Ignacio Rivero Covelo
@neuronacho.bsky.social
Neuroscientist-ish at some university
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The BOLD signal may not be what we thought it was.
BOLD signal changes can oppose oxygen metabolism across the human cortex
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
BOLD signal changes can oppose oxygen metabolism across the human cortex
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
BOLD signal changes can oppose oxygen metabolism across the human cortex - Nature Neuroscience
Using quantitative brain imaging, the authors show opposite fMRI BOLD signal to metabolic activity due to variable oxygen extraction across the human cortex. This questions the canonical interpretatio...
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December 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The BOLD signal may not be what we thought it was.
BOLD signal changes can oppose oxygen metabolism across the human cortex
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
BOLD signal changes can oppose oxygen metabolism across the human cortex
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
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The superior colliculus is more complex than we thought.
Decoupling of visual feature selectivity in the retinocollicular pathway
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#neuroscience
Decoupling of visual feature selectivity in the retinocollicular pathway
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#neuroscience
Decoupling of visual feature selectivity in the retinocollicular pathway
Schwartz and Matsumoto et al. show that visual feature selectivity for luminance and
motion is coupled in the retina but becomes decoupled in the superior colliculus.
This transformation reorganizes t...
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December 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The superior colliculus is more complex than we thought.
Decoupling of visual feature selectivity in the retinocollicular pathway
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#neuroscience
Decoupling of visual feature selectivity in the retinocollicular pathway
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#neuroscience
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Strikingly different neurotransmitter release strategies in dopaminergic subclasses.
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December 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Strikingly different neurotransmitter release strategies in dopaminergic subclasses.
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Finally on Bluesky and I’m really excited to share this latest preprint with @jorge-miranda.bsky.social in which we functionally examined the role of a medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC)- Locus Coeruleus (LC) circuit in regulating sustained attention.
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Top-down control of sustained attention by the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC)- locus coeruleus (LC) circuit during the rodent continuous performance task (rCPT)
The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) plays a pivotal role in attention by exerting top-down control to allocate cognitive resources toward behaviorally relevant stimuli based on learned context and exp...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Finally on Bluesky and I’m really excited to share this latest preprint with @jorge-miranda.bsky.social in which we functionally examined the role of a medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC)- Locus Coeruleus (LC) circuit in regulating sustained attention.
1/7
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
1/7
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Excited to share our latest preprint from @lieberinstitute.bsky.social spatial + single-cell RNA-seq map the ERC & explore how AD risk shapes gene expression doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Our major finding: “APOE E4 Alzheimer’s Risk Converges on an Oligodendrocyte Subtype in the Human Entorhinal Cortex”
Our major finding: “APOE E4 Alzheimer’s Risk Converges on an Oligodendrocyte Subtype in the Human Entorhinal Cortex”
December 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Excited to share our latest preprint from @lieberinstitute.bsky.social spatial + single-cell RNA-seq map the ERC & explore how AD risk shapes gene expression doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Our major finding: “APOE E4 Alzheimer’s Risk Converges on an Oligodendrocyte Subtype in the Human Entorhinal Cortex”
Our major finding: “APOE E4 Alzheimer’s Risk Converges on an Oligodendrocyte Subtype in the Human Entorhinal Cortex”
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What a massive disappointment, so many embellishments by Sacks, even the man who mistook his wife for a hat... 😞
December 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
What a massive disappointment, so many embellishments by Sacks, even the man who mistook his wife for a hat... 😞
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Incredible piece on Oliver Sacks. If you were ever awed at his supposedly true stories (I remember being stunned by the account of the autistic twins who rattled off large prime numbers), read this. He told wonderful stories, but they were in large part fiction.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost?
