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Layla Banihashemi, Ph.D.

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Neuroscientist examining stress-control neural circuitry, childhood adversity and mental health.

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Layla Banihashemi, Ph.D. @laylabraindoc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New preprint from my lab! In an abuse-enriched transdiagnostic sample, childhood threat and deprivation showed opposing curvilinear relationships with amygdala and sgACC stress reactivity — and these neural measures also tracked with post-traumatic stress symptoms. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Amygdala and Subgenual Cingulate Stressor-Evoked Activity Varies Across a Spectrum of Childhood Adversity Severity: Links to Affective and Cardiovascular Outcomes
Background Childhood adversity is linked to psychopathology risk and dysregulated stress reactivity; however, unified underlying neural mechanisms are unclear. A central visceral network, including th...
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Will Giardino @willgiardino.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Excited to share new research from my lab in final published form! By deleting hypocretin (orexin) receptors from CRF neurons, we uncovered neuropeptide mechanisms linking alcohol drinking and negative emotional hyperarousal through BNST neuronal excitability. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Jamie Hanson @jamielarsh.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Disadvantaged neighborhoods correlated with lower cortical thickness and accelerated maturation rates in adolescents. doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaghttps://…
Figure 1 Schematic path diagram depicting latent growth models of cortical thickness and surface area development, with neighborhood characteristics as predictors of the intercept and slope of cortical devel-opment. Average age is presented at each timepoint. Double-headed arrows represent the slope and intercept variances and covariances. Numbers represent the factor loadings. ∗Factor loading was freely esti-mated. CT, cortical thickness; SA, cortical surface ar ea.Figure 2 Changes in average cortical thickness (mm) and total cortical surface area (mm2) with age for a random subsample of 3,000 participants. Average developmental trajectories fit using loess with 95% confidence intervals are presented, overlaid on spaghetti plots of individual trajectories.Figure 3 Relationship between neighborhood characteristics and individual intercept and slope values for cortical thickness (purple) and surface area (green). To support model convergence, thickness values were rescaled by multiplying by 10, and surface area values were scaled between 0 and 1. ND, neighborhood disadvantage; E O, neighborhood educational opportunity; HO, neighborhood health/environmental opportunity .
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Alex Shackman @ajshackman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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Updated trends in the global prevalence and burden of mental disorders, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 - PubMed
Gates Foundation, Queensland Health, and University of Queensland.
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SBSM (Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine) @connectsbsm.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Save the Date! Join us in New Orleans, March 17-20. 2027, for the SBSM 2027 Annual Meeting, focused on restorative practices for health and healing across the lifespan. Learn more: /thesbsm.org/2027-annual-meeting/ #SBSM2027 #SBSM #AnnualMeeting
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Zhiqiang Sha (X: @sha_zhiqiang) @zhiqiangsha.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We have a new Postdoc position, exploring how genetic factors and environmental factors (e.g., early life stress) influence brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism) based on brain MRI data. Welcome!
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Layla Banihashemi, Ph.D. @laylabraindoc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Beyond honored to receive the MacLean Award from @connectsbsm.bsky.social. Deep thanks to my nominator @tekraynak.bsky.social and the SBSM Awards and MacLean committees for this distinction. Forever grateful to Dr. Pete Gianaros for his mentorship that fostered my translational imaging program.
Dr. Layla Banihashemi and Dr. Thomas Kraynak standing together, with Banihashemi holding the MacLean Award plaque.Dr. Layla Banihashemi presenting her MacLean Award lecture, showing an introductory slide on Paul MacLean and the “visceral brain.”Dr. Layla Banihashemi and Dr. Peter Gianaros standing together, with Banihashemi holding the MacLean Award plaque.Dr. Layla Banihashemi and Dr. Thomas Kraynak standing together in front of an SBSM event backdrop.
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StressLab UniVienna @stresslabvienna.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
We are excited for the new pilot study by our team on a digital stress management intervention: Using the intervention following stressful events in daily life reduced stress and negative affect in a student sample. Want to know more? doi.org/10.1016/j.in...
