Zoe Donaldson
@neurozoe.bsky.social
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Forrest Rogers, PhD
24 days ago
Why are some males caring toward infants while others are neglectful or abusive? I'm so pleased to share work that my colleagues and I
@princeton.edu
have just published
@nature.com
(an explanatory thread to follow!) (1/8)
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Agouti integrates environmental cues to regulate paternal behaviour - Nature
Expression of agouti signalling protein in neurons in the medial preoptic area is increased by group housing and negatively associated with care, and overexpression of Agouti reduces care and enhances...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10123-4
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Hello Bio
4 months ago
Congratulations to
@neurozoe.bsky.social
of
@colorado.edu
who has been nominated by Mostafa El-Kalliny & Yurika Watanabe in the
#LabHeroes25
Awards! 🏆 Read Zoe's nomination and tell us about the heroes in YOUR lab:
ow.ly/6fqS50XuB5B
#LabHeroesAwards
#labhero
#LabHeroes
#scienceawards
#scienceprize
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Meenakshi Asokan
3 months ago
A real pleasure and honor interviewing
@neurozoe.bsky.social
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add a skeleton here at some point
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Michael Kelberman
2 months ago
New paper from
@neurozoe.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
. We uncover a role for nucleus accumbens calcium permeable AMPA receptors (CP-AMPARs) in pair bond formation. Congrats to first author Mostafa and all the other amazing co-authors!
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Client Challenge
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-67459-0
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Will Sheeran
about 1 year ago
Bit late to the game here, but had a really fun time writing this perspective piece with
@neurozoe.bsky.social
about a couple of fascinating papers now out in Science. Massive kudos to the Hong and Zhang groups for their work
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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An innate drive to save a life
In mice, two brain regions drive the impulse to revive an unconscious companion
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv3731
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A few weeks ago I was asked to write an obituary for my PhD mentor, Larry Young. He was the torchbearer for oxytocin research, a giant in our field. He had a gift for connecting people. His loss has been devastating for many of us. Goodbye Larry.
rdcu.be/dE0vD
almost 2 years ago
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Excited to share our latest work out in Current Bio led by Dr. Anne Pierce. We found dopamine is required for seeking out social interaction in monogamous voles, and that a pair bonded partner elicits greater accumbal dopamine release than does a stranger.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1iPzr3QW8S...
about 2 years ago
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Congratulations to this years Beach Award Winner Deena Walker! A fearless scientist, deep thinker, and lover of Neuroendocrinology!
over 2 years ago
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