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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

6️⃣ Yet, amidst uncertainty, the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) robustly stood out as a region implicated beyond chance and converging with parallel evidence of anatomical changes. This may hint at a critical neural target.

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

5️⃣ BUT—crucially—our analyses also found this network pattern was similar to that seen across psychiatric disorders, and that these patterns are similar to what you’d see with randomly chosen brain coordinates! Meaning: Caution is needed before concluding specificity in coordinate mapping studies.

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

4️⃣ Indeed, we found scattered locations consistently mapped onto brain networks associated with reward processing and cognitive control (Cingulo-Opercular network).

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

3️⃣ Using Coordinate Network Mapping, we asked a new question: could these scattered brain locations converge on common brain networks—even if exact coordinates differ?

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

2️⃣ Why this study? Do brain imaging studies on anatomical changes in ADHD consistently identify the same brain regions? Surprisingly, our meta-analysis of 38 studies found minimal spatial agreement across studies.

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

@andreashorn_ and @foxmdphd getting a shout out at the Year in Review session at #CNSAM for their work localizing tic networks in the brain!

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

The future of @ChildNeuroSoc is bright! Sharing the knowledge with the next generation at the JECF “Finding a Residency/Fellowship/First Job” sessions at the #CNSAM. Are you a junior faculty member, trainee, or student? Fill out our survey here:...

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

“The pipeline is not leaky, it is hemorrhaging! Really we should be applying thrombin.”

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

“The pediatric physician-scientist is an endangered species!” @Brooks_Kayal_MD - winner of the 2023 Bernard Sachs Award #CNSAM @ChildNeuroSoc

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

How to become famous, get promoted, and ask for salary increases with Dr. Gary Clark at the #CNSAM Lobby Talks! @ChildNeuroSoc

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

@DYTdoc on positively responding to manuscript reviews, and how to strategize your revision @ChildNeuroSoc at the Friday morning Lobby Talks at the #CNSAM

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Happy Friday #CNSAM! Come join us this morning for some interesting Junior Member and Early Career lobby talks and this afternoon for the main event: The JECF forum (open to ALL early stage faculty, trainees, and students), with special keynote by CNS President @pbkang7 at 6pm!!!

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Final Lobby Talk of the day at #CNSAM: “Creating a Business Plan” by the money whisperer @PedsNeuroMD and how to make taking care of our patients sustainable! @ChildNeuroSoc

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

For our Private Practice members! Lobby Talk on “How to Advertise your Practice” By the incredible @JimmyMiles29 #CNSAM @ChildNeuroSoc

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Masterclass on plasticity of the developing brain after early acute or chronic injury at #CNSAM by Dr William Gaillard. Winner of this year’s Martha Bridge Denckla Award! @ChildNeuroSoc

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Learning about leveraging social media from the awesome @OligoclonalBand at the Lobby Talks #CNSAM @ChildNeuroSoc

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

And now, how to BE a great mentor at the Lobby Talks at #CNSAM by @DanielleGBarber ! @ChildNeuroSoc

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Great discussion on finding a mentor at the Lobby Talks at #CNSAM by @TaraMangum! @ChildNeuroSoc

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

@NaviauxRobert providing insight into the altered mitochondrial function seen in #autism at the #CNSAM Presidential Symposium. This is amazing!

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Happening now at #CNSAM “How to Network at a Meeting” Lobby Talk with April Levin! @ChildNeuroSoc “Maybe 7 o’clock in the morning isn’t the best time to network at a meeting, but all of you are here so maybe it is!”

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 15/10/2022

Being able to bring my lab to #CNSAM @ChildNeuroSoc and their FOUR amazing posters was awesome and brings a tear to my eye :,-)

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 14/10/2022

Happening right now! Effort, Salary, and Fractions; then understanding your Profit/Loss statement at the #youngCNS talks (2nd floor lobby below the Grand Ballroom, by 252) #CNSAM @ChildNeuroSoc @drdrariel @DrDrXanderLi

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 14/10/2022

Great words of wisdom on early career mentorship from @divakarmithal and @DanielleGBarber! Part of the new #youngCNS talks (2nd fl lobby below the Grand Ballroom, past the elevator by rm 252) #CNSAM @ChildNeuroSoc @drdrariel @DrDrXanderLi

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 14/10/2022

Happening right now! Meet the editors (@DrYasminKhakoo @RShellhaasMD @DrMarcPatterson) at the #youngCNS talks (2nd floor lobby below the Grand Ballroom, by 252) #CNSAM @ChildNeuroSoc @drdrariel @DrDrXanderLi

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 14/10/2022

From Steve Miller’s Bernard Sachs Award Lecture: Differences at Home can completely compensate for perinatal WM injury. “Home-ics!”

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 14/10/2022

Congratulations @EdwardsAlyssaM on being awarded one of the inaugural Swaiman Medical Student Research Scholarships for her Coordinate Network Mapping Work on #ADHD!!! #CNSAM @ChildNeuroSoc

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 12/10/2022

Going on right now! Early Career Talks at the #CNSAM (2nd floor lobby PAST the escalators (below the grand ballroom!)) Meet the Award Winners with Monica Lemmon, @schor_n, and Kenneth Mack! @ChildNeuroSoc @drdrariel @DrDrXanderLi

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 12/10/2022

Going on right now! Early Career Talks at the #CNSAM (2nd floor lobby past the escalators (below the grand ballroom!)) Getting a Raise: the Private Practice Perspective by James Miles! @ChildNeuroSoc @drdrariel @DrDrXanderLi

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 12/10/2022

Going on right now! Early Career Talks at the #CNSAM (2nd floor lobby PAST the escalators (below the grand ballroom!)) Getting a Raise in Academia by Chris Yuskaitis and @ElizabethBarko1! @ChildNeuroSoc @drdrariel @DrDrXanderLi

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 12/10/2022

Going on right now! Early Career Talks at the #CNSAM (2nd floor lobby past the escalators (below the grand ballroom!)) The Private Practice Job Search by James Miles! @ChildNeuroSoc @drdrariel @DrDrXanderLi

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 12/10/2022

Going on right now! Early Career Talks at the #CNSAM (2nd floor lobby below the grand ballroom!) First up, Academic Job Search by Sam Mackenzie! @ChildNeuroSoc @drdrariel @DrDrXanderLi

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 08/06/2021

Our 1st study on understanding real-time fMRI neurofeedback is now out: Even without plasticity, the brain can tell the difference between real vs sham neurofeedback signals! A fun project with SeyhmusGuler, Onur Afacan, and @SimonWarfield...

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 07/11/2020

From my first computer as a child to my children's first computer... Amazing. www.raspberrypi.org/blog/designing-…

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 03/06/2020

And in the SAME talk: Spheroids by @PascaStanford (brings back memories...)

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 03/06/2020

The awesome N170 response (the FIRST psychiatric biomarker accepted in the FDA Biomarker Qualification Program) on the international stage (screen?), presented by @NIMHDirector from the #ABCCT, led by @J_McPartland

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 26/10/2019

It’s like that time you win the award named for your mentor’s mentor... @Child_Neurology #cnsmeeting2019

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 23/10/2019

It’s amazing to see how far apart the Medulloblastoma subtypes are from each other molecularly compared to the other brain tumors:

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Alexander Li Cohen @drdrxanderli.bsky.social · 23/10/2019

Good bye PNET, apparently we hardly knew you! #cnsmeeting2019

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