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Nov 21 13 tweets 3 min read
Pregnancy rewires the paternal brain.

🧵1/12 Image These findings are from a viewpoint in @JAMAPsych which described how the paternal brain is wired by pregnancy. 2/12 jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…Image
Nov 19 14 tweets 3 min read
Fat cells have a ‘memory’ of obesity.

🧵1/11 Image These findings are from a study in @nature which analysed fat tissue from a group of people with severe obesity, as well as from a control group of people who had never had obesity. 2/11 nature.com/articles/s4158…Image
Nov 17 13 tweets 3 min read
A scientist treated her own cancer, then published the findings.

🧵1/12 Image These findings are from a case report in @Vaccines_MDPI which describe a 50-year-old self-experimenting virologist with breast cancer who was able to proceed to simple tumour resection after receiving multiple injections of virus preparations. 2/12 mdpi.com/2076-393X/12/9…Image
Nov 14 12 tweets 3 min read
Our study found that an emergency department visit for hallucinogen use was associated with a 21x risk of developing schizophrenia.

🧵1/11 Image These findings are from our study in @JAMAPsych which examined whether individuals with an emergency department (ED) visit involving hallucinogen use had an increased risk of developing a schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD). 2/11 jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…Image
Nov 13 10 tweets 3 min read
First born children have higher IQ than their siblings.

🧵1/9 Image These findings are from a study in @PNASNews which examined the long-standing question of whether a person’s position among siblings has a lasting impact on that person’s life course. 2/9 pnas.org/doi/full/10.10…Image
Nov 11 10 tweets 3 min read
Non-neural human cells can store memories - similar to brain cells.

🧵1/9 Image These findings are from a study in @NatureMedicine which demonstrated the massed-spaced effect in non-neural, immortalized cell lines. 2/9 nature.com/articles/s4146…Image
Nov 10 14 tweets 2 min read
Running led to similar remission rates for depression and anxiety compared to antidepressants.

🧵1/10 Image These findings are from a study in @els_psychiatry which examined effects of antidepressants versus running therapy on both mental and physical health. 2/10 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…Image
Nov 4 11 tweets 2 min read
The brain–body energy conservation model of aging.

🧵1/11 Image These findings are from a perspective in @NatureAging which proposed a novel model for aging. 2/11 nature.com/articles/s4358…Image
Nov 3 13 tweets 3 min read
Development of an “exercise pill”.

🧵1/12 Image These findings are from a paper in @JPhysiol which considered the complex challenges of designing a pill that might mimic the extensive range of exercise benefits. 2/12 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP…Image
Nov 1 11 tweets 3 min read
Having a pet dog is associated with a decreased risk of developing schizophrenia.

🧵1/9 Image These findings are from a study in @PLOSONE which investigated the relationship between exposure to a household pet dog during the first 12 years of life and having a subsequent diagnosis of schizophrenia. 2/9 journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…Image
Oct 31 12 tweets 3 min read
An empathic brain may predispose to depression.

🧵1/11 Image These findings are from a review in @FrontNeurosci which shed light on the neural correlates of empathy in depression. 2/11 frontiersin.org/journals/human…Image
Oct 29 13 tweets 3 min read
The forgotten psychedelic (2C-B) increases whole-brain complexity.

🧵1/11 Image These findings are from a study in @biorxivpreprint which explored the neural correlates of 2C-B using resting−state functional MRI in 22 healthy volunteers who received matched doses of 20 mg 2C-B, 15 mg psilocybin and placebo. 2/11 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…Image
Oct 27 11 tweets 3 min read
Tryptophan aromaticity as a catalyst for the emergence of life and rise of consciousness.

🧵1/10 Image These findings are from a paper in @ElsevierPhysics which reviewed the literature and integrated evidence from different scientific fields to explore the role tryptophan plays in living organisms. 2/10 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…Image
Oct 24 10 tweets 3 min read
Cat ownership is associated with a 2x odds of developing schizophrenia.

🧵1/10 Image These findings are from a study in @schizbulletin which aimed to determine the relationship between cat ownership and schizophrenia-related outcomes. 2/10 academic.oup.com/schizophreniab…Image
Oct 22 11 tweets 3 min read
Psilocybin leads to global increases in brain network integration.

🧵1/10 Image These findings are from a study in @NatureMedicine which assessed the subacute impact of psilocybin on brain function in two clinical trials of depression. 2/10 nature.com/articles/s4159…Image
Oct 18 11 tweets 3 min read
Sex differences in the adult human brain.

🧵1/11 Image These findings are from a study in @oxfordjournals which reported the largest single-sample study of structural and functional sex differences in the human brain. 2/11 academic.oup.com/cercor/article…Image
Oct 15 16 tweets 3 min read
A single dose of psilocybin changes the brain.

🧵1/12 Image These findings are from a study in @biorxivpreprint which investigated the effects of psilocybin in healthy human adults with no prior psychedelic experience. 2/12 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…Image
Oct 13 11 tweets 3 min read
Dark chocolate improves mood via the gut-brain axis.

🧵1/10 Image These findings are from a study in @JNutrBiochem which aimed to investigate the effects of dark chocolate intake on mood in everyday life, with special emphasis on the gut-brain axis. 2/10 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…Image
Oct 11 13 tweets 2 min read
What causes the northern lights (aurora borealis)?

🧵1/10 Image The northern lights, or the aurora borealis, are beautiful dancing ribbons of light that have captivated people for millennia; but for all its beauty, this spectacular light show is a rather violent event. 2/10
Oct 9 11 tweets 2 min read
The three levels of activity of psilocybin.

🧵1/11 Image These findings are from a commentary in @cellcellpress which provides an overview of the mechanism of action of psychedelics. 2/11 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…Image
Oct 7 9 tweets 2 min read
Brain stimulation targets for PTSD.

🧵1/9 Image These findings are from a study in @NatureNeuro which analyzed three datasets to study brain circuitry causally linked to PTSD in military veterans. 2/9 nature.com/articles/s4159…Image