Adverse birth outcomes in alcohol-exposed pregnancies with or without tobacco and cannabis To examine the risk of preterm birth (PTB) and small for gestational age (SGA) infants among pregnant persons with alcohol use diagnoses, alone or wit…

📣Florencia Anunziata (ISBRA ECI, UCSD Postdoc) published a study on risk of adverse birth outcomes in alcohol-exposed pregnancies, with or without cannabis or tobacco. Findings stress screening for & addressing prenatal polysubstance use to improve maternal & infant outcomes. doi.org/10.1016/j.yp...

🎉Congrats to @mradoman.bsky.social!
Milena’s been awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NIAAA for her work using brain imaging and daily assessments to uncover how uncertainty-related brain responses link chronic pain and alcohol use, paving the way for more personalized treatments.

🎉Congrats to @marionfriske.bsky.social on winning the TRSA O’Neill Addiction Science Education Award for her outreach program “Mindful Sips”, which aims to prevent addiction through education seminars about diverse aspect of addiction including neuroscience, psychology, stigma, treatments & stress.

The full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today.

It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.

Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵

Renewal of NIH grants linked to more innovative results, study finds Survey of hundreds of scientists’ work suggests that cutting off funding disrupts focus and reduces the novelty of research.

Innovation takes time

US scientists who received renewals from the NIH over the past four decades produced more novel research than those who didn’t
https://go.nature.com/44oKEwV

Dendritic arbors structure memories Synapses on different dendritic domains store distinct types of information

A new Science study finds that different dendritic segments of a single neuron follow distinct rules.

The results challenge the idea that neurons follow a single learning strategy and offer a new perspective on how the brain learns and adapts behavior. scim.ag/3YQdUZK #SciencePerspective

Spatiotemporal Analysis of Remyelination Reveals a Concerted Interferon-Responsive Glial State That Coordinates Immune Infiltration
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

So excited and honored to present my postdoc work tomorrow at the EYP finale!

Maybe there is hope…

How does the brain control consciousness? This deep-brain structure In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don’t.

Neuroscientists have observed for the first time how structures deep in the brain are activated when the brain becomes aware of its own thoughts

https://go.nature.com/4jg2Nky

The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today.

Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.