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Sonja Blumenstock

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Neuroscientist, spying on circuits in health and disease 🐭🔬

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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 24/08/2026

New work from the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain points to a potential therapeutic target for Huntington’s disease: bit.ly/3SPEJxu #science #neuroscience

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Neuron Stimulation Improves Symptoms in Mouse Model of Huntington’s Disease

Using targeted light stimulation, scientists successfully recalibrated damaged brain circuits to restore movement and motor learning in mice.

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Sonja Blumenstock @sblumenstock.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

What if part of Huntington's disease wasn't just damage, but a circuit stuck in the wrong pattern? Our new paper, out today in Nature, tests that idea.

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Sainsbury Wellcome Centre @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Motor deficits in Huntington's disease mice were rescued by targeted activation of cortical inhibitory neurons. As a winner of the Emerging Neuroscientist Seminar Series, Dr Sonja Blumenstock, UCSD, explains her findings: www.sainsburywellcome.org/qa/targeting... #BrainAwarenessWeek

Image of fluorescent labelling of different neuronal populations, illustrating the diversity of cell types that contribute to cortical circuit function. Image overlaid with "SWC Speaker Series"

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Takaki Komiyama @takakikomiyama.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

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Sonja Blumenstock @sblumenstock.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

So excited to present my research at ENSS 2025/2026!

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Sonja Blumenstock @sblumenstock.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Hi Bluesky, past time for an introduction! I’m Sonja, a Neuroscientist at UCSD. I track + tweak cortical circuits in Huntington’s disease using 2P imaging & optogenetics — to see how specific neurons fail, and how to fix them. Always up for talking circuits, neurodegeneration & smart analysis ideas.

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Eric Leonardis @ericleonardis.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Linear regression is all you need

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