Another one! Congrats to Javi Kelly Cuenca, a graduate student in our lab, for receiving the NoA for his NRSA F31! His project will investigate how opioids in the cortex regulate reward and motivation!

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Fresh from the Castro Lab! We characterize how mu opioid receptors on pancreatic alpha cells regulate ingestive phenotypes. Surprise! Mu can act both inside and outside the brain😱 Congrats to our technician Diego De Gregorio! @ssibsociety.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Pancreatic mu opioid receptors regulate metabolism and ingestive behaviors

The mu opioid receptor system has long been recognized for its role in regulating ingestive behaviors and food palatability. However, beyond their rob…

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My grad student Javier Kelly Cuenca will be there!! If you’ve got an interest in cortical opioids, then he is someone you will definitely want to meet!

GRC Frontal Cortex@grc-frontal-cortex.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Frontal Cortex Peeps: The full program for the 2026 GRC Frontal Cortex is now available! Applications are due July 12, 2026 - don't delay! Spots are starting to fill up! Check out the complete program and register here --> www.grc.org/frontal-cort...

Frontal Cortex Peeps: The full program for the 2026 GRC Frontal Cortex is now available! Applications are due July 12, 2026 - don't delay! Spots are starting to fill up! Check out the complete program and register here --> www.grc.org/frontal-cort...

GRC Frontal Cortex@grc-frontal-cortex.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Calling all PFC and PFC-adjacent neuroscientists--registration for the GRC Frontal Cortex - "Frontal Cortex in Function, Dysfunction, & Therapies" is open! Check out the amazing lineup of speakers for this year's program, feat. keynotes by Geoff Schoenbaum & Helen Mayberg www.grc.org/frontal-cort...

First Castro Lab paper, brought to you by the hard work of Dr. Kathryn Braden @katybraden.bsky.social In this manuscript we investigate the role of endogenous enkephalin or dorsal raphe nucleus. We find that it is incredibly important for buffering negative affect 😱 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dorsal raphe nucleus enkephalin peptide modulates behavioral preference - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - Dorsal raphe nucleus enkephalin peptide modulates behavioral preference

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"Neuropsychopharmacology in the era of artificial intelligence and biomolecule prediction software" @flanbrain.bsky.social & colleagues discuss how machine learning algorithms such as AlphaFold (which predict 3D protein structures) can facilitate drug discovery www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Neuropsychopharmacology in the era of artificial intelligence and biomolecule prediction software - NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience

This article explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way we discover new treatments for brain and mental health disorders. Instead of relying solely on slow and complex lab work, sci...

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🆕 perspective from @flanbrain.bsky.social et al on how machine learning algorithms such as AlphaFold, which predict 3D protein structures, can facilitate drug discovery in neuropsychopharmacology. Check it out!! www.nature.com/artic...

Neuropsychopharmacology in the era of artificial intelligence and biomolecule prediction software

NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience - Neuropsychopharmacology in the era of artificial intelligence and biomolecule prediction software

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@usasp.bsky.social here we are! Excited for the coming days and getting to see everyone in Chicago!! 🤩💃🏻💃🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻 don’t forget to see @katybraden.bsky.social poster tomorrow morning!! It has motivation, CRISPR, opioids, and pain! 😱😱👀👀😳😳🫢

It finally happened, the Castro lab's first paper! Congrats to @katybraden.bsky.social !! In this review we examine what we know, and more importantly, what we DON'T know about neuropeptides in the dorsal raphe/ventromedial PAG. Here we go! www.frontiersin.org/journals/beh...

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Excited to host @flanbrain.bsky.social !

#acnp2024 open position at UM Pharmacology. Happy to answer questions!

Shelly Flagel@flagel-lab.bsky.social · 2y ago

OPEN RANK #FACULTY #POSITION in #Pharmacology & #Neuroscience with expertise in #behavioral pharmacology/neuroscience of relevance to substance use disorders. Review of applications will start immediately. Target start date is Fall 2025. Come join us! Apply here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

To cap off an incredible week at #ACNP2024 I woke up to the Notice of Award for my NRSA!!! I am so grateful for this opportunity to grow and develop more as a scientist. Thank you @flanbrain.bsky.social for your support and incredible mentorship! I’m so excited for this next chapter of my career!

If you are still at #ACNP2024 and are interested in the locus coeruleus and/or the amygdala, please stop by my poster from the @mbruchas lab examining how both nodes of this circuit mediate stress-induced anxiety-like behavior tonight (W169)!

Hey #ACNP2024 - we seem to have quite a few stellar early career researchers on (or about to be on) the job market If you know of any current/upcoming openings, maybe you can drop them here so you can recruit these all-stars 🤩 👇

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Headed to @acnporg.bsky.social come see our panel on opioids and depression Monday morning, and DEFINITELY stop by our lab’s postdoc @katybraden.bsky.social poster to learn more!! 🤩🤩💃🏻💃🏻👯‍♂️👯‍♂️👯‍♂️

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