Alec Jamieson
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Postdoc investigating alterations in functional brain connectivity for those with mood disorders
Our latest work is now out in
@natmentalhealth.nature.com
! We examined the role of the basal forebrain and its influence on intrinsic brain networks in depressive and anxiety disorders. đź”—
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@psychunimelb.bsky.social
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@mbciu.bsky.social
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Altered basal forebrain regulation of intrinsic brain networks in depressive and anxiety disorders - Nature Mental Health
Using 7T resting-state functional MRI data, the authors investigate the effective connectivity of basal forebrain areas in a transdiagnostic sample of patients with anxiety and depression and healthy ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-025-00496-2
4 months ago
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Damien Fair
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I still get chills Meet Mike *30+ years severe depression *first hospitalized @ 13y *20 meds *3 rounds of ECT *2 near-fatal suicide attempts Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Matthew Greaves
8 months ago
🚨 Out now in Nat. Commun! Led by Po-Han (Terry) Kung & Trevor Steward (not @ Bluesky). 🔗
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The habenula—a tiny midbrain hub—is implicated in restructuring negative self-beliefs.
#7TfMRI
#Habenula
#DCM
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Habenula contributions to negative self-cognitions - Nature Communications
Self-related cognitions are central to identity and wellbeing. Using 7-Tesla MRI, Kung et al map a dynamic network centred on the habenula demonstrating its role in encoding self-directed thinking and...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59611-7
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Kelly Kirkland
about 1 year ago
Australian universities are facing some tough times—poor funding rates, job cuts, and declining student enrolments. I discussed with
@drjr.bsky.social
how early-career researchers are being deeply hurt by these challenges in this
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
piece:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Falling enrolments and funding cuts force Australian universities to take stock
The Australian Universities Accord offers a roadmap for reform, but there are major challenges ahead.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03638-1
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Alex Pike
about 1 year ago
I'm recruiting a 23-month postdoc! If you're interesting in
#ComputationalPsychiatry
or
#EatingDisorders
research please apply and/or get in touch - very happy to have informal chats with potential applicants, and put you in touch with existing members of my lab.
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
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Jobs - The University of York
https://jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/research-associate-574672.html
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Alan Carson
about 1 year ago
This essay has been long overdue. Chapeau to Tom Pollock for writing it.
academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
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Why inflammatory reductionism is a threat to psychiatry (and the rest of medicine)
Thomas Pollak explores the emergence of a new worldview which attempts to explain all manner of ills as the result of inflammation or immune dysfunction. H
https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awae381/7906094?utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=brain&utm_medium=email
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