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Aaron Boes
@boeslab
Neurologist & Neuroscientist: Lesion Mapping | Lesion Network Mapping | Brain Stimulation
University of Iowa
boes.lab.uiowa.edu
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    Aaron Boes
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    Jul 31, 2022
    This is an amazing story – Krista and Tatiana Hogan are conjoined twin sisters with distinct personalities and *mostly* separate brains that are linked by a ‘thalamic bridge.’ They can use it as a portal to access the other’s sensations and feelings. 👇
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    Aaron Boes
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    Jul 31, 2022
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    Tatiana doesn’t like ketchup and gets annoyed when Krista eats it because she will taste it too. They can access visual information from the other's eyes and move the other’s limbs. Some modalities are apparently easier to access than others, with vision being more difficult.
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    Aaron Boes
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    May 24, 2022
    The individual with this precuneus lesion experienced a dramatic change in how he perceived the passage of time after surgery of a glioma. Minutes felt like hours… each time he would check his watch he’d be surprised how little time had passed. 👇
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    Aaron Boes
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    Apr 5, 2024
    A white matter tract that takes 30 years to mature must be doing something important. 3 things to know about the uncinate fasciculus.
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    Aaron Boes
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    Oct 21, 2022
    "It's the damnedest thing. I haven't smoked since my stroke. Haven't had the desire to. I didn't even try to quit, it was like I forgot I was ever a smoker." - a few months after stroke involving left insula
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    Aaron Boes
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    Mar 22, 2024
    Why is the insula the most interesting region in the brain? Here are 6 things worth knowing. This is topic #3 for our lab's Friday 'Ode to Neuroanatomy' series.
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    Aaron Boes
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    Jul 31, 2022
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    If they get into a fight the sting of a punch will be felt by both. Their parents believe wordless conversations flow through this bridge too. So many questions.... Could one wake the other up using thoughts alone? Could one eavesdrop while the other dreams?
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    Aaron Boes
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    Apr 26, 2024
    Does human consciousness rely on this tiny wisp of gray matter? Claustrum anatomy and function 🧵
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    Aaron Boes
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    Jan 22, 2022
    Hi All, I'm brand new to Twitter. Could you help my lab and I get connected with the cognitive neuroscience community - neuroimaging, neuropsychology, lesion mapping, lesion network mapping, brain stimulation. I want to follow it all. Thanks!
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    Aaron Boes
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    Dec 20, 2024
    Everyone knows about reward systems in the brain. Today we meet the hero of the often-neglected anti-reward system. Habenula anatomy and function…
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    Aaron Boes
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    Sep 4, 2022
    35 patients with precuneus lesions evaluated to date… here’s what we’re learning so far. 🧵
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    Aaron Boes
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    Nov 8, 2024
    Fastigial Nucleus: the most important structure you’ve never heard of. 6 points on anatomy and function.
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    Aaron Boes
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    Jul 31, 2022
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    There are a handful of video documentaries of these remarkable girls if you want to check it out. youtube.com/watch?v=N1Mac4… cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/fea… youtube.com/watch?v=VGslJP…
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    Aaron Boes
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    May 5, 2023
    We see some strange and sometimes paradoxical effects of lesions to the default mode network. A thread of some of the curious observations….
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