Thomas Kraynak
@tekraynak.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ Pitt Psychiatry 👨🏻🔬📝
Brain-body 🧠-🫀pathways linking stress 😫 health 😷 & aging 👴
fMRI enthusiast 🎆 & TMS newbie 🧲
🐈⬛ dad & 🎹🎶 lover
Views my own
Brain-body 🧠-🫀pathways linking stress 😫 health 😷 & aging 👴
fMRI enthusiast 🎆 & TMS newbie 🧲
🐈⬛ dad & 🎹🎶 lover
Views my own
Reposted by Thomas Kraynak
Reposted by Thomas Kraynak
Reposted by Thomas Kraynak
Our latest NPP BrainPod episode is out 🧠🎙️
Worry seems like something most people do, but for some, severe worry can become overwhelming...and for older adults later in life, it has been associated with an increased risk of morbidity
open.spotify.com/show/6s3gf3Q...
Worry seems like something most people do, but for some, severe worry can become overwhelming...and for older adults later in life, it has been associated with an increased risk of morbidity
open.spotify.com/show/6s3gf3Q...
Older and wiser? The neural correlates of worry induction and reappraisal in older adults
open.spotify.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Our latest NPP BrainPod episode is out 🧠🎙️
Worry seems like something most people do, but for some, severe worry can become overwhelming...and for older adults later in life, it has been associated with an increased risk of morbidity
open.spotify.com/show/6s3gf3Q...
Worry seems like something most people do, but for some, severe worry can become overwhelming...and for older adults later in life, it has been associated with an increased risk of morbidity
open.spotify.com/show/6s3gf3Q...
Why I cough up a fit after eating Chipotle
We've known about the gut-brain axis.
Now we're learning about the gut-brain-lung axis whereby food intake can trigger an immune response in the airway. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Now we're learning about the gut-brain-lung axis whereby food intake can trigger an immune response in the airway. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
March 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Why I cough up a fit after eating Chipotle
Check out our paper in @npp-journal.bsky.social:
#ThisWeekInNPP
Remitted late-life depression (LLD) participants had ⬇️ cardiovascular & posterior insula response to stress, while ⬆️ stressor-evoked BNST activity was linked to faster depression relapse, highlighting 🧠mechanisms of stress-related vulnerability in LLD
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Remitted late-life depression (LLD) participants had ⬇️ cardiovascular & posterior insula response to stress, while ⬆️ stressor-evoked BNST activity was linked to faster depression relapse, highlighting 🧠mechanisms of stress-related vulnerability in LLD
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Brain and cardiovascular responses to acute stress in remitted and recurrent late-life depression - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Brain and cardiovascular responses to acute stress in remitted and recurrent late-life depression
www.nature.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Check out our paper in @npp-journal.bsky.social:
Reposted by Thomas Kraynak
#ThisWeekInNPP
Remitted late-life depression (LLD) participants had ⬇️ cardiovascular & posterior insula response to stress, while ⬆️ stressor-evoked BNST activity was linked to faster depression relapse, highlighting 🧠mechanisms of stress-related vulnerability in LLD
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Remitted late-life depression (LLD) participants had ⬇️ cardiovascular & posterior insula response to stress, while ⬆️ stressor-evoked BNST activity was linked to faster depression relapse, highlighting 🧠mechanisms of stress-related vulnerability in LLD
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Brain and cardiovascular responses to acute stress in remitted and recurrent late-life depression - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Brain and cardiovascular responses to acute stress in remitted and recurrent late-life depression
www.nature.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
#ThisWeekInNPP
Remitted late-life depression (LLD) participants had ⬇️ cardiovascular & posterior insula response to stress, while ⬆️ stressor-evoked BNST activity was linked to faster depression relapse, highlighting 🧠mechanisms of stress-related vulnerability in LLD
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Remitted late-life depression (LLD) participants had ⬇️ cardiovascular & posterior insula response to stress, while ⬆️ stressor-evoked BNST activity was linked to faster depression relapse, highlighting 🧠mechanisms of stress-related vulnerability in LLD
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This Pitt alum is heartbroken by this decision. The attacks on science, research, and higher education continue. Afraid we will never know the full extent of the damage inflicted by these horrible policies.
The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This Pitt alum is heartbroken by this decision. The attacks on science, research, and higher education continue. Afraid we will never know the full extent of the damage inflicted by these horrible policies.
Attn: neuroimagers
Your map’s legend can be turned into a histogram, helping your audience understand the distribution in addition to decoding the colours.
February 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Attn: neuroimagers
Shameful that our PA Attorney General did not join this suit, especially considering that 2 of the 6 universities most affected by the cap are in PA. datawrapper.dwcdn.net/l0ZqA/9/
February 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Shameful that our PA Attorney General did not join this suit, especially considering that 2 of the 6 universities most affected by the cap are in PA. datawrapper.dwcdn.net/l0ZqA/9/
Reposted by Thomas Kraynak
Another banger from the REMBRANDT study!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Brain and cardiovascular responses to acute stress in remitted and recurrent late-life depression - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Brain and cardiovascular responses to acute stress in remitted and recurrent late-life depression
www.nature.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Another banger from the REMBRANDT study!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Thomas Kraynak
As we near the end of Insula week, I want to introduce you to Insula's bestie, Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC).
Left: ACC (yellow)
Right: "Insula" (Anterior Insular Cortex, AIC; green).
Left: ACC (yellow)
Right: "Insula" (Anterior Insular Cortex, AIC; green).
November 15, 2024 at 9:11 PM
As we near the end of Insula week, I want to introduce you to Insula's bestie, Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC).
Left: ACC (yellow)
Right: "Insula" (Anterior Insular Cortex, AIC; green).
Left: ACC (yellow)
Right: "Insula" (Anterior Insular Cortex, AIC; green).