Astrid P. Ramos-Rolón
@astridpramos.bsky.social
Neuroscience PhD student at @pennngg.bsky.social • University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras 🇵🇷 • Ella/She/Her
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Recent NGG graduate Ruthie Wittenberg explores how nicotine exposure during adolescence can fundamentally change the brain’s reward circuitry, making opioids like morphine more rewarding later in adulthood. Check it out here! www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-a...
#PennNGG #SciComm
#PennNGG #SciComm
Adolescent nicotine exposure fundamentally changes the brain to make subsequent morphine use in adulthood more rewarding — GLIA
or technically, Paradoxical Ventral Tegmental Area GABA Signaling Drives Enhanced Morphine Reward After Adolescent Nicotine [See original abstract on Pubmed]
www.upennglia.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Recent NGG graduate Ruthie Wittenberg explores how nicotine exposure during adolescence can fundamentally change the brain’s reward circuitry, making opioids like morphine more rewarding later in adulthood. Check it out here! www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-a...
#PennNGG #SciComm
#PennNGG #SciComm
Reposted by Astrid P. Ramos-Rolón
What happens to your brain after a brain injury? NGG graduate Rebecca Somach explores how mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) alters sleep-related neurons differently in males and females! Read more about it here! www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-o... #NGG #neuroskyence #SciComm
How Brain Injuries Affect Sleep-Related Neurons Differently in Male and Female Mice — GLIA
or technically, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Affects Orexin/Hypocretin Physiology Differently in Male and Female Mice [See original abstract on Pubmed]
www.upennglia.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
What happens to your brain after a brain injury? NGG graduate Rebecca Somach explores how mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) alters sleep-related neurons differently in males and females! Read more about it here! www.upennglia.com/briefs/bib-o... #NGG #neuroskyence #SciComm