Anyone else attending the Catecholamines GRS/GRC in August? Can't wait to share some new data!
Emily Prevost
@emilyprevost.bsky.social
Behavioral Neuroscience PhD candidate in the Root Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder. Cellular heterogeneity in motivational systems. Expected graduation spring 2026. Gardener, skier, dog mom, and backyard chicken farmer. she/her
New preprint! We untangle glutamatergic and dopaminergic subpopulations in the ventral tegmental area. Long thread incoming, buckle up friends. 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Untangling dopamine and glutamate in the ventral tegmental area
Ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine neurons are of great interest for their central roles in motivation, learning, and psychiatric disorders. While hypotheses of VTA dopamine neuron function posit a...
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Must watch speech by neuroscientist Kailyn Price at a HHS rally protesting funding cuts to science. "Cutting indirect costs is like telling a football team to work with only the players. No lights for the field, no physical therapists for the players, no water for the showers."
Honored to receive first place poster award at #wcbr2025! Thanks to all who stopped by. The poster (and my panel) explored divergent signaling dynamics in VTA dopamine subpopulations, as well as functional roles for glutamate and dopamine in co-transmitting VTA neurons. Stay tuned for more!
