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Lizzie Manning @drlizziemanning.bsky.social · 9d

Time to get working on your symposium proposals!

📣 Roll call
-Who's coming to Cape town?
-Who needs speaker suggestions for a panel?
-Who'd like to join a panel (especially trainees!)
@mfendt.bsky.social @dr-stan.bsky.social @nicoleferrara.bsky.social @eelkesnoeren.bsky.social

International Behavioral Neuroscience Society @ibnsconnect.bsky.social · 26d

We are excited to invite all behavioral neuroscientists to the 35th Annual IBNS Meeting at Cape Town, South Africa June 23-27, 2026!

Call for Symposia / Satellite Proposals Deadline: Tuesday, October 28, 2025

More information can be found at ibnsconnect.org/meetings

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Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · Jul 15

Oxytocin seals the blood–brain barrier, improving 22q11.2 deletion syndrome trajectories url: academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

Oxytocin seals the blood–brain barrier, improving 22q11.2 deletion syndrome trajectories

Castellani et al. show that intranasal administration of oxytocin during the neonatal period alleviates behavioural and immune alterations in a mouse model

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Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · Jul 15

Long journey with so many great people contributing. Special drive by Giulia Castellani , initiated by M. Ciampoli, continued by A Benedetti V Ferretti and so many from our lab. Wonderful synergy with Bice CHINI! I want to dedicate this also to Larry Young
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Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · Jul 15

Oxytocin closing the Blood Brain Barrier?? 🧠 😊 Check out our new paper showing this unexpected effect with consequences on behavioral trajectories, microglia activation, peripheral immune system...

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Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · Jul 9

Official call for PhD fellowship in our lab here, THEORETICAL AND APPLIED NEUROSCIENCE. Call is open till middle of August. Looking forward to working with you :)

www.unicam.it/bandi/2025/b...

Università di Camerino

BANDO DI CONCORSO PER L’AMMISSIONE AL CORSO DI DOTTORATO DI RICERCA DI INTERESSE NAZIONALE "THEORETICAL AND APPLIED NEUROSCIENCE" - CICLO XLI (a.a. 2025/2026). NOTICE OF COMPETITION FOR ADMISSION TO T...

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ebbsociety.bsky.social @ebbsociety.bsky.social · Jun 28

The heat won’t stop the energy — science (and fans!) in full swing!
🔆🪭💪
#EBBS2025

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Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · Jun 16

Come to Genova in October, 2-day Workshop on Social Behavior and its Dysfunctions. FREE registration, info in the attached Flyer:

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Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · Jun 14

Sex differences in brain–behavior relationships in the first 2 years of life url:https://academic.oup.com/cercor/article-abstract/35/6/bhaf133/8158513

Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · Jun 14

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

VTA-ACC dopaminergic circuit mediates trait anxiety-related observational learning of social avoidance in male mice - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - VTA-ACC dopaminergic circuit mediates trait anxiety-related observational learning of social avoidance in male mice

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Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · Jun 8

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Neuropeptidergic transmission shapes emergent properties of prefrontal cortical circuits underlying learning

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is essential for top-down control of affect and its dysfunction is implicated in many psychiatric disorders. Inhibitory interneurons expressing somatostatin have been impli...

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Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · Jun 8

Integrating reproductive states and social cues in the control of sociosexual behaviors in PFC: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Integrating reproductive states and social cues in the control of sociosexual behaviors

A subset of neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex is shown to exert top-down regulation of adaptive innate reproductive behaviors by integrating social cues with estrous states to orchestrate socios...

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Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · Jun 2

Etna, Sicily, now:

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Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · May 20

HIRING! Are you looking for a PhD fellowship? Come join our group geco.iit.it
Opening position starting from November 2025, official call coming out soon. Write me if interested [email protected]

Home - Genetics of Cognition - IIT

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Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · May 19

Norepinephrine signals through astrocytes to modulate synapses | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Norepinephrine signals through astrocytes to modulate synapses

Locus ceruleus (LC)–derived norepinephrine (NE) drives network and behavioral adaptations to environmental saliencies by reconfiguring circuit functional connectivity, but the underlying synapse-level...

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Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · May 15

Congrats Josh and Xiaowei, looking forward to dig into it well!! It seems very relevant to our recent findings on mPFC CRF neurons holding emotional memories when exposed to others' same emotional state! I would love to hear your opinion www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Self-experience of a negative event alters responses to others in similar states through prefrontal cortex CRF mechanisms - Nature Neuroscience

Maltese et al. show in mice that experiencing an adverse event affects future interaction with others experiencing the same stressor. These self-experience socioemotional reactions are orchestrated by...

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Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · May 15

Do you know the identity of these specific population of mPFC neurons? It might be relevant to our recent work: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Self-experience of a negative event alters responses to others in similar states through prefrontal cortex CRF mechanisms - Nature Neuroscience

Maltese et al. show in mice that experiencing an adverse event affects future interaction with others experiencing the same stressor. These self-experience socioemotional reactions are orchestrated by...

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · May 10

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻
Interesting review on spontaneous activity and predictions.
Idea of "predictions" is natural enough (how could it be otherwise?) but the emphasis on constructing models of the world is not persuasive. And the Bayesian motivation is way too vague imo.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

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Dustin Rubenstein @dustinrubenstein.com · May 7

Our latest superb starling work in @nature.com. We observe long-term reciprocal helping relationships, and suggest reciprocity is an underappreciated mechanism promoting the stability of cooperatively breeding societies. Led by Alexis Earl and @gerrycarter.bsky.social
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A cryptic role for reciprocal helping in a cooperatively breeding bird - Nature

A study of the cooperative breeding behaviour of superb starlings during 40 consecutive breeding seasons over 20 years reveals long-term reciprocal helping between both related and unrelated individua...

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International Brain Research Organization @ibroorg.bsky.social · Apr 28

Multiple #funding opportunities are OPEN to support your #neuroscience journey! Whether you're aiming for PhD, conference travel, or research support - explore & apply 🔍
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#IBROinAsiaPacific #IBROinUSCanada #IBROinAfrica #IBROinLatAm #IBROinEurope
@fens.org @wellcometrust.bsky.social

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Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · Apr 26

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Psychedelic control of neuroimmune interactions governing fear - Nature

Inflammatory monocytes in the brain meninges promote stress-induced fear behaviour, and the pathways involved can be modulated using psychedelic compounds.

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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · Apr 16

🚨 Come work with us!

3-year fully funded PhD position in Social and Cognitive Neuroscience @univie.ac.at @clauslamm.bsky.social to join our project investigating prosocial behavior under uncertainty.

More info: shorturl.at/1fnb2

Please share widely 🔁

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Francesco Papaleo Lab @labpapaleo.bsky.social · Apr 24

Nice chat about the Socio-Emotional Brain with Mark Mattson. Check our conversation on his podcast:

the Brain Ponderings:
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/39HsoeK...

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@brainponder...