Asaf Keller
@asafkeller.bsky.social
Neuroscientist. Laboratory of Sensory Perception
Professor and Chairman, Dept. Neurobiology,
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Views are my own
Professor and Chairman, Dept. Neurobiology,
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Views are my own
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Some new 40HzOscillator stuff I’ve been working on. This went over pretty well at the Halloween gig.
Fall Leaves
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Fall Leaves
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Fall Leaves
YouTube video by 40Hz Oscillator
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November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Some new 40HzOscillator stuff I’ve been working on. This went over pretty well at the Halloween gig.
Fall Leaves
youtu.be/aE7WIriAdAw
Fall Leaves
youtu.be/aE7WIriAdAw
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🚨 NEWS: @genomescience.bsky.social awarded $14.5M by
the NIH to lead Human Virome Program data center!
The team will build tools to explore how viruses living in and on our bodies shape health. 🦠💻
🔗 bit.ly/43Z3l9f
#NIH #Research #Genomics #Science #News #MedEd #STEM
the NIH to lead Human Virome Program data center!
The team will build tools to explore how viruses living in and on our bodies shape health. 🦠💻
🔗 bit.ly/43Z3l9f
#NIH #Research #Genomics #Science #News #MedEd #STEM
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🚨 NEWS: @genomescience.bsky.social awarded $14.5M by
the NIH to lead Human Virome Program data center!
The team will build tools to explore how viruses living in and on our bodies shape health. 🦠💻
🔗 bit.ly/43Z3l9f
#NIH #Research #Genomics #Science #News #MedEd #STEM
the NIH to lead Human Virome Program data center!
The team will build tools to explore how viruses living in and on our bodies shape health. 🦠💻
🔗 bit.ly/43Z3l9f
#NIH #Research #Genomics #Science #News #MedEd #STEM
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🚨 Leadership News: Dr. Stuart Martin has been named our new Chair of Pharmacology & Physiology!
His discovery of microtentacles on cancer cells is revolutionizing cancer research. Congrats to a true innovator!👏
🔗 bit.ly/3WGeO9U
#CancerResearch #Leadership #MedEd #MedSky #Oncology
His discovery of microtentacles on cancer cells is revolutionizing cancer research. Congrats to a true innovator!👏
🔗 bit.ly/3WGeO9U
#CancerResearch #Leadership #MedEd #MedSky #Oncology
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🚨 Leadership News: Dr. Stuart Martin has been named our new Chair of Pharmacology & Physiology!
His discovery of microtentacles on cancer cells is revolutionizing cancer research. Congrats to a true innovator!👏
🔗 bit.ly/3WGeO9U
#CancerResearch #Leadership #MedEd #MedSky #Oncology
His discovery of microtentacles on cancer cells is revolutionizing cancer research. Congrats to a true innovator!👏
🔗 bit.ly/3WGeO9U
#CancerResearch #Leadership #MedEd #MedSky #Oncology
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Congratulations to Marco Venniro, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Psychiatry at @medschool.umaryland.edu. Dr. Venniro has been recognized with the @sfn.org 2025 Jacob P. Waletzky Award!
To learn more, visit www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news.
#AddictionResearch #AddictionScience
To learn more, visit www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news.
#AddictionResearch #AddictionScience
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Congratulations to Marco Venniro, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Psychiatry at @medschool.umaryland.edu. Dr. Venniro has been recognized with the @sfn.org 2025 Jacob P. Waletzky Award!
To learn more, visit www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news.
#AddictionResearch #AddictionScience
To learn more, visit www.medschool.umaryland.edu/news.
#AddictionResearch #AddictionScience
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🚨 New study from links chronic skin condition prurigo nodularis to hidden kidney damage.
Researchers found elevated biomarkers in patients—suggesting systemic inflammation may harm kidneys even without diagnosed disease.
🧬 More: bit.ly/4nDTVHw
#Dermatology #Research #MedEd #Medsky
Researchers found elevated biomarkers in patients—suggesting systemic inflammation may harm kidneys even without diagnosed disease.
🧬 More: bit.ly/4nDTVHw
#Dermatology #Research #MedEd #Medsky
November 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
🚨 New study from links chronic skin condition prurigo nodularis to hidden kidney damage.
Researchers found elevated biomarkers in patients—suggesting systemic inflammation may harm kidneys even without diagnosed disease.
🧬 More: bit.ly/4nDTVHw
#Dermatology #Research #MedEd #Medsky
Researchers found elevated biomarkers in patients—suggesting systemic inflammation may harm kidneys even without diagnosed disease.
