Barbara Hollunder

Fantastic talk by @barbarahollunder.bsky.social on weaving together findings across studies in the field of connectomic DBS at the Würzburg expert summit!

Some great presentations at the DBS 3rd Expert Summit. And then there's @barbarahollunder.bsky.social absolutely knocking it out of the park! So cool to see her work shine doi.org/10.1038/s41593-024-01570-1

A recent @natneuro.nature.com paper analyzed lesion network mapping and raised concerns about the validity of the method.
See below 👇 for our response.

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Shining a light onto the subcortex of the human brain

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The deep brain stimulation response network in Parkinson’s disease operates in the high beta band Bahners et al. identify a brain network linked to optimal therapeutic outcomes in patients with Parkinson’s disease receiving deep brain stimulation. This

New @netstim.org publication alert: @bahnebahners.bsky.social in BRAIN out now:

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✨ Be there or be square! ✨

In our upcoming Stimulating Brains session (Feb 26, noon ET / 6 pm CET), let’s dive into the brain networks driving chronic pain and how adaptive DBS is changing treatment!

🎤 Feat. Valentina Lind & Prasad Shirvalkar

🔗 Get your Zoom link here: talks.stimulatingbrains.org

See you in Geneva! We have such an incredible line up of speakers this year!
#optoDBS2026 – registration now open at www.optodbs.ch

As last time, we are expanding scope way beyond just DBS and optogenetics – for instance including TMS and LIFU applications this year!

🎄🧠 Ho ho ho! Let’s close out the year with fresh insights into the brain networks behind creativity — and what happens when they go awry.

Our December session (Thurs, Dec 18, noon ET / 6pm CET) will feat. @isaiahneuro.bsky.social & Ben Shofty.

✨ Get Zoom link here: mgb-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

In Buzzy Papers we set out to compile some of the most exciting neuroscience papers published in the past two years! A panel of 10 neuroscientists selected the papers from a preliminary list our editorial team assembled by considering publications in top neuroscience journals

Invasive brain mapping identifies personalized therapeutic neuromodulation targets that suppress OCD network activity - Translational Psychiatry Translational Psychiatry - Invasive brain mapping identifies personalized therapeutic neuromodulation targets that suppress OCD network activity

Thrilled to share my very first publication, in Translational Psychiatry! 🧠🧪
We used invasive brain mapping to identify personalized neuromodulation targets for treatment-refractory OCD.
Read it here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#OCD #DBS #Neuroscience #Research

Super excited for Ningfei Li to receive the highly prestigious NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund – as of yesterday, Ningfei is Full Professor at the Xian University and has joined a new AI institute! We are both excited to continue our collaboration on @lead-dbs.org and connectomic DBS!

Many congrats! 🧙‍♀️🪄

Good luck, @audreycluo.bsky.social! You've got this! 🙌🚀🦸‍♀️

A human brain network linked to restoration of consciousness after deep brain stimulation - Nature Communications In people with severe brain injuries, stimulation restored consciousness by engaging a deep brain circuit for wakefulness—revealing a target that may also guide treatment in stroke and epilepsy.

Just dropped in @natcomms.nature.com: we show that re-engaging a thalamic–ventral tegmental circuit with deep brain stimulation can reignite consciousness in patients with severe brain injury. Work led by Aaron Warren, with @andreashorn.org @foxmdphd.bsky.social @ others! tinyurl.com/4kz8j89b

@foxmdphd.bsky.social's legendary anticorrelation paper has now been cited over 10.000 times and this was reason for a dedicated PNAS cake. Congratulations again, Mike, for this unbelievable pioneering effort that opened up the then novel field of resting-state fMRI!

@braincircuits.bsky.social

What a number!

🔜 🎉🥳🎊🍾 @foxmdphd.bsky.social!

Hard to keep track about all the great things our labmembers have achieved recently:

Now available in typeset form - gift link to study: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Very hard to say goodbye to these fantastic people.
I will miss you guys! @braincircuits.bsky.social!

Probably the most insightful and most important paper on physiomarkers of subthalamic DBS in a long while. Bravo @julianneumann.bsky.social @tsbinns.com and team!!

Out at @natcomms.nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Liftoff: New lab alerts Learn about early-career scientists starting their own labs.

In this month’s “Liftoff,” Thomas Elston talks about the need for new PIs to develop their ability to cultivate others' thinking, and @taylersheahan.bsky.social explains how opening a lab is a lot like early parenthood.

By @franciscorr25.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

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Thank you so much, Vladimir, for your unwavering support throughout this PhD! I couldn’t agree more – Andy’s supervision, the entire @netstim.org team, the incredible collaborators & the patients were the magic touch that made it all possible!

Thank you! 😊

Thank you for the kind words, Haidar – and for the role you played in shaping the outcome of this thesis! 😊

Thanks so much, also for joining the viva! I hope we get the chance to meet in person soon!

Thanks so much, Jan – I hope our paths will cross again soon! 😊

Thanks so much, Andy, for everything! Growing up in science under your mentorship has been the best experience I could have wished for. I’m so excited for all the new adventures we'll tackle together!

What brain damage tells us about creativity - ABC listen Scientists have long been aware of a paradox of neurodegenerative disease – that as the brain deteriorates, in some patients creativity flourishes. Researchers have used imaging techniques to map cre...

Was fun to do a podcast about our recent paper on creativity and brain disease with Dr Norman Swan @abcnewsbot.bsky.social @braincircuits.bsky.social @foxmdphd.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Looking for an awesome postdoc opportunity in neurophysiology and neuromodulation? Then check out this exciting opening! You’ll work on cutting-edge research, all while being mentored by @carinaoehrn.bsky.social – one of the most talented and fun people around. Can’t beat that!

I learned so much from a very sharp mind in this conversation. Equipped w an undergrad mathematics at Harvard, Medschool at Harvard, PhD at MIT, Terry has begun deeply thinking about dystonia and neuromodulation early on and has come up with a very unique sEEG based approach to treat tough cases.