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Amanda Kentner

@mindfulrat.bsky.social

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Just a mid-career behavioral neuroscientist ticking along, as long as the old heart keeps ticking. Developing #brains & #behavior with a side of #enrichment. Canadian in Boston MA | Posts and other reads are my own| #FirstGen http://www.kentnerlab.org

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Amanda Kentner @mindfulrat.bsky.social · Jun 3

Hello friends, our 🆕 lab preprint w/ @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social is here; please enjoy!

Investigating milk-derived extracellular vesicles as mediators of maternal stress and environmental intervention www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Neuroscience #Brain #STEM, #OpenScience #Neurosky #BrainResearch

Investigating milk derived extracellular vesicles as mediators of maternal stress and environmental intervention

Parental communication signals are transmitted through nursing and critically shape neurodevelopmental trajectories. Mirroring some well characterized effects of gestational challenges in rodents, mat...

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Carmen Sandi @carmensandi10.bsky.social · 9h

Excellent framework to understand the processes favoring health vs disease based on the Energy Resistance Principle. Makes me wonder whether the shape of this inverted-U curve, or linked parameters, are trait-like across individuals. Congrats @martinpicardenergy.bsky.social & @msahsorin.bsky.social

Martin Picard @martinpicardenergy.bsky.social · 1d

This morning I felt a little sadness when I remembered that many of the colleagues I wished to share something dear to my heart with, had departed from X.

@msahsorin.bsky.social and I would love to know what people think of the Energy Resistance Principle (ERP)

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Amanda Kentner @mindfulrat.bsky.social · 10h

If this prompt doesn’t break down ChatGPT, you can also try “please show me the sea horse emoji”. Always say please and thank you

a close up of a man 's face with the words `` trust me '' written on it

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words `` trust me '' written on it

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Amanda Kentner @mindfulrat.bsky.social · 11h

I sent this to my undergraduate students earlier today; it's a fun way to show them how AI hallucinates, by having them break the system. Simply ask “is there a seahorse emoji?” futurism.com/chatgpt-hayw... it works, well, until it doesn’t…credit goes to my dad for this one!

ChatGPT Goes Completely Haywire If You Ask It to Show You a Seahorse Emoji

Asking OpenAI's ChatGPT if there's a seahorse emoji causes the AI chatbot to suffer an epic, existential meltdown.

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Amanda Kentner @mindfulrat.bsky.social · 1d

Just a small reminder to fellow researchers, PubMed Europe is still functional and seems to be updating materials. Thank you to them! europepmc.org

Europe PMCHome - Europe PMC

Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.

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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 2d

Big news at @npp-journal.bsky.social HQ 👇

We are thrilled to welcome @briannaegeorge.bsky.social as our new NPP Editorial Intern 🎉

We are looking forward to working with Dr. George and are excited to have such a fantastic addition to our team 🤩

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 6d

So, with Jane Goodall passing, I am reminded of a very fun incident where her institute sent a furious complaint over this cartoon on her behalf, only to have Goodall herself find it hilarious and go on to write the introduction to the collection it appeared in. A fantastic sense of humour.

Two monkeys sit on a branch, one picks a hair off the other. Caption: "well well, another blond hair, conducting a little more research with that Goodall Tramp."

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6d

Jane Goodall, who died on Wednesday at the age of 91, spent decades teaching about the intelligence of chimpanzees. She left behind powerful lessons about aging — and living well — too. nyti.ms/3IS8XuH

Jane Goodall, looking towards the camera, wearing a turquoise sweater, silver pendant necklace and a beige and red shawl. A headline reads: "What Jane Goodall Taught Us About Living a Long Life." Photo by Peter Wynn Thompson for The New York Times

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WillowOne @willowone.co.uk · Apr 3

My friend Steven Parton interviewed Adam Zeman about #Aphantasia — something he and I both have. Interestingly, we both seem to have the more pronounced form, where even our dreams lack imagery.

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#42 - Adam Zeman: Aphantasia - Life Without a Visual Imagination

YouTube video by Curious Apes

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 19d

🚨 CDC Website Scrubbing Alert

We do not have a complete list but can report that CDC plans to delete or otherwise takedown many CDC pages about LGBTQ+ health, health equity, disabilities, hepatitis, HIV and more.

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 26d

My last grant was an R25 focused on introducing undergraduates to aging research to motivate them to address these gaps, be it in research or clinical careers. It was terminated b/c “DEI is bad.”

Save Health Research @savehealthresearch.bsky.social · 27d

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just a reminder, the NOSIs for Research Continuity and Retention Supplements (childbirth, healthcare issues), and Re-Entry, Re-integration & Re-training Supplements, are ending Sept 9th. If you were thinking about one of them, apply soon. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NOT-OD-23-032: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplement for Continuity of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Among First-Time Recipients of NIH Research Project Grant Awards

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplement for Continuity of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Among...