🧬 More: bit.ly/4nDTVHw
#Dermatology #Research #MedEd #Medsky
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🎥 Dean Gladwin on Tom Golisano’s $50M gift:
“This will allow us to improve the lives of our children.” 💬
📍Welcome to the University of Maryland Golisano Children’s Hospital
#Philanthropy #ChildrensHealth #Healthcare #MedEd #Medsky
“This will allow us to improve the lives of our children.” 💬
📍Welcome to the University of Maryland Golisano Children’s Hospital
#Philanthropy #ChildrensHealth #Healthcare #MedEd #Medsky
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🎥 Dean Gladwin on Tom Golisano’s $50M gift:
“This will allow us to improve the lives of our children.” 💬
📍Welcome to the University of Maryland Golisano Children’s Hospital
#Philanthropy #ChildrensHealth #Healthcare #MedEd #Medsky
“This will allow us to improve the lives of our children.” 💬
📍Welcome to the University of Maryland Golisano Children’s Hospital
#Philanthropy #ChildrensHealth #Healthcare #MedEd #Medsky
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🚨 Breakthrough in #VaccineResearch!
UMSOM scientists successfully tested a vaccine that protects against both typhoid & invasive Salmonella.
✅ 100% immune response
✅ Safe & well-tolerated
🌍 Huge potential for global pediatric health
🔗 bit.ly/4heMBjV
#MedEd #MedSky #Science #PublicHealth #Vax
UMSOM scientists successfully tested a vaccine that protects against both typhoid & invasive Salmonella.
✅ 100% immune response
✅ Safe & well-tolerated
🌍 Huge potential for global pediatric health
🔗 bit.ly/4heMBjV
#MedEd #MedSky #Science #PublicHealth #Vax
October 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
🚨 Breakthrough in #VaccineResearch!
UMSOM scientists successfully tested a vaccine that protects against both typhoid & invasive Salmonella.
✅ 100% immune response
✅ Safe & well-tolerated
🌍 Huge potential for global pediatric health
🔗 bit.ly/4heMBjV
#MedEd #MedSky #Science #PublicHealth #Vax
UMSOM scientists successfully tested a vaccine that protects against both typhoid & invasive Salmonella.
✅ 100% immune response
✅ Safe & well-tolerated
🌍 Huge potential for global pediatric health
🔗 bit.ly/4heMBjV
#MedEd #MedSky #Science #PublicHealth #Vax
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New Faculty Orientation is underway today at the School of Medicine! 🩺🌟
Excited to welcome brilliant minds joining our mission to educate, innovate, and heal.
#NewFaculty #MedEd #MedSky #Maryland
Excited to welcome brilliant minds joining our mission to educate, innovate, and heal.
#NewFaculty #MedEd #MedSky #Maryland
October 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
New Faculty Orientation is underway today at the School of Medicine! 🩺🌟
Excited to welcome brilliant minds joining our mission to educate, innovate, and heal.
#NewFaculty #MedEd #MedSky #Maryland
Excited to welcome brilliant minds joining our mission to educate, innovate, and heal.
#NewFaculty #MedEd #MedSky #Maryland
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Very convincing findings from the Gamper lab: www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3... somebody needs to figure out the source of this GABAergic tone within the DRG! As far as I can tell the origin of this remains speculative and needs molecular identification.
Peripheral Gating of Nociception Investigated with a Decerebrate, Arterially Perfused Preparation of the Rat
There is growing evidence that sensory neurons within the dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) are equipped with mechanisms for “gating” nociceptive information before it enters the central nervous system. Howe...
www.jneurosci.org
October 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Very convincing findings from the Gamper lab: www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3... somebody needs to figure out the source of this GABAergic tone within the DRG! As far as I can tell the origin of this remains speculative and needs molecular identification.
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Big congrats to Dr. Thomas M. Scalea on his induction into the @facs.org Academy of Master Surgeon Educators®! 👏 🎉
As an Academy Member, he’ll help shape surgical education worldwide. 🌍 🏥 🩺
🔗 Learn more: shorturl.at/Tl3oX
#MedEd #ShockTrauma #MedSky #Surgeon #ACS #Award #HigherEdSky
As an Academy Member, he’ll help shape surgical education worldwide. 🌍 🏥 🩺
🔗 Learn more: shorturl.at/Tl3oX
#MedEd #ShockTrauma #MedSky #Surgeon #ACS #Award #HigherEdSky
October 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Big congrats to Dr. Thomas M. Scalea on his induction into the @facs.org Academy of Master Surgeon Educators®! 👏 🎉
As an Academy Member, he’ll help shape surgical education worldwide. 🌍 🏥 🩺
🔗 Learn more: shorturl.at/Tl3oX
#MedEd #ShockTrauma #MedSky #Surgeon #ACS #Award #HigherEdSky
As an Academy Member, he’ll help shape surgical education worldwide. 🌍 🏥 🩺
🔗 Learn more: shorturl.at/Tl3oX
#MedEd #ShockTrauma #MedSky #Surgeon #ACS #Award #HigherEdSky
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Excited to share this new work from the lab, in collaboration with @jtuscher.bsky.social & Rob Sorge! Here, we used single cell transcriptional profiling to define molecular adaptations induced by chronic pain and opioid experience, which often occur in conjunction.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Excited to share this new work from the lab, in collaboration with @jtuscher.bsky.social & Rob Sorge! Here, we used single cell transcriptional profiling to define molecular adaptations induced by chronic pain and opioid experience, which often occur in conjunction.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🚨 Federal funding cuts hit hardest where it matters most.
This word cloud shows the top impacted terms—vaccines, mental health, underserved, and more.
🔴 Red = targeted terms for reduced funding
🟡 Yellow = medical terms not targeted by government
#PublicHealth #Data #MedSky #Research
This word cloud shows the top impacted terms—vaccines, mental health, underserved, and more.
🔴 Red = targeted terms for reduced funding
🟡 Yellow = medical terms not targeted by government
#PublicHealth #Data #MedSky #Research
September 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🚨 Federal funding cuts hit hardest where it matters most.
This word cloud shows the top impacted terms—vaccines, mental health, underserved, and more.
🔴 Red = targeted terms for reduced funding
🟡 Yellow = medical terms not targeted by government
#PublicHealth #Data #MedSky #Research
This word cloud shows the top impacted terms—vaccines, mental health, underserved, and more.
🔴 Red = targeted terms for reduced funding
🟡 Yellow = medical terms not targeted by government
#PublicHealth #Data #MedSky #Research
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🚨 New tech at @umaryland.edu! Our Confocal Microscopy Core now features a STED microscope—1 of only 6 in MD.
🎥 Watch how STED reveals red blood cell proteins (Piezo1 & Myosin IIA) in stunning detail vs. confocal.
#STED #Microscopy #Science #CellBiology #Neuroscience #Research #MedEd #MedSky
🎥 Watch how STED reveals red blood cell proteins (Piezo1 & Myosin IIA) in stunning detail vs. confocal.
#STED #Microscopy #Science #CellBiology #Neuroscience #Research #MedEd #MedSky
September 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🚨 New tech at @umaryland.edu! Our Confocal Microscopy Core now features a STED microscope—1 of only 6 in MD.
🎥 Watch how STED reveals red blood cell proteins (Piezo1 & Myosin IIA) in stunning detail vs. confocal.
#STED #Microscopy #Science #CellBiology #Neuroscience #Research #MedEd #MedSky
🎥 Watch how STED reveals red blood cell proteins (Piezo1 & Myosin IIA) in stunning detail vs. confocal.
#STED #Microscopy #Science #CellBiology #Neuroscience #Research #MedEd #MedSky
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Maryland ranks #2 in happiness nationwide! 🥈🌟
At the School of Medicine, we know health = happiness. Our research in emotional & physical well-being helps Maryland thrive.
Let’s keep building a healthier, happier future. ♥️
#PublicHealth #MentalHealth #Wellness #Maryland
At the School of Medicine, we know health = happiness. Our research in emotional & physical well-being helps Maryland thrive.
Let’s keep building a healthier, happier future. ♥️
#PublicHealth #MentalHealth #Wellness #Maryland
September 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Maryland ranks #2 in happiness nationwide! 🥈🌟
At the School of Medicine, we know health = happiness. Our research in emotional & physical well-being helps Maryland thrive.
Let’s keep building a healthier, happier future. ♥️
#PublicHealth #MentalHealth #Wellness #Maryland
At the School of Medicine, we know health = happiness. Our research in emotional & physical well-being helps Maryland thrive.
Let’s keep building a healthier, happier future. ♥️
#PublicHealth #MentalHealth #Wellness #Maryland
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In this #MeetTheMinds, we're introducing you to Community Advisor Ernie Graham! Ernie is instrumental in raising public awareness around our mission.
Here's a slam-dunk fact about Ernie: he's a University of Maryland basketball legend! 🏀
Visit addiction.umaryland.edu for more.
Here's a slam-dunk fact about Ernie: he's a University of Maryland basketball legend! 🏀
Visit addiction.umaryland.edu for more.
August 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In this #MeetTheMinds, we're introducing you to Community Advisor Ernie Graham! Ernie is instrumental in raising public awareness around our mission.
Here's a slam-dunk fact about Ernie: he's a University of Maryland basketball legend! 🏀
Visit addiction.umaryland.edu for more.
Here's a slam-dunk fact about Ernie: he's a University of Maryland basketball legend! 🏀
Visit addiction.umaryland.edu for more.
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This preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... is now accepted for publication in JCI! Heavily revised manuscript with tons of exciting new data should be online soon. Huge congrats to @dianatavf.bsky.social who led this project with incredible creativity and skill, just like she always does!
Deciphering the molecular landscape of human peripheral nerves: implications for diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a prevalent complication of diabetes mellitus that is caused by metabolic toxicity to peripheral axons. We aimed to gain deep mechanistic insight into the disea...
www.biorxiv.org
August 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... is now accepted for publication in JCI! Heavily revised manuscript with tons of exciting new data should be online soon. Huge congrats to @dianatavf.bsky.social who led this project with incredible creativity and skill, just like she always does!
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The Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine team was at The Village at Mondawmin on Saturday for the Summers in the Seventh Community Block Party! ☀️ Our team was proud to distribute over 1,000 doses of naloxone to the community.
@kellycoble.bsky.social @drkellydunn.bsky.social #NaloxoneSavesLives
@kellycoble.bsky.social @drkellydunn.bsky.social #NaloxoneSavesLives
August 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine team was at The Village at Mondawmin on Saturday for the Summers in the Seventh Community Block Party! ☀️ Our team was proud to distribute over 1,000 doses of naloxone to the community.
@kellycoble.bsky.social @drkellydunn.bsky.social #NaloxoneSavesLives
@kellycoble.bsky.social @drkellydunn.bsky.social #NaloxoneSavesLives
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🚨 New antidote for #CarbonMonoxide poisoning?
Our researchers developed RcoM-HBD-CCC, a molecule that clears CO from blood faster than oxygen therapy—with fewer side effects.
🧠 Potential game-changer for emergency care.
🔗 bit.ly/45ktqkw
#MedicalBreakthrough #MedEd #Research
Our researchers developed RcoM-HBD-CCC, a molecule that clears CO from blood faster than oxygen therapy—with fewer side effects.
🧠 Potential game-changer for emergency care.
🔗 bit.ly/45ktqkw
#MedicalBreakthrough #MedEd #Research
August 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🚨 New antidote for #CarbonMonoxide poisoning?
Our researchers developed RcoM-HBD-CCC, a molecule that clears CO from blood faster than oxygen therapy—with fewer side effects.
🧠 Potential game-changer for emergency care.
🔗 bit.ly/45ktqkw
#MedicalBreakthrough #MedEd #Research
Our researchers developed RcoM-HBD-CCC, a molecule that clears CO from blood faster than oxygen therapy—with fewer side effects.
🧠 Potential game-changer for emergency care.
🔗 bit.ly/45ktqkw
#MedicalBreakthrough #MedEd #Research
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We are so excited to announce that Leonardo Parra-Rivas, PhD, will be joining us in December as an Assistant Professor in UM-MIND and the Department of Neurology!
Leo's work focuses on the molecular pathways underlying synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease and LB dementia. Welcome, Leo!
Leo's work focuses on the molecular pathways underlying synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease and LB dementia. Welcome, Leo!
August 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We are so excited to announce that Leonardo Parra-Rivas, PhD, will be joining us in December as an Assistant Professor in UM-MIND and the Department of Neurology!
Leo's work focuses on the molecular pathways underlying synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease and LB dementia. Welcome, Leo!
Leo's work focuses on the molecular pathways underlying synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease and LB dementia. Welcome, Leo!
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Dr. Graeme Woodworth & Dr. Moran Roni Levin received the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Awards for research & teaching! 🏅🩺
👏 Congrats to these inspiring leaders!
🔗 Learn more about these awards here: bit.ly/41s2Lj1
#Award #MedEd #Maryland #HigherEd
👏 Congrats to these inspiring leaders!
🔗 Learn more about these awards here: bit.ly/41s2Lj1
#Award #MedEd #Maryland #HigherEd
August 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Dr. Graeme Woodworth & Dr. Moran Roni Levin received the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Awards for research & teaching! 🏅🩺
👏 Congrats to these inspiring leaders!
