Nico Dosenbach

It's a pretty funny criticism because

1) the data are sourced from a public database, NIH RePORTER
2) "Deranged activist" Jeremy Berg was an NIH institute director for 7 years

and most importantly
3) Thacker admits the story is totally accurate

'One year of failure.' The Lancet slams RFK Jr.'s first year as health chief In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair."

In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair." n.pr/3N9Foa8

A recent @natneuro.nature.com paper analyzed lesion network mapping and raised concerns about the validity of the method.
See below 👇 for our response.

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New paper in Nature Neuroscience! We developed personalized fMRI-based predictive models tracking ongoing spontaneous pain in chronic pain patients—trained on 6+ months of densely sampled data. A true team effort. Deeply grateful to our participants! doi.org/10.1038/s41593-026-02221-3

Nico Dosenbach, MD, PhD, among other researchers, has identified the somato-cognitive action network (SCAN) as the brain network responsible for Parkinson's disease. The study also found targeting SCAN with non-invasive TMS greatly improves symptoms.
https://bit.ly/4adziNp

A newly discovered Alzheimer’s “clock” may be ticking in the blood. Read how Suzanne E. Schindler, MD, PhD, and team built a model using blood tests to estimate when symptoms could begin — opening new possibilities for earlier diagnosis and prevention.

New approach roughly predicts when Alzheimer’s symptoms begin The technique is not yet precise enough to predict a patient’s exact trajectory but could help find long-sought preventive treatment.

New approach roughly predicts when Alzheimer’s symptoms begin
The technique is not yet precise enough to predict a patient’s exact trajectory but could help find long-sought preventive treatment.

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This complex brain network may explain many of Parkinson's stranger symptoms Parkinson's disease appears to disrupt a brain network involved in everything from movement to memory.

Parkinson's disease appears to disrupt a brain network involved in everything from movement to memory. n.pr/4kpKWtv

Here's how a year of RFK, Jr., has changed American science After a year of RFK, Jr., heading the Department of Health and Human Services, the “Make America Healthy Again” movement has upended science and medicine

After a year of RFK, Jr., heading the Department of Health and Human Services, the “Make America Healthy Again” movement has upended science and medicine

Ritalin Works-But Not the Way We Thought - Common Reader ADHD, sleep deprivation, amphetamines and the truth of why they work

@jcooperman.bsky.social proves essay writing is *not* a lost art in her engaging, in-depth write-up of our latest research on stimulant drugs. I highly recommend her journalism, and you can find the science published in the journal Cell.
commonreader.wustl.edu/adhd-and-rit...
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Today's anti-science pairing

AI help in grant proposals tied to higher funding odds at NIH But funding proposals to US agencies also tend to be more similar to previously funded projects if they are written or edited with the help of a chatbot.

Scientists are increasingly turning to AI chatbots for help drafting the grant proposals that fund their careers.

Preliminary data indicate that these tools are linked with a slightly higher funding rate and might be pulling the focus of research towards safe, less-innovative ideas.

NEW: Another NIH institute director hasn't been renewed — the director of NIAMS (arthritis, musculoskeletal and skin diseases institute).

That leaves a whopping 15 of 27 institutes and centers without a permanent director.

Objective Quality Assessment for Precision Functional MRI Data | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Your Job Isn't Disappearing. It's Shrinking Around You in Real Time AI isn't taking your job. It's making your expertise worthless while you watch. The three things everyone tries that fail, and the one strategy that actually works.

"The meta-skill is learning to continuously spot the next evolution and position yourself at the edge of what’s newly possible." That sounds really tiring. newsletter.jantegze.com/p/your-job-i...

Ritalin Works-But Not the Way We Thought - Common Reader ADHD, sleep deprivation, amphetamines and the truth of why they work

Ritalin doesn't hit the attention centers after all--and it might help prevent dementia--and ADHD is a continuum for all of us--but sometimes it's misdiagnosed sleep-deprivation... One big study can reveal a lot. (AUDIO 8m) commonreader.wustl.edu/adhd-and-rit...

