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Have you read an outstanding paper published in Brain Communications during 2025? Take note of it for the Early Career Researcher Paper Prize! Nominations are Open! #ecr #paperprize #neuroscience Link to form: buff.ly/8DWT8TV Find out more at: buff.ly/5WfBuCR

Fiscone et al. used quantitative susceptibility mapping to measure iron in cortical and subcortical regions of patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1. They observed increased iron in the thalamus and brainstem 👉 buff.ly/gAAF2Ul #braincommunications

Raimondo et al. show that, using multimodal MRI data from UK Biobank participants, machine-learning models could not accurately predict individual sleep-health traits. They conclude that brain-imaging features provide limited predictive value Read at 👉 buff.ly/u3pGZso

Wright et al. show that people with brain amyloidosis have significant alterations in their neuropsychological network. Moreover, their performance in memory for knowledge had significantly higher levels of network connectivity (or ‘centrality’) 👉 buff.ly/txR2kAD

Meet our team! Richard Chin is Professor of Paediatric Neurology and Clinical Epidemiology, and Clinical Director of the Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre at the University of Edinburgh. #braincommunications #meettheteam #neuroscience

Chu et al. demonstrated altered global and nodal structural network metrics in patients with posterior cortical atrophy. These network changes, were associated with disease severity, and specific visuospatial and perceptual symptoms 👉 buff.ly/ro2Zu2A #braincommunications

Moreno-Verdú et al. report that this Registered Report will determine how behavioural processes of movement imagery generation, maintenance and manipulation relate to corticospinal excitability measured with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation 👉 buff.ly/SdiOvJ2

Stocks et al. report that integrating several magnetic resonance imaging-based measures of cortical shape improves the ability to distinguish between clinical forms of frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Read at 👉 buff.ly/6GJjPPn #braincommunications

Salvadores reviews the challenges of the informed consent process in Alzheimer’s research, highlighting the ethical complexities of working with cognitively impaired participants and the regional disparities affecting Latin America 👉 buff.ly/Covagqd #Alzhimers

New research by @Jose_P_Marques and colleagues maps region- and tissue-specific brain ageing using advanced quantitative MRI in healthy adults, revealing spatially heterogeneous microstructural ageing patterns across brain structures 👉 buff.ly/cyIHPmH

Sébastien Carnicella is Director of Research for the French governmental institution Inserm at the Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience in France, leading the “Pathophysiology of Motivation” group. #braincommunications #meettheteam

The FREEZ algorithm accurately localizes the seizure onset zone, predicts seizure outcomes, and reveals neural patterns using multi-band iEEG spectral power. Explore the open-source tool: buff.ly/YL9zjjF Read about it at 👉 buff.ly/wT42frc @SeanMNOLeary

Yam et al. compared optical coherence tomography and angiography metrics in multiple sclerosis patients and controls. They demonstrated that multiple sclerosis eyes had reduced retinal vessel densities 👉 buff.ly/Z801Udd #multiplesclerosis @YamCharmaine

McMackin et al. report that JAK4D, a thyrotropin releasing hormone analogue, reverses scopolamine-induced memory impairment in the rat novel object recognition test, pointing to a novel therapy for cognitive deficits in neurodegenerative diseases 👉 buff.ly/lEwibIA

Berntsen et al. investigated the relationship between delirium and the protein YKL-40 in cerebrospinal fluid. They found that concentrations of YKL-40 were increased in delirious hip fracture patients without dementia. Read at 👉 buff.ly/X2n3ZE5

First-of-its-kind MRI during migraine attacks shows rimegepant leaves cerebral and meningeal arteries unchanged. A unique in-vivo look at vascular effects during acute treatment of a migraine attack 👉 buff.ly/W1AhQT6 #braincommunications @BasitAliChaudh4 @drfa_CPH

Khurana et al. identified deleterious genetic variants in 56.8% of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients and two familial ALS cases. About 16.7% had multiple deleterious variant, suggesting genetic interactions influence disease risk 👉 buff.ly/4A4HjS7

Meet Morgane Besson, one of our Associate Editors! She is a tenured research scientist in neuroscience at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, where she leads the ‘Vulnerability to Mental Disorders’ group within the Neurobiology of Cholinergic Systems team #neuroscience #meettheteam

Meet Morgane Besson, one of our Associate Editors! She is a tenured research scientist in neuroscience at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, where she leads the ‘Vulnerability to Mental Disorders’ group within the Neurobiology of Cholinergic Systems team. #braincommunications

Research on functional neurological disorder (FND) has made significant advances in neurological practice and research over the past 25 years. Our special collection reflects the current diversity and rigour of studies in modern FND research 👉 buff.ly/uC3mq3N #FND

Tranquille et al. report findings from an MRI study using the Diffusion Tensor Image Analysis ALong the Perivascular Space technique. The authors show associations with disability progression in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis 👉 buff.ly/QrTqtbA