“We may laugh at the birds in parking lots eating the leftover French fries, but actually not all birds are able to change their behaviors to take advantage of these human-provided resources.” @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social: news.ucsb.edu/2025/021980/...
#behavioralflexibility #grackles #habitatloss
Top: Schematic of the behavioral regimes followed by ex vivo electrophysiology. Bottom left: Experimental configuration in horizontal brain slices containing the DLS. Bottom middle: The post-pre pairing protocol (negative STDP) for the induction of t-LTD. Bottom right: Confocal laser scanning microscopy images of triple immunofluorescence for adenosine A2A receptor (A2AR), substance P (SP), and biotin in patch-recorded neurons (scale bar: 20 µm).
Instrumental actions rely on flexible, goal-directed #behavior, but can become more rigid & habit-like with repetition. @vincentpb.bsky.social &co show that decreased adaptive signaling capacity of #striatal mGluR1/5 is key to this loss of #BehavioralFlexibility @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3JaRLAk
Top: Schematic of the behavioral regimes followed by ex vivo electrophysiology. Bottom left: Experimental configuration in horizontal brain slices containing the DLS. Bottom middle: The post-pre pairing protocol (negative STDP) for the induction of t-LTD. Bottom right: Confocal laser scanning microscopy images of triple immunofluorescence for adenosine A2A receptor (A2AR), substance P (SP), and biotin in patch-recorded neurons (scale bar: 20 µm).
Instrumental actions rely on flexible, goal-directed #behavior, but can become more rigid & habit-like with repetition. @vincentpb.bsky.social &co show that decreased adaptive signaling capacity of #striatal mGluR1/5 is key to this loss of #BehavioralFlexibility @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3JaRLAk
I want to use my first post here to thank the Instituto Cervantes in Toulouse and the SIEF for inviting me to talk about #behavioralflexibility in Darwin's finches & the importance of conservation in #Galápagos🌴
Such an immense honor to give my first talk in Spanish at this prestigious institution!
