UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 14hHow does your brain know when your heart is racing or your stomach is full? UCLA Health researchers Dr. Khalsa & Ajijola will lead a new NIH-funded center studying interoception: how the nervous system senses and interprets signals from inside the body. Read more: reporter.nih.gov/search/bA1ey... 010
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Microglia are best known as the brain's cleanup crew. New paper from @dgsomucla.bsky.social @ladenardo.bsky.social & Lindsay De Biase shows they're just as important for building synapses. Great reminder that immune cells shaping our brains do far more than tidy up. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 011
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ever wonder how your brain evolved to be uniquely human, or what makes chronic stress reshape it? @dgsomucla.bsky.social just launched NeuroNotes, a digital Q&A tool letting anyone dig into cutting-edge neuroscience research on campus. Check it out! mapthemind.healthsciences.ucla.edu #neuroscience 232
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Neurons don’t all look the same -- and where they are in the brain may help shape what they look like. An @dgsomucla -led study reconstructed 1000's of neurons from a brain region involved in movement, habits, and reward. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 000
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 21/09/2026What if you could explore an entire brain at nearly the scale of individual cells? @dgsomucla.bsky.social researcher Hong-Wei Dong created a 3D mouse brain atlas with 1-μm resolution, mapping 916 brain structures in remarkable detail. Paper is here: lnkd.in/eQ7gkZDa Atlas is here: lnkd.in/e2rKxKaR 000
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Congrats to YiRong Peng, Greg Field, & Alex Huk on $8.9M BRAIN Initiative U01 from NINDS & NEI to build precision viral tools targeting specific retinal cell types. Combines genetics, viral engineering, retinal physiology, & visual processing, aimed at therapeutic potential for retinal degeneration. 0186
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Highlighting @dgsomucla.bsky.social vision research & neuroscience for folks from Senator Adam Schiff's office in DC. UCLA sent @annechurchland.bsky.social to join other delegates from CA attending the Rally for Medical Research. #SpeakUp4Science #RallyForMedicalResearch #FundNIH 000
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A message from our Theme leader @annechurchland.bsky.social representing @dgsomucla.bsky.social at a rally for medical research in Washington D.C. #rallyformedicalresearch #neuroscience #cancerresearch #advocacy 031
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Pingping Zhao in UCLA's Golshani Lab found 2 cell types in the nucleus accumbens that pull in opposite directions during social interaction using miniature brain-imaging microscopes & optogenetics. Balance breaks down to one cell type restored social behavior in #autism mouse model: t.co/LHBUsCudZA 021
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Could Ozempic-type drugs treat alcohol addiction? A new review from Lara Ray (UCLA): semaglutide shows medium-to-large effects reducing drinking & craving in trials. Only 3 meds are FDA-approved for AUD & the last new one arrived in 2006. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #GLP1 #semaglutide 000
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New from Nicole Petersen @ UCLA: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) sites connected to lesion-based addiction recovery circuit predicted better nicotine withdrawal outcomes. Lesion & TMS data converged on same circuit, pointing to precise, testable targets for future treatment t.co/iJHgZgoERE 000
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Our very own @aliciaizquierdo.bsky.social has been selected for an award from @bbrfoundation.bsky.social! Her work on decision-making includes studying how decision-makers account for moment-to-moment stochasticity in signals. Read more about her work & recent award here: t.co/qSsP3bojYD (PDF) 051
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 02/09/2026UCLA's Department of Neurobiology is hiring faculty at any career stage, from first labs to established leaders, working across genetics, circuits, computation & behavior. Know a brilliant, curious neuroscientist? Send them our way & repost! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11296 #professorjobs #neurosciencerecruit.apo.ucla.eduOpen-rank tenure-track faculty positionUniversity of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now! 031
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 01/09/2026How does early scientific discovery become real hope for patients? The 1st UCLA Neurology newsletter is here, illuminating @dgsomucla.bsky.social discoveries that can change lives. ✨ Read about researchers developing therapies for #Alzheimers, studying #Parkinsons disease, & more! t.co/ABSlAls3Uv 001
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It’s heartbreaking to watch former NFL players struggle w/ memory loss, mood changes, & #CTE. New review from Drs. Giza & Prins at @dgsomucla.bsky.social traces how far the science has come. A real step toward better care. Read more: www.neurologic.theclinics.com/article/S073... #TBI #braininjury 011
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Feeling this heat wave? 🌞 Your brain is working hard to keep your body temperature in check & new work from the Correa lab at @dgsomucla.bsky.social shows how precisely tuned that system really is. Learn how specific hypothalamic neurons control core body temperature: t.co/Sbc0Y1qIra #hormones 020
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Proud to spotlight Patricia Nano, from @dgsomucla.bsky.social's Bhaduri Lab, explaining how brain organoids (3D mini brains) reveal new insight into human brain development & tumor formation; exactly the kind of multidisciplinary approach that closes the gap between basic research & therapeutics. 020
