Valerie L. Darcey, PhD, MS, RD
@vdarcey.bsky.social
#neuroscientist & #RegisteredDietitian
1st Gen all-the-things. | Diet, Human Rights, dopamine & random things between.
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1st Gen all-the-things. | Diet, Human Rights, dopamine & random things between.
Views mine.
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"The peril of preconceived narratives" in @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social with @vdarcey.bsky.social in response to the fall out from our recent study that failed to show significant brain dopamine responses to UPF milkshakes similar to highly addictive drugs. authors.elsevier.com/c/1lYiE5WXUl...
authors.elsevier.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"The peril of preconceived narratives" in @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social with @vdarcey.bsky.social in response to the fall out from our recent study that failed to show significant brain dopamine responses to UPF milkshakes similar to highly addictive drugs. authors.elsevier.com/c/1lYiE5WXUl...
Reposted by Valerie L. Darcey, PhD, MS, RD
Join us in beautiful Santa Barbara! We're hiring a full-time junior specialist/research technician to play a central role in data collection & analysis of brain imaging studies of pregnancy & menopause.
Learn more & apply at: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974
Or help us spread the word 💫
Learn more & apply at: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974
Or help us spread the word 💫
May 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Join us in beautiful Santa Barbara! We're hiring a full-time junior specialist/research technician to play a central role in data collection & analysis of brain imaging studies of pregnancy & menopause.
Learn more & apply at: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974
Or help us spread the word 💫
Learn more & apply at: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974
Or help us spread the word 💫
Reposted by Valerie L. Darcey, PhD, MS, RD
WATCH: Dr. Kevin Hall is departing NIH after 21 years at his “dream job.” He says his research findings were being censored under RFK Jr.
"What is it going to be like if they want to start actually meddling in the research itself?"
April 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
WATCH: Dr. Kevin Hall is departing NIH after 21 years at his “dream job.” He says his research findings were being censored under RFK Jr.
"What is it going to be like if they want to start actually meddling in the research itself?"
Reposted by Valerie L. Darcey, PhD, MS, RD
Thanks to @jaketapper.bsky.social for inviting me on his show yesterday! www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/h...
Top researcher quits NIH, citing censorship under RFK Jr. | CNN
Dr. Kevin Hall joins The Lead
www.cnn.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Thanks to @jaketapper.bsky.social for inviting me on his show yesterday! www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/h...
Reposted by Valerie L. Darcey, PhD, MS, RD
The full paper is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Striatal dopamine tone is positively associated with adiposity in humans as determined by PET using dual dopamine type-2 receptor antagonist tracers - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Striatal dopamine tone is positively associated with adiposity in humans as determined by PET using dual dopamine type-2 receptor antagonist tracers
www.nature.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The full paper is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Valerie L. Darcey, PhD, MS, RD
For >20 years obesity was thought to be associated with reduced dopamine receptors in brain reward regions. Now, a big study by @vdarcey.bsky.social shows that this may be have been an artifact (top figure panel) due to brain dopamine tone being positively associated with body fat (bottom).
April 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
For >20 years obesity was thought to be associated with reduced dopamine receptors in brain reward regions. Now, a big study by @vdarcey.bsky.social shows that this may be have been an artifact (top figure panel) due to brain dopamine tone being positively associated with body fat (bottom).
Reposted by Valerie L. Darcey, PhD, MS, RD
Researchers have sued six big academic publishers, arguing their practices are illegal and anticompetitive.
Scientists’ suit against top academic publishers lays bare deep frustration over unpaid peer review
Researchers have sued six big academic publishers, arguing their practices are illegal and anticompetitive.
buff.ly
March 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Researchers have sued six big academic publishers, arguing their practices are illegal and anticompetitive.
Reposted by Valerie L. Darcey, PhD, MS, RD
Nice @nytimes.com story by @alicecallahan.bsky.social about ultra-processed food addiction and implications of our latest Cell Metabolism study led by @vdarcey.bsky.social. With comments from @danasmall.bsky.social Alex DiFeliceantonio and Ashley Gearhardt.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/w...
Are Ultraprocessed Foods Addictive? (Gift Article)
The question has generated controversy among scientists. Here’s what we know.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Nice @nytimes.com story by @alicecallahan.bsky.social about ultra-processed food addiction and implications of our latest Cell Metabolism study led by @vdarcey.bsky.social. With comments from @danasmall.bsky.social Alex DiFeliceantonio and Ashley Gearhardt.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/w...