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Trisomy 21–induced dysregulation of microglial homeostasis in Alzheimer’s brains is mediated by USP25

Presenters: Joyti & William

Mentor: Anthony Chesebro

Date: July 10th, 2022

 
 

Mannan oligosaccharide attenuates cognitive and behavioral disorders in the 5xFAD Alzheimer’s disease mouse model via regulating the gut microbiota-brain axis

Presenters: Ronitha & Hiba

Mentor: Aikaterini Britzolaki

Coordinator: David Pagliaccio

Date: June 5, 2022

 
 

Acute Cannabinoids Impair Working Memory through Astroglial CB1 Receptor Modulation of Hippocampal LTD

Presenters: Siddhartha & Y.Pooja

Mentor: Marianna Kapsetaki

Coordinator: Clara Liff

Date: May 1, 2022

 
 

Revisiting the Neural Architecture of Adolescent Decision-Making: Univariate and Multivariate Evidence for System-Based Models

Presenters: Ashley & Sahana

Mentor: Gayathri Srinivasan

Coordinator: Yan Li

Date: April 3, 2022

 

MeCP2 haplodeficiency and early-life stress interaction on anxiety-like behavior in adolescent female mice

Presenters: Emily & Sofia

Mentor: Kyla Mace

Coordinator: Miguel Torres-Perez

Date: March 6, 2022

 
 

Nucleus accumbens dopamine differentially mediates the formation and maintenance of monogamous pair bonds (Aragona et al. 2006)

Presenters: Ilana & Allie

Mentor: Jennifer R. Merritt

Coordinator: Saba Shokat Fadaei

Date: February 6, 2022

 
 

Schema representations in distinct brain networks support narrative memory during encoding and retrieval (Masis-Obando et al. 2021)

Presenter: Vivianna

Mentor: Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana

Coordinator: Raymond D Villareal

Date: January 9, 2022

 

Optogenetic stimulation of dentate gyrus engrams restores memory in Alzheimer’s disease mice (Perusini et al. 2017)

Presenter: Rebecca

Mentor: Justine Kupferman

Coordinator: Alice Maria Giani

Date: December 5, 2021

 
 

Controllable stress elicits circuit‐specific patterns of prefrontal plasticity in males, but not females (Baratta et al., 2019)

Presenters: Sahana and Y. Pooja

Mentor: Julian David-Drori

Coordinator: Nicolas Murgueitio Meneses

Date: November 7, 2021

 

Dopaminergic basis for signaling belief updates, but not surprise, and the link to paranoia (NOUR ET AL., 2018)

Presenters: Betsy-Jane and Haya

Mentor: David Pagliaccio

Coordinator: Nicolas Murgueitio Meneses

Date: October 3, 2021

 

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