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Can electricity change how human brain cells work together? New study co-led by Genevieve Konopka at @dgsomucla.bsky.social used living brain tissue obtained during neurosurgery & found stimulation strengthened coordinated activity among groups of neurons. Read more: t.co/X2qjHw9WOY #neuroscience 020
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 25/08/2026It's been great to see the interest this generated. A number of people reached out asking for more info on how to access the aging dataset. A notebook with all the info is here: docs.internationalbrainlab.org/notebooks_ex... #openscience #healthspan #longevity #healthyaging @simonsfoundation.orgdocs.internationalbrainlab.org2025 - Ageing and neural variability — IBL Library documentation 000
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Nature vs nurture, reframed. A new paper shows handedness preference is innate, but the skill gap between hands comes almost entirely from practice. Elbow writing wiped out the dominant advantage entirely. Small genetic bias, huge behavioral effect from experience. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 000
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 24/08/2026 @dgsomucla.bsky.social researchers w/ @intlbrainlab.bsky.social built massive, open neuro datasets w/ brain-wide Neuropixels recordings from hundreds of mice making perceptual decisions. New paper adds novel angle to that dataset: recordings from aged mice. Read more: t.co/0nMohonqou #Neuroscience 100
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Why can't we remember things from infancy? New from @ladenardo.bsky.social @dgsomucla.bsky.social lab: brain region called retrosplenial cortex physically matures on same timeline memories shift from fleeting to permanent. Great insight on how architecture of #memory itself develops: t.co/m4Rsx1vsVV 064
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Learn more: stemcell.ucla.edu/news/dr-lind...stemcell.ucla.eduDr. Linda Liau awarded 2026 UCLA Younes Nazarian Medical Humanitarian Prize for brain cancer research and treatmentLinda Liau, MD, PhD, has spent decades working to improve the lives of people with brain cancer. 000
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Congrats to Linda Liau @dgsomucla.bsky.social Neurosurgery Chair on receiving the 2026 UCLA Younes Nazarian Medical Humanitarian Prize. She transformed how glioblastoma is treated, pioneering awake brain surgeries, making inoperable tumors operable, & developed 1st personalized brain cancer vaccine. 100
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Meet Jade Fachin, a graduate student studying sensory neurons in @dgsomucla.bsky.social @daboussi.bsky.social lab. Federal funding freezes hit her research directly, creating both financial & intellectual constraints on the work she loves. Hear her reflections in a new #UCLA podcast: t.co/7RYHRGMay5 041
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The brain is not 1-size-fits-all. Rhonda Voskuhl at @dgsomucla has spent decades studying how biological sex shapes vulnerability to MS & neurodegeneration. The same disease progresses very differently in men & women. bri.ucla.edu/people/rhonda-voskuhl/bri.ucla.eduRhonda Voskuhl, M.D. – UCLA Brain Research Institute (BRI) 021
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 13/08/2026How are neuroscientists at @dgsomucla.bsky.social using AI to advance research, and what human oversight is still critical? Listen in on insights from our Chair @annechurchland.bsky.social! #UCLA #Neuroscience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence 031
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The developing brain isn't just a biological puzzle; it's a metabolic one. New paper from Aparna Bhaduri's lab at @dgsomucla.bsky.social creates 1st metabolic atlas of early human cortex, revealing glucose metabolism plays direct role in shaping which cell types the brain produces: t.co/VcIW6QaWet 022
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Theoretical & computational neuroscience is a fast-emerging strength at @dgsomucla.bsky.social. We're proud of our #UCLA neuroscience PhD students here attending the prestigious @mblscience.bsky.social Methods in Computational Neuroscience course taught by @annechurchland.bsky.social. #Neuroscience 030
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 10/08/2026A new award from the @simonsfoundation.org recognizes research from @dgsomucla.bsky.social's João Couto. His ultra-high-throughput approach for measuring neural activity has the potential to tackle unanswered questions in #autism research. Learn more: www.simonsfoundation.org/2026/07/31/a... #UCLA 022
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 08/08/2026What helps a memory stick? New UCLA-affiliated preprint found front & back of the hippocampus show different patterns of brain & gene activity during successful memory formation. Image shows 2 regions, suggesting different parts of hippocampus may support memory in different ways. t.co/rhIfO0AJMH 000
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Why can quizzing yourself help more than just rereading? In a now-classic #UCLA study, people tried to answer questions before seeing the correct answers. Even when their first guesses were wrong, they remembered more later than people who only read the material. t.co/9p8jqYRkDr #backtoschool 000
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 05/08/2026How does an experience become a lasting memory? #UCLA researchers reviewed how brain regions work together as memories form. This image highlights the hippocampus & retrosplenial cortex (2 areas involved in learning) & the connections between their brain cells. Read more: doi.org/10.1002/hipo... 011
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 04/08/2026#Sleep is not time away from learning, but part of the process. UCLA-affiliated researchers, including #UCLA BRI leader Gina Poe, found that sleep helps the brain reorganize connections early in development and supports repair & cleanup later. Read more: science.org/doi/10.1126/... #Learning 012
