Happy to share that my last paper from my PhD is now out. “Long-term offspring loss in lactating rats: Neurobiological and emotional consequences in a novel animal model”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
Many thanks to @olibosch.bsky.social and @alicesanson.bsky.social 😊

Congratulations Luisa 🎊 happy to have been part of this journey

Busy poster session #EBBS2025 @ebbsociety.bsky.social for @annika-koeck.bsky.social

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Beach painting

My fourth #painting. My girlfriend walking on an empty beach.

Acrylic on paper, A4.

#art #artist #beach #sea

Vasopressin and oxytocin excite BNST neurons via oxytocin receptors, which reduce anxious arousal AVP and OT regulate essential physiological functions. Francesconi and Olivera-Pasilio et al., demonstrate that AVP and OT inputs excite the BNST via OTR. The OTR-expressing BNST neurons reduce anxiou...

Our Lab’s five years of work is out! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
🥳 Vasopressin (AVP) excites BNST neurons via oxytocin receptor (and not V1aR or V1bR)
🔬AVP excites CRF-BNST and OTR-BNST neurons
🧠 AVP inputs from SCN and SON excite BNST via OTR
🐁 OTR-BNST neurons reduce anxious arousal in male rats

Interested in the adaptations of the maternal brain?
If you missed them, check out our recent works on the Nucleus Accumbens and the role of neuropeptides in maternal behavior! 🐁🧠 And stay tuned, more is on the way 🙋‍♀️

1) doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
2) doi.org/10.1101/2024...

@agmaternal.bsky.social

Landscape painting

My second attempt at #painting.

Scotland scenery again, this time the photo was taken near Glenmoriston.

Acrylic on paper, about 2.5hrs of work.

#art #artist #landscape #acrylicpainting

Very happy to share that the last data from my PhD is now available as a preprint! Huge thanks to @olibosch.bsky.social @alicesanson.bsky.social and all my former colleagues for their support throughout this journey.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Congratulations to my former colleague @luisadema.bsky.social for this amazing and important work! ✨

Dr. Alice Sanson celebrating the successful defense of her PhD thesis together with her supervisor

May I present to you: Dr. rer. nat. Alice Sanson 👩🏼‍🎓 @alicesanson.bsky.social who defended her excellent PhD thesis with flying colors 🎉 #ProudPI @agmaternal.bsky.social

Thank you ✨

Our maternal group has now a Bluesky account
@agmaternal.bsky.social
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New open access paper out in Neuropharmacology!
@alicesanson.bsky.social shares another piece of the puzzle about the role of the #CRF and #oxytocin systems in the nucleus accumbens shell (NacSh) in the postpartum period. You can read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

Pup defence in lactating rats: The underlying neuropeptide signalling and their interactions in the nucleus accumbens shell Maternal aggression is a core feature of rodent maternal behaviour to defend their offspring from potential threats and is modulated by corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and oxytocin (OXT) systems ...

Long story about the nucleus accumbens in short:
- Infusion of CRF, UCN3 or oxytocin antagonist in the shell impaired maternal aggression
- Oxytocin release increased during maternal aggression
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...