NeuronS_MATTR Network

We are a new research initiative co-funded by NCCIH & NINDS to understand how massage and other mechanotherapies relieve pain and promote tissue healing.

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

🆕 We're now on Bluesky! Find us at @neurons-mattr.bsky.social for: 🧠 Neural mechanisms research updates 🔬 Workshop highlights 🌍 Global research community news Follow us there! ➡️ @neurons-mattr.bsky.social #TouchResearch #ManualTherapy #Bluesky

[The Brain Prize @BrainPrize]

Brain Prize winners 2026, Patrik Ernfors (Karolinska Institutet) and David Ginty (Harvard Medical School) delivering their prize lectures on the neuroscience of touch and pain at the University of Copenhagen. #BrainPrize2026 #Somatosensation #Neuroscience

[The Brain Prize @BrainPrize]

HM The King of Denmark presents this year’s winners of The Brain Prize, Patrik Ernfors and David Ginty with their Brain Prize medals at a ceremony in Copenhagen this evening. #BrainPrize2026 #Neuroscience #LundbeckFoundation

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

How does touch shape the body and brain? How do manual therapies actually work?
Join us Aug6-7 in Fairfax, VA - where neuroscience meets manual therapy, biomechanics and engineering.
The conference on Mechanisms of Touch & Force-Based Manipulations
https://t.co/zMSAB6QfdN

[Alexander Harris @dr_alexharris]

Folks, the video abstract on this paper is a masterpiece

https://t.co/YzQh4FKGo1

H/t @USkupio

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

🆕 We're now on Bluesky! Find us at @neurons-mattr.bsky.social for: 📷 Neural mechanisms research updates 📷 Global research community news Follow us there! 📷 @neurons-mattr.bsky.social #TouchResearch#ManualTherapy #Bluesky

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

Johan Wessberg giving a very nice historical perspective of human microneurography at the NeuronS MATTR summer school.

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

Terry kicking us off at the NeuronS MATTR summer school in Sweden!!!

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

📢 DEADLINE EXTENDED to March 2! Apply now for the NeuronS_MATTR Summer Workshop @LinkopingU, Sweden (June 22-26). Learn microneurography & manual therapy research techniques. https://t.co/aXV2QloEYf #ManualTherapyResearch

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

Great upcoming meeting!

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

🌟 Exciting Opportunity! NeuronS_MATTR Network's Travel Awards for Inclusive Excellence are here! Supporting trainees, early-stage investigators, & underrepresented minority researchers to showcase their work at conferences. 🌍✈️ Details: https://t.co/pUxxKsIaOX

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

Exciting funding opportunities at NeuronS_MATTR! Dive into Neural Mechanisms of Soft-Tissue Manipulation & Affective Touch with innovative mini-sabbaticals, or grab travel awards for inclusive excellence. https://t.co/qIrL55uy4X

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

Join us for our 10th virtual seminar on Jul 23, 11am ET/8am PT. Dr. Jeanie Park discusses "Sympathetic regulation in humans with chronic disease: microneurography applications." Learn from Emory's expert in autonomic regulation & blood pressure control. https://t.co/Av8ywb8Xyv

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

Exciting meeting for the 2024 NIH Force-Based Manipulation Investigator Meeting on June 28! Featuring updates from NCCIH & NINDS, keynote on mechanosensitive ion channels, and discussions on safety, measurement, and pilot projects. See recording here: https://t.co/tLd1Ch8NTv

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

Join us for our 10th virtual seminar on Jul 23, 11am ET/8am PT. Dr. Jeanie Park discusses "Sympathetic regulation in humans with chronic disease: microneurography applications." Learn from Emory's expert in autonomic regulation & blood pressure control. https://t.co/Av8ywb9vo3

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

NeuronS_MATTR hosts 10th seminar: Jul 23, 11am ET/8am PT. Dr. Jeanie Park on "Sympathetic regulation in chronic disease." Zoom: https://t.co/X2LuYyDjJD full details, check our website: https://t.co/a563I0tk0z

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

Exciting meeting for the 2024 NIH Force-Based Manipulation Investigator Meeting on June 28! Featuring updates from NCCIH & NINDS, keynote on mechanosensitive ion channels, and discussions on safety, measurement, and pilot projects.

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

"🌟 NeuronS_MATTR Network's Travel Awards for Inclusive Excellence are here! Supporting trainees, early-stage investigators, & underrepresented minority researchers 🌍✈️ Apply now & take your research further! Details: https://t.co/pUxxKsIIEv

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

Join us for the 2024 Force Based Manipulation Annual Meeting on June 28! Explore NIH-funded research on mechanical forces and physiology. Keynote by Dr. Valeria Vásquez. Free registration: https://t.co/tLd1Ch8g3X

[NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR]

Join us for the 2024 Force Based Manipulation Annual Meeting on June 28! Explore NIH-funded research on mechanical forces and physiology. Keynote by Dr. Valeria Vásquez. Free registration: https://t.co/47EWTU4qVK