A5010151344- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Emotion and Mood Recognition
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Career Development and Diversity
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Mentoring and Academic Development
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
University of Minnesota
2020-2025
Twin Cities Orthopedics
2025
Background: Previous research has demonstrated that placebo induction manipulations can reduce an individual's pain through non-specific mechanisms, such as expectancy manipulations. However, despite robust characterizing these effects, individual differences in predicting analgesic responses are not well understood. Methods: Fifty-four healthy pain-free adults over 18 (M=22.8, SD=7.82) were recruited (66.7% women). Participants completed a baseline followed by session involving the...
Abstract Background The insular cortex (IC), which includes anterior (AIC) and posterior (PIC) subdivisions, plays a role in numerous functions behaviors, including chronic alcohol consumption. This study investigated acute effects on functional connectivity (FC) of the IC healthy social drinkers. We hypothesized that consumption would significantly disrupt resting‐state FC (rsFC) with whole brain differentially modulate rsFC AIC PIC. also examined association alcohol‐induced changes...
Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Drugs (DREADDs) are engineered receptors that allow for genetically targeted, reversible manipulation of cellular activity via systemic drug administration. DREADD induced manipulations initiated the binding an actuator ligand. Therefore, use DREADDs is contingent on availability ligands. Actuator ligands low-dose clozapine (CLZ) and deschloroclozapine (DCZ) highly selective DREADDs, and, upon binding, induce physiological behavioral changes in...
Many early-career neuroscientists with diverse identities may not have mentors who are more advanced in the neuroscience pipeline and a congruent identity due to historic biases, laws, policies impacting access education. Cross-identity mentoring relationships pose challenges power imbalances that impact retention of early career neuroscientists, but also hold potential for mutually enriching collaborative relationship fosters mentee’s success. Additionally, barriers faced by mentees their...
Alcohol is a commonly used substance associated with significant public health consequences. Treatment often stigmatized and limited regard to both access affordability, demonstrating the need for innovations in alcohol treatment. Accelerometer sensors can detect drinking without user input are widely incorporated into wearable devices, increasing accessibility affordability.
The Diversifying the Community of Neuroscience (DCNS) program, funded by National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), addresses critical underrepresentation minoritized groups in neuroscience. This paper, designed written graduate students, postdocs, early-career investigators within DCNS aims to share lessons learned with broader neuroscience community. program fosters a strong, supportive, cross-stage community that mitigates isolation often experienced neuroscientists...