@angelikaza.bsky.social
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Thrilled to share our review on imaging and fluid biomarkers in dementia with Lewy bodies with @angelikaza.bsky.social and wonderful collaborators Brit Mollenhauer Louis CS Tan Michael Bartl and Nick Fox @uclqsion.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Diagnostic and other biomarkers of dementia with Lewy bodies: from research to clinical settings
Dementia with Lewy bodies is characterised clinically by visual hallucinations, fluctuating cognitive function, parkinsonism, and rapid eye movement s…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Thrilled to share our review on imaging and fluid biomarkers in dementia with Lewy bodies with @angelikaza.bsky.social and wonderful collaborators Brit Mollenhauer Louis CS Tan Michael Bartl and Nick Fox @uclqsion.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert!
This Friday, October 3rd, the brain meeting speaker will be Prof Li Su giving a talk entitled "Digital twin models that talk the talk and walk the walk"
All welcome, in person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
This Friday, October 3rd, the brain meeting speaker will be Prof Li Su giving a talk entitled "Digital twin models that talk the talk and walk the walk"
All welcome, in person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
September 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert!
This Friday, October 3rd, the brain meeting speaker will be Prof Li Su giving a talk entitled "Digital twin models that talk the talk and walk the walk"
All welcome, in person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
This Friday, October 3rd, the brain meeting speaker will be Prof Li Su giving a talk entitled "Digital twin models that talk the talk and walk the walk"
All welcome, in person or online. For more information:
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event
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Parkinson’s is now the fastest growing neurological condition in the world.
In this podcast, Dr Sonia Gandhi (@uclqsion.bsky.social) shares more about her work to reverse that trend.
🎧 Listen now:
In this podcast, Dr Sonia Gandhi (@uclqsion.bsky.social) shares more about her work to reverse that trend.
🎧 Listen now:
The Life Scientific - Sonia Gandhi on building model brains to tackle Parkinson’s disease - BBC Sounds
Sonia Gandhi on trying to tackle the fastest-growing neurological condition in the world.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Parkinson’s is now the fastest growing neurological condition in the world.
In this podcast, Dr Sonia Gandhi (@uclqsion.bsky.social) shares more about her work to reverse that trend.
🎧 Listen now:
In this podcast, Dr Sonia Gandhi (@uclqsion.bsky.social) shares more about her work to reverse that trend.
🎧 Listen now:
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At UCL, AI is revolutionising dementia research; from faster Alzheimer’s diagnosis to tracking progression and developing new treatments.
This #WorldAlzheimersMonth, explore how our neuroscience experts are improving lives: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKQv...
This #WorldAlzheimersMonth, explore how our neuroscience experts are improving lives: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKQv...
September 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
At UCL, AI is revolutionising dementia research; from faster Alzheimer’s diagnosis to tracking progression and developing new treatments.
This #WorldAlzheimersMonth, explore how our neuroscience experts are improving lives: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKQv...
This #WorldAlzheimersMonth, explore how our neuroscience experts are improving lives: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKQv...
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TOMORROW: Prof Selina Wray (@uclqsion.bsky.social) explores what’s next in dementia research at our free Lunch Hour Lecture.
Don't miss out! 👇
#DementiaResearch #WorldAlzheimersMonth
Don't miss out! 👇
#DementiaResearch #WorldAlzheimersMonth
🧠 What if we could watch dementia unfold in a dish—and stop it before it starts?
Join Prof @selinawray.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social) on 18 Sept for a free UCL Lunch Hour Lecture exploring the future of dementia research.
📅 1–2pm | 💻 Online
👉 buff.ly/4pVcVhG
Join Prof @selinawray.bsky.social (@uclqsion.bsky.social) on 18 Sept for a free UCL Lunch Hour Lecture exploring the future of dementia research.
📅 1–2pm | 💻 Online
👉 buff.ly/4pVcVhG
September 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
TOMORROW: Prof Selina Wray (@uclqsion.bsky.social) explores what’s next in dementia research at our free Lunch Hour Lecture.
