New preprint up! By confining anterograde tracer injections to discrete areas of the lateral hypothalamus and zona incerta, we detail the unique patterns of efferent projections throughout the brain, especially to regions involved in fear and defensive behaviour. @dr-cjp.bsky.social

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!