David Garnica
@davidg70.bsky.social
Postdoc at UNC Chapel Hill | Using EEG/fMRI to study brain development 🧠🧲 | Epilepsy, ADHD, executive functions, FC, neuropsych, stats | UniGoettingen & UNAL Colombia alumnus
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David Garnica
@davidg70.bsky.social
· Jan 19
“Art is how we decorate space, Music is how we decorate time”.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Axolotls are famous for regenerating limbs. Turns out they can also regenerate their thymus—and that may show us how to someday to the same. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
a close up of a white axolotl with pink ears standing on a rock .
ALT: a close up of a white axolotl with pink ears standing on a rock .
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December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Axolotls are famous for regenerating limbs. Turns out they can also regenerate their thymus—and that may show us how to someday to the same. That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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In our Trends in Cogn Sci paper we point to the connectivity crisis in task-based human EEG/MEG research: many connectivity metrics, too little replication. Time for community-wide benchmarking to build robust, generalisable measures across labs & tasks. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Confronting the connectivity crisis in human M/EEG research
The cognitive neuroscience community using M/EEG has not converged on measures of task-related inter-regional brain connectivity that generalize acros…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In our Trends in Cogn Sci paper we point to the connectivity crisis in task-based human EEG/MEG research: many connectivity metrics, too little replication. Time for community-wide benchmarking to build robust, generalisable measures across labs & tasks. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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If you're looking for an evidence-based vaccine schedule for your child, please consider this one since the CDC is not a reliable source in 2025 anymore:
American Academy of Pediatrics vaccine schedule for newborns - 18 yrs is the one to use. Just published August 19, 2025 ❤️ downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...
September 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you're looking for an evidence-based vaccine schedule for your child, please consider this one since the CDC is not a reliable source in 2025 anymore:
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🔥🧠Excited to announce that I am recruiting PhD students this fall. Our lab uses neuroimaging (MRI) and computational modeling to study the mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders, bridging genetic factor, brain circuitry, early life stress, and psychopathology. Please feel free to DM me.
September 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🔥🧠Excited to announce that I am recruiting PhD students this fall. Our lab uses neuroimaging (MRI) and computational modeling to study the mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders, bridging genetic factor, brain circuitry, early life stress, and psychopathology. Please feel free to DM me.
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Donald Trump was one of mRNA’s many supporters during the covid-19 pandemic. But now in his second term, disinformation and funding cuts to research will make the world a more dangerous place
RFK Jr’s attack on mRNA technology endangers the world
His cuts will not just hurt vaccines
econ.st
August 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Donald Trump was one of mRNA’s many supporters during the covid-19 pandemic. But now in his second term, disinformation and funding cuts to research will make the world a more dangerous place
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News from ENIGMA-Epilepsy! 🧠
Our latest study links polygenic risk for TLE-HS to cortical thinning in kids—mirroring patterns in adult patients.
Early imaging-genetics insights could reveal interplay of epilepsy risk and phenotypes before symptoms emerge.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai...
Our latest study links polygenic risk for TLE-HS to cortical thinning in kids—mirroring patterns in adult patients.
Early imaging-genetics insights could reveal interplay of epilepsy risk and phenotypes before symptoms emerge.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai...
August 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
News from ENIGMA-Epilepsy! 🧠
Our latest study links polygenic risk for TLE-HS to cortical thinning in kids—mirroring patterns in adult patients.
Early imaging-genetics insights could reveal interplay of epilepsy risk and phenotypes before symptoms emerge.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai...
Our latest study links polygenic risk for TLE-HS to cortical thinning in kids—mirroring patterns in adult patients.
Early imaging-genetics insights could reveal interplay of epilepsy risk and phenotypes before symptoms emerge.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai...
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1 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Quetzalcoatlite:
- Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour
- Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals
- This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)
Quetzalcoatlite:
- Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour
- Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals
- This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)
January 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
1 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Quetzalcoatlite:
- Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour
- Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals
- This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)
Quetzalcoatlite:
- Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour
- Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals
- This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)
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Can we run a child version of the Midnight Scan Club? Not at midnight, of course, but turns out we can! We collected large amounts of resting-state fMRI data from individual kids, and show high reliability with increasing amounts of data and individual variability. Check it out!
