Esteban
@estebanbt.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Cognitive Neuroscience at LMU | Currently researching respiration's impact in memory at SchreinerLab
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Esteban
@estebanbt.bsky.social
· Aug 5
The breathing cycle gates memory reactivation during human NREM sleep https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.29.741474v1
Summer Preprint Alert 🔥🚨
Breathing isn't just for oxygen; it’s a rhythmic pacemaker for the sleeping brain.
Our new preprint shows that the respiratory cycle actually gates memory reactivation during NREM sleep! 🧠😴💨
👇🧵(1/8)
Breathing isn't just for oxygen; it’s a rhythmic pacemaker for the sleeping brain.
Our new preprint shows that the respiratory cycle actually gates memory reactivation during NREM sleep! 🧠😴💨
👇🧵(1/8)
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Breathing sets the timing for memory processing during sleep!
In our new preprint, precisely shifting memory cues within the respiratory cycle changed oscillatory coordination, memory reactivation and next-morning recall.
Fabulous work by @estebanbt.bsky.social, with @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social!👇
In our new preprint, precisely shifting memory cues within the respiratory cycle changed oscillatory coordination, memory reactivation and next-morning recall.
Fabulous work by @estebanbt.bsky.social, with @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social!👇
Summer Preprint Alert 🔥🚨
Breathing isn't just for oxygen; it’s a rhythmic pacemaker for the sleeping brain.
Our new preprint shows that the respiratory cycle actually gates memory reactivation during NREM sleep! 🧠😴💨
👇🧵(1/8)
Breathing isn't just for oxygen; it’s a rhythmic pacemaker for the sleeping brain.
Our new preprint shows that the respiratory cycle actually gates memory reactivation during NREM sleep! 🧠😴💨
👇🧵(1/8)
The breathing cycle gates memory reactivation during human NREM sleep https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.29.741474v1
August 5, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Breathing sets the timing for memory processing during sleep!
In our new preprint, precisely shifting memory cues within the respiratory cycle changed oscillatory coordination, memory reactivation and next-morning recall.
Fabulous work by @estebanbt.bsky.social, with @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social!👇
In our new preprint, precisely shifting memory cues within the respiratory cycle changed oscillatory coordination, memory reactivation and next-morning recall.
Fabulous work by @estebanbt.bsky.social, with @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social!👇
Summer Preprint Alert 🔥🚨
Breathing isn't just for oxygen; it’s a rhythmic pacemaker for the sleeping brain.
Our new preprint shows that the respiratory cycle actually gates memory reactivation during NREM sleep! 🧠😴💨
👇🧵(1/8)
Breathing isn't just for oxygen; it’s a rhythmic pacemaker for the sleeping brain.
Our new preprint shows that the respiratory cycle actually gates memory reactivation during NREM sleep! 🧠😴💨
👇🧵(1/8)
The breathing cycle gates memory reactivation during human NREM sleep https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.29.741474v1
August 5, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Summer Preprint Alert 🔥🚨
Breathing isn't just for oxygen; it’s a rhythmic pacemaker for the sleeping brain.
Our new preprint shows that the respiratory cycle actually gates memory reactivation during NREM sleep! 🧠😴💨
👇🧵(1/8)
Breathing isn't just for oxygen; it’s a rhythmic pacemaker for the sleeping brain.
Our new preprint shows that the respiratory cycle actually gates memory reactivation during NREM sleep! 🧠😴💨
👇🧵(1/8)
Reposted by Esteban
Can MEG provide a non-invasive window onto human ripple physiology during sleep? Our new preprint suggests it can.
Led by the fantastic @fabian31415.bsky.social.
Many thanks to our collaborators @olejensen.bsky.social , @doellerlab.bsky.social , and @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social
#Neuroskyence
Led by the fantastic @fabian31415.bsky.social.
Many thanks to our collaborators @olejensen.bsky.social , @doellerlab.bsky.social , and @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social
#Neuroskyence
Can we study MTL ripples non-invasively?
New preprint! We show that source-resolved MEG tracks ripple-like activity during sleep that:
• localizes to the MTL
• follows the canonical SO–spindle hierarchy
• matches an iEEG benchmark
• indexes memory reactivation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
New preprint! We show that source-resolved MEG tracks ripple-like activity during sleep that:
• localizes to the MTL
• follows the canonical SO–spindle hierarchy
• matches an iEEG benchmark
• indexes memory reactivation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Non-invasive tracking of ripple-like activity during human sleep using MEG
Hippocampal ripples are considered a key mechanism of sleep-dependent memory consolidation. In humans, however, their direct investigation has relied on invasive recordings from patients with epilepsy...
www.biorxiv.org
July 24, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Can MEG provide a non-invasive window onto human ripple physiology during sleep? Our new preprint suggests it can.
Led by the fantastic @fabian31415.bsky.social.
Many thanks to our collaborators @olejensen.bsky.social , @doellerlab.bsky.social , and @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social
#Neuroskyence
Led by the fantastic @fabian31415.bsky.social.
Many thanks to our collaborators @olejensen.bsky.social , @doellerlab.bsky.social , and @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social
#Neuroskyence
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📢 New paper out in @nathumbehav.nature.com:
we identify a previously undescribed fast thalamic oscillation (~19–45 Hz) in rare intracranial human recordings that appears specifically during wakefulness and REM sleep — but disappears during NREM sleep.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
we identify a previously undescribed fast thalamic oscillation (~19–45 Hz) in rare intracranial human recordings that appears specifically during wakefulness and REM sleep — but disappears during NREM sleep.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thalamic oscillations distinguish natural states of consciousness in humans | Nature Human Behaviour
www.nature.com
May 27, 2026 at 9:13 AM
📢 New paper out in @nathumbehav.nature.com:
we identify a previously undescribed fast thalamic oscillation (~19–45 Hz) in rare intracranial human recordings that appears specifically during wakefulness and REM sleep — but disappears during NREM sleep.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
we identify a previously undescribed fast thalamic oscillation (~19–45 Hz) in rare intracranial human recordings that appears specifically during wakefulness and REM sleep — but disappears during NREM sleep.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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📣 In meiner Arbeitsgruppe (LMU München) ist eine PhD-Stelle zu besetzen. Gesucht werden motivierte Bewerber:innen mit Interesse an experimenteller kognitiver Neurowissenschaft. Bewerbungsfrist: 10.08.2026. Bewerbungen bitte per Email. Mehr Infos hier:
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f...
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f...
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July 21, 2026 at 9:45 AM
📣 In meiner Arbeitsgruppe (LMU München) ist eine PhD-Stelle zu besetzen. Gesucht werden motivierte Bewerber:innen mit Interesse an experimenteller kognitiver Neurowissenschaft. Bewerbungsfrist: 10.08.2026. Bewerbungen bitte per Email. Mehr Infos hier:
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f...
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f...
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Can we study MTL ripples non-invasively?
New preprint! We show that source-resolved MEG tracks ripple-like activity during sleep that:
• localizes to the MTL
• follows the canonical SO–spindle hierarchy
• matches an iEEG benchmark
• indexes memory reactivation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
New preprint! We show that source-resolved MEG tracks ripple-like activity during sleep that:
• localizes to the MTL
• follows the canonical SO–spindle hierarchy
• matches an iEEG benchmark
• indexes memory reactivation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Non-invasive tracking of ripple-like activity during human sleep using MEG
Hippocampal ripples are considered a key mechanism of sleep-dependent memory consolidation. In humans, however, their direct investigation has relied on invasive recordings from patients with epilepsy...
www.biorxiv.org
July 24, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Can we study MTL ripples non-invasively?
New preprint! We show that source-resolved MEG tracks ripple-like activity during sleep that:
• localizes to the MTL
• follows the canonical SO–spindle hierarchy
• matches an iEEG benchmark
• indexes memory reactivation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
New preprint! We show that source-resolved MEG tracks ripple-like activity during sleep that:
• localizes to the MTL
• follows the canonical SO–spindle hierarchy
• matches an iEEG benchmark
• indexes memory reactivation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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#JNeurosci: Tarrasó et al. explored how breathing impacts behavioral and neural representations of memory recall in people. They found exhaling shapes two neural signatures for memory recollection to influence the strength of personal memories. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1221-25.2025
December 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
#JNeurosci: Tarrasó et al. explored how breathing impacts behavioral and neural representations of memory recall in people. They found exhaling shapes two neural signatures for memory recollection to influence the strength of personal memories. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1221-25.2025
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How are memories consolidated during sleep?
Excited to share another preprint: hippocampal SWRs route memory content to the cortex via interregional co-reactivation of concept cells, optimized by slow-oscillation–spindle coupling. With the great @tschreiner.bsky.social @humansingleneuron.bsky.social
Excited to share another preprint: hippocampal SWRs route memory content to the cortex via interregional co-reactivation of concept cells, optimized by slow-oscillation–spindle coupling. With the great @tschreiner.bsky.social @humansingleneuron.bsky.social
Sequential coupling of sleep oscillations enables concept-neuron reactivation and supports information flow across the human hippocampal-cortical circuit https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.15.699122v1
January 18, 2026 at 1:46 PM
How are memories consolidated during sleep?
Excited to share another preprint: hippocampal SWRs route memory content to the cortex via interregional co-reactivation of concept cells, optimized by slow-oscillation–spindle coupling. With the great @tschreiner.bsky.social @humansingleneuron.bsky.social
Excited to share another preprint: hippocampal SWRs route memory content to the cortex via interregional co-reactivation of concept cells, optimized by slow-oscillation–spindle coupling. With the great @tschreiner.bsky.social @humansingleneuron.bsky.social
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How does the brain replay memories during sleep?
Excited to share our new preprint, the outcome of an extensive effort led by Johannes Niediek, showing that reactivation of human concept neurons reflects memory content rather than event sequence.
Excited to share our new preprint, the outcome of an extensive effort led by Johannes Niediek, showing that reactivation of human concept neurons reflects memory content rather than event sequence.
Episodic memory consolidation by reactivation of human concept neurons during sleep reflects contents, not sequence of events https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.10.698827v1
January 13, 2026 at 9:13 AM
How does the brain replay memories during sleep?
Excited to share our new preprint, the outcome of an extensive effort led by Johannes Niediek, showing that reactivation of human concept neurons reflects memory content rather than event sequence.
Excited to share our new preprint, the outcome of an extensive effort led by Johannes Niediek, showing that reactivation of human concept neurons reflects memory content rather than event sequence.
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Our paper on respiratory modulation of excitability during sleep is now online!
Open access link:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
First of hopefully many collabs with the @tschreiner.bsky.social Lab and led by @asanchezcorzo.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
Open access link:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
First of hopefully many collabs with the @tschreiner.bsky.social Lab and led by @asanchezcorzo.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
Respiratory coordination of excitability states across the human wake-sleep cycle
While the respiratory rhythm is increasingly recognized as a key modulator of oscillatory brain activity across the wake-sleep cycle in humans, very l…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Our paper on respiratory modulation of excitability during sleep is now online!
Open access link:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
First of hopefully many collabs with the @tschreiner.bsky.social Lab and led by @asanchezcorzo.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
Open access link:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
First of hopefully many collabs with the @tschreiner.bsky.social Lab and led by @asanchezcorzo.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
I'm happy to share my debut as first-author with the recent publication of our article in #JNeurosci:
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
Big thanks again to @tschreiner.bsky.social and the whole team who made this possible! 🧠🌬️
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
Big thanks again to @tschreiner.bsky.social and the whole team who made this possible! 🧠🌬️
December 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I'm happy to share my debut as first-author with the recent publication of our article in #JNeurosci:
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
Big thanks again to @tschreiner.bsky.social and the whole team who made this possible! 🧠🌬️
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
Big thanks again to @tschreiner.bsky.social and the whole team who made this possible! 🧠🌬️
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Thanks for the warm welcome! Very excited to share this and hope it can be helpful to people in the field
'Robust circular cluster-based statistics
for respiration-brain coupling'
New preprint, and what a way to welcome @teresaberther.bsky.social to the #neuroskyence community. With @eliobalestrieri.bsky.social, she developed CBPT for circular #bodybrain analyses.
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵🔽
for respiration-brain coupling'
New preprint, and what a way to welcome @teresaberther.bsky.social to the #neuroskyence community. With @eliobalestrieri.bsky.social, she developed CBPT for circular #bodybrain analyses.
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧵🔽
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Thanks for the warm welcome! Very excited to share this and hope it can be helpful to people in the field
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🚀 Excited to share our lab’s contributions at #ICON2025 in Porto!
Catch talks & posters from
@aprilzhao.bsky.social
@asanchezcorzo.bsky.social
@fabian31415.bsky.social
@estebanbt.bsky.social
Catch talks & posters from
@aprilzhao.bsky.social
@asanchezcorzo.bsky.social
@fabian31415.bsky.social
@estebanbt.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🚀 Excited to share our lab’s contributions at #ICON2025 in Porto!
Catch talks & posters from
@aprilzhao.bsky.social
@asanchezcorzo.bsky.social
@fabian31415.bsky.social
@estebanbt.bsky.social
Catch talks & posters from
@aprilzhao.bsky.social
@asanchezcorzo.bsky.social
@fabian31415.bsky.social
@estebanbt.bsky.social
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Curious about how your brain’s excitability aligns with your breath, even while asleep? Check out our new preprint!!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A great collaboration between @tschreiner.bsky.social 's lab and @danlikesbrains.bsky.social 's lab.
(1/5)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A great collaboration between @tschreiner.bsky.social 's lab and @danlikesbrains.bsky.social 's lab.
(1/5)
Respiratory coordination of excitability states across the human wake-sleep cycle
While the respiratory rhythm is increasingly recognized as a key modulator of oscillatory brain activity across the wake-sleep cycle in humans, very little is known about its influence on aperiodic br...
www.biorxiv.org
June 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Curious about how your brain’s excitability aligns with your breath, even while asleep? Check out our new preprint!!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A great collaboration between @tschreiner.bsky.social 's lab and @danlikesbrains.bsky.social 's lab.
(1/5)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A great collaboration between @tschreiner.bsky.social 's lab and @danlikesbrains.bsky.social 's lab.
(1/5)
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Excited to share our new study on how respiration modulates neural dynamics during successful memory retrieval—led by @estebanbt.bsky.social, alongside the exceptional team of @fabian31415.bsky.social, @maritpetzka.bsky.social, @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social, and @bstaresina.bsky.social. 👇
Very excited to share the first preprint of my PhD thesis!
Together with @tschreiner.bsky.social, we investigated how respiration coordinates signature neural expressions of successful remembering during memory retrieval. 🫁🧠
🧵(1/8)
Together with @tschreiner.bsky.social, we investigated how respiration coordinates signature neural expressions of successful remembering during memory retrieval. 🫁🧠
🧵(1/8)
Respiration shapes the neural dynamics of successful remembering in humans. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.17.649286v1
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Excited to share our new study on how respiration modulates neural dynamics during successful memory retrieval—led by @estebanbt.bsky.social, alongside the exceptional team of @fabian31415.bsky.social, @maritpetzka.bsky.social, @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social, and @bstaresina.bsky.social. 👇
Very excited to share the first preprint of my PhD thesis!
Together with @tschreiner.bsky.social, we investigated how respiration coordinates signature neural expressions of successful remembering during memory retrieval. 🫁🧠
🧵(1/8)
Together with @tschreiner.bsky.social, we investigated how respiration coordinates signature neural expressions of successful remembering during memory retrieval. 🫁🧠
🧵(1/8)
Respiration shapes the neural dynamics of successful remembering in humans. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.17.649286v1
April 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Very excited to share the first preprint of my PhD thesis!
Together with @tschreiner.bsky.social, we investigated how respiration coordinates signature neural expressions of successful remembering during memory retrieval. 🫁🧠
🧵(1/8)
Together with @tschreiner.bsky.social, we investigated how respiration coordinates signature neural expressions of successful remembering during memory retrieval. 🫁🧠
🧵(1/8)
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'A role for respiration in coordinating sleep oscillations and memory consolidation'
by Fabian Schwimmbeck, Esteban Bullón Tarrasó & Thomas Schreiner
@fabian31415.bsky.social @estebanbt.bsky.social @tschreiner.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
by Fabian Schwimmbeck, Esteban Bullón Tarrasó & Thomas Schreiner
@fabian31415.bsky.social @estebanbt.bsky.social @tschreiner.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
March 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
'A role for respiration in coordinating sleep oscillations and memory consolidation'
by Fabian Schwimmbeck, Esteban Bullón Tarrasó & Thomas Schreiner
@fabian31415.bsky.social @estebanbt.bsky.social @tschreiner.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
by Fabian Schwimmbeck, Esteban Bullón Tarrasó & Thomas Schreiner
@fabian31415.bsky.social @estebanbt.bsky.social @tschreiner.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
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Check out our TINS Forum article on the role of respiration in coordinating sleep oscillations and memory consolidation!
Spearheaded by the great @fabian31415.bsky.social and @estebanbt.bsky.social
A big thank you to our editor Moran Furman for making the whole journey very enjoyable
#neuroskyence
Spearheaded by the great @fabian31415.bsky.social and @estebanbt.bsky.social
A big thank you to our editor Moran Furman for making the whole journey very enjoyable
#neuroskyence
In our recent @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social forum article www.cell.com/trends/neuro..., we highlight respiration's potential role in coordinating sleep oscillations and memory consolidation. With the fabulous @tschreiner.bsky.social and @estebanbt.bsky.social
A role for respiration in coordinating sleep oscillations and memory consolidation
Memory consolidation is thought to rely on the interplay of sleep-related brain oscillations.
Drawing on recent findings that highlight the influence of respiration on these rhythms,
we outline a fram...
www.cell.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Check out our TINS Forum article on the role of respiration in coordinating sleep oscillations and memory consolidation!
Spearheaded by the great @fabian31415.bsky.social and @estebanbt.bsky.social
A big thank you to our editor Moran Furman for making the whole journey very enjoyable
#neuroskyence
Spearheaded by the great @fabian31415.bsky.social and @estebanbt.bsky.social
A big thank you to our editor Moran Furman for making the whole journey very enjoyable
#neuroskyence
Reposted by Esteban
In our recent @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social forum article www.cell.com/trends/neuro..., we highlight respiration's potential role in coordinating sleep oscillations and memory consolidation. With the fabulous @tschreiner.bsky.social and @estebanbt.bsky.social
A role for respiration in coordinating sleep oscillations and memory consolidation
Memory consolidation is thought to rely on the interplay of sleep-related brain oscillations.
Drawing on recent findings that highlight the influence of respiration on these rhythms,
we outline a fram...
www.cell.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In our recent @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social forum article www.cell.com/trends/neuro..., we highlight respiration's potential role in coordinating sleep oscillations and memory consolidation. With the fabulous @tschreiner.bsky.social and @estebanbt.bsky.social
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Ready for an exciting day at #ScienceIsWonderful! Together with @estebanbt.bsky.social and Benjamin, we’ll show kids how to become sleep scientists and explore how breathing influences brain activity. Can’t wait to share the wonders of science!
March 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Ready for an exciting day at #ScienceIsWonderful! Together with @estebanbt.bsky.social and Benjamin, we’ll show kids how to become sleep scientists and explore how breathing influences brain activity. Can’t wait to share the wonders of science!