Rachel Spooner, PhD
@SpoonerRK
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Neuroscientist studying the neural and biological hallmarks of age-related diseases including Parkinson’s disease using neuroimaging and neurostimulation. OMO.
Omaha, NE
Joined May 2019
Incredibly excited and proud to share my latest dissertation study now published @PNASNews! Here we used quantitative redox biology and neurophysiology approaches to study the role of the mitochondrial redox environment in human sensorimotor function 🧵
pnas.org
Motor control requires a coordinated ensemble of spatiotemporally precise neural oscillations across a distributed motor network, particularly in t...
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As we usher in 2025, we reflect on all that we've accomplished in the past year. Check out our latest blog post for all the details, pictures, & memories. Happy New Year to you & your loved ones, from all of us here at #IHN! https://t.co/Tt5Rvsjk7o
#neuroscience #neuroimaging
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Join us in celebrating the closing of 2024 by taking a look back at all the progress we've made!
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Really proud to support our local #Parkinsons community @ParkinsonsNE Walk the Park event this Sunday. To have my family there to support alongside @BoysTown_IHN, even better! ❤️
IHN was proud to partner alongside @ParkinsonsNE for their annual Walk the Park on Sunday. An event aimed at helping to raise funds and awareness of Parkinson's disease. #Parkinsons #IHN #IHNcommunity #TranslationalMotorImaginglab #neuroscience #neuroimaging
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#IHN's newest lab director @SpoonerRK of the #TranslationalMotorImaginglab gave two presentations at @biomag2024, one of which was as a finalist for the Early Career Research Award. Good luck Dr. Spooner!!! #neuroscience #IHNawards #IHNconference #BIOMAG #neuroimaging
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Check out #CASIlab director @HeinrichsGraham presenting at the @biomag2024. Dr. Heinrichs-Graham gave 2 presentations at the conference. #IHN #neuroscience #neuorimaging #BIOMAG #IHNconferences
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Heading to @biomag2024 in Sydney, Australia? Keep your eyes peeled for 2 PIs from IHN, @HeinrichsGraham and @SpoonerRK. They will each be giving 2 talks on Tuesday. Dr. Spooner is a finalist for the Early Career Research Award!!🤩 #IHN #neuroscience #neuorimaging #BIOMAG
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Dr. Yasra Arif presenting this morning, "High-definition transcranial direct current stimulation of the motor cortices induces polarity-dependent effects on neural oscillations within the distributed motor circuitry - young vs older adults" #NYCN2024 #IHNconferences #IHN
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Are you interested in #magnetoencephalography #neuroimaging? Do you want to partner with some of the leading researchers using #MEG technology? Then look no further. #IHN is hiring a MEG tech at Boys Town. Extensive on the job training available! https://t.co/dsvzr7kX7j
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Thank you, so excited to be back!
Welcome back to one of our own #DICONLab alumnus, Dr. Rachel Spooner! So glad to have you back!
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Poster session is in full swing! With 30 researchers: #IHNSummerScholars, #IHN & @Creighton RAs, grad students, & postdoctoral fellows, presenting their latest work. The hum and bustle of groundbreaking #neuroscience can't help but make one smile 😁! #IHN_TRS_24 #IHNconferences
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As we wrap up the 2024 #IHNSummerScholar research training program, we gather to kick off the #IHN Trainee Research Symposium @BoysTownHosp in partnership w/ @Creighton. Throughout the day the summer scholars, graduate students, & postdocs will present recent work. #Neuroscience
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🍭CANDY Lab is hiring a post-bac RA! 🧠 We’re launching a study on puberty effects on brain dev in teens with autism. 🧩 Perfect for recent or soon to be grads who are passionate about autism research and looking to prepare for PhD programs Apply here👉
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Incredibly excited for the opportunity to direct my own lab @BoysTownHosp @BoysTown_IHN!! Anyone interested in motor system physiology, aging trajectories, neuroimaging or systems biology, please reach out as I’d love to connect!
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Rachel Spooner to the @BoysTown_IHN! Dr. Spooner is a clinical translational neuroscientist & will direct the Translational Motor Imaging Lab. #neuroscience #neuroimaging #welcometotheteam #neurotwitter
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#IHN's @HeinrichsGraham , director of #CASILab presents in "Language acquisition in children who are deaf or hard of hearing from preschool to adolescence" symposium alongside @BoysTownHosp colleagues at #IASCL2024 in Prague this week. #neuroscience #neuroimaging #IHNconferences
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Beyond grateful and excited to be joining such an amazing team of research scientists at @BoysTown_IHN to build my research program using #MEG, neuromodulation and systems biology approaches to study motor system physiology in health and disease!!!
#IHN at @BoysTownHosp is thrilled to announce the addition of Dr. Rachel Spooner to our team! Dr. Spooner is a clinical translational neuroscientist & will direct the Translational Motor Imaging Lab! Please join me in welcoming Dr. Spooner to the team! #neuroscience #neuroimaging
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Clinically effective DBS contacts elicit stronger sensorimotor evoked potentials than ineffective ones. Moreover, they better reduce cortical beta synchrony. At #NeuralTraces2024, @SpoonerRK offers possible explanations of why DBS actually works! https://t.co/775TXfj4uX
Thankful to the organizers of #NeuralTraces2024 for inviting me to share our latest work using combined MEG-DBS recordings in PD patients. This work would not be possible without the amazing patients volunteering their time and efforts to support research! #WorldParkinsonsDay2024
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Huge thank you also to our colleagues @HHU_de @florin_neuro @bahnebahners and our funding sources @Retune_CRC @AvHStiftung for their support on these projects! 🙌
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And one more for those interested in using quantitative motor outcomes to characterize divergent therapeutic and behavioral states in PD 😃 @SciReports:
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Check out our latest pub on the topic out now @Nature_NPJ:
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Thankful to the organizers of #NeuralTraces2024 for inviting me to share our latest work using combined MEG-DBS recordings in PD patients. This work would not be possible without the amazing patients volunteering their time and efforts to support research! #WorldParkinsonsDay2024
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Did you know, that #MEG 🧲 is so sensitive, you can even identify the #DBS device your patient has, just from looking at the raw data? 📈Check out our new DBS phantom study, in press @brainstimj ! Great collaborative effort within the @Retune_CRC
https://t.co/fjw5eBfAiv
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