About NeuroPod

NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation. Each month, join us as we delve into the latest research on the brain, from its molecular makings to the mysteries of the mind. We'll also be bringing you the latest news from neuroscience conferences around the globe, along with special reports on hot areas in neuroscience.

For complete access to the original papers featured in NeuroPod, subscribe to Nature, Nature Neuroscience, and Nature Reviews Neuroscience.

Meet the presenter

Kerri SmithSelf-confessed neurogeek Kerri Smith joined Nature in 2006 after completing an MSc in Science Communication at Imperial College London. She also co-presents the weekly Nature Podcast and is part of the team that produce Nature's other podcasts. Before finding her way to Nature she was at the University of Oxford, where she took a degree in human sciences and an MSc in Neuroscience. Although she spends most of her time podcasting, the news team sometimes let her write stories about neuroscience and other bits of biology. In the past she has been a freelance contributor to various publications including New Scientist and The Times.

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  • Archive

    • October 2008:

      Kerri Smith discovers how monkeys have regained movement in paralysed limbs, finds out how the brain is affected by steroids, hunts out two new Alzheimer's disease targets and reports back from a meeting on autism.

    • September 2008:

      The psychology of the credit crunch, drugs versus cognitive therapy for depression, how deaf people can retain speech and an unusual play with a neuroscience theme.

    • August 2008:

      Magic and neuroscience, fairness and egalitarianism in children, low-fat mice, and the ultimate selfish genes.

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  • About our sponsors

    The Dana Foundation is a private philanthropic organization with principal interests in brain science, immunology, and arts education. The Foundation's website, www.dana.org, provides resources and free publications in the areas it supports, webcasts of events at the Dana Center in Washington, DC and the Dana Centre in London, and a resource service for journalists, among its many features.

    The Foundation also supports the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and the European Dana Alliance for the Brain, organizations representing more than 430 neuroscientists, including 15 Nobel laureates. The Alliances are committed to advancing public awareness about the progress of brain research.