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@NeurosciLab_DCU

A resource mainly for under- & post-graduate students with a strong focus in behav. neuroscience & neuropsychopharmacology. By The Vlachou Lab Research group.

VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

A 2024 #ScienceReview highlights the growing recognition of the complex cognitive capacities of #rats and its implications for how they are treated in scientific contexts. scim.ag/4hm8jCG #ScienceMagArchives

ScienceMagazine's tweet image. A 2024 #ScienceReview highlights the growing recognition of the complex cognitive capacities of #rats and its implications for how they are treated in scientific contexts. scim.ag/4hm8jCG #ScienceMagArchives

VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

This event is absolutely worth making your way from SfN San Diego headquarters to UCSD campus. Now more than ever, we need a supportive and open academic culture, and our event is all about that. Open for free to everyone. Register for details.

🚨REGISTRATION IS OPEN!🚨 We're so excited to host our first-ever, in-person event! Join us for panel discussions, a keynote address, and the opportunity to meet many amazing women in Neuroscience💜 Register to attend by November 1st: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… We can't wait!

storiesofwin's tweet image. 🚨REGISTRATION IS OPEN!🚨 

We're so excited to host our first-ever, in-person event! Join us for panel discussions, a keynote address, and the opportunity to meet many amazing women in Neuroscience💜 

Register to attend by November 1st: 
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

We can't wait!


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About 80% of chronic disease is preventable but the evidence-based measures that prevent chronic disease compete with industry-led measures to promote food, alcohol, smoking, vaping & sedentary lifestyles. Govt must put public health before private wealth thejournal.ie/readme/opinion…

thejournal.ie

Opinion: Profit has a pervasive influence on mental illness and chronic disease

Ireland isn’t doing enough to put people’s wellbeing above corporate profit, writes Dr Catherine Conlon.


VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

Cannabis smoking is linked with epigenome-wide disruptions which persist despite quitting. 🧵1/8

NTFabiano's tweet image. Cannabis smoking is linked with epigenome-wide disruptions which persist despite quitting.

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VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

1. How to write your First Research Article & get it published (Everything you need to know) 📖 A 14 points detailed thread for Beginner Researchers

ScholarshipfPhd's tweet image. 1. How to write your First Research Article & get it published (Everything you need to know) 

📖 A 14 points detailed thread for Beginner Researchers

VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

How to Conduct a Literature Review – A Step-by-Step Guide for Researchers - Thread-

ScholarshipfPhd's tweet image. How to Conduct a Literature Review – A Step-by-Step Guide for Researchers

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VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

So lucky to be surrounded by such amazing supportive women in STEM @somahony1 @harschellekens @StellinaVlachou @fuhlig273 @isen_gard

LilyKeane's tweet image. So lucky to be surrounded by such amazing supportive women in STEM @somahony1 @harschellekens @StellinaVlachou @fuhlig273 @isen_gard

VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

Thank you to all who celebrated 5 years of DCU Psychology! We reflected on our history, shared our current story, and looked ahead. A special thanks to alumni Michelle, Clare, Emmet, Dean & Aisling, and to staff sharing exciting projects shaping our future.

DCUPsychology's tweet image. Thank you to all who celebrated 5 years of DCU Psychology!
We reflected on our history, shared our current story, and looked ahead. A special thanks to alumni Michelle, Clare, Emmet, Dean & Aisling, and to staff sharing exciting projects shaping our future.

VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

Thank you to all who celebrated 5 years of DCU Psychology! At our evening event, expert speakers @StellinaVlachou @LornaCrean @BrianPennie @CatherineFassb1 & Dermot Gough of the Dales Centre led a powerful discussion on pathways to recovery from substance misuse.

DCUPsychology's tweet image. Thank you to all who celebrated 5 years of DCU Psychology!
At our evening event, expert speakers @StellinaVlachou @LornaCrean @BrianPennie @CatherineFassb1 & Dermot Gough of the Dales Centre led a powerful discussion on pathways to recovery from substance misuse.

VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

Join DCU Psychology in celebrating its 5 year Anniversary on April 7th in the Alice Reeves (H Building) Glasnevin campus. Register to attend our exciting event line up (links posted below)

DCUPsychology's tweet image. Join DCU Psychology in celebrating its 5 year Anniversary on April 7th in the Alice Reeves (H Building) Glasnevin campus. Register to attend our exciting event line up (links posted below)

VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

Congratulations to the 2025 Distinguished Investigator Grantees! . Read the Press Release: ow.ly/xOez50Vk6vw . #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #neuroscience #depression #anxiety #schizophrenia #autism #OCD #PTSD #BPD #bipolardisorder #ADHD #ADD

