Northumbria researchers are leading a new study, funded by the MS Society, with the aim of finding out why periods can make multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms worse. @paul-ansdell.bsky.social @emilyhume.bsky.social @elisanedelec.bsky.social 💡Discover more: www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Preprint is up for the first of my PhD studies on the menstrual cycle and its effects on cortical excitability and neuroplasticty. Feedback welcome! @paul-ansdell.bsky.social @nuneurofunc.bsky.social @elisanedelec.bsky.social @stuart-goodall.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Menstrual cycle phase alters corticospinal excitability and spike-timing-dependent plasticity in healthy females

The known fluctuations in ovarian hormone concentrations across the eumenorrheic menstrual cycle contribute to modulations in cortical excitability and inhibition. However, how such changes affect spi...

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Out now is our Journal Club article looking at O'Bryan et al. 2025 paper looking at neuromuscular ageing in females. Nice to collaborate on this with good colleagues @elisanedelec.bsky.social Sophie Jenz & Mollie O'Hanlon @nuneurofunc.bsky.social physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

On the right track: navigating hormonal crossroads in female neuromuscular ageing

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What a week at @ecssofficial.bsky.social 2025 in Rimini! I had the pleasure of delivering my oral presentation as part of the 'Neuromuscular function across the menstrual cycle' session. Thanks to my colleagues @nuneurofunc.bsky.social for making this week such an enjoyable experience!

Penultimate presentation from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @elisanedelec.bsky.social presenting her work on knee extensior neuromuscular function across the menstrual cycle at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

Had a brilliant week at @ecssofficial.bsky.social. Four talks from our group about our latest work 🧠🚴‍♀️💪 Also great to catch up with friends and colleagues from all over. Already looking forward to next year🇨🇭 @padraig-spillane.bsky.social @elisanedelec.bsky.social @nuneurofunc.bsky.social

Excited to have presented some early data from our wider collaborative project @ecssofficial.bsky.social More to come! @nuneurofunc.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social

@paul-ansdell.bsky.social and Luca Angius, PI's in our group presenting their work to interested parties at the UK Sensorimotor Conference in Oxford #AcademicSky

Read the study protocol for our interdisciplinary research into female veteran brain health - more to follow! 🧠 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...