Brains in Briefs
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Science communications blog featuring accessible articles explaining Penn Neuroscience Graduate Group (NGG) first author papers in simplified terms. Come check out our work! https://www.upennglia.com/brainsinbriefs
Sophie Rogers of the Corder @flybottleescape.bsky.social lab studies how a psychedelic drug with growing therapeutic promise can alter the brain in ways that help overcome traumatic fear memories. Read more in this brief by fellow NGG student Jafar Bhatti! www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-p...
How psychedelics remap the brain to help overcome traumatic fear — GLIA
or technically, Psilocybin-enhanced fear extinction linked to bidirectional modulation of cortical ensembles [See original abstract on Pubmed]
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November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Sophie Rogers of the Corder @flybottleescape.bsky.social lab studies how a psychedelic drug with growing therapeutic promise can alter the brain in ways that help overcome traumatic fear memories. Read more in this brief by fellow NGG student Jafar Bhatti! www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-p...
During development, how does the brain organize itself around the sensorimotor-association axis? Recent NGG @pennngg.bsky.social graduate Audrey Luo @audreycluo.bsky.social explores this in work explained by fellow NGG student Kevin Sun @kevin-y-sun.bsky.social.
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Changes in how brain regions “talk” to each other from childhood to adulthood follow and support a fundamental organizational pattern of the brain — GLIA
or technically, Functional connectivity development along the sensorimotor-association axis enhances the cortical hierarchy [See original abstract on Pubmed]
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September 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
During development, how does the brain organize itself around the sensorimotor-association axis? Recent NGG @pennngg.bsky.social graduate Audrey Luo @audreycluo.bsky.social explores this in work explained by fellow NGG student Kevin Sun @kevin-y-sun.bsky.social.
www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-s...
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Not all neurons shake during seizures… some stay surprisingly stable. See how NGG MD-PhD student Sophie Liebergall investigates how Ndnf interneurons are (or aren’t!) affected in a mouse model of Dravet Syndrome. www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-n...
#neuroskyence #SciComm #Epilepsy #DravetSyndrome
#neuroskyence #SciComm #Epilepsy #DravetSyndrome
Not all neurons shake during seizures — GLIA
or technically, Ndnf Interneuron Excitability Is Spared in a Mouse Model of Dravet Syndrome [See original abstract on Pubmed]
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June 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Not all neurons shake during seizures… some stay surprisingly stable. See how NGG MD-PhD student Sophie Liebergall investigates how Ndnf interneurons are (or aren’t!) affected in a mouse model of Dravet Syndrome. www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-n...
#neuroskyence #SciComm #Epilepsy #DravetSyndrome
#neuroskyence #SciComm #Epilepsy #DravetSyndrome
What happens to your brain after a brain injury? NGG graduate Rebecca Somach explores how mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) alters sleep-related neurons differently in males and females! Read more about it here! www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-o... #NGG #neuroskyence #SciComm
How Brain Injuries Affect Sleep-Related Neurons Differently in Male and Female Mice — GLIA
or technically, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Affects Orexin/Hypocretin Physiology Differently in Male and Female Mice [See original abstract on Pubmed]
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May 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
What happens to your brain after a brain injury? NGG graduate Rebecca Somach explores how mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) alters sleep-related neurons differently in males and females! Read more about it here! www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-o... #NGG #neuroskyence #SciComm
That’s it for now, but look forward to more posts in the coming weeks! Thanks for reading!
April 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
That’s it for now, but look forward to more posts in the coming weeks! Thanks for reading!
And next, NGG student Liz Siefert @lizsiefert.bsky.social tested whether reactivating certain memories during sleep in humans can help with their recall later. Current NGG student Catrina Hacker @catrinahacker.bsky.social breaks it down. www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-m...
How does the brain transform our memories during sleep? — GLIA
Or technically, Memory reactivation during sleep does not act holistically on object memory [See original abstract on Pubmed]
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April 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
And next, NGG student Liz Siefert @lizsiefert.bsky.social tested whether reactivating certain memories during sleep in humans can help with their recall later. Current NGG student Catrina Hacker @catrinahacker.bsky.social breaks it down. www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-m...
Next up is NGG graduate Evan Gallagher’s work! Current NGG student Kara McGaughey @kara-mcgaughey.bsky.social explains how he investigated the novel positron emission tomography (PET) radioligand [18F]ROStrace as a possible in vivo biomarker for Parkinson's disease. www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-p...
A NEW APPROACH TO IMAGING THE BRAIN DURING EARLY-STAGE NEURODEGENERATION — GLIA
or technically, Positron Emission Tomography with [ 18 F]ROStrace Reveals Progressive Elevations in Oxidative Stress in a Mouse Model of Alpha-Synucleinopathy [See original abstract on Pubmed]
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April 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Next up is NGG graduate Evan Gallagher’s work! Current NGG student Kara McGaughey @kara-mcgaughey.bsky.social explains how he investigated the novel positron emission tomography (PET) radioligand [18F]ROStrace as a possible in vivo biomarker for Parkinson's disease. www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-p...
First up we have NGG graduate Mara Cowen @maracowen.bsky.social who used microscopic worms to study how genes that control neuronal connectivity are involved in social behavior. Current NGG student Jafar Bhatti breaks it down in this piece here! www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-a...
How genes influence social behavior in animals — GLIA
or technically, Conserved autism-associated genes tune social feeding behavior in C. elegans [See original abstract on Pubmed]
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April 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
First up we have NGG graduate Mara Cowen @maracowen.bsky.social who used microscopic worms to study how genes that control neuronal connectivity are involved in social behavior. Current NGG student Jafar Bhatti breaks it down in this piece here! www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-a...
To get a jumpstart, here are 3 articles published this academic semester so far.
April 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
To get a jumpstart, here are 3 articles published this academic semester so far.
Hello world! Welcome to the new account for the Brains in Briefs science communications blog. Run by PhD students in the University of Pennsylvania’s Neuroscience Graduate Group (NGG), we break down first author publications from current and former NGG students and try to make them more accessible.
April 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Hello world! Welcome to the new account for the Brains in Briefs science communications blog. Run by PhD students in the University of Pennsylvania’s Neuroscience Graduate Group (NGG), we break down first author publications from current and former NGG students and try to make them more accessible.