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Björn Hendrik Schott

@bjoernschott.bsky.social
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psychiatrist / neuroscientist / DADDY. University Medical Center Göttingen & @dzne.science. #aging #Alzheimer's #PostCOVID #memory #MRI www.researchgate.net/profile/Bjoern…

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Mario Sixtus @sixtus.net · 09/07/2026
Hah! Eat this, Blackrot! www.spiegel.de/politik/land...
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Landessozialgericht Berlin-Brandenburg stoppt umstrittene Honorarkürzung bei Psychotherapeuten
Methodische Bedenken an Berechnungen veranlassen ein Sozialgericht zu einer sofortigen Aussetzung der Honorarkürzung bei Psychotherapeuten. Die Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung hatte dagegen geklagt.
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Björn Hendrik Schott @bjoernschott.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Wer am Wochenende krank wird, muss sich dann halt in der Notaufnahme krankschreiben lassen... die haben ja sonst nichts zu tun... </sarkasmus>
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Björn Hendrik Schott @bjoernschott.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Spracherkennungs-Fail: Duloxetin => Dioxin ... äh, nein, das verordne ich normalerweise nicht 😱
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE EARTHSET PHOTO FROM ARTEMIS II. IM SPEECHLESS.
Earth appearing as a bright crescent behind the Moon’s surface
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Patrick Breitenbach @patrickbreitenbach.de · 23/03/2026
»Wie zeigt man, dass man nicht schwach ist? Man verhält sich aggressiv!« Jennifer Bosson Ein etwas älterer Artikel zu einem weitaus älteren patriarchalen Problem:
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Gewaltbereitschaft junger Männer: Männlichkeit in Gefahr
Männer sind im Durchschnitt gewaltbereiter als Frauen. Das könnte mit der »fragilen Männlichkeit« zusammenhängen
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/03/2026
Attacks on synagogues and Jewish shops in the UK, Europe and the US don’t hurt Netanyahu. They just hurt ordinary Jews | Jonathan Freedland
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Attacks on synagogues and Jewish shops in the UK, Europe and the US don’t hurt Netanyahu. They just hurt ordinary Jews | Jonathan Freedland
Too many want to cast acts of violence and antisemitism as blows against Israel’s government. But the fear and terror land on real people, thousands of miles away, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
AI to understand the language of life. Our review just published nature.com/articles/s41... Free access rdcu.be/e89lQ
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Generalist biological artificial intelligence in modeling the language of life - Nature Biotechnology
This Review discusses the promises and pitfalls of biological AI algorithms and presents a vision for generalist biological artificial intelligence, in which models can perform diverse tasks across bi...
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Mild covid and pregnancy in the experimental model www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling in COVID-19 positive patients reveals alterations in pathways linked to neurological dysfunction - Clinical Epigenetics
Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly transmissible RNA betacoronavirus, causing coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). Infection with SARS-CoV-2 can result i...
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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
“Maybe a better way to look at this is ‘people preparedness’. One way for people to be prepared (for the next pandemic) is to be healthier, eat better and exercise, so you’re less likely to get sick or have a poor outcome,” Powers added. Right. This will protect you from a novel pathogen.🤦‍♂️
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Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
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Björn Hendrik Schott @bjoernschott.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
@joaquincastrotx.bsky.social picked them up personally to escort them back to safety. My deepest respect!
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 22/01/2026
I just thought everyone should see this
Dr Kareem Carr
man: i wish to publish
@kareem_carr
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reviewer 2: your paper is no good
man: i'll do anything to improve
reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini
man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini
Andre Pagliarini
@apagliar
Jan 21
a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini
Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC
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Cihan Çelik @cihancelik.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Kliniken und Praxen sind gerade wieder voller Patienten mit Atemwegsinfekten, unser Personal fällt reihenweise krank aus. Ausgerechnet jetzt wird politisch über erschwerte Krankschreibungen und Lohnstreichungen bei Krankheit diskutiert. Man fühlt sich schon ein bisschen veräppelt.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
3 years ago @ahandvanish.bsky.social, @lisamccorkell.bsky.social, @julialmv.bsky.social and I published a review on #LongCovid. Since then it has been downloaded nearly 2 million times and is #4 of >500,000 papers published since by @altmetric.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations - Nature Reviews Microbiology
Long COVID is an often debilitating illness of severe symptoms that can develop during or following COVID-19. In this Review, Davis, McCorkell, Vogel and Topol explore our knowledge of long COVID and ...
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Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann @masz.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Meine Meinung zu #Venezuela:
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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 03/01/2026
Pretty cool www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
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Natascha Strobl @nataschastrobl.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Aktuelle Weltpolitik unterscheidet sich nur marginal von meiner Civilization-Strategie.
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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Altered Brain Tissue Microstructure and Neurochemical Profiles in Long COVID and Recovered COVID-19 Individuals: A multimodal MRI Study
Diverse neurological symptoms are experienced by long COVID and COVID-19 recovered individuals. However, the long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 in the br…
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
sciencebasedmedicine.org/child-labor-...