The scientist was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality.
www.newyorker.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Incredible piece on Oliver Sacks. If you were ever awed at his supposedly true stories (I remember being stunned by the account of the autistic twins who rattled off large prime numbers), read this. He told wonderful stories, but they were in large part fiction.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Happy to share the newest paper from the Khaliq Lab! 🎉 We show that striatal dopaminergic axons can integrate GABAergic inhibition and nicotinic excitation to shape their output.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Presynaptic GABAA receptors control integration of nicotinic input onto dopaminergic axons in the striatum
Brill-Weil et al. show that axonal GABAA receptors regulate excitatory nicotinic input
onto the axons of dopaminergic neurons. This regulation alters integration of the
subthreshold nicotinic input to...
www.cell.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Happy to share the newest paper from the Khaliq Lab! 🎉 We show that striatal dopaminergic axons can integrate GABAergic inhibition and nicotinic excitation to shape their output.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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🧠 We're hiring! 🧠 Are you passionate about neuroscience and education? Join our faculty at UNC Chapel Hill to inspire and teach the next generation of neuroscientists. Apply now: 🔗https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308455
#Neuroscience #TeachingJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd
#Neuroscience #TeachingJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd
December 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🧠 We're hiring! 🧠 Are you passionate about neuroscience and education? Join our faculty at UNC Chapel Hill to inspire and teach the next generation of neuroscientists. Apply now: 🔗https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308455
#Neuroscience #TeachingJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd
#Neuroscience #TeachingJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd
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My latest obsession. Anyone else?
December 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My latest obsession. Anyone else?
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Wilhoit’s Law for universities: “There must be athletics programs that budgets protect but do not bind alongside academic programs that budgets bind but do not protect.”
“The [CU athletics has] a $27M deficit… needing $11.9M in university support”
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...
“The [CU athletics has] a $27M deficit… needing $11.9M in university support”
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...
CU projects record deficit driven by player costs, Sanders’ salary
The Univ. of Colorado athletic department is projecting that it will run a $27M deficit during the current FY ending in June 2026, in addition to needing $11.9M in institutional support from the unive...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Wilhoit’s Law for universities: “There must be athletics programs that budgets protect but do not bind alongside academic programs that budgets bind but do not protect.”
“The [CU athletics has] a $27M deficit… needing $11.9M in university support”
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...
“The [CU athletics has] a $27M deficit… needing $11.9M in university support”
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...
Great study for all of those interested in the ventral pallidum, its neuronal populations, and regions - Single-cell sequencing of rodent ventral pallidum reveals diverse neuronal subtypes with noncanonical interregional continuity | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Single-cell sequencing of rodent ventral pallidum reveals diverse neuronal subtypes with noncanonical interregional continuity
Ventral pallidum contains 16 cell types with diverse gene expression and spatial patterns extending beyond its borders.
www.science.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Great study for all of those interested in the ventral pallidum, its neuronal populations, and regions - Single-cell sequencing of rodent ventral pallidum reveals diverse neuronal subtypes with noncanonical interregional continuity | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education - actual, real education in reading, writing, thinking, arguing, analyzing, & synthesizing by doing the actual hard work for which there is no substitute - is stronger than it’s ever been at any point in human history.
November 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education - actual, real education in reading, writing, thinking, arguing, analyzing, & synthesizing by doing the actual hard work for which there is no substitute - is stronger than it’s ever been at any point in human history.
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Nature Sci Rep publishes incoherent AI slop. eLife publishes a paper which the reviewers didn't agree with, making all the comments and responses public with thoughtful commentary. One of these journals got delisted by Web of Science for quality concerns from not doing peer review. Guess which one?
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Nature Sci Rep publishes incoherent AI slop. eLife publishes a paper which the reviewers didn't agree with, making all the comments and responses public with thoughtful commentary. One of these journals got delisted by Web of Science for quality concerns from not doing peer review. Guess which one?
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1/2 Multiple faculty positions available at Stony Brook University, in the Dept of Neurobiology and Behavior. Its a wonderful environment, with great colleagues and students at a public AAU. @sbuneurobiology.bsky.social
School of Medicine positions:
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School of Medicine positions:
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September 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
1/2 Multiple faculty positions available at Stony Brook University, in the Dept of Neurobiology and Behavior. Its a wonderful environment, with great colleagues and students at a public AAU. @sbuneurobiology.bsky.social
School of Medicine positions:
apply.interfolio.com/170252
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School of Medicine positions:
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The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
September 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...
