R. Douglas Fields

Neuroscientist & science writer. Author of Why We Snap & The Other Brain. My scientific research is on cellular mechanisms of brain development & memory.

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Legacy of winemaker, Pat Neild, the first to plant commercial wine grapes on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

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I'm thinking of giving up on X. Is Bluesky any better, or has social media had its day?

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Sex Reversal by One Letter Change in DNA

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No Kings Protest Draws Hundreds in Solidly Republican Eastern Shore Town https://t.co/UOatHFZ2OS

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There is a hidden community of workers on the Eastern Shore that few people know about (ESWA)
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Ocular dominance and spike-time dependent plasticity have an implicit assumption that conduction velocity is fixed. Our new study on myelin plasticity invalidates that.
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Some people never have sex--here's why.
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@KevinJTraceyMD All nerves are paired. Bilateral symmetry.

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@autismgadfly Thank you for your kind note. Yes, this study shows impairment of the BBB causes autism-like symptoms in these patients, but by no means does that mean that all autism is caused by this. The study is important in showing psychological effects of BBB dysfunction.

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New study shows that a leaky blood-brain barrier causes autism-like symptoms.
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Neuroscience technology can predict your baby's future, and reveal how stress during pregnancy affects a child's brain development.
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There is something fundamentally wrong with our concept of how neurons communicate in the human cerebral cortex, Lichtman's lab's beautiful work reveals. I believe this offers new insights for the tremendous increase in cognitive power of vertebrates. https://t.co/850vcSWk04

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To my myelin biologist friends--Why you've been doing g-ratios wrong. My commentary on Alexander Gow's new paper:

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Tweaking LSD to treat schizophrenia without causing hallucinations.

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Sugar craving and diabetes linked to gut bacteria. https://t.co/RTunxcHmRl

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Who discovered brainwaves? What did he think he had found?
The centennial of the discovery of brainwaves in humans exposes a chilling tale involving #Nazis, war between Russia and #UkraineWar , suicide and the vicissitudes of history. #sciam
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