Researchers Discover Molecular Difference in Autistic Brains
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/molecular-difference-in-autistic-brains/
#HackerNews #Researchers #Discover #Molecular #Difference #in #Autistic #Brains #autism #research #neuroscience #molecularbiology #mentalhealth #science #news
Happy to announce that our #JOSS paper on #MotilA is now published 😊
MotilA is an #OpenSource #Python pipeline for quantifying microglial fine-process motility in 3D/4D in vivo multiphoton #imaging data. It is specifically designed for reproducible, batch-scale analysis.
The paper describes the methodology, implementation, and scope of the software:
📄 https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.09267
💻 https://github.com/FabrizioMusacchio/MotilA
📘 https://motila.readthedocs.io/
MotilA – A Python pipeline for the analysis of microglial fine process motility in 3D time-lapse multiphoton microscopy data
Here's a very interesting paper from the #KeinathLab:
In the absence of task or reward, #PlaceCells appear to reflect the past history of behavioural biases, i.e. the accumulated past paths taken by each individual mouse. I am actually starting to think that #HippocampalReplay is doing a similar thing - just reflecting an average of the individual's past behaviour, and that all supposed "coding" of reward is purely driven by this (notice how reward "coding" always seems to happen in cases where reward biases the behavioural patterns..) 👀🧠🤔
Very cool retrospective AND review of the hippocampal #SpatialCognition field from Neil Burgess:
Oscillations and Boundaries in My Route Through the Hippocampal Cognitive Map
Mentions @adredish @tom_hartley and many others, unfortunately not on Mastodon I think
#Neuroscience #PlaceCells #GridCells #Hippocampus #ThetaRhythm
40 percent of MRI signals do not correspond to actual brain activity
#HackerNews #MRI #BrainActivity #Neuroscience #Research #MedicalImaging #BrainSignals
🧠 New paper by Huang et al.: By using #pharmacological #fMRI and dynamic #connectome-based #PredictiveModeling, they show how #cortisol reshapes whole-brain #NetworkDynamics during emotional memory encoding. Trial-level analyses reveal distinct but increasingly integrated #arousal and #memory networks under #stress, supporting a hormonally driven "memory formation mode".
Here's a very interesting paper from the #KeinathLab:
In the absence of task or reward, #PlaceCells appear to reflect the past history of behavioural biases, i.e. the accumulated past paths taken by each individual mouse. I am actually starting to think that #HippocampalReplay is doing a similar thing - just reflecting an average of the individual's past behaviour, and that all supposed "coding" of reward is purely driven by this (notice how reward "coding" always seems to happen in cases where reward biases the behavioural patterns..) 👀🧠🤔
Very cool retrospective AND review of the hippocampal #SpatialCognition field from Neil Burgess:
Oscillations and Boundaries in My Route Through the Hippocampal Cognitive Map
Mentions @adredish @tom_hartley and many others, unfortunately not on Mastodon I think
#Neuroscience #PlaceCells #GridCells #Hippocampus #ThetaRhythm
Applications are open for the second Neuroinformatics Unit Open Software Summer School, August 17-28 2025 in London, UK!
Bringing together researchers and developers of open-source software for training and collaboration. Financial support available.
RE: https://mastodon.online/@neuroinformatics/115643481413121555
I'll be coordinating the "Animals in Motion" track of this summer school, returning to London in August 2026.
Apply to join us for some hands-on learning and collaboration on open-source tools for video behavioural analysis.
We're excited to share that Neuromatch is now an official Scientific Member of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO). 🎉 We look forward to advancing our shared mission of promoting global neuroscience and unlocking each other's potential to drive our organization forward.
🤓 We join 100 other global members connecting 95,000+ neuroscientists across 71 countries. Learn more here: https://ibro.org/ibro-now-has-over-100-members/
First was an engaging conversation with Tatiana Engel on how low-dimensional function is embedded in high-dimensional networks in the brain on the Brain Inspired podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jb_DjyZ_LY (2/10) #neuroscience
How do you think the brain "stores" our personal memories? 🧠
This is a question for everyone out there, especially for non-neuroscientists and regardless of education level or familiarity with biology.
I'd just like to hear all your ideas and theories, however crazy they may sound. Be as specific or vague as you like. Please do not look at the answers before giving yours so you are not influenced.
More specifically:
Boosts welcome but answers even more welcome!
We're excited to share that Neuromatch is now an official Scientific Member of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO). 🎉 We look forward to advancing our shared mission of promoting global neuroscience and unlocking each other's potential to drive our organization forward.
🤓 We join 100 other global members connecting 95,000+ neuroscientists across 71 countries. Learn more here: https://ibro.org/ibro-now-has-over-100-members/
Applications are open for the second Neuroinformatics Unit Open Software Summer School, August 17-28 2025 in London, UK!
Bringing together researchers and developers of open-source software for training and collaboration. Financial support available.
RE: https://mastodon.online/@neuroinformatics/115643481413121555
I'll be coordinating the "Animals in Motion" track of this summer school, returning to London in August 2026.
Apply to join us for some hands-on learning and collaboration on open-source tools for video behavioural analysis.
🚨Our latest paper, Electrical Spinal Imaging: A noninvasive, high‑resolution approach that enables electrophysiological mapping of the human spinal cord is out now in PLOS Biology
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003116
It's not only fancy figures, let me show you ⬇️
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First was an engaging conversation with Tatiana Engel on how low-dimensional function is embedded in high-dimensional networks in the brain on the Brain Inspired podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jb_DjyZ_LY (2/10) #neuroscience
