Mara Mather
@maramather.bsky.social
Fascinated by the brain, what makes it work well and how to keep it working well as we age. Noradrenaline, locus coeruleus, heart rate variability, oscillatory dynamics, parasympathetic/sympathetic changes in aging. USC professor.
Various lines of evidence indicate that there should be influences of breathing on locus coeruleus activity (and therefore on pupil dilation) yet demonstrating these relationships has been challenging. Kluger et al. used phase coherence to quantify oscillatory coupling between the two signals.
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Various lines of evidence indicate that there should be influences of breathing on locus coeruleus activity (and therefore on pupil dilation) yet demonstrating these relationships has been challenging. Kluger et al. used phase coherence to quantify oscillatory coupling between the two signals.
Another paper I reviewed in 2024 that I thought was outstanding is also now published: www.jneurosci.org/content/44/4...
by @danlikesbrains.bsky.social
@jgross.bsky.social
@ckeitelsci.bsky.social
by @danlikesbrains.bsky.social
@jgross.bsky.social
@ckeitelsci.bsky.social
A Dynamic Link between Respiration and Arousal - PubMed
Viewing brain function through the lens of other physiological processes has critically added to our understanding of human cognition. Further advances though may need a closer look at the interactions between these physiological processes themselves. Here we characterize the interplay of the highly …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Another paper I reviewed in 2024 that I thought was outstanding is also now published: www.jneurosci.org/content/44/4...
by @danlikesbrains.bsky.social
@jgross.bsky.social
@ckeitelsci.bsky.social
by @danlikesbrains.bsky.social
@jgross.bsky.social
@ckeitelsci.bsky.social
I don’t think they ruled out that latter possibility.
April 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I don’t think they ruled out that latter possibility.
Effects were stronger in women than in men. But one open question is whether the effects are specific to the older live-attenuated herpes zoster vaccine that was given to those in the analysis, or whether they will extend to the current preferred recombinant vaccine.
April 7, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Effects were stronger in women than in men. But one open question is whether the effects are specific to the older live-attenuated herpes zoster vaccine that was given to those in the analysis, or whether they will extend to the current preferred recombinant vaccine.