Interested in working with us? 🤓 We have an open 6 year post-doc position. If you are interested in social & computational neuroscience 🧠, please apply until the 10th of August 🤞 See here for details: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

An oral fentanyl self-administration model reveals dissociable escalation and relapse phenotypes in outbred vs inbred mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.30.741697v1

Dorsomedial striatal dopamine ramps down during interval timing https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.01.742215v1

Adolescent stress recruits a latent amygdala-dopamine circuit to drive punishment-resistant reward-seeking https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.29.741478v1

Dopamine dips during unrewarded actions promote punishment-resistant reward seeking https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.01.742224v1

A really interesting finding from this study was a dissociation between affect & motivation: Stress induction increased self-administration despite the drug not actually helping people cope with the stress: no improvement in positive or negative affect (vs placebo)

Siri Leknes@sirileknes.bsky.social · last wk.

Major paper out: A heroic* demonstration that even acute stress increases drug intake in healthy people *4-session 2x2 RCT with ~4 oxycodone injections in 66 volunteers - with repeated blinded 2-panel stress/control inductions (ReSST) 1/🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

My department is hiring 2 (TWO!) Tenure Track faculty in Developmental Psych and Biological Psych, to start Fall 2027. Deadlines 9/1 (Developmental) and 10/1 (Biological). More info here: www.carleton.edu/psychology/i.... Reach out with questions! carleton.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Carlet...

Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology

The Carleton Psychology Department is seeking candidates for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Developmental Psychology (preferably with a focus on social, personality, and/or identity de...

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The Neuroscience Department at UC Berkeley is hiring an Asst Professor in Computational Neuro. All areas of computational/theoretical neuro are welcome. Deadline Oct 30. Join our neuroscience community! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05446 #AcademicJobs #Neuroscience #NeuroJobs

Assistant Professor - Computational Neuroscience - Department of Neuroscience

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Chronic oral fentanyl consumption produces dynamic behavioral adaptations during abstinence in female mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.27.741002v1

Striatal acetylcholine enables latent-state creation during reversal learning https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.29.741321v1

Just FYI, the call for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellowships is now open. As a reminder, if you plan to apply or know someone who is about to, @nvogtvincent.co.uk and Rita García Seoane wrote a great (unofficial) application guide. #AcademicSky

Noam Vogt-Vincent@nvogtvincent.co.uk · last yr.

Dr Rita García Seoane and I (with valuable input from other colleagues) have put together a little (unofficial) applicants' guide to applying for EU Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships! We hope that this guide will make the process a little less overwhelming for other first-time applicants.

I am so thrilled to share that i was selected to received the 2026 BBRF young investigator grant from the @bbrfoundation.bsky.social. This is meaningful for me. Thanks so much to @martinowk.bsky.social and the @lieberinstitute.bsky.social for all the support.

Our new preprint from @daylab.bsky.social characterizes Chst9-MSNs, a specialized NAc population with high Oprm1 expression and opioid sensitivity that is required for fentanyl reward learning. Excited to share this work! 🧠🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Characterization of nucleus accumbens dopamine dynamics during positive and negative operant reinforcement in rats https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.24.740421v1

🚨 Want to start your lab in Marseille on a broad neuronal/brain development theme? There's an exciting tenure track opportunity at @inp-marseille.bsky.social and others Marseille institutes! Check more details here: neuro-marseille.org/en/blog/juni... or contact me if you have any question

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Applications for the @sfiscience.bsky.social Santa Fe Institute's amazing Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships, including the Omidyar Fellowships, are now open. The deadline for applications is September 30th.

We're hiring! Postdoc position to study the neural control of reaching using high-density multi-area electrophysiology. 5 years of funding, great collaborative environment. Please share with anyone who may be interested. For details, see: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Pruszynski Postdoc 2026

Postdoctoral Researcher, Control Policies in the Primate Motor Circuit Pruszynski Lab @ Sensorimotor Superlab​ The Pruszynski Laboratory at Western University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to j...

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My barista today made me a latte with a coronal section of a mouse brain on the top.

Distinct forms of dopamine transmission control locomotion and learning https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.24.740623v1

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🚨🚨ATTENTION NEUROSCIENCE POSTDOCS!!🚨🚨 UMass Chan’s Department of Neurobiology is searching for applicants for our inaugural UMass ChanNELS series! For more information and to apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Mesohabenular glutamatergic regulation of the consequences of uncontrollable stress https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.21.739922v1

Dopamine and sodium appetite! Sodium appetite causes a 'sign change' in the taste of hypertonic NaCl solutions. We've previously shown that generation of the appetite recruits phasic dopamine to the taste of NaCl; here we show the 'derecruitment' process during satiation.

bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 2w ago

Rapidly decreasing phasic dopamine responses precede a hedonic switch during satiation of sodium appetite https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.16.738888v1

Multidimensional control of ingestive behavior by lateral hypothalamic neurotensin neurons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.17.737325v1

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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Our new study ⬇️inspired by the question: does psilocybin influence meta-learning and cortical processing of unexpected uncertainty? Why is this important? Meta-learning may be critical for therapeutic effects of psychedelics and how the trip creates a window that facilitates clinical intervention

Rapidly decreasing phasic dopamine responses precede a hedonic switch during satiation of sodium appetite https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.16.738888v1

Enkephalin constrains fear learning via volume transmission to the lateral amygdala https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.17.739254v1