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New Article in The Transmitter: “To make a meaningful contribution to neuroscience, fMRI must break out of its silo” by Dr Avram Holmes

Holmes lab PI Avram Holmes has a new article out in the The Transmitter magazine!

Read it here: https://www.thetransmitter.org/future-of-fmri/to-make-a-meaningful-contribution-to-neuroscience-fmri-must-break-out-of-its-silo

He covers how fMRI research can benefit from cross-field multiscale research programs, and how to incentivize more of this work. Read the full article in The Transmitter.

Check out some of the Holmes Lab’s multi-scale, multi-method work:

– The cell-type underpinnings of the human functional cortical connectome in Nature Neuroscience by Xihan Zhang et al
– Network-based molecular constraints on in vivo synaptic density alterations in Schizophrenia on MedRxiv by Sidhant Chopra et al
– Ventral attention network connectivity is linked to cortical maturation and cognitive ability in childhood in Nature Neuroscience by HM Dong et al

Holmes lab paper on brain-protective impacts of parenthood covered by New York Post, Rutgers Health, Science Daily and more!

Some great coverage of Winnie Orchard’s new Holmes Lab paper, recently published in PNAS! New York Post: https://nypost.com/2025/02/28/health/having-kids-can-fight-brain-aging-the-more-children-the-better/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=referral 
 Rutgers News www.rutgers.edu/news/how-par… Science Daily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250226141927.htm

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