Sonia Villapol, Ph.D.

¿Los antibióticos pueden restaurar una lesión cerebral? Un estudio avanza esta posibilidad La investigación, liderada por la gallega Sonia Villapol, revela en un modelo animal que los antimicrobianos ayudan a equilibrar las bacterias del intestino y reducir así la neuroinflamación que está ...

¿Los antibióticos pueden restaurar una lesión cerebral? Un estudio avanza esta posibilidad www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/soci...

Altering gut bacteria with antibiotics reduces inflammation from traumatic brain injuries Researchers discovered that clearing out certain digestive bacteria with antibiotics helps calm the immune system. This temporary microbial shift protected mice from severe brain swelling and cellular...

Altering gut bacteria with antibiotics reduces inflammation from traumatic brain injuries www.psypost.org/altering-gut...

📣 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭!
🧠🦠 The gut and the brain are more connected than we think. 🔬 In our new study published in @commsbio.nature.com we discovered that a short course of 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐁𝐈 can reduce brain injury by eliminating harmful gut bacteria.
➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Trust your gut to heal your brain In a new study published in Nature Communications Biology, Houston Methodist researchers led by Sonia Villapol, Ph.D., found that short-term antibiotic treatment significantly...

What if healing traumatic brain injury starts in the gut? In a newly published study, OUR TEAM found that short-term antibiotic treatment significantly reduced neuroinflammation after TBI in animal models, via @EurekAlert! @MethodistHosp www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Para previr o alzhéimer, cultura e café

Para previr o alzhéimer, cultura e café

https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/opinion/2026/02/25/previr-alzheimer-cultura-cafe/0003_202602G25P12997.htm

Para previr o alzhéimer, cultura e café Hai unha pregunta que se repite unha e outra vez, en charlas, nas redes ou na intimidade das conversas familiares: que se pode facer para previr a demencia? A pregunta é lóxica, porque o medo a perder...

www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/opin...

🌤️ Bo día, pois iso… : ☕️ + 📚 = 🧠

Villapol Lab🔬
Brain Repair, Alzheimer's, Inflammation & Neurodegeneration Lab
(🧠BRAIN LAB)
🔗Villapol.hmailabs.org

Mulleres investigadoras reivindican unha ciencia inclusiva para avanzar: "Somos o 50% e queremos competir en igualdade de condicións" As disparidades de xénero persisten nos niveis máis altos de investigación. Só 9% das persoas inventoras son mulleres e só 30% ocupan postos de relevanc...

Mulleres investigadoras reivindican unha ciencia inclusiva para avanzar: "Somos o 50% e queremos competir en igualdade de condicións" - www.nosdiario.gal/articulo/soc...

Frontiers | Sex-specific effects of fecal microbiota transplantation on TBI-exacerbated Alzheimer’s disease pathology in mice BackgroundTraumatic brain injury (TBI) accelerates Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology and neuroinflammation, potentially via gut-brain axis disruptions. Whet...

Our new study: 🧠Sex-specific effects of fecal microbiota transplantation on TBI-exacerbated Alzheimer’s disease pathology in mice www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...

Covid persistente, daño cerebral y microbiota, con Sonia Villapol La pandemia de covid de la que se cumplen cinco años devastó vidas y economías y como legado, escribe la neurocientífica Sonia Villapol, un covid persistente.

Covid persistente, daño cerebral y microbiota, con Sonia Villapol www.rtve.es/play/audios/... @rtve

OPINIÓN | O faladoiro da diáspora científica
🖌️Sonia Villapol
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O faladoiro da diáspora científica - Praza Pública Escribín sobre isto mesmo hai unha década aquí mesmo en Praza, e as cousas parece que pouco mudaron. A precariedade contractual, a escasa estabilidade das convocatorias, a dependencia da vontade polít...

💯 Sonia Villapol sobre a diáspora científica, as nosas universidades e as políticas académicas
@praza.gal praza.gal/opinion/o-fa...

get your kiddos vaccinated, but don’t forget the clean air either—vaccines do not prevent infection, and children are not immune to longcovid. reduction is great, prevention is better.

🧠 U𝐧𝐡𝐚 𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨́𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚: 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐢 𝐮𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐨 📖 𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨́𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢́𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨 𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢́𝐚𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐝𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐬.🌈.
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Sex differences in Alzheimer’s linked to protein that blocks brain cell growth A new study finds that a signaling pathway is hyperactive in female brains with Alzheimer's, halting the production of new neurons. Blocking this pathway successfully restored regeneration in mice.

Sex differences in Alzheimer’s linked to protein that blocks brain cell growth www.psypost.org/sex-differen...

America’s new dietary guidelines ignore decades of scientific research An emphasis on fruit, vegetables, and whole foods is welcome—but it’s wrong to suggest steak and beef tallow should be prominent.

Good summary of lack of evidence and potential for harm of components of the recommended diet
www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/08/1... by @jesshamzelou.bsky.social

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🤗... a nós tocounos unha comunidade de socias e socios que garante contar o que sucede con contexto e malia ás presións

‼️Medra, pero aínda non é dabondo

🤝 @svillapol.bsky.social explícache por que é boa idea seres de Praza

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Enormes grazas á prezada @svillapol.bsky.social por ser a primeira das voces nesta campaña da Fundación Praza Pública para explicar por que a comunidade de socias e socios de @praza.gal é tan importante e aínda non é dabondo.

Sen ningún drama. Con todas as ganas.

Por favor e grazas🤗

⚠️ Nº especial Frontiers

📌 "Long COVID: From Understanding to Recovery”

👩🏻‍⚕️👨🏼‍⚕️Topic Editors: José Ramón Blanco y @svillapol.bsky.social

⏱️ Deadlines
Summary —> 23 April 2026
Manuscript —> 19 August 2026

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As funding falters, young brain scientists rethink careers in research Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants.

"The U.S. has been a world leader in research for decades, and that leadership position is now at risk," said SfN President John H. Morrison in a new NPR article.

Read more SfN member perspectives: vist.ly/4eqvy

#neurosky #neuroskyence

The #SfN25 poster floor is buzzing with innovative studies and breakthrough discoveries.

Get lost in the science and find inspiration at every turn!

#neurosky #neuroskyence

El mejor recorrido literario de Galicia está en este pueblo de Lugo El Paseo dos Soños de Vilalba discurre a lo largo de más de tres kilómetros a orillas del río Magdalena y homenajea con diferentes esculturas a personalidades clave de la provincia, principalmente esc...

El mejor recorrido literario de Galicia está en este pueblo de Lugo - www.elprogreso.es/articulo/a-c...

Texans set to approve $3 billion dementia research fund The Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas fund, a priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, will provide $3 billion in grants to researchers.

Texans set to approve $3 billion dementia research fund www.texastribune.org/2025/11/04/t...

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🟡Con contexto
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❗️Ata o 80% devólvencho na declaración da renda
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Hoxe na @vozdegalicia.bsky.social 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒐, 𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒔 𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒍.
@svillapol.bsky.social

📚 My peer-reviewed publications 🧠🔬 are available on Google Scholar:
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O faladoiro da diáspora científica - Praza Pública Escribín sobre isto mesmo hai unha década aquí mesmo en Praza, e as cousas parece que pouco mudaron. A precariedade contractual, a escasa estabilidade das convocatorias, a dependencia da vontade polít...

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