Super excited for Ningfei Li to receive the highly prestigious NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund – as of yesterday, Ningfei is Full Professor at the Xian University and has joined a new AI institute! We are both excited to continue our collaboration on @lead-dbs.org and connectomic DBS!

Just dropped in @natcomms.nature.com: we show that re-engaging a thalamic–ventral tegmental circuit with deep brain stimulation can reignite consciousness in patients with severe brain injury. Work led by Aaron Warren, with @andreashorn.org @foxmdphd.bsky.social @ others! tinyurl.com/4kz8j89b

@foxmdphd.bsky.social's legendary anticorrelation paper has now been cited over 10.000 times and this was reason for a dedicated PNAS cake. Congratulations again, Mike, for this unbelievable pioneering effort that opened up the then novel field of resting-state fMRI! @braincircuits.bsky.social

What a number! 🔜 🎉🥳🎊🍾 @foxmdphd.bsky.social!

Hard to keep track about all the great things our labmembers have achieved recently:

Now available in typeset form - gift link to study: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Very hard to say goodbye to these fantastic people. I will miss you guys! @braincircuits.bsky.social!

Probably the most insightful and most important paper on physiomarkers of subthalamic DBS in a long while. Bravo @julianneumann.bsky.social @tsbinns.com and team!! Out at @natcomms.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In this month’s “Liftoff,” Thomas Elston talks about the need for new PIs to develop their ability to cultivate others' thinking, and @taylersheahan.bsky.social explains how opening a lab is a lot like early parenthood. By @franciscorr25.bsky.social #neuroskyence bit.ly/4j7G1f3

Was fun to do a podcast about our recent paper on creativity and brain disease with Dr Norman Swan @abcnewsbot.bsky.social @braincircuits.bsky.social @foxmdphd.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Looking for an awesome postdoc opportunity in neurophysiology and neuromodulation? Then check out this exciting opening! You’ll work on cutting-edge research, all while being mentored by @carinaoehrn.bsky.social – one of the most talented and fun people around. Can’t beat that!

I learned so much from a very sharp mind in this conversation. Equipped w an undergrad mathematics at Harvard, Medschool at Harvard, PhD at MIT, Terry has begun deeply thinking about dystonia and neuromodulation early on and has come up with a very unique sEEG based approach to treat tough cases.

Check out our latest release of Stimulating Brains with a introduction recorded by a newcomer 😏! Dr. Sanger talked about how his background in neuroscience, engineering and clinical experiences shaped his path to become one of the top pediatric neurologists. Stay tuned 🥳🥳🥳

Is generalized epilepsy a seizure of the whole brain or a specific brain network? In our new paper out now in @naturecomms.bsky.social, we investigate this by combining brain abnormalities and DBS with the human connectome. Paper: nature.com/articles/s41... A 🧵 below:

We think of white matter as the brain's highways—uniform conduits between cortices. But what if we study development along tracts? Turns out the journey matters as much as the cortical destination! We're thrilled to share “Two Axes of White Matter Development” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/n

Had a really insightful conversation with @toddherrington.bsky.social, the director of the DBS program at @massgeneralbrigham.bsky.social MGH about adaptive DBS, stem cell research and novel forms of neuromodulation! Tune in here 👇🎧👇🎧

Happy to share our most recent paper about the neural underpinnings of essential tremor. We mapped tremor-related changes of thalamocortical coupling and provide evidence for thalamo-cerebellar synchronization. Congrats to 1st author Alex Steina and thank u Düsseldorf team! doi.org/10.1002/mds....

If a doctor is going to stimulate your brain, should they receive special training first? Congrats @shansiddiqi.bsky.social @braincircuits.bsky.social on leading this effort to make brain stimulation a certified clinical subspecialty: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Want to learn DBS electrode localization with @lead-dbs.org while being able to verify your results? This new tool from the @netstim.org lab lets you compare your performance against experts. Spearheaded by Savir Madan & @laurenahart.bsky.social

Madan and Hart et al. introduce Lead-Tutor, an open-access educational resource that combines an imaging dataset of anonymized DBS cases with a software tool for self-teaching: doi.org/10.52294/001... @laurenahart.bsky.social @andreashorn.org @jordytasserie.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social

Lead-DBS v3.2 is out now – featuring Lead-Tutor, lots of code fixes and improvements, as well as some new atlases. Read all about it here: www.lead-dbs.org?na=view&id=31

Excited to have my PhD project paper exploring the network mechanisms of neuromodulation accepted for publication! We show how deep brain stimulation and medication exert a shared modulation of motor network synchrony in Parkinson's disease.

I’m so thrilled to finally share the news of my NIH NINDS K99/R00 Pathway to Independence award!!! 🎉💃🏼 Long awaited and a little beam of light amidst the chaos and impending doom 😅 Words cannot express how much this opportunity to launch the next phase of my career means to me. A few notes below...

En route to Kobe already! 🇯🇵 Who else is coming? Folks interested in joining the lab (and everyone else of course) feel free to approach me!

Pretty sure I don‘t have to introduce Andy, so to make it very short: interested in DBS and brain networks? Check out this super exciting new institute in Cologne!