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Cleanthis Michael @clmich.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Excited to share our new review “Mapping interactions between adversity and neuroplasticity across development” in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social. We discuss how experience - particularly adversity - interacts with neuroplasticity during human development authors.elsevier.com/c/1mB5U4sIRv...
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Valerie Jill Sydnor @valeriejsydnor.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
What a gift to the neuroimaging community from @anniegbryant.bsky.social 🧠🎨!
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Alex Shackman @ajshackman.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
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Circuit-Based Approaches to Understanding the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC)
The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is essential for monitoring ongoing behavior, regulating affect, and guiding social interactions. Altered ACC structure and function are implicated in a host of psy...
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Thomas Kraynak @tekraynak.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Are you a Postdoc or Early Career Faculty interested in health psychology, behavioral medicine, or mind-body science? Apply to the Pittsburgh Mind-Body Science and Health Summer Institute - July 13-15 in Pittsburgh! Travel and accommodations supported by the Institute Application Deadline Jan 9
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Zhiqiang Sha (X: @sha_zhiqiang) @zhiqiangsha.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🔥🔥🧠PhD positions are open in my lab, studying brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders based on neuroimaging MRI scans. Due: Dec 1, 2025. If you are interested, please DM me.
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Lucina Uddin @lucinauddin.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
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NIH awarded 37 percent fewer neuroscience-related grants in 2025 than in past years
But the agency has spent nearly its entire budget for this fiscal year, which ends tomorrow.
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Erin Dunn, ScD, MPH @drerindunn.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Looking for a role between postdoc & faculty? We're hiring TWO Senior Research Scholars at Purdue Indianapolis. You'll lead cutting-edge research on #epigenetics of #depression or using baby teeth for mental health #biomarkers 🧬🦷 Learn more & apply: www.thedunnlab.com/join-the...
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Zhiqiang Sha (X: @sha_zhiqiang) @zhiqiangsha.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🔥🧠Excited to announce that I am recruiting PhD students this fall. Our lab uses neuroimaging (MRI) and computational modeling to study the mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders, bridging genetic factor, brain circuitry, early life stress, and psychopathology. Please feel free to DM me.
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Alex Shackman @ajshackman.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
h/t @foxdotdrew.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Ten principles for reliable, efficient, and adaptable coding in psychology and cognitive neuroscience - Communications Psychology
Programming is essential for modern research in neuroscience and psychology, but it can quickly become a source of frustration and error. This Primer introduces ten practical principles guiding resear...
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Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
I still get chills Meet Mike *30+ years severe depression *first hospitalized @ 13y *20 meds *3 rounds of ECT *2 near-fatal suicide attempts Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE see videos, read paper, follow thread doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Lucina Uddin @lucinauddin.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Looking for @theabcdstudy.bsky.social fMRI timeseries data?It's all in the 6.0 data release, thanks to @drdamienfair.bsky.social and team at ABCC 🧠: docs.abcdstudy.org/latest/docum...
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ABCD-BIDS community collection
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Stress, Aging, and Relationships Lab @starlabteam.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Welcome to the Stress, Aging, and Relationships (STAR) Lab at Texas Tech University, led by Dr. Ryan L. Brown. We’re excited to share our logo for the first time! Through this page, we'll share ongoing research in the lab, highlight student projects, & disseminate related research. Follow along!
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Ayona Datta @ayonadatta.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
If you are a published author, check your name on the LibGen database which list works illegally used by Meta to train AI. 30 of my books and papers are in this database. The sheer scale of this intellectual theft is beyond imagination. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
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Zhiqiang Sha (X: @sha_zhiqiang) @zhiqiangsha.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Finally out!!! Our new study described the CNV landscape of the ABCD study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. We identified its associations with dimensions of chid psychopathology and cognitive development. Thanks, Aaron, Joe and all co-authors. psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
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Copy Number Variant Architecture of Child Psychopathology and Cognitive Development in the ABCD Study | American Journal of Psychiatry
Objective: Late childhood is a crucial period for individuals with psychiatric disorders. While common single-nucleotide polymorphisms explain a large proportion of inherited risk, structural variatio...
