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Dillan Newbold
@dillannewbold
MD/PhD student at @WUSTLmed working with @ndosenbach. Interested in human brain plasticity. He/him. #BlackLivesMatter #MedicareForAll #Feminism
Aug 20, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Twitter thesis day 3: Recording of human brain activity

This thread's a little longer and it's still impossible to cover this topic in anything close to a comprehensive fashion. But here are some highlights: Historically, neuroscience has been limited mostly to animal experimentation. The electrophysiological, histological and biochemical methods classically used to study the brain are far too invasive to use in humans
Jun 16, 2020 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
After 10 years in #neuroscience as an undergrad and #PhD student, I'm thrilled to announce my first ever scientific paper: Plasticity and Spontaneous Activity Pulses in Disused Human Brain Circuits
cell.com/neuron/fulltex…
(thread below) @ndosenbach, @hashtagAshleyN and one other crazy neuroscientist wore casts on their dominant arms for two weeks. They all lost ~40 lb of grip strength