Asa Farahani @asafarahani.bsky.social · 23/07/2026“Cerebral vasculature shapes the spatial patterning of brain metastases” Note: Systemic metabolic factors should be incorporated into the assessment of patient-level brain metastatic risk. Now available at: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 053
Reposted by Asa FarahanibioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Cerebral vasculature shapes the spatial patterning of brain metastases www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 022
Reposted by Asa FarahaniScience X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 25/06/2026More than 3,000 brain scans suggest poor metabolic health can age the brain independently of age, with reduced cerebral perfusion linked to weaker cognitive flexibility. doi.org/hb8pn6medicalxpress.comPoor metabolic health can age the brain even in young people, finds new large-scale studyTwo people of very different ages can have a similar level of biological aging in their brains. Such an occurrence is possible because aging and metabolic health follow two distinct pathways that influence brain health. 031
Reposted by Asa FarahaniPLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 16/06/2026#Aging drives changes in the #brain and #metabolism, but how independent are these effects? This study by @asafarahani.bsky.social, @misicbata.bsky.social &co identifies two axes of brain-body associations, each primarily related to age or metabolic health. 🧪#AcademicSky plos.io/4eoIu3L 1189
Reposted by Asa FarahanibioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Benchmarking spatial interpolation methods for brain maps www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 033
Reposted by Asa FarahanibioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Structure-function coupling in the human brainstem www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 096
Reposted by Asa FarahaniMarc L Seal @parkvillegeek.bsky.social · 08/04/2026👀 Structure-function coupling in the human brainstem | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 052
Reposted by Asa FarahaniBratislav Misic @misicbata.bsky.social · 18/12/2025netneurotools: a trainee-oriented approach to network neuroscience | doi.org/10.1101/2025... Our lab’s internal toolkit for accomplishing everyday tasks in brain imaging ⤵️ 17535
Reposted by Asa FarahaniMoataz Assem @moatazassem.bsky.social · 27/11/2025The special issue celebrating John Duncan's retirement is now out! Check out all the gem articles here: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10QN6R7VQSM and the editorial (see next figure in the thread for an entertaining analysis) doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... 13013
Reposted by Asa FarahanibioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Joint multi-omics profiling of brain and body health in aging www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 042
Reposted by Asa FarahaniBratislav Misic @misicbata.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Huge thanks to Sanjay Kalra and the CALSNIC team, J Hansen, @vincebaz.bsky.social @goliashf.bsky.social L Collins @dadarmahsa.bsky.social @alaindagher.bsky.social !! code: github.com/netneurolab/...github.comGitHub - netneurolab/Farahani_ALS: Network spreading and local biological vulnerability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosisNetwork spreading and local biological vulnerability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - netneurolab/Farahani_ALS 162
Reposted by Asa FarahaniBratislav Misic @misicbata.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Network spreading and local biological vulnerability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | doi.org/10.1038/s420... How do brain network structure and local biological features shape the spatial patterning of atrophy in ALS? @asafarahani.bsky.social investigates ⤵️ 12216
Reposted by Asa FarahaniBratislav Misic @misicbata.bsky.social · 10/09/2025The effect of spherical projections on spin tests for brain maps | doi.org/10.1162/IMAG... Spin tests are the de facto null model for map-to-map comparisons in brain imaging. Why don't they perfectly control false positives? @vincebaz.bsky.social explores ⤵️ 12413
Reposted by Asa FarahaniCommunications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 08/08/2025🧠Brain network structure and local biology jointly shape ALS atrophy. Disease epicenters show transcriptomic enrichment for mitochondrial function, endothelial cells and pericytes. Individual variation in epicenters aligns with clinical symptoms. doi.org/10.1038/s420...doi.orgNetwork spreading and local biological vulnerability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - Communications BiologyBrain network structure and local biology jointly shape ALS atrophy. Disease epicenters show transcriptomic enrichment for mitochondrial function, endothelial cells and pericytes. Individual variation... 161
Reposted by Asa FarahaniBratislav Misic @misicbata.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Mapping cerebral blood perfusion and its links to multi-scale brain organization across the human lifespan | doi.org/10.1371/jour... How does blood perfusion map onto canonical features of brain structure and function? @asafarahani.bsky.social investigates @plosbiology.org ⤵️ 15616
Reposted by Asa FarahaniPLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 31/07/2025How does cerebral #BloodPerfusion map onto micro-, meso- & macro-scale brain structure? @asafarahani.bsky.social @misicbata.bsky.social &co characterize blood perfusion in the #HumanBrain, revealing how it changes with age & in #NeurodegenerativeDisease @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/46AEURS 097
Asa Farahani @asafarahani.bsky.social · 06/05/2025“A network of face patches in human prefrontal cortex for social processing of faces” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Let us characterize a novel network of four frontal face patches (FFPs) arranged dorsoventrally in the human lateral prefrontal cortex! 🔢 131
Reposted by Asa FarahaniAlain Dagher @alaindagher.bsky.social · 18/03/2025New: Energy use shapes brain organization and development. We use gene expression maps from the @alleninstitute.bsky.social Human Brain Atlas to map the main energy metabolism pathways in the brain. Led by @moohebatpe.bsky.social @misicbata.bsky.social @goliashf.bsky.social and Justine Hansen 🧵 24520
Reposted by Asa FarahaniAmir Ozhan Dehghani @amirozhan.bsky.social · 09/03/2025I am excited to share that my undergraduate research has now been accepted to #ICLR2025. 📎: openreview.net/pdf?id=wMgr7... 🧑💻: github.com/BashivanLab/... Tweeprint🧵⬇️ 1174
Reposted by Asa FarahaniBratislav Misic @misicbata.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Cerebral blood perfusion across biological systems and the human lifespan | doi.org/10.1101/2025... How does blood perfusion map onto canonical features of brain structure and function? @asafarahani.bsky.social investigates ⤵️ 34424
