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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Can you explain your position on fats? | 2/8/2012 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I've read your review but am still not clear why your position is so radically different from so ... A: My position is not different from theirs, I just suggest to use common language. If we do, we'll see ... | ||
| Physical mapping of mental states in the brain | 1/1/2012 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I have been pondering upon this question for sometime now and thought a neurologist would best be ... A: Sorry it took me so long to be back to your question. In fact, after giving it another thought, I ... | ||
| Physical mapping of mental states in the brain | 12/30/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I have been pondering upon this question for sometime now and thought a neurologist would best be ... A: It'll be a pleasure to answer. However, it'll take time, which, as you might expect, is not in ... | ||
| Kuznetsov applicators | 11/2/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I have read your book on these applicator Can you please advise me where in the USA I can purchase ... A: I know of a person who should have some of those left in stock but I have to ask her permission to ... | ||
| Lobotomy today? | 10/31/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: Is psycho-surgery still legitimate treatment? What do you think of Dr Freeman and his role in the ... A: Did you know that a modification of lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, was awarded with Nobel Prize in ... | ||
| AMPA location and expression | 9/22/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: When you say 'LTP induction'.. does it mean increasing number of AMPA receptors? ANSWER: Hi Sujin, ... A: I perfectly understand you, don't worry. Most of AMPA receptors are located within neuronal ... | ||
| LTP induction and AMPA | 9/21/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: When you say 'LTP induction'.. does it mean increasing number of AMPA receptors? A: Long-term potentiation (LTP) is considered a neuronal analog of memory so I do not think that ... | ||
| Lucid Dream Induction | 9/1/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: First of all, thank you for your time. I realize that this is on a volunteer basis and that you do ... A: First of all, you might want to read my answer to a similar question, although connected to a ... | ||
| Signal propagation from brain to hand/finger muscles | 8/26/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I would like to know where the brain connects to the muscles to move your fingers and wrist. I read ... A: The the signals from the brain to the <a ... | ||
| Memory problem, cervical spondylosis - what can be done? | 8/25/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I am 38y and find it difficult to remember names and numbers sometimes I recognize the face well but ... A: I am not eligible for giving medical advice, I can only give you information that may or may not ... | ||
| A shattered world or a non-local mind | 7/25/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I have a hypothetical question. Let's say that my entire central nervous system is somehow made ... A: The heart is under control of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems as well as under ... | ||
| Neurotransmitters, EEG, gamma brainwaves, brain functions | 7/13/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I'm very interested in neurotransmitter and their effect on the person. My first question is what ... A: My short answer is, it takes at least a semester in neuroscience major to fully answer your ... | ||
| Lucid dream - sleep or wakefulness? | 6/22/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I have a question that is somewhat difficult to categorize, but I had thought if anyone could give ... A: I cannot be completely sure whether your description means that you were having lucid dreams but I ... | ||
| Autistic-related symptoms and persistent lucid dreams | 6/20/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I have a question that is somewhat difficult to categorize, but I had thought if anyone could give ... A: poetic description of your experience! I can see two, maybe different, maybe not so different parts ... | ||
| F1000 and the lactate controversy | 6/15/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I am fascinate by development at the Faculty of 1000 started by Y. Ben-Ari: http://f1000.com/6913961 ... A: An independent update on energy substrates action in brain slices can be found at: ... | ||
| "Sweet slices are fine" - really? | 5/12/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I've read your recent entry to the blog ... A: The bottom line might look like this: the authors of the three articles rebutting results of Dr Yu. ... | ||
| The ketogenic diet and mTOR pathway | 4/5/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I'm technician in the lab of Biochemistry, in Georgia, Tbilisi. I was reading following article: ... A: I would appreciate some clarifying: 1) Do you refer to the article's abstract of full text? 2) As a ... | ||
| Bad dream, nocturnal panic attack, or sleep apnea? | 3/24/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I am 25 years old and over the years I have had an occasional dream that I cannot explain. In my ... A: What time of the night does it usually happen? How do you feel after you finally wake up? Any heart ... | ||
| Brain demands for fuel | 3/3/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: Dr. Zilberter, I've read that brain consume more than a half the energy there's in the body. How ... A: The brain's energy consumption is indeed outstanding and it seems that the body doesn't mind ... | ||
| Brain, energy, and theories of mind | 2/13/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: Is it true that if humans learned to use all of the brain, we could carry on as just energy? What I ... A: Tiara, I would be happy if we could but we cannot as far as I am concerned. The brain seems to be a ... | ||
| Cannabinoids, marijuana, health effects | 2/10/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: Please, before you claim this as outside of your expertise I would really appreciate your answer ... A: What I noticed and found important is "the more bio-active cannabidiol (CBD), Cannabinol (CBN), and ... | ||
| Voluntary pupil and heartrate manipulation. | 2/10/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: For as long as i can remember i have been able to voluntarily increase the size and frequency of ... A: Very interesting! You are absolutely normal, however, your innate sensitivity to internal stimuli is ... | ||