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Jonathan VanRyzin @jwvanryzin.bsky.social · Aug 13

I am SO EXCITED to share this one! The latest paper from the lab is online in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social. We show microglia prune NAc astrocyte processes during abstinence from cocaine-self ad which drives later drug seeking behavior.

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Abstinence from cocaine self-administration promotes microglial pruning of astrocytes, which drives cocaine-seeking behavior

Rodent drug self-administration leads to a compromised ability of nucleus accumbens astrocytes to maintain glutamate homeostasis as well as to reducti…

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · Aug 8

The updated version of the database of PhD fellowships produced and maintained by my team can be downloaded by anyone here:

research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

For each of the 187 fellowships, you will find a short description, deadline, $ amount, link, etc.

Good luck!

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Aug 12

Auroras, moonsets, the Milky Way, and more in recent photographs from ISS crew members in orbit. Take a look at The Atlantic Photo: https://theatln.tc/LoCl2GNq

📸: Nichole Ayers / Don Pettit / NASA

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Dr. Cate Peña @cate-cholamine.bsky.social · Aug 8

This piece was so fun to write because the whole lab chipped in and team-wrote it over the series of a few lab meetings (+finessing)

NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience @dpn-journal.bsky.social · Aug 8

Check out this 🆕 article from Minerva, @cate-cholamine.bsky.social, & colleagues reviewing the pros, cons, and best applications for currently available genome-wide sequencing technologies in neuropsychiatric research

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

A practical guide to sequencing in neuropsychiatric research - NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience

This review offers a simple overview on the pros, cons, and best applications for currently available genome-wide sequencing technologies in neuropsychiatric research.

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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · Aug 8

Join us in Congratulating the 2025 ACNP Travel Award Class! 🙌🎉

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Meghan Flanigan @meghanflanigan.bsky.social · Aug 5

While everything is burning around us, a rare great day for Flanigan Lab!

Thank you to BBRF for funding our NARSAD!

Thank you to MUSC COBRE CNDD for funding our Pilot Proposal!

Looking forward to doing some awesome science

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Ralph Emilio Peterson @ralphpeterson.bsky.social · Jul 25

New preprint!  

tl;dr — We ran around late at night to record wild rats in NYC and figured out how to quantify their behavior and environment. 🧵

w/ Dima Batenkov, @zamakany.bsky.social, Emily Mackevicius

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Computational Urban Ecology of New York City Rats

Urban rats are highly adaptable, thriving in the dynamic and often inhospitable conditions of modern cities. Despite substantial mitigation efforts, they remain an enduring presence in urban environme...

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · Jul 25

Excited to have this little @npp-journal.bsky.social "hot topics" article out with my dear friend and collaborator @jbeehner.bsky.social. Even more excited for the opportunity to jump into field research and explore some of these ideas. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience

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Zoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · Jul 19

Morning thoughts on how the current federal funding crisis is going to make everything worse in more ways than people seem to be openly discussing....So big news broke this week in distance running (this will get back to science, I promise!)

CITIUS MAG @citiusmag.com · Jul 17

BREAKING NEWS: Marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit after testing positive for Hydrochlorothiazide in a test on March 14th.

More details here: citiusmag.com/articles/rut...

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · Jul 6

🄸🄼🄿🄾🅁🅃🄰🄽🅃

Anna Samarra et al in 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔

Exclusive breastfeeding in the first month reduces antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) in infants by enriching 𝑩𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒎, offsetting the increased ARG load from C-section delivery and/or early antibiotics

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Breastfeeding and early Bifidobacterium-driven microbial colonization shape the infant gut resistome - Nature Communications

In this work, authors show that exclusive breastfeeding reduces antimicrobial resistance gene burden in infants by promoting Bifidobacterium, counteracting C-section and antibiotic effects, and suppor...

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Angela Stoeger @angelastoeger.bsky.social · Jul 4

🐾 Just out & open access!
Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound, Vol. 2 🎶
From insects to elephants and whales—how animals use & are affected by sound.
Thanks to Christiane Erbe & all co-authors (me included)!
👉 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Amanda Kentner @mindfulrat.bsky.social · Jul 4

Congratulations, the first one is always exciting!!

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Natalia Duque-Wilckens, DVM, PhD @nduquewilckens.bsky.social · Jul 4

The 1st manuscript from my lab is online! This study, led by 2nd y PhD student Jared Franges (w/ key contributions from grad and 4! UG students), shows that developmental exposure to PBDEs drives persistent impairment of histamine+serotonin release by mast cells www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... 1/n

Developmental PBDE exposure impairs histamine release dynamics in adult male and female mice via disrupted granule maturation and calcium mobilization

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are synthetic flame retardants once widely used in furniture, electronics, and other consumer products. Although phased out in the early 2000s, their chemical pe...

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