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Sid Chopra et al.’s new paper is out now in New paper out in Biological Psychiatry: “Brainwide Anatomical Connectivity and Prediction of Longitudinal Outcomes in Antipsychotic-Naïve First-Episode Psychosis”

New paper out now in Biological Psychiatry
“Brainwide Anatomical Connectivity and Prediction of Longitudinal Outcomes in Antipsychotic-Naïve First-Episode Psychosis” by Sidhant Chopra, Holmes Lab and collaborators at Monash University and Turner Institute.

This new work shows widespread lower structural brain connectivity in people with first-episode psychosis (pre-antipsychotics). Alterations affect all large-scale systems and can predict changes in functional outcomes up to 1 year after.

Read it here: https://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(24)01483-5/fulltext

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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