🔗 Learn more about these awards here: bit.ly/41s2Lj1
#Award #MedEd #Maryland #HigherEd
👏 Congrats to these inspiring leaders!
🔗 Learn more about these awards here: bit.ly/41s2Lj1
#Award #MedEd #Maryland #HigherEd
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🚨 New @jama.com review: Gun violence survivors need more than emergency care.
🔹 68% report chronic pain
🔹 50%+ show signs of PTSD
🔹 75% leave hospital with bullet fragments
🔹 10% suffer reinjury
UMSOM trauma experts urge better long-term care.
🔗 bit.ly/3UfHPIh
#GunViolence #Healthcare #PTSD
🔹 68% report chronic pain
🔹 50%+ show signs of PTSD
🔹 75% leave hospital with bullet fragments
🔹 10% suffer reinjury
UMSOM trauma experts urge better long-term care.
🔗 bit.ly/3UfHPIh
#GunViolence #Healthcare #PTSD
August 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
🚨 New @jama.com review: Gun violence survivors need more than emergency care.
🔹 68% report chronic pain
🔹 50%+ show signs of PTSD
🔹 75% leave hospital with bullet fragments
🔹 10% suffer reinjury
UMSOM trauma experts urge better long-term care.
🔗 bit.ly/3UfHPIh
#GunViolence #Healthcare #PTSD
🔹 68% report chronic pain
🔹 50%+ show signs of PTSD
🔹 75% leave hospital with bullet fragments
🔹 10% suffer reinjury
UMSOM trauma experts urge better long-term care.
🔗 bit.ly/3UfHPIh
#GunViolence #Healthcare #PTSD
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We are so excited to announce that Rashad Hussain, PhD, will be joining us in August as an Associate Professor in UM-MIND and the Department of Neurosurgery!
Rashad's work centers around the glymphatic system and its involvement in TBI and Alzheimer's disease pathology. Welcome, Rashad!
Rashad's work centers around the glymphatic system and its involvement in TBI and Alzheimer's disease pathology. Welcome, Rashad!
July 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We are so excited to announce that Rashad Hussain, PhD, will be joining us in August as an Associate Professor in UM-MIND and the Department of Neurosurgery!
Rashad's work centers around the glymphatic system and its involvement in TBI and Alzheimer's disease pathology. Welcome, Rashad!
Rashad's work centers around the glymphatic system and its involvement in TBI and Alzheimer's disease pathology. Welcome, Rashad!
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Don’t skip the sunscreen—your skin will thank you later.
UV rays don’t take days off, and neither should your SPF! 🌞🧴
Dr. Zaineb Makhzoumi, Associate Professor of Dermatology, spoke with Glamour about some of the best sunscreens for our bodies.
#SunSafety #SPF #SkinCareTips
UV rays don’t take days off, and neither should your SPF! 🌞🧴
Dr. Zaineb Makhzoumi, Associate Professor of Dermatology, spoke with Glamour about some of the best sunscreens for our bodies.
#SunSafety #SPF #SkinCareTips
I Test Sunscreens for a Living and This Body Lotion Blends In Like a Dream
You won’t find me looking greasy or pasty.
shorturl.at
July 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Don’t skip the sunscreen—your skin will thank you later.
UV rays don’t take days off, and neither should your SPF! 🌞🧴
Dr. Zaineb Makhzoumi, Associate Professor of Dermatology, spoke with Glamour about some of the best sunscreens for our bodies.
#SunSafety #SPF #SkinCareTips
UV rays don’t take days off, and neither should your SPF! 🌞🧴
Dr. Zaineb Makhzoumi, Associate Professor of Dermatology, spoke with Glamour about some of the best sunscreens for our bodies.
#SunSafety #SPF #SkinCareTips
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Our paper showing decreased KCC2 expression in the human spinal cord in people who died with a history of neuropathic pain is now published in PAIN: journals.lww.com/pain/abstrac... Great work from @oliviadavis.bsky.social and the teams of the De Koninck and Hildebrand labs. ❤️ 🇨🇦 collabs!
Decreased KCC2 expression in the human spinal dorsal horn... : PAIN
date there is no evidence supporting or opposing this hypothesis in humans. Here, we demonstrate that KCC2 expression is decreased in superficial dorsal horn neurons of organ donors who died with a do...
journals.lww.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Our paper showing decreased KCC2 expression in the human spinal cord in people who died with a history of neuropathic pain is now published in PAIN: journals.lww.com/pain/abstrac... Great work from @oliviadavis.bsky.social and the teams of the De Koninck and Hildebrand labs. ❤️ 🇨🇦 collabs!