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Susan G Walling 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦

@wallingneurosci.bsky.social

Neuroscience @Memorial University of Newfoundland. Locus coeruleus, norepinephrine, hippocampus, dentate gyrus, entorhinal cortex, glia, sex diff, aging, pre-tangle tau, Alzheimer’s disease. Also dogs, food, nature, flowers, music, fiddle, Gaeilge learner.

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Op-ed: Dr. Ashlyn Swift-Gallant The fourth in a series authored by Memorial University faculty members on the value and importance of diversity, equity and inclusion policies to build a more just society. Check back next Thursday fo...

Freshly minted op-ed by my brilliant colleague, Dr. Ashlyn Swift-Gallant. "Three myths about sex and gender research that are costing you money and your health." Read, read, read! @swiftneurolab.bsky.social @munpsych.bsky.social @canacn.bsky.social @memorialuscience.bsky.social

03.04.2025 13:15 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women | University of Winnipeg News December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The University of Winnipeg will lower its flags to half-mast to mourn the 14 women who were murdered at École Polyte...

December 6th in Canada - 35 years ago. Please take a moment to remember them

news.uwinnipeg.ca/national-day...

06.12.2024 22:04 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Rapid modulation in music supports attention in listeners with attentional difficulties - Communications Biology Rapid temporal modulation added to music affects attentional performance and brain activity; parametric manipulation of this added modulation reveals rates that differentially affect individuals with ...

Music helps attentional focus. I hope so. I'm not going to stop listening to music when I work.
Rapid modulation in music supports attention in listeners with attentional difficulties
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#neuroscience

06.12.2024 12:27 — 👍 103    🔁 28    💬 8    📌 0

Any space for me too? 👋

27.11.2024 11:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Gut microbiota transfer from the preclinical maternal immune activation model of autism is sufficient to induce sex-specific alterations in immune response and behavioural outcomes The gut microbiome plays a vital role in health and disease, including neurodevelopmental disorders like autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ASD affects 4…

It feels like a breath of fresh air here! Excited to reconnect & make new connections. Our lab studies sex differences in neurodevelopment & social behavior. Here's our latest paper on sex-specific responses to gut transfer from maternal immune activation model:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

12.11.2024 00:36 — 👍 13    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

Aontaím leat ansin 🙂

20.11.2024 22:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I sometimes throw in random bits of my broken Irish with my students, never once realizing it may actually be my brain’s feeble attempts at exerting this almighty control of them. 😀

20.11.2024 12:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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