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My PhD work is finally out in Neuron! "Heightened lateral habenula activity during stress produces brainwide and behavioral substrates of susceptibility" w/ amazing team @IlanaWitten Chris Zimmerman Lindsay Willmore Annegret Falkner @alexpan_neuro cell.com/neuron/fulltex…

Reductions of Grin2a in adolescent dopamine neurons confers aberrant salience and related psychosis phenotype biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci

Risk avoidance behaviors and relief by alcohol are driven by imbalance of brain dopamine receptors in mice communities.springernature.com/posts/risk-avo…

Last chance! The deadline to submit an application for the ACNP Early-Stage Investigator Assistance Program is TODAY, October 31st, at 5:00 pm Central. As a reminder, you must already have an in-person invitation or be registered to attend the meeting in person to apply. For more

Happy Halloween y'all!

Pls Chk out the lab's recent work from Eric Zhang (not on X), now in press & pre-printed. "Dentate Gyrus Norepinephrine Ramping Facilitates Aversive Contextual Processing". Thanks to Yulong Li Lab for the early collab using GRAB-NE2m. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

God grant me the confidence of the dude that tried to mansplain "The Handmaids Tale" to Margaret Atwood.

Does Drug Intake Despite Adverse Consequences Really Measure Compulsivity? There’s a big debate in addiction research: is drug use despite adverse consequences (like punishment) a standalone measure of compulsive behavior, or just part of a larger addiction profile? This new

Synchronous activation of striatal cholinergic interneurons induces local serotonin release biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci

New preprint w/ PlotkinLab about cholinergic interneurons causing local serotonin release in striatum and how this is related to obsessive-compulsive disorder biorxiv.org/content/10.110… For the story, read on 1/9

"Cinematic start to science" :). Had a lot of fun with this interview!

🚨 New Research Excited to share my PhD work now published in Cell Metabolism In this study we explore the role of the gut microbiota in regulating the complex interaction between stress and circadian rhythm link: tinyurl.com/bdd98e6a Follow the 🧵 for the key findings

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It is more important than ever to spend time talking to people about science. Communicate its value, and its objectivity. Talk to your neighbors, your bartenders, your barbers, your congressmen. Talk kindly to people whose political views differ from yours. Protect science.

13 years ago, I was dying from OUD. The 12 steps saved my life, without any need for a belief in god. I learned a way of living that provided freedom from my addiction and the prison of emotional entanglement. If you’re struggling, my DMs are always open. 🙏

Excited to share my profile on storiesofWiN after a wonderful conversation with Nancy Padilla Coreano about my path in neuroscience & what’s ahead for our lab at Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience! Feeling honored to be featured alongside so many inspiring women in the field 🧠✨ storiesofwin.org/profiles/2024/…

Excited to share our single-cell study on aging mouse brain published in Nature today! We found an aging hotspot in specific hypothalamic cell types involved in energy homeostasis, which show both decreased neuronal function and increased immune responses. doi.org/10.1038/s41586…

📢 New paper : Amygdala hyperactivity is a hallmark of anxiety, but how it happens remains a mystery. Using a mouse model of social stress, we uncovered key mechanisms behind this shift. Amazing collaborators in Bordeaux, Baltimore, and Buenos Aires 🧠⚡ biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-…

Please chk out the lab's newest paper, a labor of love it was. From Andrew Luskin & Li Li, MD, PhD, w/ @madisonmartin Brain in a jar Rhiana C Simon, PhD @GoldenNeuron Stuber Lab & others. We report a new road map for the LC-NE & peri-LC systems. Thx National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) NIDAnews nature.com/articles/s4158…