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Doctors Shouldn’t Legitimize Pro-Tobacco, Child-Labor Advocates
As the adage says: "A man is judged by the company he keeps."
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Enno Park @ennopark.de · 13/11/2025
„Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen sollen künftig strenger kontrolliert werden. Sie sollen künftig persönlich beim Jobcenter vorsprechen. So soll geprüft werden, ob die Betroffenen wirklich psychisch krank sind.“ www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2... #Grundsicherung #Bürgergeld
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Grundsicherung: So knallhart soll die neue Grundsicherung werden
Psychisch Kranke müssen sich rechtfertigen, Mieter sollen ihre Vermieter rügen: Der Entwurf für die neue Grundsicherung sieht einige überraschende Verschärfungen vor.
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 22/10/2025
"Das wird man ja wohl noch sagen dürfen!" Ja, und ich werde das wohl auch kritisieren dürfen, weil es gelogener, rassistischer Unsinn ist. Das schränkt nicht deine Meinungsfreiheit ein. Du willst nur meine einschränken, wenn du mir meinen Widerspruch verbieten willst.
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Cihan Çelik @cihancelik.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Beim Versuch, nach rechts abgewanderte Wähler zurückzugewinnen, riskiert der Kanzler durch seine Rhetorik die Entfremdung von Millionen Deutschen mit Migrationsgeschichte- auch meine. Mein Gastbeitrag als Angesprochener für @spiegel.de www.spiegel.de/politik/ciha...
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Meinung: Cihan Celik zu Stadtbild-Debatte: Was Merz in der migrantischen Community auslöst
Mit seinen Worten entfremdet Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz Millionen Deutsche mit Migrationsgeschichte von der deutschen Gesellschaft. Für Menschen wie mich ist das eine bestürzende und schmerzvolle Er...
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C. B. @corneliabeeking.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Stadtbild
12 Jahre nach dem letzten Regierungsantritt einer rechtsextremen Partei in Deutschland


Das Bild zeigt eine zerbombte Stadt mit Trümmerfrauen
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Very good 😂. This describes a lot of what is going on accurately. Credit: @integralanswers.bsky.social
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4linblue GG-Ultra @4linblue.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Hab mal dem Bundeskanzler gemailt:)
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
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The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
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Der Postillon 📯 @der-postillon.com · 17/10/2025
Vorbildlich! Dieser Politiker will Rechten gegenüber toleranter sein und sie durch politische Verantwortung entzaubern www.der-postillon.com/2019/06/paul...
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Vorbildlich! Dieser Politiker will Rechten gegenüber toleranter sein und sie durch politische Verantwortung entzaubern
Er macht endlich Schluss mit der undemokratischen Ausschließeritis: Dieser mutige Spitzenpolitiker hat angekündigt, Rechten gegenüber toleranter zu sein und sie durch politische Verantwortung zu…
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Till Steffen @tillsteffen.de · 16/10/2025
Ich hätte von Ihnen erwartet Herr Merz, dass Sie die Courage haben, sich für diesen Satz zu entschuldigen! Dass sie so viele Menschen in diesem Land beleidigt haben, das spaltet unsere Gesellschaft, das schadet Deutschland! Entschuldigen sie sich! #Stadtbild
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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
" Here we present a large-scale longitudinal analysis of health records from more than 100 million individuals in the U.S that demonstrates a consistent relationship of VZV reactivation with dementia after controlling for nearly 400 measured characteristics." #Neurovirology #Alzheimer
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Varicella-zoster virus reactivation and the risk of dementia - Nature Medicine
Large-scale longitudinal health records reveal consistent association of varicella-zoster virus reactivation with dementia.
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Björn Hendrik Schott @bjoernschott.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Nicht vergessen: #Stadtbild nach 12 Jahren rechtsextremer Regierung:
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Berlin nach 1945 – Besetzung, Spaltung, Mauerbau und Kalter Krieg
Die Berliner Garnison kapituliert am 2. Mai, sechs Tage vor dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges in Europa. Weite Teile der Stadt sind zerstört.
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Björn Hendrik Schott @bjoernschott.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
#WCP25: Very inspiring presentation by Pamela Y. Collins from JHU on app-based support of faith-based healers in Ghana, guided by mental health professionals. ... that was worth getting up early for <- which means a lot for me 😉 Follow her here: @pcollins-mh.bsky.social #WCP2025
Pamela Y. Collins at WCP 2025
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Björn Hendrik Schott @bjoernschott.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
"The platform has turned into a pile of shit, and we’re at the bottom of it."
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Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
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Enno Park @ennopark.de · 04/10/2025
„Eine Rolle spielen wahrscheinlich Gefäßschäden. Das Gehirn bekommt dann nicht mehr genug Sauerstoff. Im Vergleich zu jenen, die nach der Infektion wieder gesund werden, haben Menschen mit Neuro-Covid außerdem ein deutlich verändertes Immunsystem.“ www.zeit.de/gesundheit/2...
