R. Douglas Fields @rdouglasfields1
Neuroscientist & science writer. Author of Why We Snap & The Other Brain. My scientific research is on cellular mechanisms of brain development & memory. rdouglasfields.com Bethesda, MD Joined April 2016-
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New study shows that a leaky blood-brain barrier causes autism-like symptoms. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-ne…
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Neuroscience technology can predict your baby's future, and reveal how stress during pregnancy affects a child's brain development. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-ne…
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. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/AHJUTJ7…
To my myelin biologist friends--Why you've been doing g-ratios wrong. My commentary on Alexander Gow's new paper: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Tweaking LSD to treat schizophrenia without causing hallucinations. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-ne…
Sugar craving and diabetes linked to gut bacteria. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-ne…
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 rdouglasfields.com/2024/12/24/the…
The centennial of the discovery of brain waves in humans exposes a chilling tale involving Nazis, war between Russia and Ukraine, suicide and the vicissitudes of history scientificamerican.com/article/the-hu…
Everything You Wanted to Know About the Longest Nerve in the Body - smithsonianmag.com/science-nature… @SmithsonianMag
rdouglasfields.com/2024/08/27/how… How could stimulating one nerve, the vagus, relieve depression, migraine, enhance cognition, and more?
Every measure is taken to protect athletes from physical injury in competitive sports, but as the recent Olympics shows, protection from mental injury is neglected. rdouglasfields.com/2024/08/17/psy… #Olympics2024Paris #simonebiles #ImaneKhelif
How prehistoric viral infection promotes inherited mental illnesses by altering DNA @PsychToday psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-ne…
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Insertion of genetic material from a virus into the genome of a vertebrate ancestor enabled the lightning-quick electrical impulses that give animals with backbones their smarts trib.al/29SDpFL
How did myelin suddenly appear in evolution and boost brain power in vertebrates beyond all other animals? Learn the new answer @sciam : scientificamerican.com/article/a-rand…
A Link Between War, Altruism, and Sex | Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-ne…
Big Mystery about the Little Brain (Cerebellum) quantamagazine.org/the-part-of-th…
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Why the Havana Syndrome happened #havanasyndrome journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
New study shows that early life trauma can be encoded in the genome and passed on to subsequent generations. A common drug can erase the "biological memory." psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-…
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