The Brain Podcast
Episodes
Brain connectivity as a new target for Alzheimer's disease therapy?
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 34th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode features a ...
Models matter: human-specific roles of POU3F2 and Wnt Signalling in neurodevelopment
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 33rd episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode features a ...
Neurotransmitter-informed connectivity maps and predicting stroke functional outcome
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 32th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode features a ...
Do seizures drive the neuropathology of dementia? Insights from a post-mortem study
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 31th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode features a ...
Investigating autoimmune mechanisms underlying progressive supranuclear palsy
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 30th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode features a ...
Can transcriptional analysis detect efficient remyelination in multiple sclerosis?
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 29th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode features a ...
Nephrology Meets Neurology: how kidney health links to neurodegeneration
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 28th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode features a ...
Understanding traumatic brain injury with high dimensional proteomic analysis
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 27th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode features a ...
Glymphatic homeostasis in heart failure- more in but not out?
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 26th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode features a ...
Adult congenital myasthenic syndromes - discussing the diagnostic dilemma and other findings from a longitudinal cohort
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 25th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode features a d...
Nociceptors are functionally male or female: from mouse to monkey to man?
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of 2025 for The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode fe...
Academic neurology in the UK: a plea to turn away from the precipice
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 23nd episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. In this episode, we bring ...
Can Epilepsy surgery improve or even reverse cognitive deficits in children with epilepsy?
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 22nd episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode features a di...
Anti-IgLon5 disease risk is mediated by HLA-DQB1*05 subtypes: when neuroimmunology meets neurodegeneration
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 21th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode features a di...
The essential Role of PAK2 in Myelinating the Peripheral Nervous System
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 20th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode features a di...
How is the gut microbiota related to cognition and hippocampal neurogenesis in Alzheimer's disease?
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 18th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode features a di...
Do noradrenergic alterations in Parkinson's disease indicate a therapeutic target? A combined PET & neuromelanin MRI study
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 17th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. This episode features a di...
Altered brain glucose metabolism as a mechanism for delirium?
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 16th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. We are very excited to fea...
Are there differences in the immune response among individuals of Black ethnicity with multiple sclerosis?
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 15th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. We are very excited to fea...
Exploring a genetic basis for disordered speech and language: FOXP2 mutations and striatal neurons
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 14th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. In this episode we speak w...
Multisite thalamic recordings to characterize seizure propagation in the human brain
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 13th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. In this episode we speak w...
A genome-wide association study in autoimmune neurological syndromes with anti-GAD65 autoantibodies
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 12th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. In this episode we speak w...
RNA profiling of human dorsal root ganglia reveals sex differences in mechanisms promoting neuropathic pain
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 11th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. In this episode we speak w...
Tau positron emission tomography in preclinical Alzheimer's disease
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 11th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. In this episode we speak wit...
Intrinsic blood–brain barrier dysfunction contributes to multiple sclerosis pathogenesis
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 10th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. In this episode we speak with ...
COVID-19 induces CNS cytokine expression and loss of hippocampal neurogenesis
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 9th episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. In this episode we chat with Pr...
Gene variant effects across sodium channelopathies predict function and guide precision therapy
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Brain Podcast (first for 2023!) - the official podcast for the journal Brain and sister journal Brain Communications...
A daily temperature rhythm in the human brain predicts survival after brain injury
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the seventh episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast of the journals Brain and Brain Communications. In this episode we chat wit...
Seronegative autoimmune encephalitis: clinical characteristics and factors associated with outcomes
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Brain Podcast - the official podcast for the journal Brain and sister journal Brain Communications. In this episode we are joined by Pr...
Cortical involvement and upcoming therapies in Multiple Sclerosis
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Brain Podcast - the official podcast for the journal Brain and sister journal Brain Communications. In this episode we are joined by As...
Tau measurements from skin biopsy to distinguish primary taupathies and alpha-synucleinopathies
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Brain Podcast - the official podcast for the journal Brain and sister journal Brain Communications. In this episode we chat with Dr Geo...
Focused ultrasound to improve blood-brain barrier penetration of a novel therapeutic for Alzheimer's pathology
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the third episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast for the journal Brain and sister journal Brain Communications. In this episod...
Neuropathological fingerprints of survival, atrophy and language in primary progressive aphasia
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Brain Podcast - the official podcast for the journal Brain and sister journal Brain Communications. We are joined by...
Modelling narcolepsy induced by influenza vaccination
20 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of the Brain podcast- the official podcast for the journal Brain and sister journal Brain Communications. We are joined b...