It’s a no brainer to join THE BEST brainer! 🧠@andreashorn.org is hiring, don’t wait to apply! Great opportunity to work with one of the best mentors and people in the field ☺️

Andy is one of those rare mentors who genuinely invests in your scientific and personal growth—challenging you, supporting you, and helping you become a better scientist than you thought possible. Don’t miss the chance to be part of his team in Cologne—it’s a special opportunity! 🧠🪄

Excited to introduce our database of icons for MDS-UPDRS-III items in Parkinson’s disease! Available at osf.io/ybcah/ in various formats for easy edits. We hope these icons help enhancing science communication. Big thanks to @andreashorn.org, @lukasgoede.bsky.social and the patients for their input!

Ever needed illustrations to visualize UPDRS-III exams? Well, @patriciazvarova.bsky.social just made some - free and open to use for anyone! Check them out below 👇👇

Does human creativity map to a specific brain circuit? Can damage to this brain circuit increase creativity? New paper by Julian Kutsche @isaiahneuro.bsky.social @braincircuits.bsky.social out today in JAMA Network says answer to both is YES. Paper is open access and great thread below:

How can a brain disease increase creativity? We derive a brain circuit from creative tasks demonstrating they share reduced activity in the right frontal pole. Then we show that brain lesions & neurodegeneration that increase creativity are connected to this location jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Looking forward to speaking at Yale tomorrow – if anyone local wants to join see talk info below!

A must-read! 💥 This milestone paper from the brilliant minds of @andrewpines.bsky.social, @shansiddiqi.bsky.social & team explores whether lesions driving psychosis are linked to a shared brain network. Dive into the tweetorial by Andrew below and the full paper here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Can damage to a specific brain circuit cause psychosis? New paper out today by @andrewpines.bsky.social @shansiddiqi.bsky.social says Yes! Hub of the circuit is in the hippocampus - great alignment with NMDA encephalitis. @braincircuits.bsky.social

Following up on my previous post, the illustration we were talking about. Which, of course, wouldn’t be possible without my friend’s brilliant article.

@stimulatingbrains.org kicking off 2025 with a must-see talk by my talented lab mate & friend, Aysu Sahin, alongside Dr. Aysegul Gunduz! 🎉 Not to be missed! 🗓️ Jan 30th | ⏰ 12 ET / 6 PM CET 🔗 Registration (free): stimulatingbrains.org/talk-series/

Interested in modeling DBS induced white matter activations? Konstantin Butenko has a new preprint on all the options available within OSS-DBS / @lead-dbs.org including Electric Field Projections and probabilistic Pathway Activation Modeling: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

doi.org/10.3171/2024... Thrilled to unveil our multicenter study—featuring Bern, Hannover, Innsbruck, Milan, Oxford, & Toronto—mapping thalamic #DBS response regions for central post- #stroke #pain. A step forward in understanding and treating this challenging condition! @lead-dbs.org

Thrilled to see this published! Fascinating work led by Konstantin Butenko & @andreashorn.org on DBS in the subthalamic region, identifying two distinct networks for treating limb/blepharospasm vs. axial dystonia—paving the way for more targeted therapies! 👏👏 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2417617122

Do we need to stimulate different circuits to improve different dystonia symptoms with STN DBS? Work by Konstantin Butenko, @andreashorn.org @braincircuits.bsky.social out today in @PNAS says yes: Engaging dystonia networks with subthalamic stimulation | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Cool to see our work from @braincircuits.bsky.social featured in @sciam.bsky.social today. Great read on an interesting and bizarre neurological condition. www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

Today we say goodbye to @bahnebahners.bsky.social who spent the last year with us as a Thiemann visiting fellow – safe travels, don't be a stranger & thank you so much for bringing so much fun, joy and science into the lab & the @braincircuits.bsky.social!

If circuits are in danger - we’re always here for the rescue!

The final (& an amazing!) installment of the 2024 talk series is here! Join us on Thursday, Dec 19 to hear @bahnebahners.bsky.social and @allisonwatersphd.bsky.social discuss bridging the gap between electrophysiology and neuromodulation! Register for free here: stimulatingbrains.org/talk-series/

Why do different studies of brain atrophy in schizophrenia identify different brain regions? New paper by @braincircuits.bsky.social shows these regions are part of one common network. www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/new...

In case you missed the excellent talk from @fredschaper.bsky.social and Robert Fisher last month, the recording has been uploaded: youtu.be/pjIfTYQkqUE Mark your calendars for the next installment on December 19th with the fantastic @bahnebahners.bsky.social and @allisonwatersphd.bsky.social!

Very cool subthalamic lesion study relating anatomical location and connections to symptom-specific outcomes in PD: similar topographies as in my amazing colleague‘s @nanditharajamani.bsky.social recent work on symptom-specific DBS outcomes (doi.org/10.1038/s414...) doi.org/10.1126/scia...

This month's issue of @naturehumbehav.bsky.social covers such an important - and under-discussed and researched - topic. For more, see the collection here: www.nature.com/collections/...

First episode as a co-producer of @stimulatingbrains.org! I listened to the whole conversation while editing and began to understand the true values of patient-centered research. As a young future doctor, I am not only faced with diseases, but loving and inspiring souls with a lot stories to tell.❤️

…all I want for christmas – is youu!! 🎶🎵