NeuronS_MATTR Network @NeuronS_MATTR
We are a new research initiative co-funded by NCCIH & NINDS to understand how massage and other mechanotherapies relieve pain and promote tissue healing. massageneuroscience.org Joined April 2022-
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Excited to see our lab being utilized in new ways. This year, we hosted our first-ever Sub-I Bootcamp, developed a neuroanatomy curriculum, and created a novel multidomain assessment framework for residency applicants. @OU_Neurosurgery Looking forward to sharing more soon.
Experienced researchers are less likely to produce ‘disruptive’ science than are those just starting their careers, finds an analysis of scientific papers published by 12.5 million researchers over 60 years go.nature.com/42jgSHL
Touch, force, and the science underneath. For the first time, the three FBM research networks gather in person - where neuroscience meets manual therapy meets engineering. August 6-7, Fairfax VA - fbmconference.org
Brain Prize winners 2026, Patrik Ernfors (Karolinska Institutet) and David Ginty (Harvard Medical School) delivering their prize lectures on the neuroscience of touch and pain at the University of Copenhagen. #BrainPrize2026 #Somatosensation #Neuroscience
HM The King of Denmark presents this year’s winners of The Brain Prize, Patrik Ernfors and David Ginty with their Brain Prize medals at a ceremony in Copenhagen this evening. #BrainPrize2026 #Neuroscience #LundbeckFoundation
How does touch shape the body and brain? How do manual therapies actually work? Join us Aug6-7 in Fairfax, VA - where neuroscience meets manual therapy, biomechanics and engineering. The conference on Mechanisms of Touch & Force-Based Manipulations fbmconference.org
Folks, the video abstract on this paper is a masterpiece cell.com/current-biolog… H/t @USkupio
🆕 We're now on Bluesky! Find us at @neurons-mattr.bsky.social for: 📷 Neural mechanisms research updates 📷 Global research community news Follow us there! 📷 @neurons-mattr.bsky.social #TouchResearch#ManualTherapy #Bluesky
Johan Wessberg giving a very nice historical perspective of human microneurography at the NeuronS MATTR summer school.
📢 DEADLINE EXTENDED to March 2! Apply now for the NeuronS_MATTR Summer Workshop @LinkopingU, Sweden (June 22-26). Learn microneurography & manual therapy research techniques. massageneuroscience.org/events.html #ManualTherapyResearch
🌟 Exciting Opportunity! NeuronS_MATTR Network's Travel Awards for Inclusive Excellence are here! Supporting trainees, early-stage investigators, & underrepresented minority researchers to showcase their work at conferences. 🌍✈️ Details: massageneuroscience.org/travel-awards.…
Exciting funding opportunities at NeuronS_MATTR! Dive into Neural Mechanisms of Soft-Tissue Manipulation & Affective Touch with innovative mini-sabbaticals, or grab travel awards for inclusive excellence. massageneuroscience.org/funding.html
Join us for our 10th virtual seminar on Jul 23, 11am ET/8am PT. Dr. Jeanie Park discusses "Sympathetic regulation in humans with chronic disease: microneurography applications." Learn from Emory's expert in autonomic regulation & blood pressure control. virginia.zoom.us/j/5573285696Fo…
Exciting meeting for the 2024 NIH Force-Based Manipulation Investigator Meeting on June 28! Featuring updates from NCCIH & NINDS, keynote on mechanosensitive ion channels, and discussions on safety, measurement, and pilot projects. See recording here: nccih.nih.gov/news/events/20…
Join us for our 10th virtual seminar on Jul 23, 11am ET/8am PT. Dr. Jeanie Park discusses "Sympathetic regulation in humans with chronic disease: microneurography applications." Learn from Emory's expert in autonomic regulation & blood pressure control. virginia.zoom.us/j/5573285696Fo…
NeuronS_MATTR hosts 10th seminar: Jul 23, 11am ET/8am PT. Dr. Jeanie Park on "Sympathetic regulation in chronic disease." Zoom: virginia.zoom.us/j/5573285696For full details, check our website: massageneuroscience.org/youtube-channe…
Exciting meeting for the 2024 NIH Force-Based Manipulation Investigator Meeting on June 28! Featuring updates from NCCIH & NINDS, keynote on mechanosensitive ion channels, and discussions on safety, measurement, and pilot projects.
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Adam Dourson @AdamDourson
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Sampurna Chakrabarti @fluorescence_SC
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Otmane Bouchatta @OtmaneBouchatta
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