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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)

@nin-knaw.bsky.social

We aim to explain how circuits of neurons enable us to see the world and act upon it.

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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)@nin-knaw.bsky.social · 2w ago

The @socialbrainlab.bsky.social is hiring a postdoc! In this Vici project “Empathy, helping and aggression: unravelling the missing neural link”, we investigate how empathic responses to the pain of others inhibit harmful behaviour across contexts, individuals, and species. nin.nl/vacancies/po...

Postdoc position in ultrasound imaging of rodent harm-aversion - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind

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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)@nin-knaw.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Publication alert: Vicarious body maps bridge vision and touch in the human brain. 🧠 Read the full article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congratulation @tknapen.bsky.social and all researchers involved!

Tomas Knapen@tknapen.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New today in @Nature: your visual cortex contains touch-based body maps. bit.ly/VisualBodyMaps Your brain transforms what you see into first-person, body-referenced codes: A previously unknown bridge between vision and touch.

Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)@nin-knaw.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Big news for Dutch neuroscience! 🧠 The EBRAINS-Neurotech consortium received an €18.3M NWO grant to develop smarter & smaller brain-computer interfaces. Among the participants is @pieterroelfsema.bsky.social known for his work on visual prostheses. Read more: www.uva.nl/en/content/n...

EBRAINS-Neurotech: Building the next generation of brain technology

Over the past decade, neurotechnology – the science of connecting technology directly with the brain – has grown at an astonishing pace. This field is developing devices that can monitor or even influ...

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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)@nin-knaw.bsky.social · 11mo ago

How can the timing of eating and exercising influence your internal clocks, metabolism and even the adaptability of your brain? During her PhD, Ayano Shiba explored how the these internal respond to changes in our behaviour. Read the full article on our website: nin.nl/news/timing-...

Timing is everything: how exercise shapes metabolic health and brain adaptability - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind

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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)@nin-knaw.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We're hiring a PhD student! 🧠 🎓 Do you want to contribute to unravelling the cellular and molecular signatures of one of the most enigmatic illnesses, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)? Read the full vacancy on our website and apply now 👇 nin.nl/vacancies/ph...

PhD Student Brain multiregion singlecell transcriptomics of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/CFSyndrome NIN - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind

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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)@nin-knaw.bsky.social · last yr.

We're hiring a PhD candidate 🎓 💡 Together with the Amsterdam UMC, department of Psychiatry we have a vacancy for a joint PhD research project to better understand reduced neuroplasticity and synapse density as a mechanism for depression. Read the full vacancy here 👇 nin.nl/vacancies/ph...

PhD candidate neuroplasticity in depression, physician-researcher (MD) neuroscience - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind

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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)@nin-knaw.bsky.social · last yr.

Researchers from the Willuhn group revealed how deep neural networks behave during obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours. "For the first time, we have found a clear biological marker for OCD in the brain," says Tara Arbab, first author. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Intracranial electrophysiological biomarkers of compulsivity in obsessive–compulsive disorder - Nature Mental Health

This research identifies local field potential markers associated with obsessive–compulsive disorder symptoms in patients during provocation. Key findings reveal increased delta and alpha power in spe...

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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)@nin-knaw.bsky.social · last yr.

Why do some people with Alzheimer’s do not show symptoms of Alzheimer's? During her PhD, @giorgitos.bsky.social explored this question. Part of the answer led her to an unexpected group of brain cells: underdeveloped neurons. Read the full article on our website: nin.nl/news/the-eld...

The elderly brain is less mature than you think and that could protect you from Alzheimer’s Disease - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind

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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)@nin-knaw.bsky.social · last yr.

The Siclari group uncovered how the brain transitions from sleep to wakefulness. “This study offers a window into one of the most fundamental transitions in human consciousness,” says Aurélie Stephan, first author. Read the full publication here 👇: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cortical activity upon awakening from sleep reveals consistent spatio-temporal gradients across sleep stages in human EEG

How does the brain awaken from sleep? Several studies have suggested that the awakening process occurs asynchronously across brain regions, but the pr…

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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)@nin-knaw.bsky.social · last yr.

The Verhaagen group has taken the first step towards a gene therapy for multiple sclerosis. “This way we avoid complex neurosurgical procedures to deliver the therapeutic gene to its target” says Paul Nijhuis, lead author. Read the full publication here 👇 www.cell.com/molecular-th...

Developing a minimally invasive gene therapy for multiple sclerosis

Nijhuis and colleagues present a gene therapy strategy for multiple sclerosis. In a mouse model, adeno-associated viral vectors that pass the blood-brain barrier were combined with cell-selective prom...

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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)@nin-knaw.bsky.social · last yr.

💡 New publication on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 🧠 Researchers identify "broad rim MS lesions": a new subtype of lesion linked to faster disease progression and detectable via PET-MRI. A promising biomarker and therapeutic target. Read the full article 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Broad rim lesions are a new pathological and imaging biomarker for rapid disease progression in multiple sclerosis - Nature Medicine

This study identifies a unique multiple sclerosis lesion, the broad rim lesion, which is associated with rapid disease progression and marked by a distinct inflammatory profile involving innate inflam...

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