John Rolston
@rolstonjohn.bsky.social
Functional Neurosurgeon
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
PI of #MENDLab
Hiring post-docs and research assistants—DM me!
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
PI of #MENDLab
Hiring post-docs and research assistants—DM me!
Just dropped in @natcomms.nature.com: we show that re-engaging a thalamic–ventral tegmental circuit with deep brain stimulation can reignite consciousness in patients with severe brain injury. Work led by Aaron Warren, with @andreashorn.org @foxmdphd.bsky.social @ others! tinyurl.com/4kz8j89b
A human brain network linked to restoration of consciousness after deep brain stimulation - Nature Communications
In people with severe brain injuries, stimulation restored consciousness by engaging a deep brain circuit for wakefulness—revealing a target that may also guide treatment in stroke and epilepsy.
www.nature.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Just dropped in @natcomms.nature.com: we show that re-engaging a thalamic–ventral tegmental circuit with deep brain stimulation can reignite consciousness in patients with severe brain injury. Work led by Aaron Warren, with @andreashorn.org @foxmdphd.bsky.social @ others! tinyurl.com/4kz8j89b
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🧠 ⚡️ Preprint alert ⚡️ 🧠
I️n the most comprehensive review of DBS in epilepsy, with 124 studies, 1,210 patients, and 20 anatomical targets we map where stimulation works best and why.
Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy: Optimal Targeting and Clinical Outcomes
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
I️n the most comprehensive review of DBS in epilepsy, with 124 studies, 1,210 patients, and 20 anatomical targets we map where stimulation works best and why.
Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy: Optimal Targeting and Clinical Outcomes
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
June 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
🧠 ⚡️ Preprint alert ⚡️ 🧠
I️n the most comprehensive review of DBS in epilepsy, with 124 studies, 1,210 patients, and 20 anatomical targets we map where stimulation works best and why.
Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy: Optimal Targeting and Clinical Outcomes
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
I️n the most comprehensive review of DBS in epilepsy, with 124 studies, 1,210 patients, and 20 anatomical targets we map where stimulation works best and why.
Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy: Optimal Targeting and Clinical Outcomes
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Reposted by John Rolston
Per source, NIH has been instructed to hold off from issuing ALL awards to Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Northwestern (including med schools)
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
April 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Per source, NIH has been instructed to hold off from issuing ALL awards to Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Northwestern (including med schools)
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
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The Cohen Lab of Translational Neuroimaging is looking to hire a bioinformatics and research data scientist to help accelerate our research and develop new analysis tools! @bostonchildrens.bsky.social @braincircuits.bsky.social
Please consider applying or sharing!
jobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Please consider applying or sharing!
jobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Biomedical Informatics Research Data Scientist I- - Boston Childrens Hospital - Job Details
Job Details: Our mission is to identify the brain circuits responsible for symptoms common in autism and other neurodevelop
jobs.brassring.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Cohen Lab of Translational Neuroimaging is looking to hire a bioinformatics and research data scientist to help accelerate our research and develop new analysis tools! @bostonchildrens.bsky.social @braincircuits.bsky.social
Please consider applying or sharing!
jobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Please consider applying or sharing!
jobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Happy Valentine's Day! sites.google.com/view/cerebel...
Cerebella Cards
Welcome to the Neuro-Valentine's eCard Collection
sites.google.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Happy Valentine's Day! sites.google.com/view/cerebel...
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If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you
This is highly concerning.
January 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is highly concerning.
Great talk by Mark Richardson on stimulation for IGE at AES. Packed room!
December 8, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Great talk by Mark Richardson on stimulation for IGE at AES. Packed room!
I love AES, but they somehow always manage to mess up my name tag.
December 8, 2024 at 4:21 PM
I love AES, but they somehow always manage to mess up my name tag.
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First day on @bsky.app, first episode released here: If you are into stimulating brains, give @stimbrains.bsky.social a follow – and tune into my conversation with Daniela Popa and Clement Lena on the cerebellum!
We're new here (plz RT) – and have a new episode out!
In this captivating conversation, Daniela Popa and Clement Lena tell us about how the cerebellum could be used to treat dyskinesia and what it role may be in fear extinction!
Tune in here: 🎧
stimulatingbrains.org/62-daniela-p...
In this captivating conversation, Daniela Popa and Clement Lena tell us about how the cerebellum could be used to treat dyskinesia and what it role may be in fear extinction!
Tune in here: 🎧
stimulatingbrains.org/62-daniela-p...
November 11, 2024 at 5:34 PM
First day on @bsky.app, first episode released here: If you are into stimulating brains, give @stimbrains.bsky.social a follow – and tune into my conversation with Daniela Popa and Clement Lena on the cerebellum!
Happy holidays from the #MENDLab! I am grateful to work with an amazing team at the Brigham and Harvard Med School. Exciting things to come!
December 23, 2023 at 12:01 AM
Happy holidays from the #MENDLab! I am grateful to work with an amazing team at the Brigham and Harvard Med School. Exciting things to come!
This is the Lego set I want for the holidays:
December 18, 2023 at 3:21 PM
This is the Lego set I want for the holidays:
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In this inaugural episode of a new podcast on Theoretical Neuroscience, Grace Lindsay (@neurograce.bsky.social) talks about her popular computational neuroscience book "Models of the Mind": theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn1/
#1: On models of the mind – with Grace Lindsay – Theoretical Neuroscience Podcast
theoreticalneuroscience.no
October 22, 2023 at 12:15 PM
In this inaugural episode of a new podcast on Theoretical Neuroscience, Grace Lindsay (@neurograce.bsky.social) talks about her popular computational neuroscience book "Models of the Mind": theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn1/
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AND! Congrats to Dr. Daria Anderson (not quite here yet) and the rest of the team on this super cool article we just had come out in Brain! Such cool work! #neuroskyence #MedSky 🧪🧠📈https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awad343/7289609
Closed-loop stimulation in periods with less epileptiform activity drives improved epilepsy outcomes
Neurostimulation can reduce seizures in cases of drug-resistant epilepsy, but rarely results in seizure freedom. Anderson et al. show that more frequent stimula
academic.oup.com
October 5, 2023 at 8:30 PM
AND! Congrats to Dr. Daria Anderson (not quite here yet) and the rest of the team on this super cool article we just had come out in Brain! Such cool work! #neuroskyence #MedSky 🧪🧠📈https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awad343/7289609