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Stephanie Borgland

@borglandlab.bsky.social

Neuroscientist at Hotchkiss Brain Institute University of Calgary. Interested in appetitive behaviours, bad decisions, neuropeptide neuromodulators, and puppies.

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Andrew Pruszynski@andpru.bsky.social · 3mo ago

CIHR has launched a trial ballon that suggests shifting to one competition a year. This is the worst idea I have heard in a long time. The only benefit is making top-line success rates look better than they are. Keep it as is, do in-person reviews, and keep the pain in the open.

Alex DiFeliceantonio@difeliceantonio.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The fMRI outcomes are here (preprinted) www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... The story is surprisingly similar! Little effect of intervention in the overall group but changes occurring in our younger participants. 1/ 🧪

Effects of Controlled Diets High in and Free of Ultraprocessed Food on the Brain of Emerging Adults

Objective: The average American consumes 55% of their daily energy from ultraprocessed foods (UPF) created through industrial processes and additives not used at home. We investigated if a high-UPF di...

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Alex DiFeliceantonio@difeliceantonio.bsky.social · 9mo ago

@davybrenda.bsky.social and I’s UPF RCT is finally published! We tested the effects of a eucaloric UPF vs no UPF diet on energy intake in young people. Our age subgroup analysis found adolescents ate more in a buffet meal after the UPF diet. 🧵🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Fabien Naneix@fabnaneix.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our work on sex-dependent impact of high-fat diets during adolescence on action control is now published in @npp-journal.bsky.social Thank you to the amazing work from my team and the positive feedback from reviewers @rowettinstitute.bsky.social @aberdeenneuro.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s413...

Adolescent obesity induces sex-specific alterations of action control - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - Adolescent obesity induces sex-specific alterations of action control

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Fabien Naneix@fabnaneix.bsky.social · 6mo ago

So grateful to share the "first" preprint from the lab. Long overdue but I am very happy about the work which has been done in my team. We explored how the consumption of different obesogenic diets during adolescence was having long-term impact impact goal-directed and habitual behaviours. A thread

Steven Nelson@snelsonus.bsky.social · 6mo ago

If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.

Ciarán Murphy-Royal@murphyroyallab.org · 7mo ago

🚨 PI position in dept. of Neuroscience with lab located the @crchum.bsky.social Hiring at assistant/associate prof level in the fields of neural regeneration, stem cells and spinal-associated pathologies can-acn.org/professor-re...

Professor-researcher (assistant or associate) in Neuroscience related to neural regeneration, stem cells and spinal-associated pathologies – Université de Montréal – Canadian Association for Neuroscie...

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Mari Sosa@marisosa.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Awesome article on medical breakthroughs that came from basic neuroscience research in rodents. Major success examples in postpartum depression, non-opioid pain and migraine treatment. This is exactly why funding basic science is so important! www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...

How basic neuroscience has paved the path to new drugs

A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research.

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Alex Kwan@alexkwan.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“Basic neuroscience hasn’t produced new drugs.” 💊 Not true - zuranolone (PPD), suzetrigine (pain), gepants (migraine), and more... were born out of a long arc of studies in the lab. I wrote a Perspective on why this matters. @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...

How basic neuroscience has paved the path to new drugs

A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research.

thetransmitter.org

Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan@jmgilligan.org · 8mo ago

I didn't just go to college to become a good worker in a profession. I went to prepare myself to have a rich life of the mind and to be a good and well-informed citizen. That sounds super corny, but it was and remains a worthy reason to get a liberal arts education.

Ryan Marino, MD@ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This whole so-called “parents rights” movement the right has taken up and the left is supposed to kowtow to for votes is so obviously anti-child it really bothers me to see it presented as anything other than justification for abusive “parenting” and disregard for actual science on child development

CAUT/ACPPU@caut.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Today, we honour the lives of those murdered at Polytechnique Montreal in 1989 and all people impacted by gender-based violence. CAUT remembers them and reaffirms its commitment to fight gender-based violence, hatred and misogyny. Read our full statement: www.caut.ca/news/caut-ma...

Illustration of a red rose on a black and red gradient background. Text that reads "December 6 National Date of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women" above the CAUT logo.
Matt Hill@cannabrain.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New lab paper drop, this one has been a long time coming! Driven by Rob Aukema (now a postdoc with Kerry Ressler) this paper in Science Advances answered the lingering question of what role the amygdala plays in stress-induced neuroendocrine responses. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A network of basolateral amygdala projection neurons contributes to stress-induced activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

A network of basolateral amygdala neurons, but not singular projections, contributes to the neuroendocrine response to stress.

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Stephanie Borgland@borglandlab.bsky.social · 9mo ago

That the Alberta Govt invoked the notwithstanding clause for this during Transgender Awareness Week is the chef’s kiss of cruelty. Please support Skipping Stone’s legal fund

Jennifer Koshan@jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 9mo ago

One of the “activist” groups the premier refers to is the Canadian Medical Assn. The other two, Egale + Skipping Stone, backed up their injunction claim with reams of medical and other evidence. Evidence that the gov’t itself is lacking. The UCP is the real activist here. ablawg.ca/2025/11/19/t...

Ben Saunders@bensaunders.bsky.social · 9mo ago

So stoked to have our image on the cover of this week's issue of Journal of Neuroscience!! @sfnjournals.bsky.social #JNeurosci #SfN25. Check out the final version of the paper here www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...

Superior Colliculus Projections Drive Dopamine Neuron Activity and Movement But Not Value

To navigate dynamic environments, animals must rapidly integrate sensory information and respond appropriately to gather rewards and avoid threats. It is well established that dopamine (DA) neurons in...

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Stephanie Borgland@borglandlab.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Yesterday I got invited to submit a nomination for a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2026. I am still trying to figure out if this is phishing, as I am a weird person to ask, and have mixed feelings about these big prizes...but now it has me thinking about it. Who would you nominate?