We have a scan-do attitude today (and every day) 🧠 😎

📣 HABS-HD R8 measures for sMRI & amyloid and tau PET are now available on the LONI IDA!
New from our lab:
🧠 Centiloids for global amyloid.
🧠 Tau SUVR in the mesial temporal lobe region we used to tau positivity (doi: 10.1162/IMAG.a.41).
🧠 Detailed analysis protocols.
@uscini.bsky.social

🚨 We received a NEW NIH grant to build a powerful model of how Alzheimer’s damages the hippocampus, a brain region essential for memory. Led by @neuralmapping.bsky.social, the project may help pinpoint early changes in the disease & guide more effective treatments 🧠
Press release: bit.ly/48hptOo

NIH investment totaling 30.7M will expand USC-led AI effort to decode Alzheimer’s disease Related News USC study finds new evidence linking dementia to problems with the brain’s waste clearance system January 7, 2025 Novel markers of brain blood flow and oxygenation may offer […]

🚨 The NIH has renewed support for Artificial Intelligence for Alzheimer’s Disease (AI4AD) led by @ptenigma.bsky.social 🙌

AI4AD develops AI tools to uncover the causes of AD, improve predictions of disease progression, and help develop more precise treatment options 🧠

Learn more: bit.ly/4c3zShN

We had a wonderful celebration of the ⭐️NEW⭐️ Popovich Chair in Neurodegenerative Diseases today, our very own Associate Director @ptenigma.bsky.social 🪑🧠
Congratulations, Paul 👏👏

USC study identifies brain rewiring mechanism that may aid stroke recovery Related News New grant funds study on role of brain’s reward system in autism and ADHD  December 10, 2024 A new global study aims to map the brain signatures of […]

📢 We’re proud to share NEW research showing how the brain may adapt after stroke. Our study found that undamaged brain regions can exhibit a more “youthful” structure, offering new insights into neuroplasticity and recovery.

Full press release: bit.ly/3NZ8ae2

Congrats to Maryam Fotouhi for winning the ASNR travel award! Maryam's abstract, Correlation of Cerebrospinal Fluid and Plasma Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease with Amyloid PET: A Retrospective Large Cohort Study, has been selected for presentation at #ASNR26 👏

🚨 Our NEW study from Koral Wheeler-Bacani, MS, and @meredithbraskie.bsky.social found early Alzheimer's disease-related brain changes may appear differently across racial and ethnic groups.

Read the press release 👉 bit.ly/46VvzDu and check out our animation of the data 🧠

Congrats to our superb grad student, Gaon Kim, for winning Best TED Talk at the 2026 Neuroscience Graduate Program Forum Symposium for her talk on neuroethics, "Just Because We Can." Well deserved! 👏👏

Congratulations to our faculty member Chris Ching on receiving the @usc.edu Bosco S. Tjan Mentorship Award. A well-deserved recognition of his dedication to mentoring and supporting the next generation of scientists! We're thrilled to celebrate this honor 🎉 🧠

This is the corpus callosum, one of the major white matter tracts in the brain. It's one of the tracts we looked at in our white matter study, where we found differences in autism: bit.ly/4aT2r2f

We're proud to be represented with @keck.usc.edu and our individual faculty members in the 2025 Blue Ridge Rankings for NIH funding 🙌
#5 Neurology • #5 Ophthalmology • #3 Paul M. Thompson, PhD • #8 Arthur W. Toga, PhD
Learn more: brimr.org

🚨 NEW study out in Alzheimer's & Dementia from our very own @meredithbraskie.bsky.social & Amaryllis Tsiknia 🧠

Learn how subtle changes in how blood flows through the brain and how brain tissue uses oxygen may be closely linked to Alzheimer’s disease risk

Press release: bit.ly/46UqkUu

The most-cited neuroscience papers from the past 30 years Highly cited papers reflect the surge in artificial-intelligence research in the field and other technical advances.

