Marco S Fabus

MPhys (Physics) DPhil (Clinical Neurosciences) & Graduate-Entry Medic @UniofOxford

Interested in anaesthesia & M/EEG

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

@MartinSLewis BBC did an article on this recently - most people are with you Martin, keep fighting the good fight!
https://t.co/KIiY91e74a

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

Full data repo with example code: https://t.co/cuL7OwG243

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

Largest Jhana EEG dataset now out!!🧠

Together with @stephen_zerfas, @kathryndevaney, and the wonderful @jhanatech team we have released 100+ hours of EEG from N=26 expert Jhana meditators.

Check it out and help us understand self-reinforcing bliss:
https://t.co/CqJoz1kHY3

[Boris D Heifets @TheBorisLab]

Lots of folks seemed PRETTY sure that giving ketamine during general anesthesia to "block the trip" was pointless, anesthesia silences the brain and ketamine won't work. We checked. Just out in @JAMAPsych. Below: frequency heatmaps over the course of 40 min, + and - anesthesia:

[George Blackburne @rhizoqualia]

Ever wondered what happens in the brain when someone takes the world’s most powerful psychedelic drug?🧐Me too! So we went and found out.

Our new preprint is now live where you can read all about it:
https://t.co/8DrAqPxiUu

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

@rhizoqualia at it again!!
-> First 5-MeO-DMT EEG analysis in humans 🧠
-> Different roles of slow waves explored through advanced travelling waves methodology 🌊

Check it out 🔥⬇️

[bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv_neursci]

Complex slow waves radically reorganise human brain dynamics under 5-MeO-DMT https://t.co/zSETgZqHYX #biorxiv_neursci

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

@IoannesSilentio Thank you, one for my reading list!!

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

@AmieBurbridge @DrBenLovell @MedEd See e.g. this BMJ case report: https://t.co/AEVIBZ80UD. The rest of the case of course points to Bell's, but as a med student who finds your podcasts incredibly helpful just wanted to check this detail. Thanks for all your podcasting work! 2/2

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

@AmieBurbridge @DrBenLovell @MedEd Hi! Around 12min in, you discuss how a pontine lesion wouldn't fit with LMN symptoms. Can I check this is correct, please? I thought as pontine CN VII nucleus is where the LMN starts, it would still be a LMN lesion, with a cerebral stroke being UMN 1/2

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

@IoannesSilentio Big congratulations, gorge-ous place!

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

@DrMattThomas1 Thank you for sharing and glad you've had a reasonable experience of it!

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

@DrMattThomas1 Can I ask how difficult it has been commuting as a trainee if you don't drive, please? I've heard that w/o driving rotational training (maybe outside London) largely condemns one to long commutes or frequent moves - true? Did it inform your choices of regions?

[BMA Students @BMAstudents]

We fundamentally disagree with the decision by the UK Health bodies to move the Specialised Foundation Programme into the PIA system from 2025 and will fight for students by resisting this change in any way that we can.

Read the full statement 👇https://t.co/DXtM0hCPUk

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

@kfshinozuka Not exactly on JNDs, but the Yoneda lemma work comes to mind: "two objects A and B in a category can be equivalent if and only if all the relationships that A holds with others in the category are the same as those of B" https://t.co/igWIo85MqW

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

@BucksHealthcare Thank you!

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

@bethshirley77 @nootropicguy This. All evidence related to dementia seems to be in rats/mice, with no large clinical trials in humans. Beware!

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

My thanks go to my co-authors @kwarnaby and Jamie Sleigh, as well as our reviewers and funders. As always, paper is open access and all code can be found here: https://t.co/gV6POtxIAy

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

📢New paper finally out in @_Anesthesiology! Unexpectedly complex question: what is the effect of propofol on the heart rate? 💉❤️
https://t.co/JUeLdXXYGU
🧵1/N

[Marco S Fabus @MarcoSFabus]

This cortico-cardiac coupling in propofol anaesthesia could be due to a common brainstem generator. Its significance needs further investigation, but as someone interested in brain-heart interactions, I'm excited. 4/N