In this episode of Notes from Nash, host Farouk Ramzan sits down with Jon Kaas, a neuroscientist and professor of Radiology and Radiological sciences at Vanderbilt University. He is responsible for discovering areas of the brain, such as the middle temporal area (MT) and the dorsomedial area. Kaas’s research, in general, has demonstrated the great degree of plasticity that mature nervous systems have. We talk about his findings while discovering the brain.
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Notes From Nash: Notes with Jon Kaas: Discovering the Brain
Kaas has made discoveries about the organization of the mammalian brain, including the description of many areas of the cerebral cortex and their neuroplasticity.
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February 4, 2024
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Farouk Ramzan, Staff Podcaster
Farouk Ramzan ('26) is from San Antonio majoring in psychology and economics in the College of Arts & Sciences. In his free time, he fishes, does film photography, writes novels, screenplays, and skeet shoots. He is interested in a vast era of topics ranging from statistical theory to architecture to Russian literature. You can reach him at [email protected].
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