Nerd Feminist Christian Professor @IMPACTDeakin Unravelling Brain, Sex, & Genes in Mental Health across Development. Views expressed here are mine alone.
Latest from lab "A novel discovery platform for targeted drug repurposing: application for psychiatric disorders" - a showcase of @IMPACTDeakin bench to bedside research to improve mental health @Deakin A personal view - download while you can! https://t.co/f9xV3gS67q
‘I wish I had taken part sooner’: how a medical trial transformed a young person’s life https://t.co/wyg8crdSWS participate in a trial! https://t.co/kv5ZBoRECe @IMPACTDeakin
Enormous thanks to the Chica & Heinz Schaller Foundation for this award!
I am thrilled and truly humbled, & I share it with my lab and wonderful collaborators!
A timely boost to keep our science moving!
Thanks to everyone for your kind messages!
Looking forward to #FENS2026
🧠🔬 Last week we launched a Manifesto for Brain Research, a call to place Spain at the forefront of the neuroscientific revolution.
Investing in understanding the brain means investing in health, innovation, and our future.
#BrainResearchManifesto#Neuroscience (1/4)
In this new paper, we show that transient depression of PC excitability (LTD-IE) is critical for consolidation of motor memory. Long-term efforts of talented graduate student Jewoo Seo! Thanks Sang Jeong Kim for leading the project! #cerebellum#memory
https://t.co/WD2ekYfN0N
“We’ve learned a lot about symptoms of Long COVID. A long list. An informal list so far. And I would like to add one symptom of Long COVID that I don’t think we’ve mentioned yet. And that’s alienation.” —@HHS_Jim
Up to 90% of patients with ADHD experience at least one comorbidity, from anxiety to substance use disorders (Kessler et al., 2006).
These overlaps complicate diagnosis and treatment, making it essential for clinicians to recognise and address them effectively.
Here are 10 key ADHD comorbidities and evidence-based strategies to navigate them. 👇🧵
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ADHD has an ~80% chance of a comorbidity.
It is often missed or misdiagnosed, leading to delayed care or inappropriate treatment.
ADHD is not a checklist, it is a longitudinal diagnosis requiring developmental history, functional impact, and contextual formulation.
Here are 10 essential points to guide diagnosis and management. 🧠👇
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As a patient with #MECFS and someone with an MD, I agree with Dr. Davenport.
Post-exertional malaise (PEM) is the key element we need to educate providers on. Let me step you through why:
https://t.co/GEJP3JjBmu
Data suggest there is a broken ion channel on the surface of white blood cells in patients with (1):
- Long COVID
- ME/CFS
New evidence suggests it can be fixed.
Here is how...🧵
My honor to host these distinguished neuroscientists @KsbnsNeuro - #CJK-3 meeting today!! Thanks to @Teru_Okuyama, Takashi, Aki and Ying for sharing inspiring data on social behaviors.
Very happy to be elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences!! Huge thanks to everyone who supported me, my research, and my application. I could not be more grateful. @UofGuelphNews, @UofG, @UofGResearch, @OntVetCollege https://t.co/G2HghA25yg
Happy to announce our new paper just out:
https://t.co/KHk1e6Jnbg
We show how CRH in the thalamic reticular nucleus modulates NREM sleep helping to understand how stress impacts sleep
Congrats to Loredana Cumpana and team in work led by Simone Astori
@Brainmind_EPFL@EPFL_en