Integrative Neuroscience at AAU

After a few vibrant days at the neuroscience conference, we are eager to depart with a multitude of fresh concepts and valuable connections.

Yousef Mohammadi is now explaining "CORTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LISTENING EFFORT" during his PhD defense. The committee is putting much effort into listening .

Interested in neuroscience and pain? Looking for a 2 year post doc in a vibrant research environment? Hurry up and apply. Deadline is now. Now! Well almost.

Vacancies, recruitment and training at CNAP Are you enthusiastic about basic human pain research? Come and join our team! Our vacancies are posted on this page.

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Vacancies, recruitment and training at CNAP Are you enthusiastic about basic human pain research? Come and join our team! Our vacancies are posted on this page.

Our PhD student Yousef Mohammadi has published a paper titled "Validity and reliability of self-reported and neural measures of listening effort" as a preprint.

This paper addressed the listening effort phenomenon, which is a common complaint among hearing-impaired individuals. The work investigated the reliability of behavioral and neural measures of listening effort and found that neural measures were not as reliable as behavioral measures.

Validity and reliability of self-reported and neural measures of listening effort Listening effort can be defined as a measure of cognitive resources used by listeners to perform a listening task. Several methods have been proposed to assess listening effort, but the reliability of these methods has not yet been thoroughly establis

We resently published this paper showing very good agreement between PTT and CCM https://buff.ly/41Ts5gH , however, Gylfadottir et al. has just published this paper https://buff.ly/3kT1MGS shwoing that CCM is not great for diagnosing DPN...

Diagnostic Accuracy of Perception Threshold Tracking in the Detection of Small Fiber Damage in Type 1 Diabetes - Johan Røikjer, Suganthiya Santhiapillai Croosu, Benn Falch Sejergaard, Tine Maria Hansen, Jens Brøndum Frøkjær, Chris Bath... Aim: An objective assessment of small nerve fibers is key to the early detection of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). This study investigates the diagnostic...

Exciting news! Our latest paper "The co-existence of sensory and autonomic neuropathy in type 1 diabetes with and without pain" is now available in Acta Diabetologica. This study investigated the co-existence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PDPN), and cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in 80 participants, and established a model to predict CAN based on peripheral measurements. The findings suggest that CAN predominantly co-exists with concomitant DPN. Check out the article to learn more about our prediction model and its potential implications for the management of diabetes.

The co-existence of sensory and autonomic neuropathy in type 1 diabetes with and without pain - Acta Diabetologica Aims To investigate the co-existence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PDPN), and cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) and to establish a model to predict CAN based on peripheral measurements. Methods Eighty participants (20 type 1 diabetes (T1DM) + P...

This is a very interesting paper where Niimi et al investigates and models selective stimulation of cutaneous nerves. Well done!

Selective stimulation of nociceptive small fibers during intraepidermal electrical stimulation: Experiment and computational analysis Electrical stimulation of skin nociceptors is gaining attention in pain research and peripheral neuropathy diagnosis. However, the optimal parameters for selective stimulation are still difficult to determine because they require simultaneous characterization of the electrical response of small fibe...

Yet another publication frim the MEDON study.

Resting-state connectivity changes of thalamus and the postcentral gyrus (areas relevant for pain) were related to the neuropathy phenotypes in individuals with type-1 diabetes.

Suganthiya S. Croosu, Johan Røikjer, Carsten Dahl Mørch, Niels Ejskjaer, Jens Brøndum Frøkjær and Tine Maria Hansen.

Alterations in Functional Connectivity of Thalamus and Primary Somatosensory Cortex in Painful and Painless Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy OBJECTIVE. In this study we aimed to investigate the functional connectivity of brain regions involved in sensory processing in diabetes with and without painfu

Chronic pain as an evolutionary advantage? This is a very interersting paper on peripheral nerve fiber hyperactivity.

Persistent nociceptor hyperactivity as a painful evolutionary adaptation In evolutionary medicine, it is recognized that some disease symptoms commonly assumed to be maladaptive, such as diarrhea and fever, are in fact evolutionary adaptations promoting survival and reproductive success – notwithstanding the distress they cause [1]. One malady almost universally consid...