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How can we keep our brains healthy into old age?
Join neuroscientist @SarahMMcKay on #ABCCatalyst this Tuesday.
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Dr Sarah McKay
@SarahMMcKay
Author: 'Baby Brain: The surprising neuroscience of how pregnancy & motherhood sculpt our brains & change our minds (for the better).'
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Announcing a new paper: if all my papers were to disappear, but I could save one, this would be it!
We discuss “stress phenotypes”, person-specific patterns of affective, behavioral, cognitive, and somatic changes experienced under stress (1/6). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37126060/
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Huh. Cool.
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Do you know that astrocytes, like excitatory neurons, are organized into multiple layers across the cortical gray matter? But, astrocytes' laminar organization does not match the classic neuronal layers.
Take a look at this nice paper
nature.com/articles/s4159
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Training for my summer body? Fuck no! I’m training for my old lady body. Dense bones. Strong muscles. A healthy heart. Good balance. Functional independence.
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Women’s brain health. No longer an irrelevant mumsy niche!!
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Important and timely piece! Highly recommended read! These kind of articles get me really excited about my field of research #WomensHealth #menopause nature.com/articles/d4158
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It's been a busy morning. If you missed it, we're launching a big new study to find 'super memorisers' and try to understand how they achieve their remarkable feats of memory.
Anyone who believes they have an exceptional memory is invited to take part: tinyurl.com/memorysearch
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Mental disorders have traditionally been construed as discrete categories, distinct from each other and from normality. This fascinating paper argues that we should abandon this approach and instead adopt a dimensional approach to disorders. doi.org/10.1177/096372
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Sydney connections! 🇦🇺🏖
Next Tuesday evening, 9th May, I'll be in conversation with @drsophiebrock at Berkelouw Books in Mona Vale about my new book "Baby Brain. The surprising neuroscience of how pregnancy and mother sculpt our brains and change our minds (for the better)."
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Australia to ban non-prescription vapes in biggest smoking reforms in a decade | Health | The Guardian
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The Japanese call this practice tsundoku, and it may provide lasting benefits
Surrounding ourselves with unread books enriches our lives as they remind us of all we don't know. The Japanese call this practice tsundoku, and it may provide lasting benefits.
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theguardian.com/sport/2013/dec A few things. 1 . 2013 Sept was the second & final inquest both very public. 2. We travelled to Dublin & met with IRFU they said their concussion policy was adequate. 3. Dec. I spoke to The Guardian & this was printed.
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I guarantee a fair proportion of the male population will loose their minds over this data.
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On tomorrow’s Huberman Lab podcast, our guest describes data from their laboratory showing that smelling women’s tears can lower men’s testosterone. Here is one ref: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc
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Concussion in sport is a serious issue.
We want to make sure everyone is aware of how to recognise a concussion and what to do if they suspect someone is concussed.
New grassroots guidance released today - sportandrecreation.org.uk/policy/researc
#IfInDoubtSitThemOut
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Bravo. The more attention given to sport concussions the better.
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My debut book "A Delicate Game" has been shortlisted for a Sunday Times Sport Book Award! Feels more salient than ever given the current news about #concussion. Thank you to everyone that courageously shared their story and trusted me to carry it forward @sportsbookaward #sba23
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I feel I need to ask now. Does anyone else have a favourite element? What sings to thee from the periodic table, and why? (or not why. Love is love)
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This is fun.
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What is the greatest opening lyric of all time?
Updated preprint! How does our prefrontal cortex help us avoid threats? Here and show that three classes of mPFC projection neurons have specialized roles in threat avoidance. 1/n🧵biorxiv.org/content/10.110
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This is an important paper and amazing work. Thanks Elvisha!!
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My latest work with @AvramHolmes and @bttyeo evaluating the functional correlates of psychiatric illness-linked behaviors across the sexes is now out in @BiologicalPsyc1!
