Filip Morys
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Filip Morys
@filipkmorys.bsky.social
Neuroscientist and obesity researcher, currently
@ MNI | Past secretary @ OHBMTrainees | FRQS postdoctoral fellow | https://filipmorys.github.io/
Hey everyone! Join our journal club on October 10th (12pm EST) to discuss two short papers on weight stigma and language.

JC is drop in format: come once, come when you can.

Reach out to @shanaadise.bsky.social or myself to get the zoom link and papers. Please share!

@ssibsociety.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Reposted by Filip Morys
Obesity increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, yet it remained unclear whether #obesity causes #neurodegeneration through the same mechanisms. A new study by Filip Morys in the lab of Alain Dagher used #OpenScience brain data to find the answer.

📑 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
August 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Reposted by Filip Morys
Our big behavioral precision mapping preprint is out. Based on 1,486,950 observed choices in a reward learning task, we show that BMI is associated with higher and more variable learning rates. Binge eating was associated with lower reward sensitivity. #neuroskyence 🩺
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Reposted by Filip Morys
🧵 Beautiful new preprint by @marishishi.bsky.social on the genetic architecture of impulsivity. With the UCSD team of Sandra Sanchez-Roige, Abe Palmer et al. and Lang Liu, Ziv Gan-Or @ukuvainik.bsky.social @filipkmorys.bsky.social @misicbata.bsky.social and others www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
June 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Reposted by Filip Morys
New research from The Neuro shows that eating lots of ultra-processed foods is linked not just to obesity, but to changes in brain structure related to appetite and metabolism. These brain effects may help explain why these foods drive overeating.

Learn more: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
April 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
New paper! In ~30k people from UKBB we show that ultra-processed food consumption 🍔 is associated with structural integrity of feeding-related brain regions (Hpth/NAcc) 🧠 Some of the changes occur independent of obesity, through inflammation. www.nature.com/articles/s44... @alaindagher.bsky.social
Ultra-processed food consumption affects structural integrity of feeding-related brain regions independent of and via adiposity - npj Metabolic Health and Disease
npj Metabolic Health and Disease - Ultra-processed food consumption affects structural integrity of feeding-related brain regions independent of and via adiposity
www.nature.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Reposted by Filip Morys
Preprint w/ @filipkmorys.bsky.social on interplay of adiposity and AD genetics. Genetic risk ascertained from MAPT (H1), ApoE (E4) and polygenic risk score. Both adiposity and genetic risk are associated with brain atrophy in adulthood, but effects appear independent. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Obesity-related brain atrophy occurs through mechanisms independent of Alzheimer's disease pathology
Obesity increases the risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias, likely through structural brain changes in the same regions as AD. The mechanisms underpinning brain atrophy in AD involv...
www.medrxiv.org
December 16, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Reposted by Filip Morys
Neuroscience-related posts on Bluesky surged last week following an influx of users—including many neuroscientists. Chart by @callimcflurry.bsky.social.
November 18, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Reposted by Filip Morys
I made a starter pack for the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior #SSIB for all interested in being a #SSIBling.

Please let me know if you would like to join the starter pack!

go.bsky.app/8Zvp83e
November 16, 2024 at 7:19 PM