Alex Hughes

Reversible reduction in brain myelin content upon marathon running - Nature Metabolism Using magnetic resonance imaging on marathon runners, Ramos-Cabrer, Cabrera-Zubizarreta et al. report that the signal detected as a surrogate of myelin content is significantly reduced after exercise,...

Cool paper about a couple of things I love www.nature.com/articles/s42...

25.03.2025 16:15 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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WHERE WILL YOU BE IN 4 DAYS?

Stand Up for Science with us on March 7th, in DC & Nationwide!

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03.03.2025 21:06 — 👍 334    🔁 95    💬 1    📌 13

Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78)

I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine

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16.02.2025 06:32 — 👍 803    🔁 398    💬 8    📌 52

I don't 😅 pressing three keys simultaneously hardly feels like a shortcut, though I do use most other shortcuts

18.12.2024 10:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Despite my hipster inclinations my hands can't unlearn %>% so I've been sticking with it, see no real reason to switch

17.12.2024 19:40 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Macrophages excite muscle spindles with glutamate to bolster locomotion - Nature A population of macrophages with exclusive molecular and functional signatures in the muscle spindles express machinery for synthesizing and releasing glutamate, and a cellular component, the muscle s...

Immunologists, time to embrace your inner neuroscientist 🧠🧪

Macrophages (yes, #macrophages) release glutamate (yes, #glutamate) to sensory neurons engaging in the muscle stretch reflex. Very cool paper! #neuroscience #immunology

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

11.12.2024 12:00 — 👍 182    🔁 52    💬 2    📌 10

Hello! I've had this account for a couple of weeks now so it's time to start posting cat pictures. This is Cauchy - we just celebrated his 11th gotcha day!

02.12.2024 16:08 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0