Martin J. Dahl
@mjdahl.bsky.social
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research scientist interested in how our brain's neuromodulatory systems are linked to cognition Lifespan Neuromodulation group (https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/line) Max Planck Institute for Human Development & University of Southern California
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This was fun — Thanks everyone for the great presentations!
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Featuring the stellar
@mariekeweijs.bsky.social
@juliankosciessa.bsky.social
@claireocallaghan.bsky.social
as well as the 🦋-less Sarah Meissner & Prokopis Prokopiou!
mjdahl.bsky.social
At #ICON? – Join us tomorrow to hear about novel measurement & manipulation approaches for neuromodulatory systems!
🗓️Sept 19,
🕚11:45 am
🏫Room Sé

#ICON2025 #CogNeuro #AcademicSky #LocusCoeruleus #neuroskyence
Speakers for ICON symposium on novel measurement & manipulation approaches for neuromodulatory systems! 
Sept 19, 
11:45 am
Room Sé
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claireocallaghan.bsky.social
Adaptive learning is coordinated across behaviour, time and neurobiology (from synapses and dendrites, to astrocytes and the systems level).

If you’ve ever wondered how noradrenaline helps shape these multiscale learning processes, you might like this: www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
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danai-lama.bsky.social
Beyond happy & proud to have our paper on peptidergic neuromodulation of the #LC out!

This is a project that started with naive intentions & silly curiosity, withstood 1 pandemic & 2 lab moves & made us fall in ❤️ with the most beautiful brain regions of all!! 🔵

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Neuropeptide Y neurons surrounding the locus coeruleus inhibit noradrenergic system activity to reduce anxiety
Endogenous neuropeptide Y signaling modulates locus coeruleus activity, promoting adaptive responses to stress.
www.science.org
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annekeitel.bsky.social
Our oscillations consensus paper is finally out as a preprint 🤩 thanks to everyone involved
arxiv.org/abs/2507.15639
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alzdemjournals.bsky.social
Call For Papers! Alzheimer's & Dementia Special Issue: Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems in Alzheimer's Disease

Research on the intersection of the Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems and AD are welcome! #AlzResearch

⏰Deadline: Aug. 30, 2025

alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...
Alzheimer's & Dementia
Deadline for submissions: Saturday, August 30 2025
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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anikaloewe.bsky.social
Super happy to see our latest work out in @plosbiology.org : N2 sleep during short naps increased the likelihood of insight in a decision task. The steepness of the spectral slope best predicted insight, beyond sleep stages alone. With dream team @maritpetzka.bsky.social @nicoschuck.bsky.social
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That "Aha!" moment... Can sleep facilitate memory reorganization? @nicoschuck.bsky.social @anikaloewe.bsky.social @maritpetzka.bsky.social &co reveal that N2 #sleep (but not N1) increases likelihood of having an 'aha' moment about a previous #DecisionMaking task @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4k8F2v3
A single illuminated light bulb among many unlit ones. Image credit: Pixabay user ColiN00B.
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nbkroemer.bsky.social
Pulsed taVNS elicits pupil dilation. However, if sham feels as intense, there is not much left. Based on our comparatively large sample (94 participants, single-blind crossover), we show that a highly variable sham response explains this.
#neuroskyence 🩺
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A plot showing that taVNS does not induce larger pupil dilation compared to sham. A plot showing that sham-induced pupil dilation is much more variable
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rasmusbruckner.bsky.social
After years of hard work, @hashimsat.bsky.social's big one is out!

Huge thanks to co-authors Katharina Wille, Matt Nassar, Radek Cichy, @nicoschuck.bsky.social & Peter Dayan - and to @haukeren.bsky.social for his invaluable support!
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glassybrain.bsky.social
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) and fMRI: a great combination to test the mechanism of action driving stimulation effects 🧠
But how to use the stimulation safely within the magnetic field? We looked into this! #neuroskyence
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
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anitaluthi.bsky.social
👉👉new paper alert from @labluthi.bsky.social - so proud for talented and determined Dr.Najma Cherrad who opened the lab‘s access to brain-body communication! #sleep #locuscoeruleus #parasympathetic @fbm-unil.bsky.social
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Vagal afferent activation induces a NREM-sleep-like state with brain-body cooling, but locus coeruleus activation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.14.643122v1
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jojolab.bsky.social
Check out a new lab paper from Mayumi Watanabe's thesis work showing how different subregions of medial prefrontal cortex differentially regulate extinction of aversive memories through projections to the locus-coeruleus-noradrenaline system:
doi.org/10.1038/s413...
Bidirectional emotional regulation through prefrontal innervation of the locus coeruleus - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Bidirectional emotional regulation through prefrontal innervation of the locus coeruleus
doi.org
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heidijacobslab.bsky.social
With support from @istaart.bsky.social, we are organizing the first Integrative Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems meeting in collab with Sleep and Circadian Rhythms PIA!
WHEN/WHERE: Boston, MGH/Martinos Center on July 17-18; info, register & submit your abstract: education.martinos.org/inss2025/
The Integrative Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems (INSS) 2025 Meeting: intersection with sleep, July 17-18, 2025. (Hybrid: Online/In-person in Boston, MA) – Education @ The Martinos Center
education.martinos.org