Ever wake up gasping for air? It鈥檚 easy enough to consider how your brain communicates with your body regarding planned activities, like taking a walk in the park. You think about something, and then you act on it. But what about those everyday functions that don鈥檛 require a conscious effort? Take breathing for instance.
鈥淚f you鈥檙e sleeping and you roll over on your face, how does your brain know to engage this gasping response to wake you up?鈥� That鈥檚 黑料吃瓜资源 (CSHL) Assistant Professor Jeremy Borniger. A pioneer of the burgeoning field known as cancer neuroscience, Borniger is one of several CSHL scientists studying how the brain and body communicate in health and disease. During our latest Cocktails & Chromosomes event, he unpacked how the brain senses changes in the body, how it interprets that information, and how its signals influence physiology or behavior.
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