Yes! We literally cannot shut up about our work.
03.03.2026 23:38
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The Journal of Neuroscience: 46 (8)
Very excited to share a Special Collection at the Journal of Neuroscience (@sfnjournals.bsky.social) - Central Questions for Social Neuroscience Research. This issue includes some of the latest perspectives on social neuroscience research. Please check it out!👇
www.jneurosci.org/content/46/8
25.02.2026 21:52
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A simple voluntary action reduces high-fat diet intake and obesity in mice
This is a very elegant multi-continental study 👏
www.cell.com/current-biol...
19.02.2026 09:35
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I am so proud to share @forrestdrogers.bsky.social’s postdoctoral magnum opus, now out in @nature.com! Forrest discovered a novel role for Agouti in the MPOA of the hypothalamus to integrate socio-environmental information to flexibly tune paternal behavior
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thread! 👇🏻
18.02.2026 17:30
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New Special Issue out in #AddictionNeuroscience edited by @talialerner.bsky.social on dopamine circuitry and heterogeneity in addiction with articles by @daylab.bsky.social, Tom Hnasko, @mtorregrossa1.bsky.social, and Awatramani Rajeshwar check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
19.02.2026 14:00
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EBPS2023 special issue: Stress, trauma and cannabinoids - Psychopharmacology
Psychopharmacology -
Excited to share the Psychopharm Special Issue on Stress, Trauma & Cannabinoids 14 papers examining how the endocannabinoid system shapes stress & trauma responses.
Guest edited with @connorhaggarty.bsky.social, @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social & Christelle Baunez.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
18.02.2026 22:14
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ugh. ugh. ugh.
17.02.2026 22:24
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18.02.2026 15:52
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Neuroscience has a species problem
The problem is not simply that cross-species translation is difficult; it is that the field has largely accepted this difficulty rather than treating it as a central scientific challenge
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
17.02.2026 19:47
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If you had the choice of studying cocaine addiction in rats alone in a cage with only cocaine or at least one other substance, what would you do?
In this new interesting study, Nowak and her co-authors chose the second option.
link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
16.02.2026 13:35
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#eNeuro Open Source Tools and Methods | A Common Iba1 Antibody Labels Vasopressin Neurons in Mice
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0323-25.2025
12.02.2026 00:12
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Very happy to share a new paper in
@npp-journal.bsky.social I thought I knew what would predict escalation of cocaine use. Well, I was wrong. After tracking behavior daily for weeks, the answer turned out to be the opposite of my prediction, and it changed how I see addiction.
06.02.2026 19:46
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Breaking initial resistance to incentive salience with sufficient drug exposure
Individuals initially resistant to incentive salience can, with sufficient exposure, become sensitized and escalate cocaine use to the same level as more susceptible individuals
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
02.02.2026 13:27
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Thoughts of an Ex-Editor - Psychopharmacology
Psychopharmacology -
apropos of absolutely nothing, a lot of scientists could profit from reading this editorial from legendary Conan Kornetsky upon retiring from an editor position.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
02.02.2026 19:10
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EBPS2023 special issue: Stress, trauma and cannabinoids - Psychopharmacology
Psychopharmacology -
What an undertaking this was. So proud of the collection @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social , @brainsbeesbikes.bsky.social , @cbaunez.bsky.social and I collected for the “Stress, Trauma and Cannabinoids” special issue in @psychopharmacology.bsky.social
Editorial: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
31.01.2026 04:13
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Tallie Z Baram speaks at UC Irvine
Thrilled to experience @talliezee.bsky.social’s @ucibiosci.bsky.social Dean’s Distinguished Lecture today @ucirvine.bsky.social!
@ucirvinemedschool.bsky.social
28.01.2026 00:22
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Highlighted Topics | Grants & Funding
On a call with NIH PO this morning - I knew NOSIs were no longer a thing, but wasn't aware they now have these "Highlighted Topics". Not clear how it exactly interfaces with funding and/or how you highlight alignment, but good to keep an eye on!
grants.nih.gov/funding/find...
22.01.2026 14:51
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Redirecting
Hey ventral pallidum fans, see our new paper showing that #VP GABA neurons, known for reward, also regulate aversive motivation! Inhibiting these cells with #DREADDs potentiates active or passive defenses to threats, likely via LHb.
Congrats to Erica Ramirez & Marty Martinez!
doi.org/10.1016/j.yn...
21.01.2026 19:22
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Hugs or heroin?
If you have to ask, or if you like #VP, or social reward brain mechanisms, or are looking for an awesome postdoc next year, you should probably come see Erica Ramirez’ poster tonight at #acnp2026!
w246
@acnporg.bsky.social
14.01.2026 17:27
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Big congrats to Steve Mahler’s group at UCI ICAL! 🎉
Their team published 3 major papers in 2025 — including one featured on the cover of the Journal of Neuroimmunology — advancing research on cannabinoids, addiction, and brain–immune interactions. Proud of this amazing work! 🧠✨
05.01.2026 15:02
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Kappa opioid receptor control of motivated behavior revisited
Neuropsychopharmacology - Kappa opioid receptor control of motivated behavior revisited
This recent review revisits decades of research on kappa opioid receptors (KORs), critically assesses long-held assumptions & argues for a re-evaluation of existing frameworks to refine how KOR signaling is conceptualized & leveraged for treatment
29.12.2025 15:30
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The best Christmas present this year was my lab’s first big data paper getting accepted today! A tour-de-force spearheaded by my talented first lab tech, who’s now continuing as a PhD student in my lab-- so proud of our team! 🙌 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
25.12.2025 19:59
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