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What Happens When Our Neurons Fire?

On this week's Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea asks what happens when our neurons fire? He'll be...

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12.22 12 Jul 2021


What Happens When Our Neurons Fire?



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12.22 12 Jul 2021


On this week's Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea asks what happens when our neurons fire? He'll be talking to Professor Mark Humphries - Chair in Computational Neuroscience at the University of Nottingham and author of ‘The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds’

Also on the show, Jonathan is joined by Dr Jessamyn Fairfield from NUI Galway and Dr Fergus McAuliffe of iCRAG, to look at the science news stories of the week.

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