I’m moving to the Big Easy!
It’s with great excitement that I announce I have accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Loyola University in New Orleans, starting this August. I will be setting […]
“Leaky” Connective Tissue in Ehlers-Danlos?
Hello, friends. Apologies for the somewhat long hiatus I’ve taken from blogging. I began teaching a couple classes this semester and most of my free time has been filled with […]
Some People with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome May Actually Be Fragile X Premutation Carriers
Along with our collaborators, our group recently identified an important and overlooked overlap between Fragile X premutation carriers (fXPC) and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS). We recently published an article reporting […]
The Struggles of a Furparent: My Cats Have a Lysosomal Storage Disease
It’s so rewarding– but so hard– being a guardian to pets with a rare disease. I know I get just a snippet of understanding of what it’s like to be […]
How’d You Get So Smart??? The Little Known History about Brain Evolution
Contrary to the old adage, you don’t have a reptilian brain. At least, not any more than you have an amphibian brain or a fish brain. The idea that the […]
Could Mast Cell Disorders Be a Result of Humanity’s Past Battles with Infections like the Black Plague?
Plagues and pandemics are on the forefront of peoples’ minds today. And though the coronavirus may be the current plague of the hour, our histories are spotted with a litany […]
Our latest article on “The Relationship between Autism and Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes/Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders
There has been rapidly growing interest from the zebra community concerning the overlap between autism and the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS)/hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD). Although COVID19 has put a halt to […]
#LongHaulers – A New Infectious Disease But a Not-so-new Postviral Phenomenon
In early December, I’ll be giving a grand rounds lecture to clinicians on the topic of coronavirus “long haulers” or “long COVID.” Because the lecture is unfortunately not going to […]
Why do bad things happen to good people?
Originally posted on Cortical Chauvinism:
My little bear passed away. He had been battling the fight of his life and decided to slip into heaven a few minutes ago. I…
Sensory Issues in Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders
For those of you interested in the overlap between Ehlers-Danlos (EDS)/hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) and autism, sensory issues in EDS/HSD probably come as no great surprise. Nevertheless, this is an […]
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