1/11 Very excited to say that our preprint, Precision functional mapping reveals less inter-individual variability in the child vs. adult human brain, is up on biorxiv!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Precision functional mapping reveals less inter-individual variability in the child vs. adult human brain
Human brain organization shares a common underlying structure, though recent studies have shown that features of this organization also differ significantly across individual adults. Understanding the...
www.biorxiv.org
July 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Can we run a child version of the Midnight Scan Club? Not at midnight, of course, but turns out we can! We collected large amounts of resting-state fMRI data from individual kids, and show high reliability with increasing amounts of data and individual variability. Check it out!
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Rethinking excitation/inhibition balance in the human brain — a Comment article by Roi Cohen Kadosh
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rethinking excitation/inhibition balance in the human brain - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
The balance between neural excitation (E) and inhibition (I) shapes cognition, development and brain-based disorders. Electroencephalography and magnetic resonance spectroscopy allow non-invasive quan...
www.nature.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Rethinking excitation/inhibition balance in the human brain — a Comment article by Roi Cohen Kadosh
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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How deep are humanity’s roots in African rainforests? Eleanor Scerri details her team’s research published in Nature about the discovery of tools in Côte d’Ivoire dating back to 150,000 years ago, which places ecosystem diversity at the roots of our species. #Academicsky 🏺 🧪
Unlocking Our Ecological History
New discoveries from Côte D'Ivoire place ecosystem diversity at the roots of our species.
go.nature.com
June 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
How deep are humanity’s roots in African rainforests? Eleanor Scerri details her team’s research published in Nature about the discovery of tools in Côte d’Ivoire dating back to 150,000 years ago, which places ecosystem diversity at the roots of our species. #Academicsky 🏺 🧪
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I am so excited that this is now out. An absolutely **mammoth** amount of work, please give this thread a read ⬇️💪💪
After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com!
We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions - Nature Human Behaviour
Using a nationally representative UK sample of adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms, this Registered Report examined differences in social media use. The results suggest that adolesc...
www.nature.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I am so excited that this is now out. An absolutely **mammoth** amount of work, please give this thread a read ⬇️💪💪
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Top-down prediction signals from the medial prefrontal cortex govern auditory cortex prediction errors
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#neuroscience
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#neuroscience
Top-down prediction signals from the medial prefrontal cortex govern auditory cortex prediction errors
Hockley et al. investigate how the brain processes auditory stimuli based on predictability.
The results show that predictions in the medial prefrontal cortex govern sensory information
flow and modul...
www.cell.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Top-down prediction signals from the medial prefrontal cortex govern auditory cortex prediction errors
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#neuroscience
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#neuroscience
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A saliva test that analyses DNA to identify men born with the greatest risk of developing prostate cancer may help "turn the tide" on the disease.
Targeting those men for biopsies & MRI scans discovered aggressive cancers that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. 🧪🧬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Targeting those men for biopsies & MRI scans discovered aggressive cancers that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. 🧪🧬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Saliva test may turn tide on prostate cancer claim scientists
Analysing DNA in saliva can identify men at the greatest risk of prostate cancer
www.bbc.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
A saliva test that analyses DNA to identify men born with the greatest risk of developing prostate cancer may help "turn the tide" on the disease.
Targeting those men for biopsies & MRI scans discovered aggressive cancers that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. 🧪🧬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Targeting those men for biopsies & MRI scans discovered aggressive cancers that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. 🧪🧬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
Happy presenting our work at the CNS 2025 in Boston! With Prof. Aysenil Belger @aysenil.bsky.social FC between the subgenual ACC and the left anterior insula is significantly increased in teenagers with increased anxiety and when they observe threat stimuli in an fMRI task #neuroimaging #CNS2025
March 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Happy presenting our work at the CNS 2025 in Boston! With Prof. Aysenil Belger @aysenil.bsky.social FC between the subgenual ACC and the left anterior insula is significantly increased in teenagers with increased anxiety and when they observe threat stimuli in an fMRI task #neuroimaging #CNS2025
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Elio Balestrieri, Joachim Gross, et al:
Beyond oscillations—Toward a richer characterization of brain states
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
Beyond oscillations—Toward a richer characterization of brain states
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
March 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Elio Balestrieri, Joachim Gross, et al:
Beyond oscillations—Toward a richer characterization of brain states
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
Beyond oscillations—Toward a richer characterization of brain states
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
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At the Boston StandUpForScience rally today. We had at least 1500 people, probably more.
