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In this special episode of the second season of the Brain Series, Charlie Rose and Eric Kandel host an esteemed panel of neuroscientists to discusss President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative. Joining Charlie and Eric are Thomas Insel of the National Institute of Mental Health, Story Landis of the National Institute of Health, Cornelia Bargmann of Rockefeller … Read more
In the twelfth episode of the second Charlie Rose Brain Series, Charlie and co-host Dr. Eric Kandel discuss post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with Retired Lieutenant Colonel John O’Brien; Murray Stein from the University of California, San Diego; Lisa Shin, from Tufts University; Kerry Ressler from Emory University and JoAnn Difede from Weill Cornell Medical … Read more
In the eleventh episode of the 2nd season of the Charlie Rose Brain Series, Charlie and co-host Dr. Eric Kandel hosted a panel to discuss the neurological manifestations of pain. The panel included: David Julius, University of California, San Francisco; Allan Basbaum, University of California, San Francisco; Robert Dworkin, University of Rochester Medical Center; David Borsook … Read more
In the tenth episode of the second Charlie Rose Brain Series, Charlie and co-host Dr. Eric Kandel discuss the two major motor neuron disorders, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease) and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). They welcomed scientists and physicians Dr. Richard Finkel of Nemours Children’s Hospital and Neil Shneider of Columbia University, … Read more
The ninth episode of the second Charlie Rose Brain Series concerns the neurological and physiological dimensions of multiple sclerosis (MS). Charlie and co-host Eric Kandel welcomed panelists Alfred Sandrock of Biogen Idec, Amit Bar-Or of McGill University, Andrea Kilpatrick, Founder and President of Cool Kids Learn and Stephen L. Hauser of the University of California, … Read more
In the eighth episode of the second series of the Charlie Rose Brain Series, Charlie and co-host Dr. Eric Kandel discuss the neurological diseases related to movement, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s Diseases. They welcomed panelists Stanley Fahn of Columbia University, Allen Goorin of Harvard University, Anne B. Young of Harvard University, Stanley B. Prusiner of University … Read more
For the seventh episode in the second series of the Charlie Rose Brain Series, Charlie and co-host Dr. Eric Kandel welcomed panelists Peter Whybrow of UCLA, author Andrew Solomon, Frederick Goodwin of George Washington University and Helen Mayberg of Emory University. This episode aired May 29, 2012. These two clips provide some highlights. The first … Read more
The sixth episode of the second phase of the Charlie Rose Brain Series aired May 11, 2012, and addressed the topic of autism. Charlie and co-host Eric Kandel welcomed as panelists: Gerald Fischbach of The Simons Foundation, Uta Frith of University College London, Matthew State of Yale University, and Alison Singer of the Autism Science … Read more
The fifth episode of the second phase of the Charlie Rose Brain Series aired March 30, 2012, and addressed the topic of schizophrenia. Charlie and co-host Eric Kandel welcomed as panelists Danny Hurley, Steven M. Paul of Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornelia Bargmann of Rockefeller University, Judith Rapoport of The National Institute of Mental Health, … Read more
The third episode of the second phase of the Charlie Rose Brain Series aired January 20, 2012, and addressed the topic of agnosias. Charlie and co-host Eric Kandel welcomed as panelists John Brust, Chuck Close, Richard Frackowiak, and Masud Husain. My selected highlights are excerpted below.