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Extremely bad university governance changes coming in Texas
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
July 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Extremely bad university governance changes coming in Texas
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Finally published! Effects of Ventral Pallidum–Nucleus Accumbens Shell Neural Pathway Modulation on Sucrose Consumption and Motivation in Female Rats: Chemogenetic Manipulation @jmirpub.bsky.social! xbio.jmir.org/2025/1/e68519
Effects of Ventral Pallidum–Nucleus Accumbens Shell Neural Pathway Modulation on Sucrose Consumption and Motivation in Female Rats: Chemogenetic Manipulation
Background: The neural control of food intake involves interactions between homeostatic and nonhomeostatic systems. The nucleus accumbens shell (AcbSh) and ventral pallidum (VP) play key roles in regu...
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March 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Finally published! Effects of Ventral Pallidum–Nucleus Accumbens Shell Neural Pathway Modulation on Sucrose Consumption and Motivation in Female Rats: Chemogenetic Manipulation @jmirpub.bsky.social! xbio.jmir.org/2025/1/e68519
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There were 28 premodern history TT job postings for 2022-2023 -- for the whole of the United States.
The University of Maryland is hiring 30(!!!) faculty members in Artificial Intelligence (broadly defined):
ejobs.umd.edu/postings/123...
ejobs.umd.edu/postings/123...
Assistant/Associate Professor/Professor
The Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM; aim.umd.edu) has openings for 30 tenured and/or tenure-track faculty positions in Artificial Intelligence, broadly defined.We ...
ejobs.umd.edu
October 31, 2024 at 12:16 AM
There were 28 premodern history TT job postings for 2022-2023 -- for the whole of the United States.
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Ellyn Lem from UWM CGS on the mass termination of tenured faculty
It’s the end of tenure as we know it (opinion)
And no, Ellyn Lem writes, it’s not fine.
www.insidehighered.com
October 3, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Ellyn Lem from UWM CGS on the mass termination of tenured faculty
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A medicine that sidesteps the brain's dopamine receptors to reach different targets represents a new approach to schizophrenia treatment. The Food and Drug Administration approved it Thursday.
A new kind of drug for schizophrenia promises fewer side effects
A medicine that sidesteps the brain's dopamine receptors to reach different targets represents a new approach to schizophrenia treatment. The Food and Drug Administration approved it Thursday.
www.npr.org
September 27, 2024 at 11:36 PM
A medicine that sidesteps the brain's dopamine receptors to reach different targets represents a new approach to schizophrenia treatment. The Food and Drug Administration approved it Thursday.
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Dissociable Roles of the Dorsolateral and Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex in Human Categorization
www.jneurosci.org/content/44/3...
#neuroscience
www.jneurosci.org/content/44/3...
#neuroscience
Dissociable Roles of the Dorsolateral and Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex in Human Categorization
Models of human categorization predict the prefrontal cortex (PFC) serves a central role in category learning. The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) and ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) hav...
www.jneurosci.org
September 13, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Dissociable Roles of the Dorsolateral and Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex in Human Categorization
www.jneurosci.org/content/44/3...
#neuroscience
www.jneurosci.org/content/44/3...
#neuroscience
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UW System has now released all of the Deloitte reports on the non-Madison campuses. Extremely embarrassing for Deloitte to have some 23-year-old flunkies fill in the same slide template twelve times. Scandalous for UW System to pay them north of $2 million to do it
www.wisconsin.edu/president/st...
www.wisconsin.edu/president/st...
2023-2028 Strategic Plan
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved the UW System’s 2023-2028 Strategic Plan on Dec. 8, 2022. University Financial Assessments A third-party reviewer has completed financial a...
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September 8, 2024 at 12:13 AM
UW System has now released all of the Deloitte reports on the non-Madison campuses. Extremely embarrassing for Deloitte to have some 23-year-old flunkies fill in the same slide template twelve times. Scandalous for UW System to pay them north of $2 million to do it
www.wisconsin.edu/president/st...
www.wisconsin.edu/president/st...
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"Why Student Ratings of Faculty Are Unethical"
Food for thought (curious what others think).
#AcademicSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Food for thought (curious what others think).
#AcademicSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Why Student Ratings of Faculty Are Unethical - Journal of Academic Ethics
For decades, student ratings of university faculty have been used by administrators in high stakes faculty employment decisions such as tenure, promotion, contract renewal and reappointment, and merit...
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September 3, 2024 at 12:07 PM
"Why Student Ratings of Faculty Are Unethical"
Food for thought (curious what others think).
#AcademicSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Food for thought (curious what others think).
#AcademicSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...