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Very pleased to share our newest bundle of joy (😜) hot off the press, where the wonderful Jennifer Richard, & I write about the need to consider factors such as pregnancy experience to gain a fulsome understanding of brain health
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This is extraordinary evidence of the brain-mind-body connection.
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Mental illness is a brain disorder? Right?
We thought so.
Hang on though, our new study @JAMAPsych shows that poor body health is a more pronounced manifestation of mental illness than poor brain health.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap
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She's here (well, the book that is) & thus begin the conversations I hope will change your mind about 'baby brain'.
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"Australian government expenditure in research and development...is the lowest of the world’s advanced economies and is continuing to decline." Great piece (as usual) by , although I am digesting with a malbec!
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“The stress of exercise on our muscles, tendons, bones, heart, vasculature, lung linings, and other tissues triggers a short burst of repair work, which is, of course, led by the inflammatory response.”
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Whaaaat!?
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When Vincent van Gogh started painting he didn't use bright colours — so what changed?
It's a story about the importance of what we consume and the people we spend time with...
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Reading things like this is just devastating. Isolation is so bad for people, but I know these decisions were made to try to protect frail older adults, I think there just wasn’t enough consideration of the harm of being cut off from family carers, both their care work and love.
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Swansea University compared 117,000 people shielding in Wales with the rest of the population of three million.
The study found deaths and healthcare usage were higher among shielding people than the general population. bbc.com/news/uk-wales-
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Gossips is still fun though for social bonding. I just try to restrict mine to musing over #MAFS & #BelowDeck
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Just think how much we can each and all create for sake of good, if we deliberately transmute the impulse to gossip or engage in ineffectual criticism, into thoughts and actions that actually build something. Choice points to do this abound.
And you’re never too young to start !!
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Been nodding off a bit more lately? Naps are good for the ageing brain. Find out why with neuroscientist @SarahMMcKay
#seniors #ageing #neuroscience
#nevertooold #brainhealth
#proaging #olderpeople
#proagingmovement
suddenlysenior.com.au/podcast-episod
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What's your favorite cell type and why is it Purkinje cells?
Always a treat to look at sparsely labeled PCs!
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The MIND lab is hiring!!! We have a full-time Research Assistant position to work on our new MRFF funded project on anhedonia in #FTD. Based at this will be a lot of fun. Details below (please share/RT):
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“I sacrificed my whole body for this beautiful heart”
A literally heart breaking read on the wonder and tragedy of organ transplantation. Tears 😭
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Was recently asked which scientific 'myth' I'd like to see banished forever
Obviously, given my field and output, I had to choose 'we only use 10% of our brains'
A common moan, sure. But it's not just a silly thing that leads to shoddy movie plots. It's worse than that
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Ecstatic to see this officially in print and making the cover is an honor!
@SOBP
bpsgos.org/issue/S2667-17
Shoutout to co-first and recently minted PhD Dr. @AndreaF_Fields and @Dr_BCallaghan for artistic talent (1/2)
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Fascinating.
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I analyse woman on woman aggression to discover upstream factors and behaviours to bullying.
Comparison can have a number outcomes. I highlight a few and their link to aggressive behaviour toward another person - even if you don't even know them.
What do you think?
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Wouldn’t live anywhere else.
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Not suggesting this will save the planet by itself
But FFS takeaway sushi places, why not have a bottle of soy sauce we can pour over a bento box or whatever
Instead of THOSE BLOODY PLASTIC FISH OF SOY SAUCE
Charge me an extra 50c for 2c of soy - I’ll pay it in a heartbeat
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Unfortunately, there is no magic helmet, unless one can be put around the brain inside the skull. Until then, the brain will continue to bounce off the skull upon impact. Helmets prevent skull fractures, not brain injuries. theathletic.com/4408866/2023/0 #NFL #football
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How photography changed art:
(will AI do the same to writing?)
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Two big mistakes in life:
1. Worrying about what other people think about you.
2. Believing that other people think about you in the first place.
The Spotlight Effect: What it is, why it’s dangerous, and how you can start dimming it.
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