Crystal Pan
cryatalpann.bsky.social
Crystal Pan
@cryatalpann.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Rumbaugh Lab, #ScrippsResearch
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Bifurcations—an underexplored concept in neuroscience—can help explain how small differences in neural circuits give rise to entirely novel functions, writes Xiao-Jing Wang.

#neuroskyence

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The missing half of the neurodynamical systems theory
Bifurcations—an underexplored concept in neuroscience—can help explain how small differences in neural circuits give rise to entirely novel functions.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Boosting SYNGAP1 levels via viral delivery can normalize brain waves in mice.

By @cqchoi.com

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#neuroskyence
Gene replacement therapy normalizes some traits in SYNGAP1 model mice
The first published virus-based gene therapy for SYNGAP1 deletion yields benefits despite the gene’s long length and complexity.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Deep-learning models of the ascending proprioceptive pathway are subject to illusions

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March 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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It was my pleasure to write a Preview of the paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... together with @venkataramanilab.bsky.social !

🧠 #cancerneuroscience #glioblastoma

The preview is now online @cp-neuron.bsky.social 👇
March 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Delighted to share the published version of this work from brilliant #CancerNeuroscience post-doc Tara Barron detailing GABAergic neuron-to-glioma synapses in #DIPG/#DMG. 🧵
Open access link:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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📣 Come join us for the #MindBrainBody Symposium 2025!

📆 March 10-12, 2025
📍 Berlin & online
🔎 mindbrainbody.de

Keynotes:
- Ivan de Araujo
- Nadine Gogolla
- Maria Ribeiro @ribeironeuro.bsky.social
- Markus Ullsperger
- Tor Wager
- Veronica Witte @veronicawitte.bsky.social

#interoception
November 25, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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Neuroscience students asked us to teach a PRACTICAL course on experimental methods, and it is now on YouTube!

Please like and repost to help us get the word out!

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Lecture 1: Signals and data acquisition
Focusing on hardware, digital/analog I/O, synchronization
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Neuroscience methods - YouTube
Nanocourse: Approaches to Study Neural Circuits This course was taught by Anita Autry, Tiago Gonçalves, and Luke Sjulson at Albert Einstein College of Medici...
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December 13, 2024 at 11:33 AM
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🧵Just in time for
: New research from the Venkataramani lab @CellCellPress
maps how brain tumor cells create extensive neural networks in glioblastoma. Check out our paper here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
@ekinreyhan.bsky.social

@svenjaktetzlaff.bsky.social

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December 6, 2024 at 11:18 PM
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Expanding the bounds of a fear memory or linking it to a neutral memory can shape a mouse’s fear response, two new studies show.

By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social

www.thetransmitter.org/memory/stres...
Stress warps fear memories in multiple ways
Expanding the bounds of a fear memory or linking it to a neutral memory can shape a mouse’s fear response, two new studies show.
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November 15, 2024 at 4:03 PM