Antoine Bergel
@antbergel.bsky.social
Neuroscience, Sleep, Imaging - Teacher @ LPI - Researcher @ CNRS and Atip-Avenir Emerging Group Leader @ Paris Brain Insitute
Pinned
Antoine Bergel
@antbergel.bsky.social
· Dec 29
Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals
Nature Neuroscience - Bergel et al. show that an infraslow rhythm connecting the brain and body during sleep is shared by lizards, mammals and birds, revealing an ancestral process and reshaping...
rdcu.be
⚠️ New paper alert and what a way to end 2025! 🎉
Happy to share our story “Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals.” published today in Nature Neuroscience.
Sleeping dragons 🦎 and functional ultrasound!
Read the full paper here: rdcu.be/eWJHb 1/8
Happy to share our story “Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals.” published today in Nature Neuroscience.
Sleeping dragons 🦎 and functional ultrasound!
Read the full paper here: rdcu.be/eWJHb 1/8
Reposted by Antoine Bergel
New paper alert! 🚨
We found that the brain's compass is remarkably stable at two scales
1️⃣ the system maintains its internal organization for weeks
2️⃣ It "remembers" its orientation for weeks, even after a single visit
This may be key to how the brain aligns its other maps.
Paper: rdcu.be/e3waP
We found that the brain's compass is remarkably stable at two scales
1️⃣ the system maintains its internal organization for weeks
2️⃣ It "remembers" its orientation for weeks, even after a single visit
This may be key to how the brain aligns its other maps.
Paper: rdcu.be/e3waP
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
New paper alert! 🚨
We found that the brain's compass is remarkably stable at two scales
1️⃣ the system maintains its internal organization for weeks
2️⃣ It "remembers" its orientation for weeks, even after a single visit
This may be key to how the brain aligns its other maps.
Paper: rdcu.be/e3waP
We found that the brain's compass is remarkably stable at two scales
1️⃣ the system maintains its internal organization for weeks
2️⃣ It "remembers" its orientation for weeks, even after a single visit
This may be key to how the brain aligns its other maps.
Paper: rdcu.be/e3waP
Reposted by Antoine Bergel
"The time for passive consumption has expired. Every scholar should begin contributing their expertise to Wikipedia — not as charity, but as a core duty"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The academic community failed Wikipedia for 25 years — now it might fail us
Artificial-intelligence systems are feeding on Wikipedia without giving back, and academic indifference is threatening the survival of what is arguably the most widely used reference work on the plane...
www.nature.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:18 PM
"The time for passive consumption has expired. Every scholar should begin contributing their expertise to Wikipedia — not as charity, but as a core duty"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Antoine Bergel
A commentary on reptile sleep, with recommendation from @anitaluthi.bsky.social @labluthi.bsky.social
A new comparative study of seven lizard species, including chameleons and bearded dragons, finds an ancient sleep rhythm conserved over millennia.
By Lauren Schenkman
www.thetransmitter.org/sleep/snoozi...
By Lauren Schenkman
www.thetransmitter.org/sleep/snoozi...
January 7, 2026 at 12:43 PM
A commentary on reptile sleep, with recommendation from @anitaluthi.bsky.social @labluthi.bsky.social
Reposted by Antoine Bergel
Very happy to have contributed to this wonderful/tentacular work alongside so many amazing colleagues and friends!
It opens up new ways of understanding grey matter heterotopia associated with altered cortical function and #epilepsy in humans.
🧠🧪🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It opens up new ways of understanding grey matter heterotopia associated with altered cortical function and #epilepsy in humans.
🧠🧪🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Position-independent emergence of neocortical neuron molecular identity, connectivity and function - Nature Neuroscience
Even when neocortical neurons form in abnormal locations, they retain their identity and function, revealing that brain circuit formation can be guided by intrinsic developmental programs rather than ...
www.nature.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Very happy to have contributed to this wonderful/tentacular work alongside so many amazing colleagues and friends!
It opens up new ways of understanding grey matter heterotopia associated with altered cortical function and #epilepsy in humans.
🧠🧪🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It opens up new ways of understanding grey matter heterotopia associated with altered cortical function and #epilepsy in humans.
🧠🧪🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Antoine Bergel
A new comparative study of seven lizard species, including chameleons and bearded dragons, finds an ancient sleep rhythm conserved over millennia.
By Lauren Schenkman
www.thetransmitter.org/sleep/snoozi...
