Free Online Public Lectures from Edinburgh Neuroscience

Brain cancer - Recent advances in treatment
Edinburgh Cancer Research and Development Public Lecture 2012
Robin Grant, Lead Clinician of the Edinburgh Centre for Neuro-Oncology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
Ian Whittle, Professor of Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Sara Erridge, Neuro-Oncology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
Brain tumours are rare, but are a common worry in patients with headache, memory problems, seizures, and other symptoms. When surgery for a brain tumour is contemplated, it is important to know where key areas of brain function are situated. This talk describes some of the techniques used in Edinburgh, including the use of awake-neurosurgery, neuro-navigation and use of 3D intra-operative ultrasound. Scientific advances in targeting radiotherapy are now available in Edinburgh; we show how the new Novalis machine will improve accuracy and make it possible to treat certain types of brain tumours in just a single session destroying tumour cells and avoiding surrounding healthy tissue.
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Clots in the brain and clots in the vein
Edinburgh Neuroscience Christmas Lecture 2011
Martin Dennis, Professor of Stroke Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Peter Sandercock, Professor of Medical Neurology, University of Edinburgh
From stroke to deep vein thrombosis, blood clots in the wrong places can have devastating outcomes for us. Edinburgh Neuroscience is delighted to be bringing together two of the most eminent vascular clinical researchers in the world to discuss how blood clots affect us when they occur in the brain and also in other areas of the body.
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Patient HM: The Man Behind the Brain
An Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011 event
Richard Morris, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh
Jacopo Annese, Director, The Brain Observatory, USA
This event was a complement to the play '2401 Objects' inspired by the life and death of Patient HM. It beings together Professor Richard Morris, an expert in the mechanims underlying memory (who met Patient HM) and Dr Jacopo Annese, the computational neuroanatomist who dissected Patient HM's brain into '2401 objects'
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What can insects and robots tell us about the human brain?
Edinburgh Neuroscience Christmas Lecture 2010
Barbara Webb, Professor of Biorobotics, University of Edinburgh
Sethu Vijayakumar, Professor of Robotics, University of Edinburgh
Examining the computational principles behind insect navigation and learning, and how to build robots that mimic human form and capabilities; with the aim of not only building better machines but also understanding a little bit more about the working of the remarkable machine that is us!
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Neuroscience, Law and Society - The Coming Revolution
Scottish Insight Institute Neuroethics Lecture 2010
Hank Greely, Professor of Law, Stanford University
Exploring the impact that brain imaging technology is having on society
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Stem Cells in Neurological Disorders - where now?
Edinburgh Neuroscience Christmas Lecture 2009
Siddharthan Chandran, MacDonald Professor of Neurology, University of Edinburgh
Charles ffrench-Constant, Professor of Medical Neurology, University of Edinburgh
Examining the development of stem cell technology and how it might be used to treat neurological disorders such as Motor Neurone Disease and Multiple Sclerosis
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Publications Available on the Internet

Neuroscience: Science of the Brain (an introduction for young scientists)
Produced by a team of eminent scientists co-ordinated by Prof Richard Morris (University of Edinburgh) and published by the British Neuroscience Association and European Dana Alliance for the Brain, this large booklet is free in electronic form (available in print for a small cost). It provides an in depth, yet understandable, introduction to neuroscience.

It's Mindboggling! (pdf)
This small booklet is published by the Dana Alliance for the Brain and contains many brain facts and puzzles presented in a really fun and easy to read format. It is free to download in electronic form.

The Dana Sourcebook of Brain Science (pdf)
Published by the Dana Alliance for the Brain, this is a resource for teachers and students. It is written for an American audience but the material is still applicable to the UK. It is free to view online. Print copies, with accompanying DVD's, are also available to order for teachers at no charge.

Websites for Children and Teachers

Brain Explorer Human Brain Atlas
From the Lundberg Institute, an online atlas of the structure of the human brain - with pictures, descriptions and definitions.

BrainyKids
Put together by the Dana Alliance for the Brain, this website for children has games and virtual experiments related to brains!

Brainsmart
Produced by BBC Scotland, this excellent resource is aimed at schools, but is available to anyone. It is full of great animation clips about the brain.There is also a resource section for teachers.

Neuroscience for Kids
This website has loads of neuroscience information suitable for use with children, including plenty of ideas for classroom teaching. It is aimed at students and teachers.

The Wellcome Trust Big Picture Website and Publications
Aimed at schools and older pupils, this excellent website covers may science areas, including neuroscience. It also has downloadable pdf magazines on focussed topics. Special issues with neurocience content:
Music, Mind and Medicine
Getting Hooked (addiction)
Thinking

Your Amazing Brain
Produced by @Bristol, the science centre based in Bristol, this website covers lots of different areas of neuroscience and is very interactive.

Websites for General Neuroscience Information (aimed at adults)

BrainFacts.Org
A excellent website bringing together information on all elements of neuroscience as well as up-to-date neuroscience news

BBC Human Body and Mind
Easy to use website which addresses many topics, has surveys to take part in and even has an interactive brain map!

Dana Foundation
Extemely comprehensive website with a wealth of information about brain research and many additional links and resources.

Online Neuroscience Resource Centre
A fabulous list of links to online neuroscience and psychology material. It is based in the USA so most of its links are in America.

The Ultimate Neuroscience Resource List
A great resource of links to authorities on neuroscience around the world, if you can cope with the advertising at the top!

Podcasts

Neuropod
The neuroscience podcast from Nature magazine, comes out monthly.

Brain Science Podcast
This American podcast is put together by Dr Ginger Campbell, is published monthly and is free.