BS 169 Glial Cells with Doug Fields (Encore)

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Ginger Campbell, MD

Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Neuroscience, Medicine, Brain, Science

4.8 • 896 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This episode is an exploration of glial cells with R Douglas Fields, author of "The Other Brain: The Scientific and Medical Breakthroughs That Will Heal Our Brains and Revolutionize Our Health." Glial Cells outnumber the neurons in our nervous system, but until the last few years they were thought to merely support cells. Dr. Fields takes us through the discovery that they have their own signaling methods and are much more important than we ever imagined.

This interview first aired in 2010, but Dr. Fields reviewed the original transcript and made no significant corrections. What was once controversial is now mainstream. I recorded a new introduction and summary and I have included some more recent references below.

Links and References:

The Other Brain: The Scientific and Medical Breakthroughs That Will Heal Our Brains and Revolutionize Our Health by R. Douglas Fields
Fields, R.D., Bukalo, O. Myelin makes memories. Nat Neurosci(2020).https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-0606-x
Fields, R.D., The Brain Learns in Unexpected Ways. Scientific American, March 2020.
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0:00.0	What I hope that it gets across is the excitement of doing science and having a
0:05.4	revolution in science unfold in real time. You know we hear about you know all these
0:09.6	scientific revolutions in the historical context but to have one happening right now in real time is very exciting.
0:16.7	Our whole idea the brain is changing.
0:22.1	Welcome to Brain Science, the podcast where we explore how recent discoveries in
0:27.2	neuroscience are helping unravel the mystery of how our brain makes us human.
0:32.4	I'm your host Dr. Ginger Campbell and this is
0:35.3	episode 169. Today we will be talking with Doug Fields about glial cells but
0:42.3	before we jump into the interview, I want to remind you that
0:45.4	you can find complete show notes and episode transcripts on my website at brainscience podcast
0:51.0	dot com. You can send me feedback at brain science podcast at gmail
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1:15.8	Brain Science Forum.com. Don't forget you can subscribe to brain science free in your favorite podcasting app.
1:25.2	Today's conversation with R Douglas Fields is about his book, The Other Brain,
1:30.8	from dementia to schizophrenia, how new discoveries about the brain are
1:35.5	revolutionizing medicine and science. This interview was originally
1:40.9	aired as episode 69 almost 10 years ago.
1:46.0	So I've been corresponding with Dr Fields to make sure that the information is as up to date as possible.
1:52.0	Dr Fields reviewed the original transcript and he noted that the information remains very accurate.
1:58.0	In fact, he commented that the main thing that has changed in the last 10 years is that the ideas about glioselles
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