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Meg Davis
@brainsrus.bsky.social
Neuroanatomist who’s seen it all, occasional biochemist, lover of SciArt, cyclist, adventurer, and mostly retired. The rest of the brain isn’t just covering for your favorite part.
GAD65 GFP and parvalbumin.
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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If you're interested in Parkinson's disease or dietary interventions for PD, check out this podcast where we discuss our recent EJN article.

FENS-EJN Journal club Episode 1: Mitochondria, Ketones & Dopamine with Vikrant Mahajan and Armando Salinas
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FENS-EJN Journal club Episode 1: Mitochondria, Ketones & Dopamine with Vikrant Mahajan and Armando Salinas
Kicking off the FENS-EJN Journal Club podcast, host Dr Matteo Piumatti, FENS Communications Manager, sits down with Vikrant Mahajan and Dr Armando Salinas to explore their exciting new research on Par...
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September 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Our article exploring the neurobiological correlates of prenatal cannabis exposure is now out! "Prenatal cannabis exposure, the brain, and
psychopathology during early adolescence" https://rdcu.be/dMJqH
July 8, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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August 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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My quote of the day

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

Richard Feynman
July 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
If you inject a CaMk promoter controlled or D1-cre dependent virus into PFC, you get anterograde viral transport AND frequently infect D1 expressing cells in striosomes in medial striatum (red). This is a D1-Cre mouse with a cre dependent AAV9 virus. CaMK is less selective.
July 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
But what about SST/CaMK+ GABA projections? I’ve seen them between CLA and PL www.cell.com/current-biol...
Presynaptic and postsynaptic determinants of claustro-cortical connectivity
de la Torre-Martínez et al. dissect the synaptic organization of claustro-cortical pathways using in vivo and slice recordings combined with optogenetics. By targeting two neuronal populations in the ...
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June 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Nice work, but what about PrL cortex to DM striosomes vs M1 projections to matrix? Maybe that’s coming… www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
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May 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Cannabinoid receptors in basket cell axons surrounding a hippocampal pyramidal cell. The CB1 receptor is presynaptic and expressed at high levels on GABAergic axons. Not necessarily ‘excitatory’ for the PC. It’s the oscillations!
March 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Addition to the oddities of transgenics: When breeding NR2A knockouts back in the day, they would have seizures upon introduction. They recovered quickly and resumed the task, but weren’t great breeders or mothers. (Thinking of those of you forced to cull your mice. They have no idea…)
March 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Useful information for those new to mice. See Jax Labs for more excellent information on all things mouse.
March 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is actually a mini paper shredder for sale at Target. I had to do a double-take. IYKYK
March 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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March 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Dr. Francis Collins, a man of science, music, and evangelical Christianity, retired from the NIH yesterday.

This video encapsulates so much of what our country has lost in the first 2 months of 2025.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=kDfN...
Hallelujah - Renee Fleming, Francis Collins & the National Symphony Orchestra
YouTube video by The Kennedy Center
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March 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM