Reposted by Jane BoissiereJon Stone @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026New research study! 🎺 Can surgery or anaesthesia worsen/trigger FND? Please help Alex Lehn with this study if you are ✅18+ ✅ have a diagnosis of FND ✅ have had 1 or more procedures with general/local/regional anaesthetic/sedation Join here zurl.co/TOAJz 002
Jane Boissiere @edinpublishing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026news.stanford.edu/stories/2026...news.stanford.eduThe human brain is two separate organs, study findsScientists have viewed the brain as one organ for centuries. A Stanford Medicine-led discovery challenging that view could advance research into ALS, spinal muscular atrophy, and other neurological di... 010
Reposted by Jane BoissiereStanford Neurology & Neurological Sciences @stanfordneuro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Our 4th annual MDA ENGAGE Symposium is Saturday Nov 7th. This free event is for all neuromuscular patients & their families: expert plenary talks, diagnosis specific breakout sessions, a discussion panel, community resource hall & more. www.mda.org/care/community-ed/mda-e… 011
Reposted by Jane BoissiereThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026A gene’s position inside the nucleus may help determine whether it stays silent or switches on during brain development, new research suggests. By @giorgiag-sciwriter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/nuc...thetransmitter.orgNuclear locale sways gene activity during brain developmentGenes switch on more strongly when they move from the nucleus’s edge toward structures that contain proteins involved in making and processing RNA. 042
Reposted by Jane BoissiereDavid L Perez MD, MMSc @davidlewisperez.bsky.social · 14/08/2026New @braincomms.bsky.social paper led by Christi Westlin & Cristina Bleier - longitudinal resting-state fMRI study investigating predictive & mechanistic markers of symptom change in #FND. 1/n @mgbresearch.bsky.social @fndsociety.bsky.social @fndportal.bsky.social academic.oup.com/braincomms/a... 242
Reposted by Jane BoissiereJon Stone @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Cardiologists and cardiac surgeons share the same organ and the same ICD-11 category. Our new editorial @thelancet.com explores what would happen if neurologists and psychiatrists had a joint classification in ICD as well. 1/ zurl.co/M5d1o 383
Reposted by Jane BoissiereJon Stone @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Territorial disputes about FND, Dementia, & Tourettes could be improved. Psychiatric care for MS and Epilepsy, and neurological care for those presenting with psychological symptoms could be more integrated. Thanks to Peter White @LFeldmanBarrett @Tim_R_Nicholson @ZemanLab 031
Reposted by Jane Boissierechc-hypnosis.bsky.social @chc-hypnosis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Myth: Hypnosis means giving up control. Evidence: People experiencing hypnosis do not simply lose control or become powerless to resist suggestions. You remain able to choose how you respond. Lynn et al. (2020) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... #Hypnosisclinicalhypnotherapychambers.comHome - Hypnosis online - Clinical Hypnotherapy ChambersEvidence Based Clinical Hypnotherapy. Hypnosis online for addictions, anxiety, confidence, functional neurological disorders. Registered health professionals. 013
Reposted by Jane BoissiereThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Experience-dependent interneuron plasticity may represent a convergent circuit mechanism for these neurodevelopmental risk genes that reflects a shared genetic architecture, a new study suggests. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/los...thetransmitter.orgNeurodevelopmental conditions may share faulty plasticityRestoring expression of an experience-dependent interneuron plasticity gene aids memory and cuts seizures in CNTNAP2 knockout mice, a new study shows. 11912
Reposted by Jane BoissiereLucas C Parra @parralab.org · 24/07/2026As we explore the idea that brain-body connection plays a role in mental health and psychiatry, let this null results on intersection be a warning: Not all fashionable ideas work out. Important work!nature.comInteroceptive performance is unrelated to mental health symptoms in a large multi-domain psychophysical investigation - Nature Mental HealthIn this large-scale study, Banellis and colleagues investigate the links between mental health symptoms and interoception by measuring cardiac and respiratory interoceptive sensitivity and relating th... 151
Reposted by Jane BoissiereShicheng Guo @shihcheng.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) cohort shows distinct comorbidities compared to epilepsy & multiple sclerosis groups. PMID:42113549, JAMA Neurol 2026, @JAMANeuro doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.1040 #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪doi.orghttps://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.1040No description available 0104
Reposted by Jane BoissiereJon Stone @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Chronic Idiopathic Urinary Retention/ Fowlers syndrome is common in FND and vice versa. A new framework for non-surgical treatment, led by @IngridHoeritza1 & Sara McRae, is a step change toward reducing permanent urinary catheters and invasive surgery. zurl.co/LyaMB 032
Reposted by Jane BoissiereUnited European Gastroenterology @myueg.bsky.social · 19/05/2026From early diagnosis to diet – transforming IBD care means taking a truly multidisciplinary, integrated approach. This #WorldIBDDay, Fernando Magro calls for stronger, evidence-based action to reduce the burden across Europe. Discover ECCO’s consensus: bit.ly/4c89ox1 021
Reposted by Jane BoissiereClaudia Gonzaga-Jauregui @cgonzagaj.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Session 5 of "What's New in Rare Disease?!" Part 2 starting now with super talk from Zané Lombard from University of Witwatersrand, South Africa talk about the need for genomic diagnostics in Africa and the work of the Africa DDD project. #GRD26 141
Reposted by Jane BoissiereThe Association of Anaesthetists @assocanaes.bsky.social · 29/04/2026A wonderful evening at yesterday’s private view of Between Feeling and Unfeeling: Art and Anaesthesia at the Museum of Anaesthesia. To learn more, visit the museum or join our upcoming webinar, Art and the Anaesthetist: anaesthetists.org/Home/Educati... #AnSky 062
Reposted by Jane BoissiereSfN Journals @sfnjournals.bsky.social · 08/04/2026This Week in The Journal #JNeurosci | How Visual Cortices Develop; Dopamine Dynamics during Decision-Making www.jneurosci.org/content/46/14/etw… 085
Reposted by Jane BoissiereSociety for Neuroscience @sfn.org · 10/04/2026Want to learn from a successful neuroscientist who's helped reveal the blurred boundaries between wake and sleep? Attend this upcoming Meet-the-Clinician-Expert webinar! Register now🔗: vist.ly/4xzaj #neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter 052
Reposted by Jane BoissiereKatie Carey @fndnurse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026After #FNDAwareness, there are common questions among therapists and MDs: What do I say? What should we do during episodes? How do we support school participation and recovery? We created this pediatric FND diagnosis packet to help: canva.link/0k20pyusne3o... #Neurology #RehabMedicine #FNDcanva.linkNew Diagnosis Patient Packet: April FND Awareness 042
Reposted by Jane BoissiereSensory Ecology Lab @sensoryecology.bsky.social · 10/04/2026“… imagining an object reactivates some of the same neurons involved in seeing it in the first place, providing new insight into how mental imagery is produced in the brain.” #scicomm #neuroskyence www.sciencenews.org/article/seei... 🧪 🧠sciencenews.orgSeeing and imagining activate some of the same brain cellsBy recording brain activity directly, scientists showed that imagining an object can revive parts of the neural pattern used to see it. 1186
Reposted by Jane BoissiereGabrielle Girardeau @ggirardeau.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Our paper is out today!!! (not an April fool's day joke) Congrats to authors @azulsilva.bsky.social, @belalima-paiva.bsky.social, Ele Pronier, and mostly to the amazing scientist and human being who led this project @facuumm.bsky.social #neuroskyence #hippocampus www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comDorsoventral hippocampus neural assemblies reactivate during sleep following an aversive experience - Nature NeuroscienceSynchronization of sharp-wave ripples across the dorsoventral hippocampus during sleep supports coordinated reactivation that represents negative experiences more faithfully than positive ones. 117831
Reposted by Jane BoissiereSfN Journals @sfnjournals.bsky.social · 01/04/2026#eNeuro Blog | Reviewing Editor Adrien Peyrache highlights the work from Khouma et al., which explores a neuropeptide released by sleep-active neurons in the hypothalamus that promotes wakefulness by inhibiting histaminergic neurons. blog.eneuro.org/2026/03/editors_pic… 022
Reposted by Jane BoissiereDavid Eagleman @davideagleman.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Are memories in your brain distributed or local? How did early experiments in the late 1940s address this? Join me this week with neuroscientist Nicole Rust (nicolecrust.bsky.social), author of "Elusive Cures", as we discuss the modern emerging picture of the brain. eagleman.com/podcast/141 1179
Reposted by Jane BoissiereScience Briefing @sciencebriefing.bsky.social · 19/03/2026A New Framework for Functional Neurological Disorder: When the Brain’s Confidence Falters A New Framework for Functional Neurological Disorder: When the Brain's Confidence Falters A new theoretical framework published in *Brain* reframes functional neurological disorder (FND) as a disorder of…blog.sciencebriefing.comA New Framework for Functional Neurological Disorder: When the Brain’s Confidence FaltersA New Framework for Functional Neurological Disorder: When the Brain's Confidence Falters A new theoretical framework published in *Brain* reframes functional neurological disorder (FND) as a disorder of precision control within the brain's predictive coding system. This model explains the hallmark fluctuating and migrating symptoms—such as motor, sensory, or cognitive dysfunction—as arising from a dynamic miscalibration in the brain's confidence, or "precision," in its own predictions. 011
Reposted by Jane BoissiereTom Plender @tomplender.bsky.social · 18/03/20261/"The distinction between diseases of 'brain' and 'mind', between 'neurological' problems and 'psychological' or psychiatric ones is an unfortunate cultural inheritance the permeates society and medicine, 121
Reposted by Jane BoissiereFND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · 02/03/2026A while ago I gave a talk at the London Medical Society on “functional” vs “organic” illness (it was rough, I was nervous). Now Ben Stecher, an awesome Parkinson’s advocate-researcher, analyzes it in this lovely blog post to examine overlap of FND + PD Delighted! 🙏 tmrwedition.com/2026/03/02/t...tmrwedition.comRethinking FND in Parkinson's: Beyond the Organic BinaryThe organic vs. functional binary fails Parkinson's patients. Discover why Functional Neurological Disorders (FND) require an embodiment framework to treat. 1122
Reposted by Jane BoissiereMary Elizabeth Sutherland @meharpist.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Check out this @nature.com paper on how the brain’s functional hierarchy evolves from birth to 100. Infants' gradient architecture is anchored by sensory systems, differentiates along association and control axes during childhood/adolescence & dedifferentiates in aging www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comFunctional hierarchy of the human neocortex across the lifespan - NaturefMRI data from individuals of a wide range of ages (from a few days to 100 years old) are used to map the key organizational axes of functional connectivity in the human cortex throughout the lifespan... 12311
Reposted by Jane BoissiereArielle Keller @ariellekeller.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Environmental context can shape how our brains function! 🌟New work🌟 led by all-stars @niaberrian.bsky.social and @monicarosenb.bsky.social shows that environmental exposures in youth are reflected in brain networks that keep our attention focused! 🧠🌲 #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #devpsy #neuroimaging 0277
Reposted by Jane BoissiereStanford Neurology & Neurological Sciences @stanfordneuro.bsky.social · 30/03/2026On National Doctors’ Day, we honor Dr. Helen Bronté-Stewart, Stanford neurologist and movement disorders leader. Her work with closed-loop DBS and digital health tech is reshaping Parkinson’s care. #NationalDoctorsDay #Parkinsons #Neurology med.stanford.edu/bronte-stewa...youtu.beThe future of movement disordersYouTube video by Stanford University School of Engineering 031
Reposted by Jane BoissiereStanford Neurology & Neurological Sciences @stanfordneuro.bsky.social · 30/03/2026On National Doctors’ Day, we’re honoring Dr. Kathleen Poston, a trailblazing Stanford neurologist redefining Parkinson’s disease. Tune in to a recent podcast: youtu.be/HW7dJkSMFhY?... Or visit her lab website: med.stanford.edu/poston-lab.h... #NationalDoctorsDay #Parkinsons #Neurologyyoutu.beRedefining Parkinson's Disease | Kathleen PostonYouTube video by Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford 011
Reposted by Jane BoissiereStanford Neurology & Neurological Sciences @stanfordneuro.bsky.social · 09/04/2025🎧 New Episode Alert! 🎧 Check out Episode 102 of the Stanford Medcast: "Inside the Epileptic Brain" with Dr. Juliet Knowles. Discover how myelin plasticity could transform epilepsy care! 👉 Listen here: med.stanford.edu/cme/stanford... #EpilepsyCare #StanfordMedcast 023
Reposted by Jane BoissiereRichard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 30/03/2026And now for something completely different… "Morning garden in Spring", 1930, Oil on canvas Peder Mørk Mønsted, Danish (1859 - 1941) 1360973
Reposted by Jane BoissiereDr Susannah Pick @susannahpick.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Call for abstracts for the Placebo, Hypnosis & Functional Disorders conference in Nancy (France), October 14–16, 2026 🚨 Beautiful location and fascinating talks/discussions about key scientific questions at the mind-body-society interface 💭🧠 Abstract deadline 27/04/26 www.phfd-conf.org/en/phfd-conf.orgPHFD Conference – PHFD conference 055
Reposted by Jane BoissiereDr Susannah Pick @susannahpick.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Pleased to share our article reporting routine clinical outcomes of the South London & Maudsley specialist cognitive behavioural therapy service for #FND. Patients reported significant improvements in distress, functioning & cognitive-behavioural symptom responses www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...frontiersin.orgFrontiers | The effectiveness of specialist cognitive behavioural therapy for functional neurological disorder: a service evaluationIntroductionFunctional neurological disorder (FND) is a common and disabling condition associated with high levels of functional impairment and psychological... 152
Reposted by Jane BoissiereFND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · 04/02/2026This workbook is aimed at kids and teenagers but honestly I think it’s a really practical resource for anyone with FND. Highly recommend! www.amazon.ca/Reset-Rewire...amazon.caReset & Rewire: The FND Workbook for Kids & Teens: Carey, Katie, Watson, Meagan: 9798218232047: Books - Amazon.caReset & Rewire: The FND Workbook for Kids & Teens: Carey, Katie, Watson, Meagan: 9798218232047: Books - Amazon.ca 064
Reposted by Jane BoissiereAnna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social · 12/01/2026aeon.co/essays/why-y... I recently wrote this piece about why the body and not just the brain is important for thinking Theory paper developing these ideas and arguments more formally will follow up soon Watch this space 😎aeon.coWhy you need your whole body – from head to toes – to think | Aeon EssaysContemplating the world requires a body, and a body requires an immune system: the rungs of life create the stuff of thought 0235
Reposted by Jane BoissiereFND Ireland @fndireland.bsky.social · 16/01/2026📢 #FNDIreland Conference recordings on our YouTube channel. Our fifth presentation by our founder Eamon McPartlin provides an update on our work since we launched in April 2024. He also shares some of the findings from NAI Patient Survey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=34sw... 💚🧡 @fndportal.bsky.socialyoutube.comEamon McPartlin, FND Ireland Updates and NAI Patient Experience Survey FindingsYouTube video by FND Ireland 122
Reposted by Jane BoissiereJon Stone @jonstoneneuro.bsky.social · 08/01/2026I was asked by @braincomms to highlight their FND special collection which welcomes clinical and neuroscience research on every aspect of the condition. A chance to reflect on how FND has moved from miscellaneous to mainstream academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...academic.oup.comThe Functional Neurological Disorder special collection in Brain Communications: bringing FND into the mainstreamOur Guest Editor, Jon Stone, introduces a special collection of articles focusing on functional neurological disorder. 0144
Reposted by Jane BoissiereRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Stanley Spencer painted about a dozen landscapes in and around Leonard Stanley in Gloucestershire during the early 1940s. The village, not far from Stroud, contains the remains of a Benedictine priory which lies at the foot of the Cotswold escarpment. 120930
Reposted by Jane BoissiereFND Portal @fndportal.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Very much agree with the points made here! I especially appreciate how apprehension re: FND often flips into inspiration when clinicians see the tangible good they can do 0104
