Sachin Patel
@SachinPatelLab
Neuroscientist, mentor, psychiatrist.
Check out our recent piece describing one of the first attempts to reverse translate causal network mapping findings to the laboratory. Thanks to @shansiddiqi and @NicholasBalders. nature.com/articles/s4138…
Central Amygdala Neuronal Ensembles Coordinate Visceral Pain and Its Affective Behaviors biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_neursci
New paper out today led by [current @pact_lab postdoc] Gavin Petrie & [former @pact_lab postdoc] @RaeganMazurka exploring how acute alcohol impacts endocannabinoid levels & their relation to the subjective effects of alcohol 🍻 link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Does cannabidiol reduce the adverse effects of cannabis in schizophrenia? A randomised, double-blind, cross-over trial | Neuropsychopharmacology nature.com/articles/s4138…
An analysis of NIH-funded research papers between 1990-2024 reveals a decline in the relative and absolute numbers of basic science oriented publications. "These data support concerns about the long-term trajectory of NIH’s support for basic science." biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery.
Enjoyed the #AmygdalaGRC in Barcelona so much. Got to spend quality time with my scientific lineage (and their biological lineages too!)🥰
chatgpt-generated motivational flyer for #patchclamp #ephys
What’s better than a one-channel #Miniscope? 🥁 A TWO-CHANNEL Miniscope! Our new Miniscope2C is a dual-channel, open-source Miniscope that lets you record 2 fluorescent signals simultaneously in freely moving animals. Read the paper here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… (1/9)
(3/3) Applying Cort1.0 in vivo: We observed stress-induced 😰CORT elevation in the hypothalamus (e.g.,during tail suspension) with Cort1.0 by fiber photometry.Real-time stress hormone readouts, live!
Science is made up of so many things that appear obvious after they are explained.
What do we know about the endocannabinoid system in developmental psychopathology? 🤔 Find out in our recent paper, led by @pact_lab postdocs Ryann Tansey & @MarcDFerger + collaborator extraordinaire Hilary Marusak 👇 acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jc…
In some lighter news and for something wholesome for the timeline….here’s Steve Carrell yesterday at Northwestern University's class of 2025 commencement 🤣
So happy to share my first (co-authored) paper!! Thanks @SachinPatelLab link.springer.com/article/10.100… Endocannabinoid modulation of defensive state transitions to innate and learned threat | Psychopharmacology
Durbin to Bhattacharya: "I can't understand it. I disagree with this administration on so many things. But this is the one that really gets to me personally. To think that this nation would walk away from medical research. For God's sake ... cancer ... your budget requests a 38%…
NIH rescinds the “Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award” drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/nih… via @drugmonkeyblog
I get it now… it’s a parody account 😂😂
I had a wonderful meeting with Argentine President @JMilei about our nations’ mutual withdrawal from the WHO and the creation of an alternative international health system based on gold-standard science and free from totalitarian impulses, corruption, and political control.
Notice of Short-Term Extension to Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Eligibility Period grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/n…
Its a long weekend here in Canada, which seems appropriate to mourn our recent @npp_journal paper, in which we find that FAAH inhibition does NOT improve symptoms in PTSD🙁 A heroic effort w/ @canna_brain @Heilig_Lab @ConnorHaggarty & many more 🧵⬇️ nature.com/articles/s4138…