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Sofie Valk @sofievalk.bsky.social · 19d

Hello! It has been a while, but for the Hector Fellow Academy I created a small project at the interface of neuroscience and music. In short, it is like a neuro-jukebox of projects of friends and colleagues integrating music and art. I thought it would be nice to share here
cng-lab.github.io/kiosk

NEUROSONICS

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Nature @nature.com · Jul 22

Nature research paper: Mitochondrial origins of the pressure to sleep

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Mitochondrial origins of the pressure to sleep - Nature

Research on Drosophila neurons shows links between the need to sleep and aerobic metabolism, indicating that the pressure to sleep may have a mitochondrial origin.

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Edvard I Moser @edvardmoser.bsky.social · Jun 26

Your brain doesn’t just passively track time ⏳ - it structures it.
In @Science.org we show that activity in 🧠 memory circuits (LEC) drifts constantly, but makes sharp jumps at key moments, segmenting life into meaningful events. (1/2)

👉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Event structure sculpts neural population dynamics in the lateral entorhinal cortex

Our experience of the world is a continuous stream of events that must be segmented and organized at multiple timescales. The neural mechanisms underlying this process remain unknown. In this work, we...

www.science.org

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layerfmri.bsky.social @layerfmri.bsky.social · May 27

At today's layer-fMRI seminar, @ofgulban.bsky.social presented stunning high resolution vein mapping tools.
It left me quite excited.
youtu.be/0V8fSjo2T2w?...

Faruk Gulban: Meso Veins Meet Layer fMRI in High-Speed Data Exploration for the New Mesoscopic Era

YouTube video by Layer fMRI

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Martin Lauritzen @mlauritz.bsky.social · May 6

Your brain functions not only as a thinking organ but also as a miniature water factory. We here calculate how much water neuronal mitochondria produce by glucose oxidation: 300-400 ml. Of that amount, 100 ml go into brain's interstitial fluid. fluidsbarrierscns.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

A budget for brain metabolic water production by glucose catabolism during rest, rises in activity and sleep - Fluids and Barriers of the CNS

Maintaining brain fluid homeostasis is of critical importance for creating a stable environment conducive to optimal neuronal functioning, nutrient distribution, and waste product removal. In this stu...

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Valentin Riedl @vavatin.bsky.social · Apr 30

truely multiscale brain data on neuroenergetics

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Apr 25

Cubing the brain into 703 tiny pieces reveals that not all mitochondria in the brain are alike.

By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/mitochondria...

Mitochondrial ‘landscape’ shifts across human brain

Evolutionarily newer regions sport mitochondria with a higher capacity for energy production than older regions, according to the first detailed map of the organelles in a tissue slice…

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Valentin Riedl @vavatin.bsky.social · Mar 27

The brain’s energy landscape as a potential window into brain health
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

(study led by Martin Picard and Michel Thiebaut de Schotten)

First map of human brain mitochondria is ‘groundbreaking’ achievement

Hundreds of cubes of human brain tissue help scientists to chart the energy-making capabilities of various brain regions.

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ISMRM @ismrm.bsky.social · Feb 28

Have questions about the ISMRM MiniHub in Lille, France? Get all your questions answered in an informal drop-in Zoom session with the Organizing Committee. Whether you're already registered or considering attending, stop by and ask us anything!

Register now: ow.ly/8Rgx50V6Xgr

#ISMRM #ISMRMMiniHub

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 16

Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78)

I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine

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Bratislav Misic @misicbata.bsky.social · Feb 12

Synaptome architecture shapes regional dynamics in the mouse brain | www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Led by Justine Hansen

Big news: there are all sorts of different synapse types in the brain 👀‼️⤵️

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Feb 7

Neurons primarily rely on glucose—rather than lactate from astrocytes—to generate energy,
according to recent findings in mice.

By @giorgiag-sciwriter.bsky.social

www.thetransmitter.org/metabolism/f...

