Dr. Layla Banihashemi

Neuroanatomist turned Neuroimager | Associate Professor @PittPsychiatry | BBStress Lab | she/her | #Neuroimaging stress #adversity #mentalhealth | views my own

[Dr. Layla Banihashemi @LaylaBraindoc]

Happy to announce the publication of our latest paper in BSaF providing open-source probabilistic atlases for the ventral BNST, dorsal BNST and paraventricular hypothalamus derived from 7T manual segmentations!
https://t.co/yuhPuhtzzL

[Dr. Layla Banihashemi @LaylaBraindoc]

If you're at #ACNP2024, come chat with me at poster W300! (Light stretching advised prior to strolling to the back of the hall.) 😁

[Neuropsychopharmacology @npp_journal]

We are officially on the ground in Phoenix so it's time for the #ACNP2024 role call 📣

Introduce yourself, your science, tell us if you're a veteran or first-timer, promote your poster/talk/favorite social - whatever you want, this is your space to say it ⬇️

[Lana Ruvolo, PhD @ScientificRuvvy]

It was an honor to write up an editorial on this piece for @JAACAP; thank you for sharing your science with us!

Links to study and editorial in quoted thread 🧠🤩

#safetylearning #trauma #neuroimaging

[Aidan Wright @aidangcw]

Hey folks, https://t.co/klN9vnHyyw is doing its first ever CYBER MONDAY SALE!!

For 24hrs on December 2nd, use the code CYBER24 for 50% off all recorded workshops.

Treat yourself. Use the term break to brush up on methods!

https://t.co/iUO2pVkNN5

Please share and retweet! 🙏

[Dr. Layla Banihashemi @LaylaBraindoc]

Excited to share a new review on early adversity, sleep and substance use led by the indefatigable @nharris1032 and @branthasler https://t.co/zXVvoPh7ax

[Christopher E. Wilmer @DrChrisWilmer]

Hey Pitt/CMU students/faculty! Want to see an AWESOME talk on making AMAZING scientific illustrations by Ryo Mizuta (https://t.co/ukVe1g0HZn)? Come to Pitt's Benedum Hall at noon on Monday Nov. 4th in room 102 BEH! Please repost/share!

[Aristotelis Kalyvas @AristotelisKal1]

Our open-access study in Human Brain Mapping Journal reveals direct axonal connectivity between the precuneus and temporal pole via the CB-V pathway! Utilizing fiber micro-dissection and tractography across both human and rhesus macaque brains, this study refines our understanding of brain architecture. It opens doors for targeted brain mapping in brain tumor surgery and interventions in neuropsychiatric disorders. Check it out below.

@UofTNeuroSurge @uoaofficial @PittNeurosurg

@GSkandalakis @FangChengYeh @hadjiMDPhD @gelarehzadeh

https://t.co/ink1BiZomQ

[Dr. Layla Banihashemi @LaylaBraindoc]

@FangChengYeh Perhaps processing for specific developmental ages (infants, adolescents), connectomics, and NODDI. :)

[Dr. Layla Banihashemi @LaylaBraindoc]

This fantastic film (only 28 mins), Freedom House Ambulance, documents how the black community of Pittsburgh originated emergency medical services via ambulance. Truly an awesome and heartbreaking story. Many thanks to the speakers & @PittPsychiatry! https://t.co/xlDjS2QefH

[Pitt Psychiatry @PittPsychiatry]

On June 19, 100+ members of the Department of Psychiatry community gathered for a screening of Freedom House Ambulance: The First Responders, and a discussion with Phil Hallen (FH founder), along with John Moon (FH paramedic) & Annette Banks (filmmaker). https://t.co/h2ujDOoeTx

[Dr. Layla Banihashemi @LaylaBraindoc]

@bita137 Thank you for raising this issue! In my experience, not fitting into a particular silo - e.g., I applied for a lot of developmental neuroscience positions and my post-doc training in humans is perhaps not as a card-carrying developmental neuroscientist. Inviting your thoughts.

[Pitt Psychiatry @PittPsychiatry]

Congratulations to Neil Jones, PhD, who has been promoted to Associate Professor of Psychiatry! Dr. Jones is a nationally recognized expert in child and adolescent psychology, and a leader in the field of mental disorder mechanisms. https://t.co/8916oDwHKi

[Dr. Layla Banihashemi @LaylaBraindoc]

@GSkandalakis Thank you so much for including me! I really enjoyed working with you, as well. Looking forward to more collaborations! 😊

[Dr. Layla Banihashemi @LaylaBraindoc]

Such beautiful and careful anatomical work! Please check out this awesome paper by @GSkandalakis and this exceptional group of scientists in @Brain1878. It features VTA-related microdissections, tractography and deep brain stimulation.

[Georgios Skandalakis @GSkandalakis]

🧵The VTA participates in an extensive neural circuit which is modulated during DBS for OCD, MDD, Alzheimer's, cluster headaches, and aggression. Many thanks to Prof @MasudHusain and the whole @Brain1878 team for the exemplary handling of our work.

https://t.co/tQR1GUGSYL

[Dr. Layla Banihashemi @LaylaBraindoc]

@David_Baranger I think it was a finger tapping task. I'll try to find it.

[Luiz Pessoa @PessoaBrain]

*The role and mechanism of 5-HTDRN-BNST neural circuit in anxiety and fear*

Short review of serotonin-related processes involving bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, one of those important brain regions you haven't heard about before (blame the amygdala)
https://t.co/7oR2oB3fF3