rest guys?
Apple Podcasts5alinnihon
Japan14 years ago - Excellent For Undergrad Students!
This is awesome. It's so difficult to find great generalizations of complex ideas-especially within Neuroscience. Thank you so much for these podcasts! Would love to see more from you guys!
I appreciate you!
Apple Podcasts5Old Wolfmother!United States14 years ago - Excellent!
I'm an undergraduate student studying neuroscience and this is a really nice review podcast for me. I know you guys are probably not happy with the lack of an audience you're getting, but you should know that this is one of the best if not the best neuroscience podcast on itunes. You are both funny and review neuroscience material at a resonable pace. I really look forward to listening to the movement/dopamine podcast during my commute in the future. -Jordan
Apple Podcasts5Jordan13589United States15 years ago - Amazing!
I LOVE the podcasts, they're really helpful. Thanks so much for producing them and please make more!
Apple Podcasts5550653United Kingdom16 years ago
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