An August 2018 paper in Nature Neuroscience reports the discovery of a new subtype of human cortical neuron with distinctive rose hip-shaped axon terminals… LEARN MORE: Transcriptomic and morphophysiological evidence for a specialized human cortical GABAergic cell type LEARN MORE: MEET THE ROSE HIP CELL, A NEW KIND OF NEURON This cell…
We’re excited to continue our collaboration with Grande Ronde and Siletz tribal communities, and bring art and neuroscience outreach participants to Oregon’s Lincoln and Yamhill counties in October for a Spirit Mountain Community Fund supported effort to explore tantalizing connections between tales and brains with K-12 students, teachers, artists, storytellers…
Post and pictures by Aaron Eisen, PSU Neuroscience Club Aloha! The spirit of NW NOGGIN has traveled thousands of miles to the beautiful State of Hawaii. We are growing in networks, just like neurons! We had the honor of being invited to Waikiki Elementary School to bring art (4000 pipe cleaners!!)…
“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” –Bruce Lee We arrived at Velo Cult, by far our favorite bike shop pub, for our penultimate public presentation in this venerable community institution. More outreach is on the way, but sadly Velo has closed after the City…
Post by Jordan Ray, Portland State University “Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.” –Vincent Van Gogh This week we drove south to the Willamette Valley city of Woodburn, Oregon, where the annual Fiesta Mexicana was…
Post by volunteer Ashley Keates, Portland State University As a recent graduate in Psychology from Portland State University, I’m committed to our school’s motto, “Let Knowledge Serve the City.” As an undergraduate volunteer with NW Noggin, I’ve made pipe cleaner neurons in urban K-12 classrooms, introduced real human brains while cradling…
Post by Jacob Schoen, OHSU Oregon National Primate Research Center “Man was the storytelling animal, the only creature on earth that told itself stories to understand what kind of creature it was. The story was his birthright, and nobody could take it away.” –Salman Rushdie Only humans..? One message that…
“If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. That is why we put these stories in each other’s memories. This is how people care for themselves.” –Barry Lopez…
Post and pictures by Denesa Lockwood Oberbeck, OHSU/NW Noggin Board “Home of the Seagulls!” Today we visited a 3rd grade classroom at Lakeshore Elementary School in Vancouver, Washington. Our enthusiastic volunteers included Denesa Lockwood of OHSU, Iris Gutierrez, Ruth Marigomen and Anthony Almonte from WSU, and Joey Seuferling, our Noggin Resource Council member…
“It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.” –Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles Native stories are often seasonal, and those who closely observe fellow denizens of our natural world tell instructive tales, and create dances and songs relating the…