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 03/08/2026#BackToSchool: The emotions you experience while learning shape what you remember & how. New #UCLA @davidclewett.bsky.social study finds negative emotional experiences act as dividers in memory w/ implications for learning under stress & understanding #PTSD. t.co/JxoIPrZuP3 #Memory #Neuroscience 011
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Today's PhD students are the first to train alongside powerful AI; real opportunities & challenges for scientific publishing. This Science piece addresses both. We are committed to training @dgsomucla.bsky.social students to navigate this w rigor & integrity. science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aek5570science.orgAI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensiveThere’s a saying in the management world, popularized by NASA administrator Daniel Goldin in the 1990s, that the goal of technological improvements is to make products faster, better, and cheaper. Alt... 020
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Meet the UCLA Neuroscience Theory Club, a student-led group dedicated to one of the most exciting emerging strengths at @dgsomucla.bsky.social: theoretical & computational approaches to understanding the brain. These students are building that culture from the ground up, on their own initiative. 🧠 120
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Congrats to Mika Holtz & Syon Mansur, @dgsomucla.bsky.social PhD students who earned NSF Graduate Research Fellowships this year, a highly competitive award in science. But awards like this are rare & most brilliant students depend on PI grants & the philanthropic support that supports our program. 000
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 28/07/2026At @dgsomucla.bsky.social undergrads don't just take classes; they do real science. Elena Kong is studying how the brain develops in Down syndrome, work that could point toward new therapeutic targets & improve quality of life. This is what hands-on scientific training looks like. 🧠 #DownSyndrome 010
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Meet the newest generation of UCLA neuroscientists. Last year's incoming PhD trainees are now joining labs & beginning research that will define the next chapter of brain science. They arrived full of curiosity & ambition during trying times & we are proud to have them at @dgsomucla.bsky.social! 011
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability & most survivors never fully recover. Tom Carmichael, chair of Neurology at @dgsomucla.bsky.social, has identified a drug that mimics physical rehabilitation by restoring brain rhythms disrupted by #stroke. A pill for stroke recovery. t.co/a646Zo6j5c 023
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Did you know different genetic risks for autism may lead to shared changes in the brain? A UCLA-led study examined hundreds of thousands of individual brain cells & found common patterns across specific brain cell types. Read more: t.co/WgNFJZfdi3 #UCLA #autism #neurodevelopment #genetics 121
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 22/07/2026July 22 is #WorldBrainDay. This year's #BrainHealthforAllAges theme couldn't be closer to home. At @dgsomucla.bsky.social we study how brains change over a lifespan, from young animals making flexible decisions to older ones shifting strategies ways we're only beginning to understand t.co/QO0dkfZx3e 000
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Day 2 of #BrainHealthWeek: Five things I would never do as a neuroscientist who studies healthy aging at @dgsomucla.bsky.social, from Chair @annechurchland.bsky.social. Some are surprising. #UCLA #neuroscience #brainhealth #dementia #sleep #shingles #vaccines #hearing #diet #relationships #aging 021
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Day 1 #BrainHealthWeek. Read how Jonathan Kao is creating life-changing AI-powered brain-computer interfaces at @dgsomucla.bsky.social that help people w/ paralysis fold laundry, open doors & pick up objects w/ only brain signals & a wearable headset t.co/4ZZqqyuwkf #brainhealth #assistivetechnology 011
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Neurobiologist @daboussi.bsky.social at @dgsomucla.bsky.social makes science accessible to everyone. Here she breaks down striking Nature paper showing COVID-19 mRNA vaccines nearly doubled 3-year survival in lung cancer patients receiving immunotherapy, doing far more than expected. t.co/GsfdxZaXUC 031
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Aficionado's corner: An aptamer is a short single-stranded piece of DNA or RNA that is designed to bind very specifically to a target molecule, much like an antibody does but with some advantages. The name comes from the Latin "aptus" meaning "to fit." The aptamer they use here is called 1R6. 001
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 16/07/2026A new study including @dgsomucla.bsky.social's Gal Bitan reports an RNA aptamer that blocks alpha-synuclein from clumping & breaks apart existing aggregates — a key driver of Parkinson's disease. Early-stage research in fruit flies, but that's exactly how it starts. t.co/iAWM1DVGkg #parkinsons 110
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Joaquin Fuster is 95 & still at @dgsomucla.bsky.social talking science w/ students. In 1971 he discovered prefrontal neurons stay active during memory delays: the neural basis of working memory. Sharing a campus w/ someone whose work shaped the field is one of the great joys of academic science. 020
UCLA Neuroscience Theme @uclaneurotheme.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Glioblastoma tumor cells behave like cells from a developing brain, proliferating w/o normal controls. Aparna Bhaduri's lab at @dgsomucla.bsky.social is using what we know about cortical development to understand why & find new therapeutic targets. Neuroscience meets cancer biology. t.co/VLyfqOEpPv 031