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Stan Floresco @dr-stan.bsky.social · 25d

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Stan Floresco @dr-stan.bsky.social · 26d

You never disappoint...

Depression Curbs Ability to Actively Avoid Unpleasant Events

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Beck Todd @beckety.bsky.social · 26d

1. Media coverage of a new paper by @ryantomm.bsky.social w @brandonforys.com, @dr-stan.bsky.social et al. Building on Stan’s rodent work, Ryan found that > depression levels were associated w reduced capacity to learn to actively button-press to avoid a nasty sound www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Depression in young patients is linked to difficulty in taking action to avoid something unpleasant, while the ability to withdraw and not act remains intact.

www.medscape.com

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Stan Floresco @dr-stan.bsky.social · Sep 8

a man in a deadpool costume is saying " omg yes "

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a man in a suit and tie is holding a microphone and saying i second that emotion .

Stan Floresco @dr-stan.bsky.social · Sep 4

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a man wearing sunglasses and a green jacket is standing in a crowd and says `` do it '' .

Stan Floresco @dr-stan.bsky.social · Sep 4

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a man wearing sunglasses and a green jacket is standing in a crowd and says `` do it '' .

Stan Floresco @dr-stan.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Stan Floresco @dr-stan.bsky.social · Aug 1

OMG I'm so sorry Alicia, hope you all can weather this storm...

Welcome Remarks – 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology SBN President 2025 Welcome to the 29th annual meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology in be...

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Lafayette Instrument @lafayetteic.bsky.social · Jul 15

Touchscreen-based assessments are transforming our understanding of brain regulation in complex behaviors. Piantadosi et al. (2025) published a guide about experimental design and essential hardware modifications for specialized research.

Check it out:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Campden Bussey-Saksida Touchscreen Chambers

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Alicia Izquierdo @aliciaizquierdo.bsky.social · Jul 20

Strategic placement of this 🇨🇦 Billboard on Westwood. Many physicians drive through this spot to enter campus.

Billboard with the message “Follow your heart to British Columbia, Canada” at the entrance to UCLA’s Westwood campus.

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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · Jul 19

#SBN2025 was full of great science, people, and fun! Big thanks to @dr-stan.bsky.social and our students for helping organize!! 🥰

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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · Jul 17

Please read this 🙏🏾

SBN on Bluesky @sbn-bsky.bsky.social · Jul 17

"Last year during my opening remarks I had the temerity to state that there had never been a more important time to be a behavioral neuroendocrinologist. Seems almost quaint now."
-SBN President Margaret McCarthy

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

SBN 2025 Opening Remarks

docs.google.com

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Serge Ahmed @sergeahmed.bsky.social · Jul 14

Praise of the rat

"At a fork in the evolutionary road, the rat chose complexity as a survival trait whereas the mouse chose simplicity. The rat became social, intelligent, complex, and skilled, all of which are attributes it shares with humans."

lan Whishaw, 1999

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Stan Floresco @dr-stan.bsky.social · Jun 26

a picture of darth vader with the words most impressive written below him

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a man in a blue sweater is standing in a dark room with his hands up .

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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · Jun 25

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Stan Floresco @dr-stan.bsky.social · Jun 19

Inspirational meme for all my Gen X'ers out there

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Stan Floresco @dr-stan.bsky.social · Jun 19

OH that one!

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a woman is sitting at a table with a dunkin donuts cup in front of her and a microphone .

Stan Floresco @dr-stan.bsky.social · Jun 19

Bang on point as typical for you Dr. Hupalo...

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a baby with a fist in the air and the words stay strong

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Stan Floresco @dr-stan.bsky.social · Jun 19

bro, if F#@king reviewer #3 is asking for suc pref... they are not worth your time- you can form plenty of arguments as to why that assay is not the best for measuring "hedonia", especially as a translational construct.

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