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Riccardo Manca
@neurorik.bsky.social
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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow 🌈
🧠 Alzheimer's disease, #demenita, cognitive decline, mental health & MRI
📚 Clinical Imaging and Neuropsychology Lab (CLIN lab) @ Università degli Studi di Parma (IT)
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🧵 1/7 Exciting new research on white matter integrity, Alzheimer's risk and cardiovascular health! 🧠❤️

By @brunelpsy.bsky.social CCN team Srijan Konwar, @neurorik.bsky.social, Annalena Venneri & Matteo De Marco 🤩

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March 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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1/ 🧠 A new study by @neurorik.bsky.social. Matteo De Marco and Annalena Venneri from @brunelpsy.bsky.social reveals early brain changes in Alzheimer’s disease linked to dopamine (DA) and acetylcholine (ACh) systems 🔬

Just published in Brain Communications! 💅
Changes in neurotransmitter-related functional connectivity along the Alzheimer’s disease continuum
Manca et al. report that alterations in functional connectivity associated with the distribution of both dopamine (especially in the mesocorticolimbic path
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January 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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winrepo.bsky.social
Nominations are open for the #ALBA-Roche #Research Prize for Excellence in #Neuroscience! 🧠✨ If you're a mid-career neuroscientist (5+ years post-PhD) from an underrepresented group & working on the causal mechanisms of brain diseases, you can apply here before January 20, 2025: loom.ly/_EvQvm4
ALBA-Roche Research Prize for Excellence in Neuroscience
Recognising outstanding scientific achievements in mid-career neuroscience, with a focus on underrepresented individuals.
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December 18, 2024 at 4:13 PM
neurorik.bsky.social
Meta-analysis on blood p-tau for predicting conversion to AD #dementia: www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25...
Role of Blood P-Tau Isoforms (181, 217, 231) in Predicting Conversion from MCI to Dementia Due to Alzheimer’s Disease: A Review and Meta-Analysis
Blood-based biomarkers are minimally invasive tools to detect the pathological changes of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). This meta-analysis aims to investigate the use of blood-derived p-tau isoforms (181,...
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December 2, 2024 at 10:00 AM
neurorik.bsky.social
Great lecture by Professor Cathy Price @britishneuropsych.bsky.social #BNS
November 27, 2024 at 5:45 PM
neurorik.bsky.social
Dr Matteo De Marco from @brunelpsy.bsky.social presenting on semantic memory in aging at the BNS autumn meeting @britishneuropsych.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 2:55 PM
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dsquintana.bsky.social
Why multiple hypothesis test corrections provide poor control of false positives in the real world

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What is it about? We critique the widespread use of multiple hypothesis test corrections in scientific research, arguing that these methods fail to control false positives effectively in real-world studies. The actual number of false positives often exceeds the intended threshold due to issues such as arbitrary definitions of test groups, flexibility in error rate control, and unchecked exploratory analyses. We propose to move away from p-value adjustments toward shrinking parameter estimates. This approach directly targets exaggerated effect sizes that lead to false positives, providing a more robust solution for controlling error rates. Shrinkage methods, while less common and requiring more effort, offer advantages in reducing biases and are better suited for real-world complexities.
November 26, 2024 at 7:38 AM
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Are you tempted to orthogonalize the regressors in your fMRI model? @jeanette-mumford.bsky.social tells you why this is almost never a good idea, and is likely to wreck the interpretation of your model. mumfordbrainstats.tumblr.com/post/1337933...
Collinearity...is orthogonalization the answer? (No)
If I had a dollar for every time I read a paper purporting to have repaired a multicollinearity issue by orthogonalizing regressors...  Unfortunately, once collinearity is there and the data have been...
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November 25, 2024 at 11:56 PM
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brunelcce.bsky.social
🧵 1/ 🌈 CCEs awesome Francisco Gómez Jiménez recently gave a public talk in Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca, Mexico, in collaboration with Las Auténticas Intrépidas Buscadoras del Peligro, a local muxe organisation disseminating his excellent research👇
Francisco R. Gómez Jiménez
‪Brunel University London‬ - ‪‪Cited by 245‬‬ - ‪Evolutionary Psychology‬ - ‪Cross-Cultural Psychology‬ - ‪Sexology‬ - ‪Sex and Gender‬
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November 25, 2024 at 9:17 AM