Author: Nora
The guanine nucleotide exchange factor, Spata13, influences social behaviour and nocturnal activity
Scand J Pain. 2018 Jul 1;2(3):137-138. doi: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2011.05.001. The guanine nucleotide exchange factor, Spata13, influences social behaviour and nocturnal activity Nora Bourbia, Paige Chandler, Gemma Codner, Gareth Banks, and Patrick M. Nolan Spermatogenesis-associated protein 13 (Spata13) is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) enriched in discrete brain regions in the adult, with pronounced expression in the […]
Involvement of the periaqueductal gray in the descending antinociceptive effect induced by the central nucleus of amygdala
Physiol Res. 2018 Aug 16;67(4):647-655. Involvement of the periaqueductal gray in the descending antinociceptive effect induced by the central nucleus of amygdala Nora BOURBIA, Antti PERTOVAARA. Abstract Here we studied whether descending control of mechanical nociception by glutamate in the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) of healthy control animals is induced by amygdaloid NMDA […]
Winner of the MRC Harwell Institute Awards and Runner-up for the MRC CEO Awards 2017 in the category Public Engagement
I am happy and proud to have been nominated and shortlisted for the MRC CEO Awards 2017 and the MRC Harwell Institute in the category Public Engagement. I am the runner up (2nd position) of the MRC CEO Awards 2017 and I have received the MRC Chief Executive Officer’s Awards Commendation for Public Engagement by […]
@LaBioauLabo, one week public engagement on twitter.
I will do a summery of my week (4th December 2017 to 10th December 2017) on twitter for La Bio au Labo. @laBioauLabo is a french twitter account welcoming each week an academic person: PhD student, post-docs, PIs, etc. The idea is to talk about sciences, our research projects, our experiments and our life as […]
My academic poster at the Worldcon75 in Helsinki (Finland), August 2017
The Worldcon is the world’s oldest science-fiction convention. A convention for sci-fi and fantasy lovers. There are several authors signing their books and various discussion panels on different thematic to talk about how sci-fi/fantasy influence our world/life and vice-versa. This year it was the 75th Worldcon at Helsinki in Finland. Thousands of famous writers and […]
Talking about neuroscience at the Unicorn School in Abingdon (UK)
Following the Oxfordshire Science Festival (a.k.a Oxscifest), the Saturday 25 June 2016, where I talked about the brain at our MRC Harwell booth, I had the pleasure to be invited in a school. The head teacher of the Unicorn School in Abingdon asked me to talk about neurosciences in his specialist day school for girls […]
MRC Festival of medical research 2016 at the MRC Harwell
The saturday 18th June 2016, I have participated to the MRC Festival of medical research at the MRC Harwell to talk about circadian rhythms, brain and neurosciences.
Podcast #3 : Les nocicepteurs
Découvrez en moins de 6 minutes ce que sont les nocicepteurs et les fibres nociceptives afférentes primaires. N’hésitez surtout pas à me donner vos retours et commentaires. Podcasts précédents: Podcast 1: L’histoire des sciences de la douleur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxNBi8sUkuQ Podcast 2: Définition de la douleur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3K2c0RD434
Podcast #2 : La définition de la douleur
Découvrez en moins de 4 minutes ce qu’est la douleur: sa définition, ses différents types et ses composantes. N’hésitez surtout pas à me donner vos retours et commentaires : Est ce que la vidéo est écoutable ? Y a-t-il un problème de son ? Est ce que c’est clair et compréhensible ? etc…
Podcast #1 : L’histoire des sciences de la douleur
Dans cette première vidéo de 12,28 minutes, je vous propose de découvrir l’histoire des sciences de la douleur depuis la Grèce antique avec Hippocrate jusqu’à maintenant. N’hésitez surtout pas à me donner vos retours ! J’aimerai sincèrement savoir si c’est intéressant, si c’est compréhensible, si vous vous êtes endormis en cours de route, si le […]