Food for thought: Neuronal fuel source more flexible than previously recognized

The cells primarily rely on glucose—rather than lactate from astrocytes—to generate energy, according to recent findings in mice.

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Tobias Staudigl @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social · Jan 29

📢 New preprint from the lab:

We are very excited to report the discovery of an oscillation in the Central Thalamus using rare direct recordings of human thalamic electrophysiology.

The novel oscillation is tightly coupled to specific, natural states of consciousness.🧵

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Jan 28

Thalamic oscillations distinguish natural states of consciousness in humans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.28.635248v1

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Phil Corlett @philcorlett.bsky.social · Jan 16

David Lynch was an artist in all aspects of his life. I am a particular fan of his hair. He would have played Karl Friston in an fMRI biopic. RIP

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Valentin Riedl @vavatin.bsky.social · Dec 20

beautiful and heartwarming, 🙏 Ida… triggering good memories about my trip to Iran

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Ida Momennejad @neuroai.bsky.social · Dec 20

Honored that a piece I wrote made it to NYTimes. It’s about how my mom’s stroke changed my connection to time, science, and nature. What a privilege to honor my mom in Modern Love.
Below is a gift link. Let me know your thoughts 🙏🏼

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/s...

Grief Makes Us Time Travelers (Gift Article)

A neuroscientist studying memory, I used to believe time was linear. Then my mother had a stroke.

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Bratislav Misic @misicbata.bsky.social · Dec 19

Mapping neuropeptide signaling in the human brain | doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Neuropeptides are among the functionally diverse signaling molecules in the brain and body.

@cebric.bsky.social curates an atlas of neuropeptide receptors and relates it brain function 🧩 🧠 ⤵️

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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · Dec 14

Having a difficult day, but I'm glad to have microscopy to inspire me and hopefully inspire others as well. 💔
The brain keeps being amazing. These are neurons in the neocortex #FluorescenceFriday 🔬

Image from the microscope showing pyramidal neurons in the neocortex

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Tim Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social · Dec 9

Quick reminder that Elsevier's share price has doubled in the past 5 years:

www.relx.com/investors/sh...

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Valentin Riedl @vavatin.bsky.social · Dec 5

beautiful and elegant 👏

Ali Maximilian Erturk @erturklab.bsky.social · Dec 5

Imagine seeing a disease's impact on every cell in the body. Now, you can! We introduce MouseMapper, an AI tool to reveal system-wide disease perturbations. It reveals obesity-induced changes in facial nerves & body-wide inflammation 👉🧵https://biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.18.608300v1.full.pdf

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Philip Hubbard @philiphubbard.bsky.social · Dec 3

Here are some important populations of columnar neurons in the #Drosophila right optic lobe, from the #connectome released in April 2024 again. Note the subtle variations in morphologies. I made this video with Michael Reiser ( @michaelreiser.bsky.social), using neuVid driving #Blender.

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Valentin Riedl @vavatin.bsky.social · Dec 3

renzo, what did u take 🤣? …yet, beautiful!

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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · Dec 1

Intracranial lymphatic vessels in a larval zebrafish. Credit to @zebrafish007.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪

Intracranial lymphatic vessels in zebrafish with Qdot angiography in magenta, lymphatics in green, Bone in blue. Learn more at Castranova et al. 2020 Circulation Research

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Tim Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social · Dec 1

OK If we are moving to Bluesky I am rescuing my favourite ever twitter thread (Jan 2019).

The renamed:

Bluesky-sized history of neuroscience (biased by my interests)

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Ali Maximilian Erturk @erturklab.bsky.social · Nov 29

Our new study shows that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein accumulates & persists in the body for years after infection, especially in the skull-meninges-brain axis, potentially driving long COVID. mRNA vaccines help but cannot stop it🔬🧠🦠🧵Your weekend read👇
@cellpress.bsky.social
cell.com/cell-host-mi...

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Valentin Riedl @vavatin.bsky.social · Nov 27

please add me, 🙏

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