🚨GIF THREAD ALERT🚨presenting our latest exploration on how “Distinct Medial Orbitofrontal–Striatal Circuits Support Dissociable Component Processes of Risk/Reward Decision-Making” by superstar student @_NicoleJenni in @SfNJournals#JNeurosci https://t.co/OF3zkdmHww
Why do so few mental health drugs actually work? 🧐 🧠
In a special new opinion piece, @profdavidnutt presents a radical take on what the pharma industry gets wrong in its search for new treatments.
Check it out now 👇
https://t.co/ivbA2nOerl
Officially out today! Long-running project, many thanks to give - in particular to my mentors & collaborators, the postbacs who worked so hard on each experiment, and the reviewers. If you love the amygdala, give it a read.
https://t.co/bwskHj1YtJ
✨🧠Postdoc position open!🧠✨
If you’re excited about neural circuits, stress, and behavior (and want to do some really cool experiments), I’d love to hear from you.
Please share!
https://t.co/bfZv2opfHr
I grew up with phasic dopamine = reward prediction errors, phasic dips- negative prediction errors etc.
Looks like that's not always the case- PFC DA signals seem to be doing something way different than in the striatum. So proud to be associated with this work.
#JNeurosci: Gallello et al tested if DA conveying RPEs in the service of Reinforcement Learning are directly applied to regions, like MFC. Results suggest DA signals don't serve a universal function, but conform to support functions of each local region
https://t.co/I4Iy5u7tIc
Proud to serve as Guest Editor (with @ConnorHaggarty , @MayoOnTheBrain & Christelle Baunez) for the @PsychopharmEBPS Special Issue: Stress, Trauma & Cannabinoids.
14 papers bridging preclinical & human research on the ECS, PTSD & stress responsivity.
https://t.co/VS8xCjoxd8
CIHR funding rate: 13.6%.
Early 2000s: 30%+.
Canada’s new $1.7B Impact+ program recruits talent — but without increased Tri-Council base funding, we risk further strain on an already stretched system.
We’re calling for $1B over 5 years.
Support here: https://t.co/iknRwlOqvM
Exciting opportunity for graduate students & early postdocs!
The Rutgers Brain Health Institute invites you to Postdoc Peek, a two-day, 👉all-expenses-paid👈, on-campus visit on May 19–20, 2026!
Apply by February 23, 2026 🔗 Learn more at: https://t.co/9vgi9EYfhR
Hey ventral pallidum fans, our new paper shows #VP GABA neurons, known for reward, also regulate aversive motivation! Inhibiting them w/#DREADDs 🔼 active or passive defenses to threats, likely via LHb.
Congrats to @ramirezneurosci & Marty Martinez!
https://t.co/MOvN4kEGuf
📸 One last favor: Share your favorite photo from the meeting and tag us! We’d love to see #ACNP2026 through your eyes.
Until next year... stay inspired!