Dr Sofia Axelrod
Sleep scientist . Radical reductionist. Mom and author of How Babies Sleep May '20
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Innate and plastic mechanisms for maternal behaviour in auditory cortex
Nature 108d 5 tweets
The onset of maternal behaviour in mice involves an interaction between intrinsic tuning of auditory cortical neurons and experience-dependent plasticity.
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Dr Sofia Axelrod When and how do mothers learn to respond to baby's cries? Innate and plastic mechanisms for maternal behaviour in auditory cortex 95d
Sexual dimorphism in body clocks
Science 141d 5 tweets
Circadian rhythms, or the body clock, confer temporal structure on human behavior and physiology to align homeostatic processes with anticipated changes in the environment. Disruption of these rhythms can influence health and well-being....
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Dr Sofia Axelrod Interesting differences in circadian rhythms and sleep between men and women 141d
How Babies Sleep: The Gentle, Science-Based Method to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night: Sofia Axelrod PhD: 9781982112578: Amazon.com: Books
Amazon.com 465d 1 tweets
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Dr Sofia Axelrod OMG my baby sleep book is available for pre-ordering! Tears! 😭😍 465d
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Amazon.com 465d 1 tweets
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Dr Sofia Axelrod OMG my baby sleep book is available for pre-ordering! Tears! 😭😍 465d
Oral selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors activate vagus nerve dependent gut-brain signalling
Scientific Reports 475d 2 tweets
Oral selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors activate vagus nerve dependent gut-brain signalling
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Dr Sofia Axelrod Do SSRIs function by activating the vagus nerve in the gut? 475d
The blood-brain barrier is a sleep sensor in drosophila - Sofia Axelrod
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 703d 1 tweets
Sofia Axelrod The Rockeller University Host: Craig Heller
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Dr Sofia Axelrod Want to know what the blood-brain barrier has to do with sleep? Come see my talk this Monday at 9am ! 703d
Fragrant Genes of Extinct Flowers Have Been Brought Back to Life  
Scientific American 739d 4 tweets
The genes of Hawaiian plants, extinct for more than a century, have been brought back from the dead. Today we can smell their scents
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Dr Sofia Axelrod Fragrant Genes of Extinct Flowers Have Been Brought Back to Life   via 739d
Occurrence of non-western magic in the European brain
bioRxiv 882d 2 tweets
Timecourses that exhibit identical behaviour at distinct measurement occasions are reliable. Voodoo connectivity occurs when connectivity among brain regions exceeds within subject timecourse reliability. Thus, timecourse reliability limits the true...
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Dr Sofia Axelrod Magic in the brain detected! 882d
Dietary carbohydrate intake and mortality: a prospective cohort study and meta-analysis
The Lancet Public Health 891d 41 tweets
Both high and low percentages of carbohydrate diets were associated with increased mortality, with minimal risk observed at 50–55% carbohydrate intake. Low carbohydrate dietary patterns favouring animal-derived protein and fat sources, from sources...
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Dr Sofia Axelrod claiming 50% carbs are good for you. How does it fit together with data including eating less than 10% carbs (ketogenic diet) extends lifespan and memory. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.08.004 889d
No Evidence for Recent Selection at FOXP2 among Diverse Human Populations
Cell 905d 16 tweets
An in-depth examination of diverse sets of human genomes argues against a recent selective evolutionary sweep of FOXP2, a gene that was believed to be critical for speech evolution in early hominins.
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Dr Sofia Axelrod An example of negative results warranting publication in a top journal Granted, here it takes the demystification of the "language gene" FOXP2 for that to happen 904d