Brainwaves and Chromosomes

Turning pages, swiping screens, and hitting play: Is reading always the same to our brain? Whether it’s on paper, screen or audio, there are more ways than ever to enjoy a good book. But do different formats engage the brain in the same way?

Whether it’s on paper, screen or audio, there are more ways than ever to enjoy a good book. But do different formats engage the brain in the same way?

Co-editor @catrinahacker.bsky.social explores in this week's post: pennneuroknow.com/2025/08/05/t...

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The series laid the groundwork for understanding how these foundational changes may influence coordination, learning, memory, and milestone achievement. Now, we turn our attention to more practical questions as we continue to embrace curiosity.

Advanced neuro Advanced neuroscience discussion of brain development in Down syndrome. Maintaining the spirit of accessibility, but challenging the reader in multiple current research concepts from neuroimaging, inducible pluripotent stem cells, therapeutics, graph theory, fMRI, cell lines, model systems, signalling pathways, and more.

Just wrapped up our first full deep-dive series (neurosutton.wixsite.com/brains-and-t...) exploring how Trisomy 21 alters brain development, from the earliest genetic changes to how neurons connect and interact. 🧠

Functional Connectivity Heterogeneity and Consequences for Clinical and Cognitive Prediction AbstractFunctional connectivity is frequently used to assess dynamic brain functioning and predict individual differences in behavioral outcomes, such as psychopathology. Inferences from functional co...

Neat registered report from @mattmattoni.bsky.social @dvsmith.bsky.social @mindimager.bsky.social and @olinotom.bsky.social diving into the tension between nomothetic (group-level) v. idiographic (individual specific) in functional connectivity models.

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Exciting news in Down syndrome research! Two preprints out (links below). We uncover a K⁺ channel defect during development & show elevated #GABA signaling is circuit-specific - offering insight into failed #Roche GABA trial. Targeting specific K⁺ channels & GABA circuits will be beneficial in DS

A new @nathumbehav.nature.com study from @changlabucsf.bsky.social identifies a key role for the middle precentral gyrus in coordinating the muscle movements required to speak, challenging the longstanding view that Broca's area controls this process: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Diving in the deep end "There is a good chance that your baby will have Down syndrome."Okay, great. What do we do with this information?While I'll spare you the details of the other 1.2 trillion things that went through my ...

What is Brainwaves and Chromosomes about? A neuroscientist's journey to find out what we know about the brain and Down syndrome and translate the findings for others. neurosutton.wixsite.com/brains-and-t...