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@pmarvar.bsky.social

Conducting research on how PTSD, stress, and trauma impact both brain and heart health, uncovering the hidden links between emotional experiences and cardiovascular disease. Associate Professor, George Washington University (since 2013)

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Neuroimmune, metabolic and oxidative stress pathways in major depressive disorder Nature Reviews Neurology - In this Review, the authors describe perturbations in neuroimmune, metabolic and oxidative pathways in major depressive disorder and explore how imbalances in each of...

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19.07.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics β€˜overwhelmed’ by the millions published Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention

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A daughter's message of a life well lived and Lewy Body Dementia David Gergen once said, "Leadership is a journey. Each one of us has to take our own path and get there our own way." Gergen's path through life is filled with achievements and honors, including:

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RIP David Gergen, who served as a presidential adviser to four presidents of both parties and educated generations of Americans about leadership and civic engagement. He was 83.

12.07.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Systems biology dissection of PTSD and MDD across brain regions, cell types, and blood - PubMed The molecular pathology of stress-related disorders remains elusive. Our brain multiregion, multiomic study of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) included the cen...

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03.07.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paper

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Anxiety, fear, panic: An approach to assessing the defensive behavior system across the predatory imminence continuum - Learning & Behavior In order to effectively thwart predation, antipredator defensive behaviors must be matched to the current spatio-temporal relationship to the predator. We have proposed a model where different defensi...

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Factorial Clinical Trial Designs This JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods article discusses clinical trials using factorial designs in which participants receive several randomized interventions simultaneously to allow efficient eva...

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24.05.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An honor to meet and speak with Lt. Cmdr. Amanda Lee this week β€” the first woman to fly as a jet demonstration pilot with the US Navy’s Blue Angels. An inspiring trailblazer! No #Fear #WomenInAviation #Leadership check out new IMAX film for more www.imax.com/movie/blue-a...

22.05.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
APS President Robert Hester, a white man with white hair and glasses, wears jeans and a checked shirt and is leaning on a wooden railing.

APS President Robert Hester, a white man with white hair and glasses, wears jeans and a checked shirt and is leaning on a wooden railing.

From rebuilding engines to modeling human physiology, Robert Hester's curiosity drives innovation. As APS president, he continues to explore the intricacies of our biological systems. Read more in #TPhysMag: ow.ly/uZ3z50VO2KY πŸ§ͺ

13.05.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tracking Conditioned Fear in Pair-Housed Mice Using Deep Learning and Real-Time Cue Delivery Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex and prevalent neuropsychiatric condition that arises in response to exposure to a traumatic event. A common diagnostic criterion for PTSD includes he...

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Tracking fear in pair-housed mice with deep learning + cue delivery. Study reveals sex & circadian-specific threat responses over time. #PTSD research www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

15.05.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Integrating Aversive Memories in the Basolateral Amygdala Decades of research have established a critical role of the basolateral complex of the amygdala (BLA) in the encoding and storage of aversive memories. Much of this work utilizes Pavlovian fear condit...

Excellent review πŸ‘πŸ‘ that highlights historical evidence and explores recent advancements in memory encoding research, and examines how dysfunction in ensemble coding may contribute to PTSD @stevemaren.bsky.social www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...

06.04.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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