en*K*ephalins act on Delta opioid receptors and *D*ynorphins act on Kappa opioid receptors, and this is how you know the pain field is full of psychopaths

Here's a report from Jenny Sinclair @jsresearchpro.bsky.social on the low success rate for DECRAs this week, driven by high demand and low Government funding for early career researchers in Australia. [Free article in @resprofnews.bsky.social]

Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake go.nature.com/3X5lbUg

Keynote by the excellent Dr Lizzie Manning at Optogenetics Australia (@drlizziemanning.bsky.social)

One of my figures from mine and Christina’s (@dr-cjp.bsky.social) recent paper was chosen for the cover of this month’s issue of Journal of Neurochemistry! 🧠 You can check out the summary here doi.org/10.1111/jnc.... Glad to see those pretty zona incerta neurons seeing the spotlight!! ☺️

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Excited to share our latest research in @eLife: We uncover how learning mechanisms shape dynamic defensive behaviors in mice, moving beyond the typical focus on freezing.🧠💡 🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.7554/eLif... #Neuroscience #PTSD #FearConditioning

🙋‍♀️ another one in the mass exodus to bluesky here! This is the latest from my lab, exploring the zona incerta onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @brandonkrneuro.bsky.social is the star of this story… follow him to find out more!

Very excited about this! It’ll be my first Pavlovian Society meeting, and I happen to know that Mel had scored an excellent spot to hold it!