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From Our Neurons to YoursHow basic science transformed stroke care | Marion BuckwalterA generation ago, a big clot in the brain meant paralysis or worse. Today, doctors can diagnose clots on AI-enabled brain scans; provide life-saving, targeted medications; or snake a catheter from a patient’s groin into the brain to vacuum out the clot. If they intervene in time, they can watch speech and movement return before the sedatives wear off. How did that happen—and what’s still missing?In this episode of From Our Neurons to Yours, Stanford neuroscientist and neurocritical care specialist Marion Buckwalter, MD, PhD retraces the 70-year chain of curiosity-driven research—biochemistry, imaging, material...2025-06-2634 min
Nashville UntoldEpisode 4 – What brought Chris Marion to Nashville?In Episode 4, you will learn what brought Chris Marion to Nashville.
Chris Marion and I hang out in a parking lot in Mount Juliet. We spend some time discussing life and his journey.
After college, Chris moved to Nashville and began his playing career, garnering nominations for 4 Dove awards from the Gospel Music Assoc. In 1992, he joined with partner Danny Myrick to form Western Flyer and later worked with artists such as Garth Brooks and The Oak Ridge Boys. In early 2005, he entered the Little River Band family, and has recorded 5 CDs with...2018-07-1948 min
NeuwriteWestBrains & Bourbon Ep3 Neuroinflammation/Sazerac/EgleCekanaviciute FULLOur guest this week is Egle Cekanaviciute, a 5th year graduate student in Marion Buckwalter's lab, who teaches us how to make a Sazerac, and talks to us about teaching, neuroinflammation, and brain parasites and zombie mice!
This is the FULL version of the episode, which includes the following sections:
Introducing Egle Cekanaviciute: 0:00-0:38
Making a Sazerac: 0:38-2:45
Early life in Lithuania: 2:45-7:10
Life as an immigrant in the U.S.: 7:10-8:07
Making it work at Harvard: 8:07-10:56
Egle the polymath: 10:56-13:48
Studying shamans in the Amazon: 13:48-17:12
Culturally defined neuroscience?: 17:12-19:09
Shamans in the western cultures: 19:09-21:00
Teaching: 21:00-27:10
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NeuwriteWestBrains&Bourbon Ep3 Neuroinflammation/Sazerac/EgleCekanaviciute SHORTOur guest this week is Egle Cekanaviciute, a 5th year graduate student in Marion Buckwalter's lab, who teaches us how to make a Sazerac, and talks to us about teaching, neuroinflammation, and brain parasites and zombie mice!
This is the SHORT version of this episode, which includes the following sections:
Introducing Egle Cekanaviciute: 0:00-0:38
Making a Sazerac: 0:38-2:45
Early life in Lithuania: 2:45-5:29
Egle the polymath:: 5:29-8:15
Studying shamans in the Amazon: 8:15-11:40
Teaching: 11:40-17:32
Not My Field: 17:32-21:06
Immune response in the brain: 21:06-26:43
Goodbye and end credits: 26:43-27:262013-07-0227 min