Liisa Galea
@liisagalea.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, Treliving Family Chair in Women’s Mental Health, Prof U Toronto (formerly UBC), Mom, Senior Scientist CAMH
We also found different brain regions had a greater influence in the overall network that depended on parity and genotype (seriously I can stare at that all day - look at all those changing eigenvalues). There is something for everyone here.. pick your region😉
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We also found different brain regions had a greater influence in the overall network that depended on parity and genotype (seriously I can stare at that all day - look at all those changing eigenvalues). There is something for everyone here.. pick your region😉
Every night I have a green rooibos tea with ginger,chili, and lemon. I’ve been doing this since I tried one in Zambia in 2018. I haven’t been feeling well and wanted to make sure I had plenty of tea on hand… did I order too much?? Or not enough. You be the judge.
October 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Every night I have a green rooibos tea with ginger,chili, and lemon. I’ve been doing this since I tried one in Zambia in 2018. I haven’t been feeling well and wanted to make sure I had plenty of tea on hand… did I order too much?? Or not enough. You be the judge.
Fantastic phase aligned cycle scaling available for researchers interested. PACTS. Menstrual cycles and hormone levels can be quite different and this method helps. Sucidality idealisation also follows cyclicity @clearlab.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Fantastic phase aligned cycle scaling available for researchers interested. PACTS. Menstrual cycles and hormone levels can be quite different and this method helps. Sucidality idealisation also follows cyclicity @clearlab.bsky.social
DSM5 ignores unique trajectories. Unique trajectories are imp to understand for treatment options ++ @clearlab.bsky.social also if people arent careful this variability will be missed and
October 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
DSM5 ignores unique trajectories. Unique trajectories are imp to understand for treatment options ++ @clearlab.bsky.social also if people arent careful this variability will be missed and
We need to understand this disorder better & not assume that all conditions need to be met. There are many different cutoffs. @clearlab.bsky.social made CPASS to help. DSM5 excludes subthreshold cyclicity. Or with PME & this is an issue for understanding the disorder.
October 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We need to understand this disorder better & not assume that all conditions need to be met. There are many different cutoffs. @clearlab.bsky.social made CPASS to help. DSM5 excludes subthreshold cyclicity. Or with PME & this is an issue for understanding the disorder.
Why are some people hormone sensitive and others not? There are cultural stereotypes… that are imp to acknowledge. You need repeated measures and DAILY analyses to diagnose PMDD (~5.5%) or PME -
@clearlab.bsky.social
@clearlab.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Why are some people hormone sensitive and others not? There are cultural stereotypes… that are imp to acknowledge. You need repeated measures and DAILY analyses to diagnose PMDD (~5.5%) or PME -
@clearlab.bsky.social
@clearlab.bsky.social
Suicides are important to study in females too. More attempts in females. Attempts can be linked to hormones. But not all people have these hormonal sensitivities red shows severe, pink less sensitivities and black no symptoms. So why is this @clearlab.bsky.social researches searches for why
October 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Suicides are important to study in females too. More attempts in females. Attempts can be linked to hormones. But not all people have these hormonal sensitivities red shows severe, pink less sensitivities and black no symptoms. So why is this @clearlab.bsky.social researches searches for why
I hate wasting thyme
October 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I hate wasting thyme
Delighted to hear my colleague & friend Judy Illes from my old institution & get to meet my new colleague and hopeful friend and my new institution @danielbuchman.bsky.social Judy always makes my mind stretch whenever I hear her speak.
October 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Delighted to hear my colleague & friend Judy Illes from my old institution & get to meet my new colleague and hopeful friend and my new institution @danielbuchman.bsky.social Judy always makes my mind stretch whenever I hear her speak.
Last night I could not put this book down. The opening chapter is 🤯 and the final chapters full of great ideas about what we can collectively do to ensure women & underrepresented groups stay in science. We need diversity in science as diversity breeds discovery
October 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Last night I could not put this book down. The opening chapter is 🤯 and the final chapters full of great ideas about what we can collectively do to ensure women & underrepresented groups stay in science. We need diversity in science as diversity breeds discovery
This couch has a face…
September 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This couch has a face…
Hunsberger: benzodiazepines are prescribed to the elderly. Are they helpful or risk for AD? Controversial and equivocal findings. But is this due to lack of consideration of sex? Newly published work indicates yes.
