Rachel Jonas – Knowing Neurons

Can We Trust MRI Research? It’s Complicated.

March 29, 2017June 22, 2022 Rachel Jonas ADHD, Alzheimer's, Brain, Default mode network, DMN, fMRI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRI, Neuroimaging, Psychiatry

The first human magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan was acquired almost 40 years ago. The scanner — hand-built by Dr. Raymond Damadian with the help of his two postdoctoral fellows… Read more

Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

The Slippery Slope of Dishonesty

January 18, 2017June 30, 2017 Rachel Jonas Adapt, Adaptation, Advisor, Amygdala, Dishonesty, Estimator, Experiment, fMRI, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional MRI, Lying, Science, Slippery Slope, Video

A kid stealing candy in a convenience store grows up to be a convicted criminal. A husband who flirts with a coworker ends up as a serial cheater. A politician telling… Read more

Did You Know? Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Copy Number Variants: A Window into Psychiatric Illness

September 21, 2016March 18, 2018 Rachel Jonas ADHD, Autism, Bipolar, Brain, CNV, Copy number variant, Deletion, DNA, gene, Genetics, Genome, LCR, Low copy repeat, Map, mutation, Population, Psychiatric, Schizophrenia, Syndrome

The human genome consists of nearly 25,000 protein-coding genes – and a mutation in just one of these can have dramatic effects on our brains. Remarkably, one tiny change in… Read more

Neuro News Sensation and Perception

LSD: Psychedelic Thrill or Optimism Pill?

April 20, 2016September 24, 2017 Rachel Jonas 5-HT2AR, Albert Hofmann, Anxiety, blood-oxygen-level dependent, BOLD, Brain, cancer, depression, Effects, Experiment, fMRI, functional connectivity, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, hallucinogen, Imperial College London, LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide, Neuroscience, Pain, placebo, psilocybin, Science, serotonin, serotonin 2A receptor, signal, Therapeutic, Therapy

If you’re in a room with ten adults, chances are two of them are going to develop a mental illness –- and only one of them will receive proper treatment.… Read more