Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD

Assistant Professor @MountSinaiPsych ▪Brain+Body interactions in stress/fear/metabolism Lab ▪Yogā▪ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known"🧠🌌

[Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @BrainBody_Lab]

I want to share this research was inspired by me-search: everyday yoga practice that involves breathing and meditation and contemplation to know more biologically!

[Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @BrainBody_Lab]

Excited to share new work from our lab showing, for the first time, a link between breathing dysregulation, stress responses, and energy metabolism via a neuropeptide receptor mechanism.

This opens new ways for understanding brain–body interactions! https://t.co/Yb9NAr9qgW

[Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social @AnnaCiaunica]

Slow breathing impacts inter-organ dynamics modulating brain function and risk behavior: Neuron https://t.co/1N2XpunXbc

[Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @BrainBody_Lab]

@Sciolino_Lab @PNBUConn Congratulations Natale 👏✨🎊

[Satchin Panda @SatchinPanda]

Sleep may synchronize the brain and body in ways that protect against dementia.
During sleep, norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin, and acetylcholine oscillate together in ~50-second rhythms that help drive cerebrospinal fluid flow and glymphatic clearance of amyloid-β and tau. #SleepScience #Neuroscience #Dementia
https://t.co/DZajmvq1NB

[Friedman Brain Institute @SinaiBrain]

NEXT WEEK! On Tuesday, 5/26, Host @ScottRussoPhD
& the #BrainBodyResearchInstitute are EXCITED to welcome @salkinstitute's Dr. Nicola Allen 👉 "Astrocyte-neuron interaction in health and disease" Register Now ➡️ https://t.co/2p8ydIk6ce

[Satchin Panda @SatchinPanda]

Muscle talks to the brain. 💪🧠
Exercise triggers myokines & myometabolites that boost cognition, while inactivity sends harmful signals that impair brain function. This muscle–brain crosstalk shapes behavior and resilience to aging and neurodegeneration. @WuTsaiAlliance
https://t.co/63skqJToIa

[Ali Max Erturk @erturklab]

Today in @Nature, we report MouseMapper: foundation-model AI to map disease perturbations across the entire mouse body cell-by-cell.
In obesity, it revealed body-wide inflammation & unexpected facial nerve damage. 🧵👇🔉
https://t.co/BERf5GQ10Z led by @Dorie00 & @yingchen733

[Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @BrainBody_Lab]

An invigorating meeting all around including yoga practice and dancing with Stephanie Correa and Alexandra Klein. Already looking forward to attending this meeting again! ✨

[Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @BrainBody_Lab]

It was an absolute pleasure attending, presenting and learning at the @cshlmeetings Brain–Body Physiology meeting, organized by Kara Marshall, @RibeiroCarlitos, and @rolls_asya. An amazing conference bringing the science of brain–organ interactions together in one place.

[Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @BrainBody_Lab]

It was especially wonderful to see graduate students Sanutha and Pam share their work on breathing, stress and energy metabolism and receive thoughtful feedback.

[nature @Nature]

Nature research paper: Lineage and organ signals sequentially build organ intrinsic nervous systems
https://t.co/V87bLVLjsR

[Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @BrainBody_Lab]

Super-excited to attend and present at the @CSHL Brain and Body Physiology meeting organized by Kara Marshall, Carlos Ribeiro, Asya Rolls. Such amazing line up of talks and posters for this meeting! #brainbody
https://t.co/85yWNsfMZw

[Bertoglio lab (FMC/UFSC) @bertogliolab]

Optogenetic activation of liver-innervating vagal sensory neurons increases anxiety-like behavior in mice
https://t.co/qJK5Wk1vak

[Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @BrainBody_Lab]

Thank you, @wasuzuki for bringing such connection, joy, and flow to our retreat this year. Sometimes what scientists need most is to get out of our heads and back into the body. The smiles say it all. 🙏✨

[Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @BrainBody_Lab]

Thank you, @wasuzuki for bringing such connection, joy, and flow to our retreat this year. Sometimes what scientists need most is to get out of our heads and back into the body. The smiles say it all. 🙏✨

[Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @BrainBody_Lab]

The @SinaiBrain retreat on Friday brought amazing speakers working on the brain and the body at the historic Riverside Church!

Thank you to our keynote speakers @IshmailSaboor and @wasuzuki .

[Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @BrainBody_Lab]

Faculty speakers @SwirskiLab @IgnacioSaezPhD and Gita Pathak and all the postdoc and student speakers.

Special thank you to @PaulKennyPhD, Veronica Szarejko Danny Roldan and all others who helped organize this retreat! ✨

[Abha Karki Rajbhandari, PhD @BrainBody_Lab]

It was an absolute honor and pleasure to have you as a keynote speaker @IshmailSaboor for the @SinaiBrain retreat. Thank you so much for sharing your fantastic science ✨

[Ishmail Abdus-Saboor @IshmailSaboor]

An honor to deliver this keynote lecture today at the historic Riverside Church. What a wonderful neuroscience community at Sinai!

[Friedman Brain Institute @SinaiBrain]

Our 2nd keynote at the 18th Annual #FriedmanBrainInstitute Neuroscience Retreat. Dr. Wendy Suzuki shares her insights into powerful effects of environment & exercise on #BrainFunction #Cognition & #MentalHealth. A wonderful day filled w/ outstanding neuroscience. - @PaulKennyPhD

[Friedman Brain Institute @SinaiBrain]

Retreat Organizers, Abha Rajbhandari, PhD @BrainBody_Lab and Sarah Stanley, MBBCh, PhD have done an amazing job. Don't Miss Keynote Speakers Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, PhD @IshmailSaboor and Wendy Suzuki, PhD @wasuzuki.

[Friedman Brain Institute @SinaiBrain]

Throughout the day, learn about ground-breaking research from a fantastic line-up of speakers: Veronica Burstein, Bengier Ulgen Kilic, Ayako Kuno,
@Jer0nimoLukin, Gita Pathak, @IgnacioSaezPhD, Daniela Schiller, Sanutha Shetty, Hao Sun, Filip Swirski, and MUCH, MUCH, MORE!