Brain network dysfunction central to Parkinson's disease identified - New Zealand News Beep Researchers led by Beijing"s Changping Laboratory have identified a specific brain network whose dysfunction appears central to Parkinson's disease, a finding

Brain network dysfunction central to Parkinson’s disease identified

https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/279712/

Researchers led by Beijing”s Changping Laboratory have identified a specific brain network whose dysfunction appears central to Parkinson’s…

Parkinson's May Emerge From a Deeper Brain Network Than We Thought Targeting it vastly improved treatments.

📰 Parkinson's May Emerge From a Deeper Brain Network Than We Thought

Targeting it vastly improved treatments.

Parkinson's May Emerge From a Deeper Brain Network Than We Thought A recently discovered brain network may be the core circuit underlying symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's May Emerge From a Deeper Brain Network Than We Thought. Via @sciencealert #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

Breakthrough @nature.com study showcases new non-invasive treatment for Parkinson’s Disease that targets the somato-cognitive action network (SCAN) with personalized neuromodulation, for superior outcomes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Don’t miss out reading about this amazing work linking the SCAN to Parkinson’s disease. What are the best ways we could use this new knowledge?!

This complex brain network may explain many of Parkinson's stranger symptoms https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/nx-s1-5702451/parkinsons-disease-symptoms-scan-network?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

This complex brain network may explain many of Parkinson's stranger symptoms

📢 Parkinson's disease appears to disrupt a brain network involved in everything from movement to memory.

This complex brain network may explain many of Parkinson's stranger symptoms Parkinson's disease appears to disrupt a brain network involved in everything from movement to memory.

This complex brain network may explain many of Parkinson's stranger symptoms #Science #HealthandMedicine #Neurology #ParkinsonsDisease #Neuroscience #BrainResearch

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/10/nx-s1-5702451/parkinsons-disease-symptoms-scan-network

This complex brain network may explain many of Parkinson's stranger symptoms Parkinson's disease appears to disrupt a brain network involved in everything from movement to memory.

This complex brain network may explain many of Parkinson's stranger symptoms www.npr.org/2026/02/10/n...

Brain network responsible for Parkinson's disease identified A brain network first identified by Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine researchers, called SCAN, is shown in a new study to be the neurological basis for Parkinson's disease. Patients receiving treatments targeted to this brain region...

#ResearchSky Parkinson’s affects movement, sleep, and thinking, and current treatments can’t stop it.

A new study led by WashU pinpoints the brain network underlying the disease and shows that targeting it can dramatically improve symptoms without surgery. https://bit.ly/4tpIjfh

Parkinson’s disease as a somato-cognitive action network disorder - Nature The substantia nigra and all Parkinson’s disease deep-brain stimulation targets are selectively connected to the somato-cognitive action network rather than to effector-specific motor regions.

More excellent reporting by NPR's Jon Hamilton about a new brain network that explains symptoms of Parkinson's that have befuddled brain researchers for decades. Kudos to @jianxunren.bsky.social and Hesheng Liu for this groundbreaking research in the journal Nature! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Parkinson's is what an *actual* dopamine fast looks like: it's caused by degeneration of dopamine cells involved in motivation and movement. Also why antipsychotic drugs that block dopamine can cause Parkinsonism. Reducing pleasurable activity doesn't cut dopamine; it doesn't work that way.

Parkinson’s disease as a somato-cognitive action network disorder - Nature The substantia nigra and all Parkinson’s disease deep-brain stimulation targets are selectively connected to the somato-cognitive action network rather than to effector-specific motor regions.

Big news for Parkinson's disease from the world of brain circuit science.

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

Parkinson’s disease as a somato-cognitive action network disorder - Nature The substantia nigra and all Parkinson’s disease deep-brain stimulation targets are selectively connected to the somato-cognitive action network rather than to effector-specific motor regions.

In case this important point gets overlooked: along with our Nature paper, we’ve publicly released two large and scarce datasets—PIPD and PIET. IMHO, these are the best open Parkinson's and Tremor datasets available to date.
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