Drew Burns
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Drew Burns
@neuronomada.bsky.social
Computational Neuroscientist MD/PhD Candidate
Check out my very talented PI and mentor, Dr. Alex Leow, MD, PhD, talk about tracking the fitness of our brain using smartphone data!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcA3...
Alex Leow, MD, PhD | Tracking the Fitness of your Brain: The BiAffect App
YouTube video by Precision Mental Health at Stanford
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November 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🚨 First paper from my PhD published!

BACKGROUND
🔗 Link b/w epilepsy & AD. RCT w/ levetiracetam → need for new network hyperexcitability measures.

RESULTS
MRI-based macroscale hyperexcitability model & longitudinal sex-APOE risk effect.

Link: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Longitudinal excitation-inhibition balance altered by sex and APOE-ε4 - Communications Biology
Longitudinal connectome modeling of excitation-inhibition balance in cognitively unimpaired individuals reveals a hyperexcitable trajectory in female APOE-ε4 carriers. Findings suggest anti-excitatory...
www.nature.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM