Turtles and tortoises can feel their shells. A mechanoreceptive innervation in the superficial layers of the shell is sensitive to touch and vibrations. So this one is just ticklish.
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September 23, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Turtles and tortoises can feel their shells. A mechanoreceptive innervation in the superficial layers of the shell is sensitive to touch and vibrations. So this one is just ticklish.
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April 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Nature
Organ-specific sympathetic innervation defines visceral functions
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Organ-specific sympathetic innervation defines visceral functions
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Organ-specific sympathetic innervation defines visceral functions - Nature
Multi-modal transcriptomic analyses of the sympathetic nervous system reveal organ-specific neural innervation and modular regulation of visceral functions.
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December 2, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Nature
Organ-specific sympathetic innervation defines visceral functions
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Organ-specific sympathetic innervation defines visceral functions
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
"innervation"
December 23, 2024 at 6:40 PM
"innervation"
August 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Check out a new lab paper from Mayumi Watanabe's thesis work showing how different subregions of medial prefrontal cortex differentially regulate extinction of aversive memories through projections to the locus-coeruleus-noradrenaline system:
doi.org/10.1038/s413...
doi.org/10.1038/s413...
Bidirectional emotional regulation through prefrontal innervation of the locus coeruleus - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Bidirectional emotional regulation through prefrontal innervation of the locus coeruleus
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March 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Check out a new lab paper from Mayumi Watanabe's thesis work showing how different subregions of medial prefrontal cortex differentially regulate extinction of aversive memories through projections to the locus-coeruleus-noradrenaline system:
doi.org/10.1038/s413...
doi.org/10.1038/s413...
Preprint alert!!! We recorded directly from the human ventral tegmental area (VTA), the principal source of cortical dopaminergic innervation, while patients performed an instrumental learning task. 🧵👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 28, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Preprint alert!!! We recorded directly from the human ventral tegmental area (VTA), the principal source of cortical dopaminergic innervation, while patients performed an instrumental learning task. 🧵👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
New research reveals first comprehensive hypothesis of soft-tissue anatomy in ceratopsid dinosaurs. Reconstruction of Triceratops’ nasal nerves, glands & respiratory turbinates suggests unique innervation and head-cooling adaptations.
Tada et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Tada et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
New research reveals first comprehensive hypothesis of soft-tissue anatomy in ceratopsid dinosaurs. Reconstruction of Triceratops’ nasal nerves, glands & respiratory turbinates suggests unique innervation and head-cooling adaptations.
Tada et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Tada et al.: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Finally some innervation!
April 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Finally some innervation!
This seems super important for in vivo experiments
#Norepinephrine and #dopamine #sensor crosstalk depends on local innervation density
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Norepinephrine and #dopamine #sensor crosstalk depends on local innervation density
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Norepinephrine and dopamine sensor crosstalk depends on local innervation density - Nature Neuroscience
This study shows that GPCR-based norepinephrine and dopamine sensors display crosstalk in several brain areas. Relative innervation densities determine the extent of crosstalk, and loss-of-function co...
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August 5, 2026 at 2:33 PM
This seems super important for in vivo experiments
#Norepinephrine and #dopamine #sensor crosstalk depends on local innervation density
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Norepinephrine and #dopamine #sensor crosstalk depends on local innervation density
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Aging disrupts sympathetic innervation of the thymus @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @einsteinmededu.bsky.social @maryanovichlab.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
March 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Aging disrupts sympathetic innervation of the thymus @cp-cellreports.bsky.social @einsteinmededu.bsky.social @maryanovichlab.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Nasal capsule anatomy, nictating membrane morphology, jaw muscle innervation, heart vasculature, even proteomics…all pointing the same way!
May 28, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Nasal capsule anatomy, nictating membrane morphology, jaw muscle innervation, heart vasculature, even proteomics…all pointing the same way!
Krankheitsreaktion, die durch Fatigue, Malaise, Gliederschmerzen und andere Symptome gekennzeichnet ist, die bei ME/CFS und LC sowie bei akuten Infektionen beobachtet werden. Darüber hinaus versorgt der Vagusnerv den Magen-Darm-Trakt mit parasympathischer Innervation und könnte
December 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Krankheitsreaktion, die durch Fatigue, Malaise, Gliederschmerzen und andere Symptome gekennzeichnet ist, die bei ME/CFS und LC sowie bei akuten Infektionen beobachtet werden. Darüber hinaus versorgt der Vagusnerv den Magen-Darm-Trakt mit parasympathischer Innervation und könnte
A key role of PIEZO2 mechanosensitive ion channel in adipose sensory innervation @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-metabol... @ardemp.bskyverified.social
www.cell.com/cell-metabol... @ardemp.bskyverified.social
March 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A key role of PIEZO2 mechanosensitive ion channel in adipose sensory innervation @cp-cellmetabolism.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-metabol... @ardemp.bskyverified.social
www.cell.com/cell-metabol... @ardemp.bskyverified.social
Just online 🧪🧠Why does a brain projection mediate #earlylifeadversity effects on adult reward behaviors in males but not females? whole-brain mapping & Laura Denardo & #AI pipeline shows crucial #Sex-difference in its innervation! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #Neuroscience @superkash.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Just online 🧪🧠Why does a brain projection mediate #earlylifeadversity effects on adult reward behaviors in males but not females? whole-brain mapping & Laura Denardo & #AI pipeline shows crucial #Sex-difference in its innervation! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #Neuroscience @superkash.bsky.social
Im OP läuft jetzt auf Wunsch einzelner Operateure „Radio Bollerwagen“ und mehr muss man über meine Laune nicht wissen.
Mein Augenlid zuckt und ich fühle trotz fehlender Innervation des Gewebes die hirnparenchymatöse Einblutung.
MAAAAMAAAAAAA! 😭😭😭😭
Mein Augenlid zuckt und ich fühle trotz fehlender Innervation des Gewebes die hirnparenchymatöse Einblutung.
MAAAAMAAAAAAA! 😭😭😭😭
May 13, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Im OP läuft jetzt auf Wunsch einzelner Operateure „Radio Bollerwagen“ und mehr muss man über meine Laune nicht wissen.
Mein Augenlid zuckt und ich fühle trotz fehlender Innervation des Gewebes die hirnparenchymatöse Einblutung.
MAAAAMAAAAAAA! 😭😭😭😭
Mein Augenlid zuckt und ich fühle trotz fehlender Innervation des Gewebes die hirnparenchymatöse Einblutung.
MAAAAMAAAAAAA! 😭😭😭😭
Identification of human gut bacteria that produce bioactive serotonin and promote colonic innervation @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
October 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Identification of human gut bacteria that produce bioactive serotonin and promote colonic innervation @cp-cellreports.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
New paper out today led by @gallinaciega.bsky.social
We show that seed-eating songbirds have enlarged a somatosensory nucleus, especially the part associated with the tongue, suggesting that seed-cracking is dependent on a fine sense of touch.
#ornithology #neuroethology
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
We show that seed-eating songbirds have enlarged a somatosensory nucleus, especially the part associated with the tongue, suggesting that seed-cracking is dependent on a fine sense of touch.