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Helmet Karim @helmetkarim.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
A recent study investigated the role of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in sustaining remission in patients with treatment-resistant depression. Full article: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Alex Shackman @ajshackman.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-... Early childhood behavioral inhibition predicts altered social and emotional functioning in early adulthood: An ecological momentary assessment study.
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APA PsycNet
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Alex Shackman @ajshackman.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
#Depression #Anxiety Hello Bleeps! Recommendations for best or newest meta-analyses of rsFC/iFC and pathological anxiety/depression? Relevant big-N papers also useful. Thanks in advance!
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Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
How are one's socioeconomic status (SES) and epigenetic age linked at midlife? Do associations differ by gender? Dr. Jennifer Robinette and Theo Moran examined these questions using individual and neighborhood indicators of SES from MIDUS. Free to read for the week: journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...
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Household Income, Neighborhood Poverty, and Epigenetic Age: ... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
compared with men. Some research documents an even stronger SES-health link among women. The present study investigated gender differences in SES-epigenetic age associations. Methods: Using data fr...
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Ryan L. Brown @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
On the Stress Puzzle, @dalmeidapsu.bsky.social shared good news about aging from a daily stress perspective! He highlighted that we experience fewer stressors AND have less affective reactivity to daily stressors as we age. #psychscisky #affectivescience #devpsych Listen: tinyurl.com/dailystress
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Kristi E. White, Ph.D., ABPP (she/her) @kristiwhitephd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I invite you to join me & my colleagues on Monday, April 21 for APA’s Essential Science Conversation where we will discuss how Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine can transform to address the #ClimateCrisis. 🗓 April 21, 2025 🕙 10:00 AM CST 🔗 apa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Quote by Kristi White that states, “Health psychology and behavioral medicine have ample opportunities for addressing the health impacts of climate change through prioritizing co-benefit solutions in clinical practice and educational settings. How we respond to this call to action represents an important inflection point for our fields at this critical juncture in history.
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Layla Banihashemi, Ph.D. @laylabraindoc.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Trauma Research Foundation is hiring a Research Associate. "This position may be ideal for someone who has recently completed a BA or MA in a related field who has aspirations of pursuing doctoral level work that integrates research and practice in a mental-health related field." DM for more info
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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I'm excited to announce that this spring/summer Statistics, Methods, and Research Training (SMaRT) Workshops are live! Check out the offerings here: smart-workshops.com/workshops Please repost and share widely! Some more info in 🧵 1/
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Iris Ka-Yi Chat @iriskayichat.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
📣 Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA) @repsummerlee.bsky.social will speak at the Stand Up for Science rally in #Pittsburgh 🔥 Join us to stand up for facts, research, and the future TOGETHER! 📢 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f... Please repost 🔈🔊🔉 @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpForScience
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Stand Up for Science 2025 - Pittsburgh, PA
Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org
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Iris Ka-Yi Chat @iriskayichat.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Pittsburgh folks please keep spreading the word about the Stand Up for Science rally with the community! 💪🏼 @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpforScience #StandUpforScience2025 #ScienceforAll #ScienceNotSilence #Pittsburgh
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Thomas Kraynak @tekraynak.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Check out our paper in @npp-journal.bsky.social:
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
From the WTAE Pittsburgh stories (to re-air this weekend as well). Individual to my interview and related pieces to follow. www.wtae.com/article/pitt... 1/n
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Pittsburgh researcher warns NIH cuts could harm patient care, economic growth
Pittsburgh's economy once relied heavily on the steel industry, which lined Second Avenue with miles of mills. When that industry collapsed, medicine and education filled the economic void.
