🧩 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫 📄 We published these results as a preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🧠 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 BBB 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🦠𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐝𝐲𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
🌱 𝐆𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐭-𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐬

🔬 But we identified additional health risks. In an animal model of space travel developed over more than two years by a brilliant PhD student in my lab, Marissa Burke, combining the effects of radiation and microgravity, she observed:

Artemis II astronaut shows off surprising impact of 10 days in space as she struggles to walk in video update Christina Koch is still recovering from the Artemis II mission, which took the crew further into space than any human has ever been

👉 This requires an intensive rehabilitation process with physiotherapy and balance exercises, as seen in the video of astronaut Christina Koch. www.unilad.com/news/us-news...

🚀 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲?
Astronauts, including the recent Artemis II crew, need rehabilitation after returning to Earth due to muscle atrophy, bone loss, or balance disorders. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Toward #nanomedicine -enabled RNA therapeutics for #AlzheimersDisease

Goknur Kara & Sonia Villapol @svillapol.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Antibiotic-induced gut microbiome remodeling reduces neuroinflammation in traumatic brain injury - Communications Biology Short-term oral antibiotics reshape the gut microbiome after single or repeated TBI in male mice, yet reduce lesion volume, apoptosis, gliosis, cytokines, and immune infiltration, revealing SCFA-indep...

Researchers, led by Dr. Sonia Villapol at Houston Methodist, found short-term antibiotic treatment significantly reduced #Neuroinflammation & #Neurodegeneration following #TraumaticBrainInjury by altering #Gut #Microbiome in animal models. @commsbio.nature.com 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Cando o sistema inmune ataca por erro o cerebro e sementa o caos na mente As encefalites autoinmunes son un un grupo de patoloxías que cursan con inflamación do cerebro

En certos pacientes, os síntomas propios dun cadro psicótico xorden por un ataque do sistema inmune ao sistema nervioso.

Así nolo explica a neurocientífica galega @svillapol.bsky.social para @es.theconversation.com.

Cuando el sistema inmune ataca por error al cerebro y siembra el caos en la mente Una afección llamada encefalitis autoinmune genera síntomas similares a los de un cuadro psicótico característico del trastorno bipolar o la esquizofrenia. Diagnosticarla a tiempo es vital para encauzar su tratamiento.

Una afección llamada encefalitis autoinmune genera síntomas similares a los de un cuadro psicótico característico del trastorno bipolar o la esquizofrenia. ✍️ @svillapol.bsky.social 

Cuando el sistema inmune ataca por error al cerebro y siembra el caos en la mente Una afección llamada encefalitis autoinmune genera síntomas similares a los de un cuadro psicótico característico del trastorno bipolar o la esquizofrenia. Diagnosticarla a tiempo es vital para encauz...

Cuando el sistema inmune ataca por error al cerebro y siembra el caos en la mente
theconversation.com/cuando-el-si...

¿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

www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/opinion/2026/02/...

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.🌈.
editorialgalaxia.gal/galaxia-pres...

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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🎁Estes son días de agasallos...

🤗... 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🤗