Josue Avecillas-Chasin MD PhD
@AvecillasJosue
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Assistant Professor Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery @unmc Basal ganglia, white matter Brain mapping for personalized neurosurgery Brain Electrician⚡️
Omaha, NE
Joined May 2019
Honored and humbled to receive the Stereotactic and #functionalneurosurgery Young Neurosurgeon Award from @CNS_Update for personalizing #DBS targeting for #OCD using #tractography. Thanks to my mentor #DrKopell @martijn_figee Dr Kisueng Choi @HMayberg and the @MountSinaiDBS
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RT @MillerLabMIT: Working memory works better when neural activity is transient, rather than persistent. No wonder the brain does it that…
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@JulioMTNeuro True! Are Instincts and even stronger engine for behaviour (hypothalamic stuff)? cognition may be weaker engine that has to beat thru instincts and emotion to reach behaviour and control these 2.., Cogn computations are more complex and that is probably why is a weaker influence
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@NTFabiano Would love to see all reviewers and editors leave in protest for their fees.. just as others did for neuroimage.. but I guess this is the untouchable “nature journal”
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RT @drpouratian: Redefining strategies for success. Our #1 resource is people - who drive our #performance. Commit to #empowering (y)our te…
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RT @boeslab: Everyone knows about reward systems in the brain. Today we meet the hero of the often-neglected anti-reward system. Habenula…
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RT @DaniBeckman: It's #FluorescenceFriday and this will always be one of my favorite photos I took from the hippocampus, a small part of th…
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RT @neurosurgatlas: The Kerrison rongeur is used to excise pieces of the inner cortical layer, expanding the burr hole's size and enhancing…
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RT @ProfFeynman: Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. Never accept an idea just because someone with a title says it’s true.
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RT @MichaelOkun: Can deep brain stimulation (DBS) induce euphoria and mania? You bet it can. This is an area where AI will always lose to a…
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That is why it is an art.. leaving the artistic nature of the human body untouched as much as possible..
The art of surgery is to respect anatomy; fighting it has never been a goal, as surgery is inherently an injury to the body.
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