Kristen Montgomery
neuroscientist interested in stress, sex differences, neurodevelopment, and women’s mental health | postdoc @camh | she/her
galealab.com/kristenmontgomery
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryI’m thrilled to share our latest preprint from the lab, now available on BioRxiv! We investigated how early life adversity (ELA) shapes the adult brain, and the results are a stark reminder that sex isn't just a variable but leads to fundamentally different stress-induced mechanistic consequences
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryWe cannot do science while our people are being shot down in the streets. We cannot fund DHS/ICE. Call your representatives.
- Reposted by Kristen Montgomery[This post could not be retrieved]
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryAs tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today. ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryWe could all use some extra stress #resilience rn. But how does it work in the brain? On the surface, resilience looks like ignoring stress. Does the brain fail to respond? Or are active adaptations required? Or are resilience and susceptibility divergent paths? doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116867
- Reposted by Kristen Montgomery#OTD in 1911, Marie Curie was proposed for membership in the French Academy of Sciences--and promptly voted down. 11 months later she won her second Nobel Prize (Chemistry). 51 years later, Marguerite Perey (a student of Curie), became the first woman member of the Academy. #WomenInSTEM
- Reposted by Kristen Montgomerygenuinely stunning image
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryPeople under federal criminal investigation for the murder of Renee Good by Trump's DOJ: -Her wife who had to watch -The Mayor of Minneapolis -The Governor of Minnesota People not under federal investigation: -The motherfucker who actually shot and killed her
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryICE has shot a mother in the face, put a 16-year-old in a chokehold, and permanently blinded at least two protestors — and that’s just some of what we know. And now this. Despicable.
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryThe death of a man being held at an ICE camp in Texas in January may be investigated as a homicide after the local medical examiner found the preliminary cause was "asphyxia due to neck and chest compression." A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards.
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryDelighted to share our first preprint of the year! A project that we're all really proud of in the lab led by @ossamaghenissa.bsky.social with @mathiasgua.bsky.social in which we set out to test the role of basolateral amygdala astrocytes in anxiety behaviour. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Kristen Montgomery@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryExtremely excited & proud to share our new preprint - we provide for the first time a single cell map of the mouse brain across sex, the estrous cycle, and peripartum! Data are 🔥 👇 "Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryYou should be able to respond to reviewer comments with memes to liven up the peer review process.
- A favorite recent image of some busy microglia, lovingly named the Rat King (yellow CD68, pink Iba1, blue DAPI) for my first #FluorescenceFriday
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomerySuper excited to share this new story led by @jedziabis.bsky.social where she defines a critical role for microglial innate immune signaling in PV cell and perineuronal net (PNN) development in hippocampus, and consequences for plasticity and behavior in adulthood www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryAre fear 😱 and emotional pain 💔 characterized by shared or unique symptom networks 🕸️ and neural signatures 🧠 in PTSD?
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryRFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women". Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryNew lab paper drop, this one has been a long time coming! Driven by Rob Aukema (now a postdoc with Kerry Ressler) this paper in Science Advances answered the lingering question of what role the amygdala plays in stress-induced neuroendocrine responses. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryIn 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin. There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. By @megomatz.bsky.social
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryRaise a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight and honor her memory and scientific contributions
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryWhile you are all waiting for treat or treaters & the blue jay game … take a look at our newest from @bonniee-leee.bsky.social where we look at neural networks in middle aged female rats based on APOE genotype and parity history www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryCurrently building a patch ephys rig and agonizing over camera selection. Do any patchers have any advice on what specifications I should be prioritizing? Also, has anyone used the Thorlabs Kiralux sCMOS cameras? 🧪
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryGood evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryJust dropped Episode 1 of our new Season (my first time hosting). Up first the incredible Dr Cat Bohannon author of Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 M years of Human Evolution. Let us know what you think. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryMasterclass in decisions-based evidence making
- So worth the struggle to finally see these hungry guys 🫡
- Happy #FluorescentFriday everyone. New image from @kristenmontgomery.bsky.social of hungry microglia cells in the hippocampus with our new confocal (thank you CFI!!). Green=Iba1, red=CD68. And kudos to Kristen for perseverance!
- Reposted by Kristen MontgomeryExcited my PhD work in @brianmathur.bsky.social’s lab is now published and available!
- Serotonin and psilocybin activate 5-HT1B receptors to suppress cortical signaling through the claustrum doi.org/10.1038/s414...
