Steph Cragg
@stephcragg.bsky.social
Neuroscientist heading the Cragglab!
This week, we had the pleasure of attending #Dopamine2026, held in Sevilla and organized by @dopaminesociety.bsky.social It was an outstanding scientific event that brought together world-class experts at dopamine and basal ganglia research. Here's a quick recap of our contributions 👇
🚨Exiting new preprint from Lerner Lab postdoc AJ Miller-Hansen examining the thalamus as a physiological driver of local, acetylcholine-dependent dopamine release! 🚨 DA-ACh interactions have been 🔥but what’s really going on in vivo? We think we have some answers. #neuroskyence🧪
bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 4mo agoThalamus orchestrates local acetylcholine-dependent dopamine release in the learning striatum https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.08.723861v1
🌍️ World Parkinson's Day – we're ready for you! Tomorrow is the big day, and there's still time to find an event near you on our interactive map, as well as sign our pledge, calling for Europe to "bridge the care gap" and provide better support for people with Parkinson's. 🔗 buff.ly/JrdI5JT
This Thanksgiving, we’re thankful for the scientists, researchers, and advocates driving progress in Parkinson’s research. 🍂🦃 Each idea tested, discovery shared, and partnership formed moves us closer to a future transformed by science. Thank you for advancing understanding and hope.
Our multi-omic analysis of the primate striatum reveals heterogenous MSN organization across its rostro-caudal extent, new MSN subtypes, and subtype-specific disease enrichment. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A Multimodal Atlas Reveals the Anatomical Distribution of Medium Spiny Neuron Subtypes and a Novel RGS6+ Population in the Primate Striatum
The primate striatum and its principal neuron type, the medium spiny neuron (MSN), integrate cortical and subcortical signals related to movement, cognition, and emotion. These signals are processed t...
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bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 9mo agoA Multimodal Atlas Reveals the Anatomical Distribution of Medium Spiny Neuron Subtypes and a Novel RGS6+ Population in the Primate Striatum https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.16.688724v1
At #SfN25 in San Diego this week? #Adenosine fans, this one is for you! Catch Dr. Kathryn Todd at MIN40 | Room 6CR on Wednesday at 2:30 pm PST! Want more? Dive deeper with the must-read review by the full group of speakers and chairs! @stephcragg.bsky.social
Adenosine in the Brain: Recent Progress on Detection, Function, and Translation
Although adenosine was identified in the brain many decades ago, our understanding of when, where, and how it functions has expanded rapidly in recent years, driven in part by innovative technological...
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We were thrilled to (mostly) meet in-person last week for the 3rd Annual Symposium of ASAP Collaboration for Team Cragg! Thank you all for an inspiring meeting of science, sharing and #collaboration. We have built a great momentum, and we are ready for new discoveries in #Parkinsons research!
Abstract submissions are now OPEN for the Dopamine 2026 meeting! Share your latest discoveries and join the global dopamine community in advancing the science of motivation, movement, and reward. Submit here: dopaminesociety.org/abstracts/ #Dopamine2026
We are excited to present the shortlists for the 2025 Nature Awards for Inspiring Women in Science. Congratulations to the thirteen excellent candidates who made it to this year’s shortlist. Read more about the candidates and learn more about the award: go.nature.com/46nlAWy #WomeninStem
Dopamine Decoded: 5 Myths, 10 Facts | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/betw... With yours truly 😊🧪👩🏼🔬
Dopamine Decoded: 5 Myths, 10 Facts
What does dopamine actually do? A neuroscientist breaks down the science and clears up common misconceptions.
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The Cragg lab is going to NeuroFrance 2025 in Montpellier! Our very own PI Steph Cragg will give a plenary lecture on astrocytes, dopamine and acetylcholine, and lab members Simon Bossi and Lucille Duquenoy will present posters on their impressive work. Come say hi! www.neurosciences.asso.fr/SN25/
Home - NeuroFrance 2025
Every two years, neuroscientists from all over France get together to share their research, discover new ideas and exchange views and opinions.
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Congratulations to Katherine Brimblecombe from Cragg Lab! Her study on L-type calcium channels and striatal dopamine release (doi.org/10.1111/ejn....) is among the most widely read papers published by EJN in 2023! A fantastic recognition of her work within the community! @stephcragg.bsky.social
🎉 The Cragg lab is hiring 🎉 Are you interest in striatal neurobiology and have relevant lab experience? Join us as an MRC-funded Research Assistant at the University of Oxford. Deadline is noon (UK time) on May 2nd. @stephcragg.bsky.social @oxforddpag.bsky.social my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Last week, CRN members met in Phoenix, Arizona for ASAP's 2025 CRN Collaborative Meeting 🥳 It was full of collaboration and enlightening conversations. Thank you to all who attended and made this meeting a success! Learn more about the CRN here: bit.ly/41MnIod #ParkinsonsResearch
New study from the lab is out revisiting old friends/foes #dopamine and #acetylcholine 🧠 @natureneuro.bsky.social ! Congrats and thanks to all the team! #openscience @asapresearch.bsky.social @craggasap.bsky.social @oxforddpag.bsky.social
YanFeng Zhang@yanfengzhang.bsky.social · last yr.🚨 Excited to share our new study in @natureneuro.bsky.social! We (+ @stephcragg.bsky.social) show that ChIs (via nAChRs) continuously, and dynamically DEPRESS dopamine release! @oxforddpag.bsky.social @hls.exeter.ac.uk www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
Remember, EuropePMC is actually better than #PubMed because it includes ALL preprints in search results, not just those including NIH-funded research. europepmc.org
Europe PMCHome - Europe PMC
Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.
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Stand up for Science, on March 7th, in Boston. Please help spread this widely.
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Location: Massachusetts State House 24 Beacon St, Boston, MA, United States Address: 24 Beacon St., Boston, MA, 02133 Time: 12-4 PM Important information: Please do not fully block the sidewalk, st…
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Excited to share our new publication out today in Nature Communications! Congrats to the team! @craggasap.bsky.social #dopamine #astrocytes #acetylcholine #openscience Supported by @ukri.org and @asapresearch.bsky.social rdcu.be/d0Knj
Rapid modulation of striatal cholinergic interneurons and dopamine release by satellite astrocytes
Nature Communications - Astrocytes perform intriguing roles in neural circuits. Here, the authors show that in striatum, astrocytes adopt a satellite-like proximity to cholinergic interneurons,...
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Welcome! I'm posting here mostly about science and our research. Today's new publication 😊 to follow! #openscience #neuroscience #dopamine #astrocytes
A great program announced for May’s meeting for Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience #MMiN2024. Come and join us! monitoringmolecules.org/program/
Program - MMiN
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An axonal brake on striatal dopamine output by cholinergic interneurons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.17.580796v1
An axonal brake on striatal dopamine output by cholinergic interneurons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.17.580796v1
Depolarisation of distal axons is necessary for neurons to translate somatic action potentials into
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This Team Tuesday highlights Team Cragg. Read about the team's interactive platform that allows users to view and access spatial transcriptomic and TRAP-seq data, collected from aged and alpha-synuclein overexpressing mice. 🧪📈 🧠 parkinsonsroadmap.org/research-net...
