Brian Edlow

The Lab for NeuroImaging of Coma and Consciousness is dedicated to promoting recovery from severe brain injury.

[Brian Edlow @ComaRecoveryLab]

We are proud to release a 100 micron MRI scan of the human brain. Preprint on https://t.co/AdTGnRAkTx. Videos on https://t.co/8tGnur6Dn7. Dataset will be available in native space and MNI space at https://t.co/yUwEzUgpXq and integrated into https://t.co/AEnS7InDsA. [1/2]

[Jian Li (Andrew) @andrewli1127]

[3/4] As a proof-of-concept test of clinical relevance, patients' subnetwork patterns in the brainstem correlated with their level of consciousness after severe traumatic brain injury. Early signal, more validation needed, but a promising direction for precision neuromodulation.

[Jian Li (Andrew) @andrewli1127]

[2/4] Using resting state fMRI from 1,000 healthy adults (Human Connectome Project), we identified 15 reproducible subnetworks across 4 major systems (default mode, sensorimotor, visual, higher-order cognitive), spanning cortex and subcortex together.

[Jian Li (Andrew) @andrewli1127]

[1/4] We mapped and fractionated large-scale brain networks in the human subcortex using NASCAR, a method built to untangle overlapping, correlated brain networks, recovering structure that conventional methods can't resolve.
Paper: https://t.co/fxjnXfR2MX

[Andrea Luppi @loopyluppi]

1/ 🚨 Just out in @NatureNeuro! 🧠

We profiled >6,000 features of brain dynamics across humans + monkeys, mice, fish and worms 🧑🐒🐒🐁🐟🪱 to find a shared neural endpoint of anaesthesia: spatiotemporal isolation of local activity 🧵

🔗 https://t.co/ek0pIFDPqD

[Neurocritical Care Society @neurocritical]

Learn more about Cognitive Motor Dissociation & Covert Consciousness: A Roadmap to Diagnosis and Treatment, a two-day hybrid symposium taking place October 5-6, bringing together researchers, clinicians, advocates, ethicists, and industry partners to explore advances in diagnosis, treatment, and future research priorities for patients with disorders of consciousness. Register to attend today: https://t.co/IX54En8ZSi

[Home Base @homebaseprogram]

Last week, @MassGenBrigham & Home Base celebrated the Thomas C. Werner Endowed Chair for Military Health, which honored inaugural incumbent Kaloyan Tanev, MD, MPH.

This incredible milestone marks the first-ever endowed chair in Home Base history.

📰: https://t.co/Lk1T20z3OL

[Home Base @homebaseprogram]

A message from Home Base.

Please reach out to us for support at https://t.co/8tcI1BMKq9.

[Curing Coma @CuringComa]

Are you a patient, family or caregiver who has lived through or cared for a patient in coma or a disorder of consciousness? The Curing Coma® Patient & Family Advisory Council is recruiting advisors to help shape research, education, and policy. Details: https://t.co/fFajsmBmLs

[Invisible Wounds Foundation @invwoundsfndn]

Blast wave brain injuries don't show up on a scan. No easy diagnostic test exists yet, so symptoms often get mistaken for PTSD.

Dr. James Kelly (our Chief Medical Scientist, founding director of NICoE): "We're getting there, but it's imperfect."

550,000+ TBIs diagnosed since 2001. We think the real number is 3-4x that.

https://t.co/58PUkdoSaY

#InvisibleWoundsFoundation #TBI

[Navy SEAL Foundation @NavySEALfnd]

On August 6, 2026, we mark 15 years since the tragic loss of Extortion 17. On this day in 2011, 30 American servicemen and a U.S. military dog lost their lives when a CH-47 Chinook helicopter—call sign Extortion 17—was shot down in Afghanistan. This event remains the greatest single loss of life for Naval Special Warfare.

Please take a moment and pause to honor and remember these heroes and their families.

Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Aaron C. Vaughn
Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Brian R. Bill
Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Christopher G. Campbell
Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Darrik C. Benson
Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Heath M. Robinson
Information Systems Technician 1st Class (TECH) Jared W. Day
Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Jason R. Workman
Special Warfare Operator 1st Class (SEAL) Jesse D. Pittman
Master At Arms 1st Class (TECH) John Douangdara
Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) John W. Faas
Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Jon T. Tumilson
Lieutenant Commander (SEAL) Jonas B. Kelsall
Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Kevin A. Houston
Senior Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician (EOD) Kraig M. K. Vickers
Master Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Louis J. Langlais
Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Matthew D. Mason
Cryptologic Technician Collections 1st Class (TECH) Michael J. Strange
Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician (EOD) Nicholas H. Null
Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class (SEAL) Nicholas P. Spehar
Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Robert J. Reeves
Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Stephen M. Mills
Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Thomas A. Ratzlaff

[Home Base @homebaseprogram]

On July 25th, nearly 3,400 runners & walkers participated in #RTHB2026 at Fenway Park & virtually around the country, helping to raise over $4 million in support of our program.

Both numbers are record highs. ❤️

See our sights & sounds recap at https://t.co/RiD45gkv09.

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The big advance in the science of human aging is the ability to quantify it and relate the metrics to health and disease. A new paper today @CellCellPress takes this to the next level with organ clocks and multiple biologic layers (omics) of data across the lifespan.
https://t.co/h3n4eGPAvs

[Brian Edlow @ComaRecoveryLab]

Grateful for support from:

@ChenInstitute @JSMF @RappFoundation @NINDSfunding @DeptofWar @NIBIBgov @NIMHDirector @ABFbrain @HumanConnectome

[Brian Edlow @ComaRecoveryLab]

Two new tools to map the human brainstem:

nuclei: https://t.co/XafKSGOGAZ
bundles: https://t.co/Js3qxETEZs

code: https://t.co/oZr3eb4TwN
https://t.co/17a64IQrhA

@olchanyi @JuanEugenioIgl1 @MGHMartinos @MGH_CNTR @MGBResearchNews @MIT

[Neurocritical Care Society @neurocritical]

World Coma Day is a free, global event raising awareness about coma and disorders of consciousness. Register today to join providers, patients, families, and advocates from around the world for a 24-hour program of stories, science and hope on March 22. https://t.co/fHuhMIgyyX

[Brian Edlow @ComaRecoveryLab]

A new atlas for MRI segmentation with unprecedented anatomic detail, based on probabilistic histology.

Congratulations @JuanEugenioIgl1 and team @MGHMartinos!

https://t.co/1YuWnLg4qI

[Juan Eugenio Iglesias @JuanEugenioIgl1]

Main project website: https://t.co/736q8mrfJo
Open access paper: https://t.co/DZWPyfVRfh
Segmentation tool on @FreeSurferMRI: https://t.co/BBEUu6uoDn
Data: https://t.co/KqnsCM2urE
Source (registration): https://t.co/pbc4hA3NPG
Source (segmentation) https://t.co/1GNdWKjdkX
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[Juan Eugenio Iglesias @JuanEugenioIgl1]

Ten years (!) after submitting the grant, NextBrain is published in @Nature . NextBrain is a brain atlas built from 3D histology that enables segmentation of 3D brain scans (MRI, Hip-CT, even photos!) into hundreds of regions.
Article, data, code, videos, & more in this 🧵 (1/3)

[Brian Edlow @ComaRecoveryLab]

Congratulations to @bu_cte @BU_Tweets @VABostonHC on this landmark contribution to the field of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE):

https://t.co/QkiUjEVxEf

Elegant and groundbreaking work, with substantial public health implications.

[Neurocritical Care Society @neurocritical]

Mark your calendar and register for free for World Coma Day! This all-day, global online event will feature stories of remarkable recovery, science talks by medical experts, educational sessions & more. https://t.co/sbqJ6sW7V7 #awakeninghope #WorldComaDay
@CuringComa