Reposted by Jane BoissiereJaveria Hashmi @netphys.bsky.social · 16/12/2025“The fact that we can make disastrous decisions even as we foresee their consequences is the great, unsolved mystery of human behavior.” —Slavoj Zizek Photo: Andy Miah | #SlavojZizek #literature #quotes #fblifestyle #philosophy 041
Reposted by Jane BoissiereJaveria Hashmi @netphys.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Can machine learning really beat classic stats at classifying chronic pain? Excited to share the first in our series of papers using hypothesis-driven analyses to identify reproducible, verifiable biomarkers of chronic pain. We validated findings across three cohorts (N=197). #PainResearch #ML #AI 042
Reposted by Jane BoissiereFND Ireland @fndireland.bsky.social · 13/12/2025New guidance on management of functional seizures, some key points: ✅Clear diagnosis to universal standard ✅Psychological treatments help ✅Continuity of care important ✅Screen for comorbid epilepsy 🚫Antiseizure meds or Benzodiazepines do not help @epilepsyireland.bsky.social @fndportal.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Jane BoissiereThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 08/12/2025A single psilocybin dose in mice sparks neuronal activity that leads to long-term changes in the wiring of specific networks, according to a new study. By @siddhantpusdekar.bsky.social bit.ly/4pqcpwRthetransmitter.orgPsilocybin rewires specific mouse cortical networks in lasting waysNeuronal activity induced by the psychedelic drug strengthens inputs from sensory brain areas and weakens cortico-cortical recurrent loops. 075
Reposted by Jane BoissiereDepartment of Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social · 08/12/2025#BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert! 🎺 This Friday, December 12th, the Brain Meeting speaker will be Mathias Pessiglione giving a talk entitled "Origins and consequences of cognitive fatigue" In person or online. For more information: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event 012
Reposted by Jane BoissiereEuropean Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 09/12/2025The newly announced ERC Consolidator Grants will support research into children’s mental health treatments, tumor-targeting nanotechnology, early sepsis detection, protein machines, Rome’s efforts to avoid collapse... and much more ✴ Congratulations to all! 👉 buff.ly/Cq9wLUf 0235
Reposted by Jane BoissiereE-Risk Study @eriskstudy.bsky.social · 05/12/2025💬 How we talk to our children matters, long after childhood. New findings from the E-Risk Study show that maternal warmth and negativity at age 10 are linked to mental health in adolescence. 📽 Watch Dr Alice Wickersham explain more in this video. @kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social 024
Reposted by Jane BoissiereInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Treating depression in people with anorexia nervosa remains a significant clinical challenge. The EDEN study, is the 1st study investigating the feasibility of oral ketamine vs placebo in people with both anorexia nervosa and major depressive disorder. www.kcl.ac.uk/exploring-ke...kcl.ac.ukExploring ketamine as a treatment for people with anorexia and major…The EDEN study (A Randomised-controlled Feasibility Study of Ketamine for the Treatment of Depression with Anorexia Nervosa), led by Consultant Psychiatrist and Reader in Eating Disorders, Dr.… 041
Reposted by Jane BoissiereRome PsychoGastroenterology @romegastropsych.bsky.social · 08/11/2025New training opportunity for the Manchester Protocol of Gut-Directed Hypnosis. 032
Reposted by Jane BoissiereUnited European Gastroenterology @myueg.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Today is the last day to apply for the UEG Research Fellowship 2026! ⏳ 🔸 What is the UEG Research Fellowship? A unique 12-month research opportunity with a renowned European PI, including €50,000 in funding. 🔗 Apply today: ueg.eu/research-fellowship 111
Reposted by Jane BoissiereUCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences @ucsfpsych.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Our next #GrandRounds – "Neuroscience and Mental Health: Past, Present, and Future" with Joshua A. Gordon, MD, PhD – is scheduled for next Tuesday, Dec 9 at 8:30am. Pritzker Bldg. Auditorium and online via Zoom. More info here, calendar.ucsf.edu/event/251209gr 021