By Lauren Schenkman
www.thetransmitter.org/sleep/snoozi...
December 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A new comparative study of seven lizard species, including chameleons and bearded dragons, finds an ancient sleep rhythm conserved over millennia.
By Lauren Schenkman
www.thetransmitter.org/sleep/snoozi...
By Lauren Schenkman
www.thetransmitter.org/sleep/snoozi...
⚠️ New paper alert and what a way to end 2025! 🎉
Happy to share our story “Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals.” published today in Nature Neuroscience.
Sleeping dragons 🦎 and functional ultrasound!
Read the full paper here: rdcu.be/eWJHb 1/8
Happy to share our story “Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals.” published today in Nature Neuroscience.
Sleeping dragons 🦎 and functional ultrasound!
Read the full paper here: rdcu.be/eWJHb 1/8
Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals
Nature Neuroscience - Bergel et al. show that an infraslow rhythm connecting the brain and body during sleep is shared by lizards, mammals and birds, revealing an ancestral process and reshaping...
rdcu.be
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
⚠️ New paper alert and what a way to end 2025! 🎉
Happy to share our story “Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals.” published today in Nature Neuroscience.
Sleeping dragons 🦎 and functional ultrasound!
Read the full paper here: rdcu.be/eWJHb 1/8
Happy to share our story “Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals.” published today in Nature Neuroscience.
Sleeping dragons 🦎 and functional ultrasound!
Read the full paper here: rdcu.be/eWJHb 1/8
Reposted by Antoine Bergel
🚨 New paper in @pnas.org to end 2025 with a bang!🚨
Behavioral, experiential, and physiological signatures of mind blanking
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
with Esteban Munoz-Musat, @arthurlecoz.bsky.social @corcorana.bsky.social, Laouen Belloli and Lionel Naccache
Illustration: Ana Yael.
1/n
Behavioral, experiential, and physiological signatures of mind blanking
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
with Esteban Munoz-Musat, @arthurlecoz.bsky.social @corcorana.bsky.social, Laouen Belloli and Lionel Naccache
Illustration: Ana Yael.
1/n
December 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🚨 New paper in @pnas.org to end 2025 with a bang!🚨
Behavioral, experiential, and physiological signatures of mind blanking
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
with Esteban Munoz-Musat, @arthurlecoz.bsky.social @corcorana.bsky.social, Laouen Belloli and Lionel Naccache
Illustration: Ana Yael.
1/n
Behavioral, experiential, and physiological signatures of mind blanking
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
with Esteban Munoz-Musat, @arthurlecoz.bsky.social @corcorana.bsky.social, Laouen Belloli and Lionel Naccache
Illustration: Ana Yael.
1/n
Reposted by Antoine Bergel
#PressRelease 🗞️ An infraslow brain and body rhythm, specific to the deep sleep of mammals, has recently been identified in reptile and bird species, showing its ancestral and fundamental character.💤
👉 www.cnrs.fr/en/press/discov...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/en/press/discov...
December 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
#PressRelease 🗞️ An infraslow brain and body rhythm, specific to the deep sleep of mammals, has recently been identified in reptile and bird species, showing its ancestral and fundamental character.💤
👉 www.cnrs.fr/en/press/discov...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/en/press/discov...
Reposted by Antoine Bergel
#Communiqué 🗞️ Un rythme de sommeil ultra-lent, commun aux mammifères, à 7 reptiles et 1 oiseau, révèle un mécanisme ancestral vieux de plus de 300 millions d’années.🦎💤
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/decou...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/decou...
December 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
#Communiqué 🗞️ Un rythme de sommeil ultra-lent, commun aux mammifères, à 7 reptiles et 1 oiseau, révèle un mécanisme ancestral vieux de plus de 300 millions d’années.🦎💤
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/decou...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/decou...
2025 has been quite a year for me! Welcomed a new member in the family in Jan 🐣, got a permanent position @CNRS in May 🎓, and got awarded an Atip-Avenir fellowship in August 😱! Can't top that. Looking forward to start my own group at the Paris Brain Institute in 2026. Cool science ahead 😀!
December 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
2025 has been quite a year for me! Welcomed a new member in the family in Jan 🐣, got a permanent position @CNRS in May 🎓, and got awarded an Atip-Avenir fellowship in August 😱! Can't top that. Looking forward to start my own group at the Paris Brain Institute in 2026. Cool science ahead 😀!