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“The weak link in understanding ourselves is really about understanding how our brains generate our minds and how our minds generate our selves,” says MIT Neuroscientist Ed Boyden. Explore how one technology stands to bridge the gap.
Part 5 of 12 featuring MIT Neuroscience Professor Ed Boyden. Google Glass Footage filmed at the Synthetic Neurobiology Lab, MIT syntheticneurobiology.org
Questions? Contact mitneurotech at mit dot edu.
We graciously thank the following groups for epic video footage (in order of appearance):
Opening video by Ed Boyden: youtube.com/watch?v=8Dotiqbtvoo
Hippocampal neuron in 3D motion by David Edelman: youtube.com/watch?v=CEoK0JofYSs
Purkinje Cells by OIST: youtube.com/watch?v=zbwhRdSNUSY
Artificial Brain Simulation - Thalamocortical System, 8 Million Neurons - 1.4 Billion Synapses by Ivan Dimkovic: youtube.com/watch?v=u28ijlP6L6M
3D neuron mapped in EyeWire eyewire.org
Patch Clamping animation by Ed Boyden: youtube.com/watch?v=wf59yFrL-GE
Neurons by BBC 3 youtube.com/watch?v=4OS2C4NemJI
Visualization of neurons in the brain of a patient with Alzheimer’s by Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center, a service of the National Institute on Aging
youtube.com/watch?v=NjgBnx1jVIU&feature=youtu.be&t=29s
Screencapture video of autopatcher.org
Hippocampal neuron animation by Drew Berry for Whole Brain Catalog: youtube.com/watch?v=7zG_jp--hOM&list=UUCVOd0q_uij04_rCwETxjTw
Chemical Synapse animation: youtube.com/watch?v=mItV4rC57kM&feature=youtu.be&t=58s
Signal propagation in neuron: youtube.com/watch?v=SdUUP2pMmQ4
CREDITS:
Edited by Luke Hollyer
Filmed by Amy Concannon
Music by Julian Samal
MIT Neurotech Logo by Beth Almeida
Logo animation by Brad Paivia
Production by Maxine Jonas and Claire O’Connell
Directed by Amy Robinson
MIT Neurotech is a series based on a class created by Alan Jasanoff, Ed Boyden and Maxine Jonas at MIT's Center for Neurobiological Engineering (http://web.mit.edu/cnbe/). This EdX experiment is supported by MITx (edx.org/school/mitx/allcourses). Media created by EyeWire (eyewire.org/)
Explore Neurotech at neurotech.eyewire.org
“The weak link in understanding ourselves is really about understanding how our brains generate our minds and how our minds generate our selves,” says MIT Neuroscientist Ed Boyden. Explore how one technology stands to bridge the gap.
Part 5 of 12 featuring MIT Neuroscience Professor Ed Boyden. Google Glass Footage filmed at the Synthetic Neurobiology Lab, MIT syntheticneurobiology.org
Questions? Contact mitneurotech at mit dot edu.
We graciously thank the following groups for epic video footage (in order of appearance):
Opening video by Ed Boyden: youtube.com/watch?v=8Dotiqbtvoo
Hippocampal neuron in 3D motion by David Edelman: youtube.com/watch?v=CEoK0JofYSs
Purkinje Cells by OIST: youtube.com/watch?v=zbwhRdSNUSY
Artificial Brain Simulation - Thalamocortical System, 8 Million Neurons - 1.4 Billion Synapses by Ivan Dimkovic: youtube.com/watch?v=u28ijlP6L6M
3D neuron mapped in EyeWire eyewire.org
Patch Clamping animation by Ed Boyden: youtube.com/watch?v=wf59yFrL-GE
Neurons by BBC 3 youtube.com/watch?v=4OS2C4NemJI
Visualization of neurons in the brain of a patient with Alzheimer’s by Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center, a service of the National Institute on Aging
youtube.com/watch?v=NjgBnx1jVIU&feature=youtu.be&t=29s
Screencapture video of autopatcher.org
Hippocampal neuron animation by Drew Berry for Whole Brain Catalog: youtube.com/watch?v=7zG_jp--hOM&list=UUCVOd0q_uij04_rCwETxjTw
Chemical Synapse animation: youtube.com/watch?v=mItV4rC57kM&feature=youtu.be&t=58s
Signal propagation in neuron: youtube.com/watch?v=SdUUP2pMmQ4
CREDITS:
Edited by Luke Hollyer
Filmed by Amy Concannon
Music by Julian Samal
MIT Neurotech Logo by Beth Almeida
Logo animation by Brad Paivia
Production by Maxine Jonas and Claire O’Connell
Directed by Amy Robinson
MIT Neurotech is a series based on a class created by Alan Jasanoff, Ed Boyden and Maxine Jonas at MIT's Center for Neurobiological Engineering (http://web.mit.edu/cnbe/). This EdX experiment is supported by MITx (edx.org/school/mitx/allcourses). Media created by EyeWire (eyewire.org/)
