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John Rolston @rolstonjohn.bsky.social · Jul 21

Just dropped in @natcomms.nature.com: we show that re-engaging a thalamic–ventral tegmental circuit with deep brain stimulation can reignite consciousness in patients with severe brain injury. Work led by Aaron Warren, with @andreashorn.org @foxmdphd.bsky.social @ others! tinyurl.com/4kz8j89b

A human brain network linked to restoration of consciousness after deep brain stimulation - Nature Communications

In people with severe brain injuries, stimulation restored consciousness by engaging a deep brain circuit for wakefulness—revealing a target that may also guide treatment in stroke and epilepsy.

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Lauren Hart @laurenahart.bsky.social · Jun 24

🧠 ⚡️ Preprint alert ⚡️ 🧠

I️n the most comprehensive review of DBS in epilepsy, with 124 studies, 1,210 patients, and 20 anatomical targets we map where stimulation works best and why.

Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy: Optimal Targeting and Clinical Outcomes
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Apr 18

Per source, NIH has been instructed to hold off from issuing ALL awards to Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Northwestern (including med schools)

Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · Mar 4

The Cohen Lab of Translational Neuroimaging is looking to hire a bioinformatics and research data scientist to help accelerate our research and develop new analysis tools! @bostonchildrens.bsky.social @braincircuits.bsky.social

Please consider applying or sharing!
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Biomedical Informatics Research Data Scientist I- - Boston Childrens Hospital - Job Details

Job Details: Our mission is to identify the brain circuits responsible for symptoms common in autism and other neurodevelop

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John Rolston @rolstonjohn.bsky.social · Feb 14

Happy Valentine's Day! sites.google.com/view/cerebel...

Cerebella Cards

Welcome to the Neuro-Valentine's eCard Collection

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Amy Feldman @amyfeldman7.bsky.social · Jan 22

If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you

Jane Liebschutz, MD MPH (she/her) @liebschutz.bsky.social · Jan 22

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

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John Rolston @rolstonjohn.bsky.social · Jan 22

This is highly concerning.

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John Rolston @rolstonjohn.bsky.social · Dec 8

Great talk by Mark Richardson on stimulation for IGE at AES. Packed room!

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John Rolston @rolstonjohn.bsky.social · Dec 8

I love AES, but they somehow always manage to mess up my name tag.

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Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · Nov 11

First day on @bsky.app, first episode released here: If you are into stimulating brains, give @stimbrains.bsky.social a follow – and tune into my conversation with Daniela Popa and Clement Lena on the cerebellum!

Stimulating Brains @stimulatingbrains.org · Nov 11

We're new here (plz RT) – and have a new episode out!
In this captivating conversation, Daniela Popa and Clement Lena tell us about how the cerebellum could be used to treat dyskinesia and what it role may be in fear extinction!
Tune in here: 🎧
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John Rolston @rolstonjohn.bsky.social · Dec 23

Happy holidays from the #MENDLab! I am grateful to work with an amazing team at the Brigham and Harvard Med School. Exciting things to come!

John Rolston @rolstonjohn.bsky.social · Dec 18

This is the Lego set I want for the holidays:

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Gregg D Caruso @greggdcaruso.bsky.social · Oct 22

In this inaugural episode of a new podcast on Theoretical Neuroscience, Grace Lindsay (@neurograce.bsky.social) talks about her popular computational neuroscience book "Models of the Mind": theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn1/

#1: On models of the mind – with Grace Lindsay – Theoretical Neuroscience Podcast

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Karen S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · Oct 5

AND! Congrats to Dr. Daria Anderson (not quite here yet) and the rest of the team on this super cool article we just had come out in Brain! Such cool work! #neuroskyence #MedSky 🧪🧠📈https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awad343/7289609

Closed-loop stimulation in periods with less epileptiform activity drives improved epilepsy outcomes

Neurostimulation can reduce seizures in cases of drug-resistant epilepsy, but rarely results in seizure freedom. Anderson et al. show that more frequent stimula

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