| Cannabinoids, marijuana, health effects | 2/10/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: Please, before you claim this as outside of your expertise I would really appreciate your answer ... A: I'm listing the major known negative reactions caused by marijuana. Since I know neither the purpose ... | ||
| Learn to see the depth? | 2/9/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: 23/M. Is there a way to improve depth perception? Specific problem being person has difficulty ... A: Is the problem based on binocular perception impairment -- when both eyes are used together and the ... | ||
| The understanding neurons? | 2/2/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I've read that there are neurons that are specifically participate in the process of understanding. ... A: Veronica, I think what you mean is the theme of the mirror neurons, but understanding, though ... | ||
| Brain transplantation problems | 2/1/2011 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: If we transplant brain, it will contain the memory retained by the donor,is it possible that due to ... A: I can answer your question from the standpoints that exist in scientific and mass media literature. ... | ||
| Brain and Universe, the numbers | 12/23/2010 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: Good day I wanted to find out how do neurologist calculate that we have billions of neurons? What ... A: I'll be basing my answer mostly on the classical book by my professor in the Neuroanatomy class Dr ... | ||
| Hypnotoxins, the jellyfish hypnotoxin, and sleep-wakefulness cycle | 12/18/2010 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: The Portuguese Man of War jellyfish produces a neurotoxin called "hypnotoxin" which depresses the ... A: Since your question is very general, I'll give also very general information. Should you give me ... | ||
| What is neurotheology- God in the brain? | 12/17/2010 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: Dr Zilberter, I heard about a new for me branch of neurosciences, neurotheology. What is it, who are ... A: Dahlia, Neurotheology is a branch of neuroscience attempting uncover the connection between brain ... | ||
| D-receptor agonist A 68930, doses and effects | 12/2/2010 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: could you please suggest intra PFC dose of A 68930 for mice,modulating memory A: A 68930 hydrochloride is selective D1-like dopamine receptor agonist (EC50 values are 2.1 and 3910 ... | ||
| Neuroscience of movement planning | 11/24/2010 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I've heard that scientists have recently done an experiment on brain.they've found that when we do ... A: I am aware of quite opposite facts. For example, in the work "Patterns of cortical activation during ... | ||
| Puzzled by a poster at SFN. | 11/17/2010 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: It's Ingrid again, amused by my beloved topic of excitatory GABA, this time, at SFN 2010. I'm not ... A: Remembering our previous Q&A at ... | ||
| Neuroscience 2010 - SFN meeting | 11/16/2010 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: Are you attending the San Diego event this year? Do you already have any interesting facts from ... A: Nel, I'm not attending but I try to follow and I received already very interesting information from ... | ||
| Brain chemistry of the will? | 9/27/2010 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I am doing some research into brain function, and I would very much like to know which brain ... A: Tue, There's no such direct and simple relationship between decision and acting through a single ... | ||
| Neurogenesis in the adult brain exists and is functionally significant | 9/25/2010 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: As I understand it new neurons can form when prompted. What would prompt one to form? I was ... A: Don, There are special regions in the brain where the neurons indeed can be newly formed and first ... | ||
| Neurological check is good, but symptoms are troubling | 9/22/2010 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: i hit my head to the side of my car and i felt ok until about days later. i had a severe headache ... A: It can be due to a number of reasons and without proper examination I cannot tell you what it is. It ... | ||
| Caffein effects on Parkinson's and Alzheimer's: mechanisms? | 8/19/2010 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: Dr. Zilberter, I read two interesting articles, Caffeine protect against neurodegeneration in ... A: Caffeine is the stimulant containing in coffee that is widely consumed, so the interest to its ... | ||
| Sensory system improvement? | 8/16/2010 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I am wodnering how to improve my sensory system? A: Not knowing the meaning of "improvement" in your question (are the sensory systems you are asking ... | ||
| Brainwave synchronization and hemispheric interaction | 8/16/2010 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: Dr.Zilberter. Are there different degrees of hemispheric synchronization ? Do people with extremely ... A: Brainwave synchronization or entrainment usually means that an external stimulus (sounds presented ... | ||
| Prenatal memory | 8/7/2010 | Tanya Zilberter, PhD |
| Q: I am adopted. For many years whenever I was sad, frightened, depressed etc. I would imagine that I ... A: If you are sure that you could hear the sounds of French language only in prenatal period, it's not ... | ||
Tanya Zilberter, PhD
Top Expert on this page
Expertise
I am in neurophysiology since 1972, my research started with studies of neuronal interactions in the hypothalamic centers of hunger and satiety. Since 2007, I focus on the metabolic aspects of neuroprotection.
Experience
I worked for 20 years in interdisciplinary teams, with
physicists and mathematicians, as an expert in neuroscience preparing
conceptual models of brain regulatory systems for their further
implications in larger-scale mathematical and computer modeling.
Authored 3 academic print books and five popular print
books.
Organizations
I am a freelance research consultant for the Infotonic Consultancy. I participate in a research project concerning neuroprotectors including energy substrates. The website related to this project is Brain Fuels where I'm trying to popularly write about brain metabolism and neuroprotection.
Past projects in chronological order:
Publications
Academic print books:
- The current concept of homeostasis
- Cascade effects of regulatory peptides
- Physiological effects of neuropeptides
Recent academic articles:
- GABA action in immature neocortical neurons directly depends on the availability of ketone bodies
- Neuronal activity in vitro and the in vivo reality: the role of energy homeostasis.
- Carbohydrate-biased control of energy metabolism: the darker side of the selfish brain
Education/Credentials
PhD in neurophysiology, 1972
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