Proud moment for us! 🙌

The Transmitter’s new list of the most-cited neuroscience papers from the past 30 years ranks a landmark PNAS study co-authored by Dr. Toga and
@ptenigma.bsky.social: bit.ly/4rl6XMv

Read the full list here:
bit.ly/4c1kkgc

Meet @uscniin.bsky.social student, Marco, winner of a Technica Magazine Outstanding Student Leadership – Graduate award! technica-magazine.com/marco-ebeling
With a background in electrical & computer engineering, Marco applies advanced engineering & AI approaches to study optic nerve degeneration 👀🧠

This animation reveals connections between the amygdala and the medial prefrontal cortex, key regions for emotion and decision-making. Mapping these pathways helps scientists understand how brain circuits influence behavior 🧠

Lab Spotlight: Mapping Cell-Type Vulnerability in the Hippocampus with Precision Tissue Sectioning - Precisionary The Bienkowski Lab uses the Compresstome® vibratome from Precisionary Instruments to prepare high-quality brain tissue sections from mouse models.

Check out @neuralmapping.bsky.social's lab spotlight from Precisionary Instruments!

precisionary.com/lab-spotligh...

Meet Sam, one of our current @uscniin.bsky.social students! 👋

From quality control of brain images to developing new projects using large-scale datasets, Sam is gaining hands-on experience at the intersection of neuroscience, data, and mental health research 🧠

The Human Brain YouTube video by USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute

Check out the anatomy and structural complexity of the brain at different scales 👀 👀

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK8r...

Our animation shows how brain cells form new connections, a process called synaptogenesis. As neurons grow, their long extensions (axons) reach out and connect with tiny contact points on neighboring neurons, helping build the brain’s communication network 🧠 🎇

🎉 Congrats to @uscniin.bsky.social alum Bennett Alterman, PhD!

We’re thrilled to celebrate Bennett’s new professional milestone, stepping into his next role as a Research Scientist at Colorado State University. We wish him continued success and innovation in this next chapter!

Check out our new Center for Integrative Connectomics website!
@neuralmapping.bsky.social & his team investigate why specific brain cell types are vulnerable to neurodegenerative disease. This work aims to identify therapeutic targets & improve patient outcomes 🧠
👉 cic.ini.usc.edu

🎉 Congratulations to Grace Schwartz from our @uscniin.bsky.social class of 2024 on starting medical school at UCLA. We're glad we've been a part of her academic career and can't wait to see what she accomplishes next! 🧠 🥼

Danny Wang, University of Southern California - New Brain Imaging Method Reveals Hidden Vascular Changes with Aging - The Academic Minute Some aging-related changes can be hidden. Danny Wang, professor of neurology, radiology, and biomedical engineering and Director of Imaging Technology Innovation at the Stevens Neuroimaging and Inform...

How wonderful to have our very own Danny JJ Wang featured on The Academic Minute today!
Give it a listen and learn more about his new 🧠 imaging technique, which opens new possibilities for detecting early signs of vascular and neurodegenerative disease.

bit.ly/4s7iAHS

Got someone interested in cutting-edge medical imaging technologies for visualizing blood-brain barrier function on your holiday gift list?? We've got you covered 😆🎁🧠

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Wishing our @uscniin.bsky.social students the very best as finals get underway! You got this!

🧠 Our fall newsletter is live!
From bold new NIH-backed grants, breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s, brain aging, and AI-driven imaging, discover how we’re mapping the brain, advancing precision rehab, and training the next generation of neuroscientists.
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USC study reveals hidden cellular layers in the brain’s memory center Researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have identified a previously unknown pattern of organization in one ...

🚨 Our latest study from @neuralmapping.bsky.social and his team is out in @nature.com and reveals a hidden set of cellular layers inside the hippocampus, the brain’s key center for learning and memory 🧠

Learn more about this work and its implications for memory and disease: bit.ly/48NtGdf

Warm Thanksgiving wishes from all of us at the Stevens INI!
Here's to giving your brain a well-deserved break and enjoying a delicious meal and good company 🧠 🥧 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦

USC study maps brain wiring differences in youth with autism Related News USC study finds new evidence linking dementia to problems with the brain’s waste clearance system January 7, 2025 Stevens INI receives prestigious contract to advance women’s brain health...

🚨 We're thrilled to share NEW findings from @kelawrence.bsky.social on how brain wiring differs in children & young adults with autism. By mapping white matter pathways in unprecedented detail, we identified structural differences that earlier methods often overlooked 🧠
👉 bit.ly/3XUGyrH