Don't miss out! 👇
#DementiaResearch #WorldAlzheimersMonth
Don't miss out! 👇
#DementiaResearch #WorldAlzheimersMonth
Delighted to finally be able to share this! www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc... Super grateful to everyone who has supported me along the way @ukri.org @alzheimersresearchuk.org @parkinsons.org.uk @uclqsion.bsky.social - most of all my amazing colleagues and mentors at the DRC! Can't wait to get started!!
UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences researchers awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships
Dr Angelika Zarkali and Dr Mathieu Bourdenx have received the prestigious fellowship to lead vital research and develop their careers.
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Delighted to finally be able to share this! www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc... Super grateful to everyone who has supported me along the way @ukri.org @alzheimersresearchuk.org @parkinsons.org.uk @uclqsion.bsky.social - most of all my amazing colleagues and mentors at the DRC! Can't wait to get started!!
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New paper from our lab now in @nature.com . We show that our brains use basis functions or "building blocks" to navigate social interactions. Rather than tracking every individual separately, social information is compressed into patterns that can be flexibly combined. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Basis functions for complex social decisions in dorsomedial frontal cortex - Nature
A study combining group decision-making tasks with fMRI shows that the brain’s dorsomedial prefrontal cortex uses basis functions, similar to those in the visual, motor and spatial domains, to re...
www.nature.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
New paper from our lab now in @nature.com . We show that our brains use basis functions or "building blocks" to navigate social interactions. Rather than tracking every individual separately, social information is compressed into patterns that can be flexibly combined. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Really interesting study and a great showcase of how tUS can be used to probe mechanisms! 👏👏
We are super excited about the first human transcranial ultrasound study from our lab which is now on BiorXiv, showing the amygdala‘s role in processing ambiguous emotions and showing TUS changed resting-state connectivity and metabolite concentrations (GABA) in the amygdala - a huge team effort! 🥳🙏🏼
Very happy to share my first preprint from @oxexppsy.bsky.social @oxneuro.bsky.social ! We (me + co-first authors @lilweb.bsky.social @mirunarascu.bsky.social + PI @mkflugge.bsky.social + many others) used transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation (TUS/tFUS/LIFU) of the human amygdala ... (1/15)
August 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really interesting study and a great showcase of how tUS can be used to probe mechanisms! 👏👏
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🧠 Study the science of the brain and mind in London & Paris with our international Brain and Mind Sciences MSc.
Apply now for a September start: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
@UCLBrainScience
Apply now for a September start: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
@UCLBrainScience
August 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🧠 Study the science of the brain and mind in London & Paris with our international Brain and Mind Sciences MSc.
Apply now for a September start: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
@UCLBrainScience
Apply now for a September start: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
@UCLBrainScience
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🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
August 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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We are recruiting a new PI at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social, Associate or Full Professor. This is an amazing place to do cognitive neuroscience, in the heart of London. If you or someone you know might be interested, please pass it on. #neuroskyence
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
August 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We are recruiting a new PI at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social, Associate or Full Professor. This is an amazing place to do cognitive neuroscience, in the heart of London. If you or someone you know might be interested, please pass it on. #neuroskyence
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Can we use what we’ve learned about cognitive maps to understand social cognition, including theory of mind?
If you’re interested in answering this question then this is a fantastic postdoc opportunity with @mkwittmann.bsky.social in collaboration with @summerfieldlab.bsky.social and my lab.
If you’re interested in answering this question then this is a fantastic postdoc opportunity with @mkwittmann.bsky.social in collaboration with @summerfieldlab.bsky.social and my lab.
📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢
🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.
Please RT
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method.
Please RT
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
August 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Can we use what we’ve learned about cognitive maps to understand social cognition, including theory of mind?
If you’re interested in answering this question then this is a fantastic postdoc opportunity with @mkwittmann.bsky.social in collaboration with @summerfieldlab.bsky.social and my lab.
If you’re interested in answering this question then this is a fantastic postdoc opportunity with @mkwittmann.bsky.social in collaboration with @summerfieldlab.bsky.social and my lab.
