connorj701.bsky.social
Systems Neuroscience PhD student in the Jadhav and Katz labs | Taste in the hippocampus | Cancer survivor | Opinions my own
👤 Joined on 26 November 2024
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@connorj701.bsky.socialExcited to share several updates on our previous preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We show rapid prey capture learning requires V1, enhances V1b responses across learning, and induces persistent plasticity in firing rates + spines, via homeostatic, rather than Hebbian, processes. Read more:
Show PostVentral Tegmental Area Glutamatergic Neurons Suppress Hippocampal Sharp-wave Ripples and Induce Head Movements in Mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.23.690012v1
Show PostIs it possible that spikes, timed to arrive with local synchrony enforce contextually distant association? If you were bouncing a ball to the beat of a song, you might begin to think the ball was causing the sound.
Show PostI used to live in an apt right across the street from this place in grad school. Every morning I'd chat with the guys working there as I walked my dog. They were hard working, honest dudes working there then, and I'm sure just like those detained. This kind of shit is as UNAMERICAN as it comes.
Show PostTLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵
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