Nicholas Fabiano, MD (@NTFabiano)

Our paper was just published in the Journal of Psychiatry & Brain Science. 5 grams of creatine per day saturates your muscles, but is likely too low for the brain. 🧵1/10 ...

Stronger legs are associated with larger brain volume & slower cognitive decline. 🧵1/7 ...

Coffee enhances neurocognitive function by reorganizing brain functional connectivity. 🧵1/8 ...

Caffeine hinders the brain’s recovery following sleep deprivation by suppressing cerebral grey matter response. 🧵1/9 ...

Why do living organisms need sleep? A new theory suggests that myelin acts as a proton capacitor, accumulating energy during sleep. 🧵1/12 ...

Severe exercise reversibly reduces brain myelin content. Myelin lipids may act as glial energy reserves in extreme metabolic conditions. 🧵1/12 ...

Mitochondrial dysfunction plays a vital role in the etiology of depression. 🧵1/9 ...

Our paper was just published in European Neuropsychopharmacology. 🧵1/18 ...

Psilocybin led to increased brain complexity & spontaneous behaviour in a person with a post-comatose disorder of consciousness. 🧵1/10 ...