September 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Hunsberger: benzodiazepines are prescribed to the elderly. Are they helpful or risk for AD? Controversial and equivocal findings. But is this due to lack of consideration of sex? Newly published work indicates yes.
Brain wide networks differ by AD model and sex. Earlier anxiety and faster progression to AD in females compared to males (in humans).
September 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Brain wide networks differ by AD model and sex. Earlier anxiety and faster progression to AD in females compared to males (in humans).
Anxiety increases prior to AD, women are more likely to show both disorders so is there a link? Using both a mouse model of AD and human populations. APP/PS1 females show earlier cognitive decline and anxiety than males..
September 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Anxiety increases prior to AD, women are more likely to show both disorders so is there a link? Using both a mouse model of AD and human populations. APP/PS1 females show earlier cognitive decline and anxiety than males..
How is my cat more focused than I am?
August 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
How is my cat more focused than I am?
Happy #FluorescentFriday everyone. New image from @kristenmontgomery.bsky.social of hungry microglia cells in the hippocampus with our new confocal (thank you CFI!!). Green=Iba1, red=CD68. And kudos to Kristen for perseverance!
August 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Happy #FluorescentFriday everyone. New image from @kristenmontgomery.bsky.social of hungry microglia cells in the hippocampus with our new confocal (thank you CFI!!). Green=Iba1, red=CD68. And kudos to Kristen for perseverance!
He’s a sweetie. A little needy but aren’t we all deep down?
August 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
He’s a sweetie. A little needy but aren’t we all deep down?
Storm is trying to distract me from my CIHR revisions. And he may be right. Do I completely change AIM 3???? Ugh
August 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Storm is trying to distract me from my CIHR revisions. And he may be right. Do I completely change AIM 3???? Ugh
Non pharmacological and pharmacological treatments to improve sleep to improve brain health. Melatonin has some good data to date…. In older individuals. Which is good as I told my 89 y old dad to try it.
July 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Non pharmacological and pharmacological treatments to improve sleep to improve brain health. Melatonin has some good data to date…. In older individuals. Which is good as I told my 89 y old dad to try it.
Naismith: Obstructive sleep apnea is related to dementia risk, AD neuropathology (AB) & reduced cognition- but difficult to measure outside of lab. Related to o2 desaturation in CA1. #AAIC25 (get yourself checked!)
July 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Naismith: Obstructive sleep apnea is related to dementia risk, AD neuropathology (AB) & reduced cognition- but difficult to measure outside of lab. Related to o2 desaturation in CA1. #AAIC25 (get yourself checked!)
S Naismith: making the case that we need to “wake up to sleep” for understanding and improving mental & cognitive health. #AAIC2025. But sleep is complicated and interventions are scarce.
July 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
S Naismith: making the case that we need to “wake up to sleep” for understanding and improving mental & cognitive health. #AAIC2025. But sleep is complicated and interventions are scarce.
Arenaza-Urquijo: women show more tau pathology and more cognitive resilience to AB+ than men. This may be driven by differences in neuroinflammation #AAIC2025
July 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Arenaza-Urquijo: women show more tau pathology and more cognitive resilience to AB+ than men. This may be driven by differences in neuroinflammation #AAIC2025
Add to that the racial/ethnic disparities in AD diagnosis and care.. we need to ask who is our research foe and how can we help fill this gap. @drtamwatermeyer.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Add to that the racial/ethnic disparities in AD diagnosis and care.. we need to ask who is our research foe and how can we help fill this gap. @drtamwatermeyer.bsky.social
Starting out strong with depressing statistics @drtamwatermeyer.bsky.social at #AAIC2025 many reasons for later diagnosis of AD & related dementias in women compared to men.
July 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Starting out strong with depressing statistics @drtamwatermeyer.bsky.social at #AAIC2025 many reasons for later diagnosis of AD & related dementias in women compared to men.