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Neuro-Covid: "Wird da etwas im Gehirn beschleunigt, das wir von Alzheimer kennen?"
Long Covid hat häufig neurologische Ursachen, die noch immer nicht genau erforscht sind. Der Mediziner Joachim Schultze erklärt, was das ändern könnte.
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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · 04/10/2025
Brain iron measured with quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) MRI predicted cognitive decline in healthy adults, a prospective study showed. www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/gene…
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Brain Iron Predicts Risk of Future Cognitive Impairment
MRI technique points to magnetic susceptibility in two brain regions
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Björn Hendrik Schott @bjoernschott.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Es wäre eine Schande, eine der vernünftigsten politischen Entscheidungen der letzten Jahre dem Rotstift zu opfern, während diverse fragwürdige Subventionen nicht angetastet werden...
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Deutschlandticket retten!
Das Deutschlandticket droht teurer zu werden – seine Finanzierung wackelt. Setz Dich jetzt für bezahlbare, klimafreundliche Mobilität ein!
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Björn Hendrik Schott @bjoernschott.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
New pre-print by Yanin Suksangkharn with Gabriel Ziegler at @dzne.science: Effective connectivity patterns in pre-clinical #Alzheimer's partly mirror anatomical patterns of amyloid and tau deposition: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #DCM #memory #fMRI
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/05/2025
reputable medical journals keep saying that RFK and his pro-disease friends are full of shit and so naturally they must be shunned www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals
The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.
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Björn Hendrik Schott @bjoernschott.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
"And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space, 'cause there's bugger all down here on Earth!" (Monty Python, The Galaxy Song)
theguardian.com
Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system
Astrophysics team say observation of chemical compounds may be ‘tipping point’ in search for extraterrestrial life
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/04/2025
We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz
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We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz
If we stay on this administration’s course, future life-saving medicines may never be invented
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
More data for why p-tau 217 is a breakthrough biomarker in healthy, cognitively intact people —Prediction; guiding clinical trials of new drugs www.nature.com/articles/s43... —Exercise reduces the level www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Plasma p-tau217 and tau-PET predict future cognitive decline among cognitively unimpaired individuals: implications for clinical trials - Nature Aging
Ossenkoppele, Salvado et al. show that plasma p-tau217 and tau-PET predict cognitive decline equally well among cognitively unimpaired individuals. Their combined use further boosts prognostic accurac...
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Björn Hendrik Schott @bjoernschott.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Laura Bertram presented her poster at #NWG2025 in Göttingen today: Prediction of cognitive decline in pre-clinical #Alzheimer's from single-value #fMRI scores in the @dzne.science DELCODE study.
Laura Bertram in front of her poster on prediction of cognitive decline from fMRI
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I wouldn't have anticipated a Lupus self-directed antibody (4H2) might someday turn out to be an anti-cancer treatment www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
science.org
A lupus-derived autoantibody that binds to intracellular RNA activates cGAS-mediated tumor immunity and can deliver RNA into cells
Delivery of autoimmune disease–associated antibodies activates the immune system to fight glioblastomas.
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Thomas Lemberger @tlemberger.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Science under attack: a growing list of statements from journals @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @plos.org theplosblog.plos.org/2025/02/plos... @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41... @embopress.org www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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Björn Hendrik Schott @bjoernschott.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I guess I should avoid conferences in the US until at least 2028 ...
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Björn Hendrik Schott @bjoernschott.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
New preprint by @hannahbaumeister.bsky.social and @davidberron.bsky.social - Disease stage-specific atrophy markers in Alzheimer's disease, based on the @dzne.science DELCODE study: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Björn Hendrik Schott @bjoernschott.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Intriguing new cross-species study by @gozziale.bsky.social - linking synaptic dysfunction to altered functional connectivity in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome:
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
"The association of body composition and nutritional quality in midlife with brain structure and function in later life" jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Association of Diet and Waist-to-Hip Ratio With Brain Connectivity and Memory in Aging
This cohort study examines the association between dietary intake and waist to hip ratio in middle age and brain connectivity and cognitive decline in later years.
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Björn Hendrik Schott @bjoernschott.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Ach ja ... hier mal wieder meine absolute Nr. 1 aus der Rubrik "Bücher, die die Welt nicht braucht" ...
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Nature Neuroscience @natneuro.nature.com · 12/03/2025
A model of compositional state spaces in the #hippocampus shows latent learning and rapid generalisation, and predicts the emergence of place responses in replay – which is discovered empirically in an existing dataset 🧪🧠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Constructing future behavior in the hippocampal formation through composition and replay - Nature Neuroscience
A model of compositional state spaces in the hippocampus shows latent learning and rapid generalization. Bakermans et al. show that this model predicts the emergence of place responses in replay.
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Björn Hendrik Schott @bjoernschott.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
"Christian" Conservatism: Reject biological evolution, but embrace social Darwinism.
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