Riley Irmen, M.S.
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Riley Irmen, M.S.
@rileyirmen.bsky.social
University of Kentucky graduate student, Physiology Dept, Macauley lab
Sleep, AD, tau pathology
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🔥New preprint from the lab! Led by @rileyirmen.bsky.social

Tau pathology reprograms glucose metabolism to support glutamatergic activity and excitatory imbalance

📍 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.25.666872v1

🧵 on how tau disrupts the metabolism–excitability balance in Alzheimer’s disease
Tau pathology reprograms glucose metabolism to support glutamatergic activity and excitatory imbalance
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is not only characterized by amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau pathology, but also by early and progressive disruptions in metabolism. Neuronal excitability is tightly coupled with me...
biorxiv.org
July 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Reposted by Riley Irmen, M.S.
At #Tau2025? Go see @rileyirmen.bsky.social ‘s poster on tau, GABA, and sleep!

Many thanks to Emmanuel Planel for the fabulous selfie from the morning session.
April 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Reposted by Riley Irmen, M.S.
Macauley Lab needed a win today!

Thank you to UK Women’s Basketball for providing it. What a great first round win!!!

And there was ice cream. Yum!

@ncons95.bsky.social @rileyirmen.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM