New publication, Ciocchi lab Hippocampal contextualization of social rewards The locus coeruleus goes social nature.com/articles/s4146…

🌟 Cai Lab nature paper alert! In new work led by Joe Zaki, we find that rest periods after learning not only stabilize new memories BUT ALSO integrate new memories with older ones from days past! (1/9) Read it here: nature.com/articles/s4158…

Excited to share our new results! We (huge team effort led by post-doc extraordinaire Sylvie Lesuis) examined the effects of acute stress on threat memory generalization and engram ensemble architecture. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Huge congrats to Karyna M. 🇺🇦 for her paper published today in Science Magazine! She found that the hippocampus is really important for a key strategy we use to make decisions called hidden state inference! 🧪 🧠science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… 1/7

These findings offer clues as to how the brain gives rise to anhedonia, a resistance to enjoyment and pleasure go.nature.com/3ZnVBKU

What is the neural code and statistical structure of neural states characterizing stress? Our new work out in Nature answers these questions and more. Thanks to my amazing co-first Frances Xia, and Stefano Fusi and Mazen Kheirbek for invaluable guidance🧵👇 nature.com/articles/s4158…

Newly Discovered Brain Circuit Predicts Response to Stress Scientists identified a brain circuit between the amygdala and hippocampus that influences resilience to stress in mice. Mice with disrupted communication in this circuit exhibited indecisive behavior and avoided

Nature research paper: Understanding the neural code of stress to control anhedonia go.nature.com/3VmZApS

Study led by Mazen Kheirbek identified neural signatures of susceptibility and resilience in mice exposed to traumatic social stress, involving the amygdala and the hyppocampus. ow.ly/JHay50UnVkE UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Excited to share work from Twitter less Juan Enriquez-Traba, grad student from the lab. Juan and the team demonstrate that dopamine regulates differential aspects of reward, motivation vs reinforcement, via co-expressed D3 and D1 receptors nature.com/articles/s4159…

New PI position at SickKids for people interested in neural and glial mechanisms of cognition. Please share widely and apply! Science Careers - jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/668484/sci… Nature Careers -  nature.com/naturecareers/…

How do specific changes in brain function contribute to various mental health conditions? Vikaas S. Sohal, MD, PhD addresses this critical question in the upcoming #MeettheClinicianExpert webinar moderated by Kei Igarashi, PhD. Gain insights on how he incorporates an

Bringing to your attention this National Academies Workshop on the neurobiology of stress and resilience across the lifespan. I’m honored to be co-chairing it with ⁦Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD⁩. A wonderful lineup of speakers & participants with lived experience. nationalacademies.org/event/43074_03…

A multi-institutional investigation of psilocybin's effects on mouse behavior biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_neursci

Why do individuals with late-stage cancer sometimes struggle with motivation and experience profound apathy? In this multi lab effort ⁦Kepecs Lab⁩ ⁦Tobias Janowitz⁩ and my lab we are tackling this question 👇🏻 😊 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…