BBRFoundation's tweet image. Congratulations to the 2025 Distinguished Investigator Grantees!
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Read the Press Release: ow.ly/xOez50Vk6vw
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#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #neuroscience #depression #anxiety #schizophrenia #autism #OCD #PTSD #BPD #bipolardisorder #ADHD #ADD

Happy and proud to be amongst so many talented, knowledgeable, inspiring, motivated and motivating women scientists at APC Microbiome Ireland, even if just for a short while… @Pharmabiotic @AnatNeuroUCC @UCCpsychiatry @ucc #IWD2025 #IWD25 #IAmRemarkable #WeAreRemarkable

It is #InternationalWomensDay & a timely reminder of what a privilege it is to work with such amazing, creative (and international) female scientists in the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis lab at APC Microbiome Ireland @Pharmabiotic @ucc @AnatNeuroUCC @UCCpsychiatry #IWD2025 #IWD25

jfcryan's tweet image. It is #InternationalWomensDay & a timely reminder of what a privilege it is to work  with such amazing, creative (and international) female scientists in the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis lab at APC Microbiome Ireland @Pharmabiotic @ucc  @AnatNeuroUCC @UCCpsychiatry  #IWD2025 #IWD25


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How the Brain Processes Speech in Real Time A new study has uncovered how the brain processes speech in real time by mapping neural activity during natural conversations. Using electrocorticography (ECoG) and AI-based speech-to-text models, researchers analyzed over 100 hours…

NeuroscienceNew's tweet image. How the Brain Processes Speech in Real Time

A new study has uncovered how the brain processes speech in real time by mapping neural activity during natural conversations. 

Using electrocorticography (ECoG) and AI-based speech-to-text models, researchers analyzed over 100 hours…

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If you think you have Trauma, science says it didn't start with you. Unhealed trauma doesn't just disappear—it gets passed down through DNA as self-sabotage, cycles of failure, and toxic patterns. Here's what science says about inherited family trauma (and how to heal):🧵

IamProHuman's tweet image. If you think you have Trauma, science says it didn't start with you.  

Unhealed trauma doesn't just disappear—it gets passed down through DNA as self-sabotage, cycles of failure, and toxic patterns.  

Here's what science says about inherited family trauma (and how to heal):🧵
IamProHuman's tweet image. If you think you have Trauma, science says it didn't start with you.  

Unhealed trauma doesn't just disappear—it gets passed down through DNA as self-sabotage, cycles of failure, and toxic patterns.  

Here's what science says about inherited family trauma (and how to heal):🧵

VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

Future Thinking Training Reduces Impulsivity A new study shows that episodic future thinking—the practice of vividly imagining specific future events—can reduce impulsivity and improve decision-making. Researchers used fMRI scans to analyze brain connectivity in participants…

NeuroscienceNew's tweet image. Future Thinking Training Reduces Impulsivity

A new study shows that episodic future thinking—the practice of vividly imagining specific future events—can reduce impulsivity and improve decision-making.

Researchers used fMRI scans to analyze brain connectivity in participants…

VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

A new twin study has strengthened the link between tattoos and cancer risk. For tattoos larger than a palm: 🔺 137% higher risk of skin cancer (HR = 2.37) 🩸 173% higher risk of lymphoma (HR = 2.73) Let’s break it down 🧵 1/11

BrandonLuuMD's tweet image. A new twin study has strengthened the link between tattoos and cancer risk.

For tattoos larger than a palm:
🔺 137% higher risk of skin cancer (HR = 2.37)
🩸 173% higher risk of lymphoma (HR = 2.73)

Let’s break it down 🧵 1/11

VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

Congratulations to @LornaCrean who successfully defended her PhD thesis 'Raise The Roof: Cognitive Effects Of Homelessness And Implications For Problematic Substance Use Recovery ' supervised by Drs Stella Vlachou @StellinaVlachou & Catherine Fassbender @CatherineFassb1 🎓👏


VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

After just one night of sleep deprivation, the brain begins to accumulate β-amyloid - a key protein in Alzhiemer’s dementia. 🧵1/10

NTFabiano's tweet image. After just one night of sleep deprivation, the brain begins to accumulate β-amyloid - a key protein in Alzhiemer’s dementia.

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VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

🎉 Exciting news! @DCUPsychology has made its debut in the The Times Higher (THE) subject rankings! 🌍🎓 Ranked among the top 176-200 psychology departments worldwide, this is a fantastic achievement for our community. #AcademicExcellence #THErankings timeshighereducation.com/world-universi…


VlachouNeuroLab_DCU reposted

I am proud to share this new review on The Biology of Addiction that appeared today in @scisignal. It was fun to write the review all by myself and reflect on the tremendous progress achieved over the past three decades...

EricJNestler's tweet image. I am proud to share this new review on The Biology of Addiction that appeared today in @scisignal. It was fun to write the review all by myself and reflect on the tremendous progress achieved over the past three decades...

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