Institute of Human Anatomy
Why Cocaine Is So Incredibly Dangerous
In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the devastating toll cocaine consumption has on the body.
Curated Video
Why Can't We Resist Burgers, Chips, Fries, and Other Junk Food?
We crave unhealthy foods because they contain lots of sugar and artificial additives, which taste delicious, and therefore trigger the release of certain pleasure-inducing neurotransmitters. Furthermore, we are evolutionarily programmed...
Curated Video
Why Antidepressants Kill Your Sex Drive - And What To Do About It
Why do antidepressants kill your sex drive? Sexual side effects are a common unwanted medication side effect. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter or nerve chemical that plays a role regulating your mood. But it also does affects nerves that...
The Noted Anatomist
Testing ANS #shorts (Part D)
Short video testing autonomic nervous system (ANS) #shorts (Part D) sympathetic, parasympathetic, T1-L2, brainstem, S2-S4, lateral horn, white ramus communicans, gray ramus communicans, sympathetic ganglion, sympathetic chain, NE, EPI,...
Science ABC
Why Do Some People Have Such a Good Memory?
While some people do appear to have a naturally good memory, and can accurately summon names, events and dates from thin air, there is a lot more nuance to memory than simply labeling a person’s ability as “good” or “bad”. Memories are...
Mazz Media
Talk It Out_Under Age Drinking
"The program starts off with an explanation of what alcohol is, how it’s produced, and its role as a celebratory beverage in our society. Students will come to understand the reasons alcohol is illegal to consume for persons under the...
Neuro Transmissions
Neuro Transmissions Bloopers
Sometimes neuroscience terms can be hard to say. With the New Year just starting off, we thought it would be fun to kick off 2017 with Alie messing up her lines and other hijinks! It's also a kind of recap of all of the episodes we've...
Science360
Spying on Synapses - early concept brain research
Signaling across synapses--the tiny gaps between neurons, over a thousand times thinner than a sheet of paper--requires multiple molecules to work together. To learn how neurons communicate, and ensure they pass across the synapses at...
Mazz Media
Talk It Out: Underage Drinking, Dangers and Consequences
The program starts off with an explanation of what alcohol is, how it's produced, and its role as a celebratory beverage in our society. Students will come to understand the reasons alcohol is illegal to consume for persons under the age...
Catalyst University
MDMA (Ecstasy) | Mechanism of Action & Metabolism
In this video, we explore the mechanism of action and metabolism of the illicit drug, ecstasy, scientifically known as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA).
Catalyst University
Endocannabinoids [Part 2] | Major Mechanism of Action
In this video, we explore the basic mechanism of action of the major endocannabinoids, 2-AG & anandamide.
Next Animation Studio
Developing more effective migraine treatments
For a century, scientists thought migraines were a vascular disease. But now it is thought that migraines are related to a wave of overactive neurons that spreads across the brain, which in turn affects blood vessels. Researchers hope to...
Professor Dave Explains
Types of Tissue Part 4: Nervous Tissue
We've learned about epithelial tissue, connective tissue, and muscle tissue, so now it's time to learn about the fourth and final type, nervous tissue! That means all the neurons that send signals around your body. These make up the...
Neuro Transmissions
Does Alcohol Kill Brain Cells?
Alcohol is a double-edged sword. Benjamin Franklin once said, "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." However, some people say that drinking three beers means losing 10,000 brain cells. But is it true that alcohol...
Curated Video
032 Visual Processing in the Retina
In this episode, I talk about the visual processing that happens in the retina, starting with the rods and cones, going to the bipolar cells and then the ganglion cells. Watch to learn how this process works.
Curated Video
017 Two Types of Receptors
In this video I talk about the two types of receptors - the ionotropic and metabotropic receptors and show how the result in different types of responses. Enjoy!
Curated Video
016 The Release of Neurotransmitter
When the action potential reaches the axon terminal, this triggers a series of events that result in the release of neurotransmitter to the synaptic cleft. Neurotransmitters bind to the receptors on the postsynaptic membrane causing a...
Curated Video
018 Agonists and Antagonists
In this video, I talk about what agonists and antagonists are and how they affect the neuron on the level of the neurotransmitter. Enjoy
Curated Video
020 Facilitation
In this episode, I talk about the concept of facilitation and explain how it results in a stronger signal in the postsynaptic cell.
Curated Video
002 An Introduction to Neurons
BioVid Episode 2 - An Introduction to Neurons. In this video, I talk about what a neuron is, the parts of a neurons and then talk about the three types of neurons.