Another win for vaccines: A new study finds that reactivation of the virus that causes shingles (VZV) is linked to higher dementia risk…and shingles vaccination cuts that risk by up to 35%. It suggests something extraordinary: dementia may have a modifiable viral trigger.

Nature The astrocytic ensemble acts as a multiday trace to stabilize memory nature.com/articles/s4158…

Are we ready to bring closed-loop neuromodulation into psychiatric disorders? Closed-loop neuromodulation refers to brain stimulation that automatically adjusts its output based on real-time neural feedback thus allowing therapy to be personalized to the brain’s state, rather

Outbreak Updates The most significant survival benefits were observed in patients with immunologically "cold" tumors (those typically resistant to immunotherapy). This group saw a nearly fivefold improvement in three-year overall survival after receiving a vaccine.

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon: "We had 19 members of congress go out to Chicago to have field hearings...What we did find was chaos and fear and lawlessness—but that chaos, fear, and lawlessness was being brought by armed and masked federal agents."

How does one of Earth’s longest-lived mammals stay disease-resistant for centuries? URochester researchers found the protein CIRBP is key in repairing DNA and may hold clues for human healthy aging. Read the study in nature: nature.com/articles/s4158…

This recent 🔥 Hot Topic 🔥 highlights transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation as a novel, non-invasive way to target the subcallosal cingulate cortex in treatment-resistant depression, with early studies showing rapid, lasting improvements in mood nature.com/articles/s4138…

Using EEG #URochesterResearch discovered male mice with Batten disease showed early auditory problems that improved with age, while female mice had persistent difficulties #IDDRC Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s11689… urmc.rochester.edu/news/publicati…

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by C. Sainz Martinez, J. Jorge, et al: An optimized framework for simultaneous EEG-fMRI at 7T enabling safe, high-quality human brain imaging with millisecond temporal resolution and sub-millimeter spatial resolution doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a…

Tonight’s episode of 60 Minutes will include a segment on the impact of federally funded science and recent cuts to science funding. Our lab’s development of base editing and prime editing and their clinical applications will be among the work described in the episode.

Psychosis can be reliably phenotyped and has high heritability. However, there are multiple pathways from genome to phenome, modulated by environment. Progress requires longitudinal studies of common and rare variants with advanced measurement tools and integration of research

The poster session is underway at #SfN25 Neuro Grad student Dennisha King from Julie Fudge, MD lab, is drawing a crowd at A51 #URochesterResearch

Come see what happens with microglia-neural interactions in PL AMYGDALA after early life stress. A51 happening now! Dennisha King Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

Come see what being a graduate student at URochester SMD is all about! #URochesterResearch 📍Booth 12 🕒12 - 2 pm

If you’re ever at a low point and need a little hope, go to a naturalization ceremony. You’ll see people so excited to take the oath, and families beaming with pride as their loved ones become citizens. In that room, you see what it means to be an American. It’s a reminder of why

MY LATEST EPISODE OF NEUROSCIENCE PERSPECTIVES Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience "The Future of Memory: Single Neurons, Consciousness & Cognitive Decline" featuring the incredible work of Prof. Itzhak Fried of UCLA ItzhakFried youtu.be/El5sZHuBsI8?si…

A woman dies every two hours of cervical cancer in the US -- tragically and unnecessarily. With HPV vaccines and screenings, cervical cancer deaths are unnecessary, as Australia shows.

ICE detain U.S. citizen woman driving to work—dressed in full medical scrubs. "I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me!" she cries. "Why are you doing this to me?" Woman was dragged out of car, tackled to ground & handcuffed. Agents finally checked driver's license to prove her

New research in JAMA Network Open shows care for medically complex kids is rising sharply. They now account for 40% of pediatric bed days and most hospital charges as community units close. The system must adapt. 🔗 urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/ris… #URochesterResearch

ICE just conducted a raid by Taco Giro in Tucson - a small mom-and-pop restaurant that has served our community for years. When I presented myself as a Member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed-aside and pepper sprayed.