Thompson Lab

The Thompson lab @virginia_tech studies the effects of thyroid hormone on brain development. In tadpoles. Yep, they have brains, too!

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@DarkMatter2525 Hi @DarkMatter2525! I recently stumbled across your channel, and I would love to chat with you on livestream. I am a professor of Neuroscience, and I think we would have a lot to talk about. If interested, please email me at my VT address. Thanks!

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@mtaibbi Hey Matt, you used to live in Russia, right?

Do you have any comment on the recent crackdown on LGBTQ people there? https://t.co/gPI7G9IDAq

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Horrific. Russian police raid gay bars and clubs in Moscow to enforce their laws banning LGBTQ activity.

It always seems like something distant and foreign—until it arrives on your doorstep.

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@WitsitGetsIt I am a neuroscience professor at Virginia Tech that studies the effects of environmental contaminants on brain development. I have done a bunch of debates against creationists as well.

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@BowTiedGatorDDS I'm strongly in favor of CWF, but I think your plan sounds like a reasonable one. Very doubtful that the Trump administration would do any of the education and prevention programs, which would have to be absolutely necessary to make this work.

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@riccoker @hubermanlab They voted to reintroduce fluoride in 2021 https://t.co/XCmN3HyHmv

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@riccoker @hubermanlab Correct. Calgary tried removing fluoride, and it resulted in a 100% increase in kids under 5 needing dental care with general anesthesia.

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@ModernDayDebate @WitsitGetsIt That would be great! If @WitsitGetsIt is up for it, I am too. If he's game, feel free to email me to set things up

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@JoeNagySC @hubermanlab Of publicly available data, 99.89% of all water systems in the US have fluoride concentration at or below the CDC recommended amount.

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@jpainefrommaine @BStulberg @hubermanlab This study includes a control group.

When Calgary removed fluoride, dental treatment requiring general anesthesia went up by almost 100%. Virtually no change in Edmonton over the same time period.

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@mbeisen Par for the course for Dinesh D'Sousaphone

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@WitsitGetsIt I'll debate you on this. We could do this on @ModernDayDebate

What do you think?

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@AizenmanLab @hubermanlab It has been known for some time that there are direct and indirect connections from the SCN to the PVN that drive the surge in cortisol long before the onset of light.

from here: https://t.co/d24TTfCuWk

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@WiringTheBrain @NeuroPolarbear @uli09 @raj_raizada @tomwelcomeclark Very interesting. Do you have a link to any of Ellis's work on this?

BTW, I am a big fan of your books. Free Agents is great!

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An excellent piece on the PFAS's, aka "forever chemicals", for a lay audience.

I definitely agree that we need to better regulate these chemicals.

[Joseph Allen @j_g_allen]

Even though companies using forever chemicals face thousands of lawsuits totaling billions of dollars, still in 16,000+ products.

Q: Which forever chemicals are being used, and which ones should we be most concerned about?
A: 👇 https://t.co/wEHa0XNQWh

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Beautiful video on the history of the Amazing African Clawed Frog in Science

https://t.co/Cuhncn8P3F

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View of the #aurora from Mountain Lake in Virginia. Very neat! @lookner

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@BrooklynBlvd1 @bill_konersman @afferent_input @michaelshermer Again, you are completely wrong. Here are just a couple of projects that are currently NIH funded on this topic. Lots and lots of research is being done on this issue.

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@BrooklynBlvd1 @afferent_input @bill_konersman @michaelshermer This is simply wrong. I am a neuroendocrinologist and am very familiar with sex steroid hormones and brain differences across the sexes.

Here is a Swan paper on this issue published 4 months ago.

https://t.co/qfiomUflWF

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Cell death has never looked so beautiful....