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New research from @angelikaza.bsky.social & colleagues finds impaired glymphatic clearance (measured using diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space) is linked to poor cognitive outcomes in #Parkinsons
movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
August 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
New research from @angelikaza.bsky.social & colleagues finds impaired glymphatic clearance (measured using diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space) is linked to poor cognitive outcomes in #Parkinsons
movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Great to see this published @movedisorder.bsky.social movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...: We found that DTI-ALPS (a proposed indirect proxy for glymphatic clearance) is lower in Parkinson's patients who progress to poor cognitive outcomes, and correlates with cognition. 1/2
Impaired Glymphatic Clearance, Measured Using Diffusion Tensor Image Analysis Along the Perivascular Space (DTI‐ALPS), is Linked to Poor Cognitive Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease
Background Impaired glymphatic clearance may contribute to pathological accumulations in Parkinson's (PD), but how it interacts with other processes causing dementia remains unclear. Diffusion tenso...
movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Great to see this published @movedisorder.bsky.social movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...: We found that DTI-ALPS (a proposed indirect proxy for glymphatic clearance) is lower in Parkinson's patients who progress to poor cognitive outcomes, and correlates with cognition. 1/2
Really beautiful work @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social @smfleming.bsky.social! Finally the missing link between perception, imagery and expectations? Now we need a Parkinson's dataset to test ;-)
After five years of confused staring at Greek letters, it is my absolute pleasure to finally share our (with @smfleming.bsky.social) computational model of mental imagery and reality monitoring: Perceptual Reality Monitoring as Higher-Order inference on Sensory Precision ✨
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
July 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Really beautiful work @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social @smfleming.bsky.social! Finally the missing link between perception, imagery and expectations? Now we need a Parkinson's dataset to test ;-)
Daily steps and health outcomes in adults: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis - The Lancet Public Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Daily steps and health outcomes in adults: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis
Although 10 000 steps per day can still be a viable target for those who are more
active, 7000 steps per day is associated with clinically meaningful improvements in
health outcomes and might be a mor...
www.thelancet.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Daily steps and health outcomes in adults: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis - The Lancet Public Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Join the new Cognition and Lewy Body Diseases Study Group to collaboratively study and advance research related to Lewy Body Diseases and Movement Disorders. Learn more: https://loom.ly/eiJ9MEE
Cognition and Lewy Body Diseases Study Group
www.movementdisorders.org
July 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Join the new Cognition and Lewy Body Diseases Study Group to collaboratively study and advance research related to Lewy Body Diseases and Movement Disorders. Learn more: https://loom.ly/eiJ9MEE
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Human cortex organizes dynamic co-fluctuations along sensation-association axis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.14.660681v1
July 17, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Human cortex organizes dynamic co-fluctuations along sensation-association axis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.14.660681v1
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New paper!
We introduce an efficient set of statistical features for fMRI time series (calibrated on mouse manipulation experiments and tested on mouse and human data): catchaMouse16.
Paper: doi.org/10.52294/001...
Code (python/Matlab/C): github.com/DynamicsAndN...
We introduce an efficient set of statistical features for fMRI time series (calibrated on mouse manipulation experiments and tested on mouse and human data): catchaMouse16.
Paper: doi.org/10.52294/001...
Code (python/Matlab/C): github.com/DynamicsAndN...
July 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
New paper!
We introduce an efficient set of statistical features for fMRI time series (calibrated on mouse manipulation experiments and tested on mouse and human data): catchaMouse16.
Paper: doi.org/10.52294/001...
Code (python/Matlab/C): github.com/DynamicsAndN...
We introduce an efficient set of statistical features for fMRI time series (calibrated on mouse manipulation experiments and tested on mouse and human data): catchaMouse16.
Paper: doi.org/10.52294/001...
Code (python/Matlab/C): github.com/DynamicsAndN...
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I am unbelievably proud to have my first senior author paper published today! It was a long slog through multiple review cycles but we got there!
