Blake Kimmey
@bakspace.bsky.social
Postdoc at Penn | Corder Lab
Opioids and pain in the midbrain
Opioids and pain in the midbrain
Reposted by Blake Kimmey
Researchers identify the neurons involved in the emotional distress associated with pain
go.nature.com/4qIKkB8
go.nature.com/4qIKkB8
Chronic pain could be eased by uncoupling the sensory and emotional experiences
Researchers identify the neurons involved in the emotional distress associated with pain, and design a genetic approach that could soothe suffering without opioid drugs.
go.nature.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Researchers identify the neurons involved in the emotional distress associated with pain
go.nature.com/4qIKkB8
go.nature.com/4qIKkB8
Reposted by Blake Kimmey
🧠🐭💊 Check out our work on the role of Central Amygdala cell-types in opioid withdrawal ...
Now published in Neuropsychopharmacology
@npp-journal.bsky.social
Open-access link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Now published in Neuropsychopharmacology
@npp-journal.bsky.social
Open-access link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🧠🐭💊 Check out our work on the role of Central Amygdala cell-types in opioid withdrawal ...
Now published in Neuropsychopharmacology
@npp-journal.bsky.social
Open-access link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Now published in Neuropsychopharmacology
@npp-journal.bsky.social
Open-access link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Blake Kimmey
More powerful tools for understanding the brain. 🧠🔍
Today, comprehensive, cross-species developing brain cell atlases were released to help advance health and disease research. 🧵
#studyBRAIN #BICAN
Today, comprehensive, cross-species developing brain cell atlases were released to help advance health and disease research. 🧵
#studyBRAIN #BICAN
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
More powerful tools for understanding the brain. 🧠🔍
Today, comprehensive, cross-species developing brain cell atlases were released to help advance health and disease research. 🧵
#studyBRAIN #BICAN
Today, comprehensive, cross-species developing brain cell atlases were released to help advance health and disease research. 🧵
#studyBRAIN #BICAN
Huge thanks to the NYU PRC for the invitation to speak at PRIMED! Really enjoyed meeting everyone and hearing about the outstanding science happening there. Awesome community and event!
PRIMED Speaker Blake Kimmey (UPenn) Paging the PAG: Pain, Opioids & Relief. Epic talk on Periaqueductal gray opioid circuits for pain aversion & relief. Blake broke down how brain circuits in the PAG decide what hurts and what doesn’t. Stress, booze, and opioids all play a part!
October 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Huge thanks to the NYU PRC for the invitation to speak at PRIMED! Really enjoyed meeting everyone and hearing about the outstanding science happening there. Awesome community and event!
Reposted by Blake Kimmey
🧠💰K99/R00 NoA day!
Huge congrats to Dr Blake Kimmey … #GameOn 🔥🍾🙌🏼
Gonna brag on this guy and say he’s on job market this year and he can bring this kinda cutting-edge placebo / pain / addiction systems-circuit neuro research to your department: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39803541/
Huge congrats to Dr Blake Kimmey … #GameOn 🔥🍾🙌🏼
Gonna brag on this guy and say he’s on job market this year and he can bring this kinda cutting-edge placebo / pain / addiction systems-circuit neuro research to your department: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39803541/
May 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
🧠💰K99/R00 NoA day!
Huge congrats to Dr Blake Kimmey … #GameOn 🔥🍾🙌🏼
Gonna brag on this guy and say he’s on job market this year and he can bring this kinda cutting-edge placebo / pain / addiction systems-circuit neuro research to your department: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39803541/
Huge congrats to Dr Blake Kimmey … #GameOn 🔥🍾🙌🏼
Gonna brag on this guy and say he’s on job market this year and he can bring this kinda cutting-edge placebo / pain / addiction systems-circuit neuro research to your department: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39803541/
Reposted by Blake Kimmey
On behalf of my BSky-less student, Lisa Wooldridge:
🐭🧠💊⚡️
"Thrilled that my PhD work is on bioRxiv! I study how central amygdala (CeA) neurons contribute to opioid effects, but how specific CeA cell types drive this process remains unclear"
🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🐭🧠💊⚡️
"Thrilled that my PhD work is on bioRxiv! I study how central amygdala (CeA) neurons contribute to opioid effects, but how specific CeA cell types drive this process remains unclear"
🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
On behalf of my BSky-less student, Lisa Wooldridge:
🐭🧠💊⚡️
"Thrilled that my PhD work is on bioRxiv! I study how central amygdala (CeA) neurons contribute to opioid effects, but how specific CeA cell types drive this process remains unclear"
🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🐭🧠💊⚡️
"Thrilled that my PhD work is on bioRxiv! I study how central amygdala (CeA) neurons contribute to opioid effects, but how specific CeA cell types drive this process remains unclear"
🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Hey everybody, I want to share a few things about my recent #preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Take a break ☕ for some cool #neuroscience on #nocebo, #ACC, #PAG, and #CCK in mice to take your mind off of the goings on 👩🔬
Take a break ☕ for some cool #neuroscience on #nocebo, #ACC, #PAG, and #CCK in mice to take your mind off of the goings on 👩🔬
www.biorxiv.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Hey everybody, I want to share a few things about my recent #preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Take a break ☕ for some cool #neuroscience on #nocebo, #ACC, #PAG, and #CCK in mice to take your mind off of the goings on 👩🔬
Take a break ☕ for some cool #neuroscience on #nocebo, #ACC, #PAG, and #CCK in mice to take your mind off of the goings on 👩🔬
Reposted by Blake Kimmey
Me: trying to take my mind off the bad news
The NY Times crossword: no
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The NY Times crossword: no
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January 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Me: trying to take my mind off the bad news
The NY Times crossword: no
(um *spoiler alert*)
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The NY Times crossword: no
(um *spoiler alert*)
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Reposted by Blake Kimmey
1/ 🧠 Excited to share our new preprint:
Convergent state-control of endogenous opioid analgesia
We uncover how cognitive + contextual factors—like injury, fear, and placebo—modulate pain through dynamic opioid signaling in the periaqueductal gray (PAG)
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Convergent state-control of endogenous opioid analgesia
We uncover how cognitive + contextual factors—like injury, fear, and placebo—modulate pain through dynamic opioid signaling in the periaqueductal gray (PAG)
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
1/ 🧠 Excited to share our new preprint:
Convergent state-control of endogenous opioid analgesia
We uncover how cognitive + contextual factors—like injury, fear, and placebo—modulate pain through dynamic opioid signaling in the periaqueductal gray (PAG)
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Convergent state-control of endogenous opioid analgesia
We uncover how cognitive + contextual factors—like injury, fear, and placebo—modulate pain through dynamic opioid signaling in the periaqueductal gray (PAG)
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...