Hoy nos despedimos del #InstitutoCajal
Han sido años de ciencia, aprendizaje y, sobre todo, de personas que han dado vida a cada pasillo, cada laboratorio y cada idea. Nos llevamos todo eso con nosotros.
Vamos con ilusión hacia lo que viene con el #CentroDeNeurocienciasCajal 🫶
🧠 A new study led by our PI Marta Llinás published in Nature Communications shows that a specific #astrocyte ensemble drives memory deficits caused by adolescent #cannabis use in mice.
🔬 Reducing their overactivation prevents cognitive impairments.
More info🔗https://shorturl.at/Mxih0
Our @natureportfolio.nature.com paper is featured in Editors’ Highlights “From brain to behaviour”‼️🆙
Thanks @MarsicanoLab @khakhlab @GrandesLab
nature.com/collections/mj… @institutocajal.bsky.social @csicdivulga.bsky.social
🗞️Un estudio liderado por @navarrete-llinas.bsky.social @institutocajal.bsky.social muestra que los problemas de memoria y aprendizaje tras consumir #cannabis en adolescencia están modulados por #astrocitos, células tradicionalmente consideradas de apoyo de las neuronas
🔗https://buff.ly/N1Nt9ka
Células distintas de las neuronas medin la pérdida de memoria por cannabis.
Un estudio en ratones muestra que el componente principal del cannabis sobreactiva a un grupo de astrocitos, que alteran la comunicación entre las regiones implicadas en el aprendizaje
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🧠Un estudio en ratones del @institutocajal.bsky.social describe el mecanismo celular que influye en la pérdida de memoria por consumo de cannabis
🔬Un grupo de astrocitos, células auxiliares de las neuronas, modula los déficits cognitivos asociados a su consumo en la adolescencia
👉 tiny.cc/nfwx001
🎉 Great news! Our paper is now published in @naturecomm
We identify a specific astrocyte ensemble that mediates THC-induced cognitive impairments during adolescence
Huge thanks to our collaborators @marsicanolab @khakhlab @grandeslab
🔗 rdcu.be/eY0Or
@jsromero.bsky.social @crismonteagudo.bsky.social
Had a blast working on the revision for this one. It was a hectic summer with @crismonteagudo.bsky.social in the lab giving THC injections almost every single day (for research purposes) and struggling with time zones for lab meetings, but all the effort paid off. Congrats on the hard work! 🎉
The @navarrete-llinas.bsky.social lab is kicking off 2026 with even more new science! Our latest paper, led by the amazing @crismonteagudo.bsky.social, is out now in @natcomms.nature.com.
🧠 Astrocytes mediate cognitive impairments induced by THC 🌿 exposure during adolescence.
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Getting a head start into the new year with the latest from the @navarrete-llinas.bsky.social lab out now in @natrevneuro.nature.com! Engrams are not composed solely of neurons: astrocytes also form coordinated ensembles that drive memory encoding and recall.
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Y'all, I'm in this tweet! Won't do the where's Waldo thing, though (I'm too easy to spot).
Jokes aside, thanks to Network Glia @gliameeting.bsky.social for the stipend to attend #GLIA2025!
This is today! I will be representing the @navarrete-llinas.bsky.social lab at #GLIA2025 talking about astrocyte ensembles in memory and behavior. Go check it out!
Took a plane to Marseille this morning on my way to #GLIA2025. Landed in Nice instead because of a wildfire. At least I get to see some gorgeous views of the Côte Bleue from the train to Marseille. Could have been worse, I guess.
¡Nuestro stand en la feria #madridesciencia2025 está a tope! Estaremos hasta el sábado, ven a vernos y a aprender de neurociencia, microbiología, virología y astrobiología. Y si quieres momento instagram📸, nuestro arcoíris químico te vendrá genial 🌈🦠🧠🔬🧫🪨🧬
There are times when science and art collide. 🧪🎨 I once took these micrographs of astrocytes expressing CaMPARI-GFAP, a calcium indicator for taking snapshots of astrocytic activity. They reminded me of a firework display which just won first prize at SENC's #NeuroArt contest! 🎆 youtu.be/eyPI8r15db4
A voltage clamp recording of an astrocyte in response to increasing depolarization steps. The recording shows the characteristic flat I-V profile of astrocytes.
So I patched an astrocyte.
Impressive work by our very own @crismonteagudo.bsky.social on #astrocytes in THC-related impairments. 🧪🧠✨ Go show the preprint some love 👇🏼
The front page of a Nature Neuroscience article entitled 'Astrocyte ensembles manipulated with AstroLight tune cue-motivated behavior'.
A picture of the Navarrete lab members.
Kicking off our Bluesky profile celebrating our newest publication in @natureneuro.bsky.social! Using our new tool AstroLight we demonstrate that a specific group of #astrocytes —an astrocyte ensemble— in the nucleus accumbens regulates cue-motivated behavior. Check it out!✨https://rdcu.be/d8qJi
We have a beautiful paper out in @natureneuro.bsky.social. Go check it out 👇🏼 #astrocytes
Guess we're on Bluesky now.