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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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2025 Study section tracking
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Iris Ka-Yi Chat @iriskayichat.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
An RSVP link for the STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PITTSBURGH RALLY is now available! Please RSVP and Repost!! www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f... Pittsburgh let’s go! 💪🏼♥️ @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpforScience2025 #StandUpforScience
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Stand Up for Science 2025 - Pittsburgh, PA
Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org
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Iris Ka-Yi Chat @iriskayichat.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
#StandUpforScience local rally in Pittsburgh is confirmed! 📅 March 7, 2025 ⏰ 11 AM-1:30 PM 📍Schenley Plaza, Pittsburgh Follow the local rally’s Instagram @savesciencepgh for updates Spread the word 🔥 @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpForScience2025 #ScienceForAll #ScienceNotSilence #STEM
Join us for the Stand Up for Science local rally in Pittsburgh on March 7, 2025, from 11 AM to 1:30 PM at Schenley Plaza
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Ruvvy Resilience Lab @ruvvyresiliencelab.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
New newsletter out this afternoon from our lab! We talk about maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States, and how we can save lives through the Momnibus legislation at the federal and state levels. Read more here: Protecting Mom brain-blooms-newsletter.beehiiv.com/p/protecting...
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Protecting Mom
Reducing the Risk of Maternal Morbidity & Mortality for Underserved Women
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Mitch Prinstein @mitchprinstein.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Hey - please help save jobs and lives! Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk! Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally. click.info.apa.org?qs=09c745fe0...
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Tell Congress to Stop NIH Cuts
Please take 2 minutes today to ask Congress to take steps to stop funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The administration's proposed cuts to federal research funding, particul...
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Negar Fani @negarfani.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
In this moment of extreme erasure of voices of color, my graduate student Aziz Elbasheir wrote about his experience of being Black in the US, and how his research reflects that experience. Powerful read. harvardpublichealth.org/equity/racis...
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The neurological impact of being Black in the U.S.
Racism may lead to faster aging because of victims' constant exposure to chronic stress, a new theory posits.
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Negar Fani @negarfani.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Looking for a #postdoc in a multimodal #neuropsych lab studying novel #PTSD interventions & #stress biomarkers? My lab @emoryuniversity.bsky.social is hiring! Supported by #NIMH, #NCCIH #R01s. My team is creative, passionate, & delightfully quirky--join us. faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/141032/...
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Careers | Emory University | Atlanta GA
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Layla Banihashemi, Ph.D. @laylabraindoc.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Many thanks to @willgiardino.bsky.social for organizing this panel! Excited to hear the latest from these exceptional extended amygdala scientists. #wcbr #winterbrain #winterbrain2025
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Olu Ajilore, MD, PhD @pshrink.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
New work for the CoNeCT lab with friends and colleagues Dr. Warren Taylor and Dr. Carmen Andreescu!
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Reconsidering remission in recurrent late-life depression: clinical presentation and phenotypic predictors of relapse following successful antidepressant treatment | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge...
Reconsidering remission in recurrent late-life depression: clinical presentation and phenotypic predictors of relapse following successful antidepressant treatment
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Alex Shackman @ajshackman.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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Dynamic changes and future trend predictions of the global burden of anxiety disorders: analysis of 204 countries and regions from 1990 to 2021 and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the future burden of anxiety disorders, necessitating greater attention towards young individuals, particularly women. There is an urgent need for the adoption of targeted prevention and treatment strategies on a global scale, especially in high SDI regions, to effectively address the escalating issue of anxiety disorder burden.
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Erin Dunn, ScD, MPH @drerindunn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Excited to share our @natureportfolio.bsky.social Mental Health cover story! Led by @alussier.bsky.social, we found that childhood adversity rewires DNA methylation. The twist? Early stress was linked to both depression risk AND resilience mechanisms 🧬 Paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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mphillips23.bsky.social @mphillips23.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
And here is the link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Left Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortical Activity During Reward Expectancy and Mania Risk
This cross-sectional study seeks to replicate an observed association between left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex activity during reward expectancy and risk of mania/hypomania among individuals with ...
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Alexander Harris @dralexharris.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
If you (like me) are starting to feel #acnp2024 withdrawal, check out the recordings of sessions you missed on acnp.societyconference.com/conference_h...
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Conference Home Page
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Layla Banihashemi, Ph.D. @laylabraindoc.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Hi all! This is Layla Banihashemi, Associate Professor of Psychiatry & BioE at Pitt. I'm a neuroscientist researching stress-control circuits and their relationships with adversity & trauma. Come find me All the way in the back (😄) at poster W300 sharing new data from our 7T R01 study! #ACNP2024
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