March 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
At the Boston StandUpForScience rally today. We had at least 1500 people, probably more.
Extremely sad
NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Extremely sad
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Not being anti-fascist at this moment in history is anti-science. Probably always was. But cannot be clearer than these last few weeks.
February 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Not being anti-fascist at this moment in history is anti-science. Probably always was. But cannot be clearer than these last few weeks.
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1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.”
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
February 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.”
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
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Nature Methods
DeepPrep: an accelerated, scalable and robust pipeline for neuroimaging preprocessing empowered by deep learning
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
DeepPrep: an accelerated, scalable and robust pipeline for neuroimaging preprocessing empowered by deep learning
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
DeepPrep: an accelerated, scalable and robust pipeline for neuroimaging preprocessing empowered by deep learning - Nature Methods
DeepPrep is a preprocessing pipeline for functional and structural MRI data from humans. Deep learning-based modules and an efficient workflow allow DeepPrep to handle large datasets.
www.nature.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Nature Methods
DeepPrep: an accelerated, scalable and robust pipeline for neuroimaging preprocessing empowered by deep learning
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
DeepPrep: an accelerated, scalable and robust pipeline for neuroimaging preprocessing empowered by deep learning
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The ACNP has joined forces with other brain and behavior organizations in opposition of the NIH imposed standard indirect cost rate. acnp.org/about-us/st...
February 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The ACNP has joined forces with other brain and behavior organizations in opposition of the NIH imposed standard indirect cost rate. acnp.org/about-us/st...
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Neuron
Slow cortical dynamics generate context processing and novelty detection
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Slow cortical dynamics generate context processing and novelty detection
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Slow cortical dynamics generate context processing and novelty detection
The brain efficiently processes sensory information by selecting novelty and discarding
redundancies. In this work, Shymkiv et al. demonstrate that through a high-dimensional
ensemble representation, ...
www.cell.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Neuron
Slow cortical dynamics generate context processing and novelty detection
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
Slow cortical dynamics generate context processing and novelty detection
www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...
📢 Publication Alert! 🧠
I'm excited to share that my latest research on EEG in children with Self-Limited Epilepsy of Childhood with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS) is now published in Clinical Neurophysiology!
📖 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#EEG #SeLECTS #ChildNeurology #BrainResearch
I'm excited to share that my latest research on EEG in children with Self-Limited Epilepsy of Childhood with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS) is now published in Clinical Neurophysiology!
📖 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#EEG #SeLECTS #ChildNeurology #BrainResearch
Increase in EEG functional connectivity and power during wakefulness in self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes
Examine power and functional connectivity (FC) in children with Self-limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS) during resting-state.We ret…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
📢 Publication Alert! 🧠
I'm excited to share that my latest research on EEG in children with Self-Limited Epilepsy of Childhood with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS) is now published in Clinical Neurophysiology!
📖 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#EEG #SeLECTS #ChildNeurology #BrainResearch
I'm excited to share that my latest research on EEG in children with Self-Limited Epilepsy of Childhood with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS) is now published in Clinical Neurophysiology!
📖 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#EEG #SeLECTS #ChildNeurology #BrainResearch
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Nature Neuroscience
The architecture of the human default mode network explored through cytoarchitecture, wiring and signal flow
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The architecture of the human default mode network explored through cytoarchitecture, wiring and signal flow
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The architecture of the human default mode network explored through cytoarchitecture, wiring and signal flow - Nature Neuroscience
The default mode network (DMN) is implicated in cognition and behavior. Here, the authors show that the DMN is cytoarchitecturally heterogeneous, it contains regions receptive to input from the sensor...
www.nature.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Nature Neuroscience
The architecture of the human default mode network explored through cytoarchitecture, wiring and signal flow
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The architecture of the human default mode network explored through cytoarchitecture, wiring and signal flow
www.nature.com/articles/s41...