#ornithology #neuroethology
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
![A multipanel figure showing a cartoon of a songbird head, a cartoon diagram of a songbird brain, and three black and white images showing the cellular structure of the brain region we focused on, PrV. The following is the legend that accompanies the figure. (a) Shows in different colours the areas of the innervation in the head, beak and tongue by the three branches of the trigeminal nerve (V1-V3) and the hypoglossal nerve (XII) in a songbird and the respective areas of innervation in the principal sensory nucleus of the trigeminal nerve (PrV; based on Faunes & Wild [26]). (b–d) Microphotographs of Nissl-stained coronal sections through the principal sensory in nucleus of the trigeminal nerve (PrV) in three species of songbirds: (b) the pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator, Fringillidae); (c) the field sparrow (Spizella pusilla, Passerellidae); (d) the Carolina chickadee (Poecile carolinensis, Parulidae).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gfvjxniv5ylppk263f44p3zs/bafkreighnpetcjup2wmdlgcpcxvdkjhk3hyamr3vukgl2zmq54jxohlfbu)
July 22, 2026 at 7:56 PM
New paper out today led by @gallinaciega.bsky.social
We show that seed-eating songbirds have enlarged a somatosensory nucleus, especially the part associated with the tongue, suggesting that seed-cracking is dependent on a fine sense of touch.
#ornithology #neuroethology
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
We show that seed-eating songbirds have enlarged a somatosensory nucleus, especially the part associated with the tongue, suggesting that seed-cracking is dependent on a fine sense of touch.
#ornithology #neuroethology
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Innervation density governs crosstalk of GPCR-based norepinephrine and dopamine sensors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.23.624963v1
Innervation density governs crosstalk of GPCR-based norepinephrine and dopamine sensors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.23.624963v1
GPCR-based fluorescent sensors are widely used to correlate neuromodulatory signaling with brain fun
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November 23, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Innervation density governs crosstalk of GPCR-based norepinephrine and dopamine sensors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.23.624963v1
Updated starter pack for gut innervation (and gut glial) scientists...ping to get added on
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November 22, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Updated starter pack for gut innervation (and gut glial) scientists...ping to get added on
go.bsky.app/CM7Ypad
go.bsky.app/CM7Ypad
All play mechanics are either innervation, enervation, or kayfabe
all play mechanics are either insertion, laceration, or mouth stuff
all play mechanics are either physics, inculcation, or perversion
June 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM
All play mechanics are either innervation, enervation, or kayfabe
Neural Connectome of the Ctenophore Statocyst 🤩.
@kei-jokura.bsky.social, @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy team identify a new syncytial nerve net in older animals & differences in innervation patterns. Great collaboration & co-submission to bioRxiv. Exciting times! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@kei-jokura.bsky.social, @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy team identify a new syncytial nerve net in older animals & differences in innervation patterns. Great collaboration & co-submission to bioRxiv. Exciting times! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
June 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Neural Connectome of the Ctenophore Statocyst 🤩.
@kei-jokura.bsky.social, @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy team identify a new syncytial nerve net in older animals & differences in innervation patterns. Great collaboration & co-submission to bioRxiv. Exciting times! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
@kei-jokura.bsky.social, @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy team identify a new syncytial nerve net in older animals & differences in innervation patterns. Great collaboration & co-submission to bioRxiv. Exciting times! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Very excited to share our latest preprint! We looked at loss and gain of function, innervation, reinnervation, and in vivo axonal transport in a FUS-ALS mouse model!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@uclqsion.bsky.social @beccasimkin.bsky.social @andrewtosolini.bsky.social @frattalab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@uclqsion.bsky.social @beccasimkin.bsky.social @andrewtosolini.bsky.social @frattalab.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Very excited to share our latest preprint! We looked at loss and gain of function, innervation, reinnervation, and in vivo axonal transport in a FUS-ALS mouse model!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@uclqsion.bsky.social @beccasimkin.bsky.social @andrewtosolini.bsky.social @frattalab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@uclqsion.bsky.social @beccasimkin.bsky.social @andrewtosolini.bsky.social @frattalab.bsky.social
Awake 28 hours preparing for an oral exam on lymphatic drainage of heart lungs and liver only to be asked to detail the vasculature and innervation of the pancreas im going THE FUCK to sleep
September 25, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Awake 28 hours preparing for an oral exam on lymphatic drainage of heart lungs and liver only to be asked to detail the vasculature and innervation of the pancreas im going THE FUCK to sleep