A big thank you to my lab members and all the collaborators and participants who contributed to this work! 🥲
A big thank you to my lab members and all the collaborators and participants who contributed to this work! 🥲
We are delighted to present the first publication out of the lab, available online today, titled ‘Evaluating finger-prick blood collection for remote quantification of neurofilament light in neurological diseases’ link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Evaluating finger-prick blood collection for remote quantification of neurofilament light in neurological diseases - Journal of Neurology
Promising blood-based biomarkers of neuropathology have emerged with potential for therapeutic development and disease monitoring. However, these tools will require specialist tertiary services for in...
link.springer.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I am unbelievably proud to have my first senior author paper published today! It was a long slog through multiple review cycles but we got there!
A big thank you to my lab members and all the collaborators and participants who contributed to this work! 🥲
A big thank you to my lab members and all the collaborators and participants who contributed to this work! 🥲
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Here's an open access link to full text of our paper shared last week! rdcu.be/evKF9
Evaluating finger-prick blood collection for remote quantification of neurofilament light in neurological diseases
rdcu.be
July 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Here's an open access link to full text of our paper shared last week! rdcu.be/evKF9
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More research on under-represented communities:
@angelikaza.bsky.social & colleagues held focus groups with 17 people with #Parkinsons & their care partners from Black communities to better understand barriers & facilitators to participation in research
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@angelikaza.bsky.social & colleagues held focus groups with 17 people with #Parkinsons & their care partners from Black communities to better understand barriers & facilitators to participation in research
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
June 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
More research on under-represented communities:
@angelikaza.bsky.social & colleagues held focus groups with 17 people with #Parkinsons & their care partners from Black communities to better understand barriers & facilitators to participation in research
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@angelikaza.bsky.social & colleagues held focus groups with 17 people with #Parkinsons & their care partners from Black communities to better understand barriers & facilitators to participation in research
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Great work by @ivelinadobreva.bsky.social highlighting barriers and facilitators of Black communities in the UK to PD research participation! Thank you to @parkinsons.org.uk for the support in recruiting and disseminating! And of course to the amazing people with Parkinson's who took part!
Pleased to share our new work. Black communities face higher Parkinson’s disease burden, but we know they remain underrepresented in research.
We highlight the key barriers - distrust, stigma, and accessibility - and offer community-driven recommendations to increasing research engagement.
We highlight the key barriers - distrust, stigma, and accessibility - and offer community-driven recommendations to increasing research engagement.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Great work by @ivelinadobreva.bsky.social highlighting barriers and facilitators of Black communities in the UK to PD research participation! Thank you to @parkinsons.org.uk for the support in recruiting and disseminating! And of course to the amazing people with Parkinson's who took part!
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Thanks so much to brilliant co-authors @angelikaza.bsky.social, @rimonaweil.bsky.social, Rohan Bhome, @ivelinadobreva.bsky.social, George Thomas,
@ajh1269.bsky.social, Henrik Zetterberg, Irene Gorostiaga Belio & Katie Tucker for your help with this work!
@ajh1269.bsky.social, Henrik Zetterberg, Irene Gorostiaga Belio & Katie Tucker for your help with this work!
May 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Thanks so much to brilliant co-authors @angelikaza.bsky.social, @rimonaweil.bsky.social, Rohan Bhome, @ivelinadobreva.bsky.social, George Thomas,
@ajh1269.bsky.social, Henrik Zetterberg, Irene Gorostiaga Belio & Katie Tucker for your help with this work!
@ajh1269.bsky.social, Henrik Zetterberg, Irene Gorostiaga Belio & Katie Tucker for your help with this work!
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MR guided focused ultrasound surgery is an effective and uprising treatment option for Essential tremor. But where is the optimal site to sonicate? Which spots to avoid due to side-effects?
@science.org @braincircuits.bsky.social @netstim.org
– a thread🧵!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org @braincircuits.bsky.social @netstim.org
– a thread🧵!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
May 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
MR guided focused ultrasound surgery is an effective and uprising treatment option for Essential tremor. But where is the optimal site to sonicate? Which spots to avoid due to side-effects?
@science.org @braincircuits.bsky.social @netstim.org
– a thread🧵!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org @braincircuits.bsky.social @netstim.org
– a thread🧵!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...