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Chiara Pepe
@chiarapepe.bsky.social
PhD student at @gozziale.bsky.social Functional Neuroimaging lab at IIT.
Currently mapping large-scale brain networks with Functional Ultrasound Imaging 🐭🧠
Best Last-Year PhD Abstract Award in LifeTech! 🎉
A big thank you to the Office for Higher Education of @iitalk.bsky.social for organizing such a great initiative for PhD students.

Keep on fUSI everyone! 〰️✨
November 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It’s out! 🐭🧠
I had the privilege of contributing to this work while taking my first steps in science at the Center for Molecular Neurobiology (ZMNH, Hamburg).
It’s so rewarding to see it finally published and to read the story that came out of it. Huge congratulations to everyone involved!
Reconsolidation of episodic-like memory is affected by exposure to the predator odor TMT in mice
When a memory is reactivated, it undergoes a reconsolidation phase, during which it becomes unstable and can be modulated. Several studies have shown …
www.sciencedirect.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Reposted by Chiara Pepe
🚨 Excited to share the latest preprint form the lab ➡️https://tinyurl.com/32d3be9f

Here we tackle a long-standing chicken-or-egg 🐣🥚question in #autism and developmental neuroscience

➡️ Is excitation–inhibition (E:I) imbalance a "cause" or a "consequence" of #autism?

Check out what we found!
🧵1/n
September 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reposted by Chiara Pepe
Working link to the preprint 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
See thread below for a looong explainer
🚨 Excited to share the latest preprint form the lab ➡️https://tinyurl.com/32d3be9f

Here we tackle a long-standing chicken-or-egg 🐣🥚question in #autism and developmental neuroscience

➡️ Is excitation–inhibition (E:I) imbalance a "cause" or a "consequence" of #autism?

Check out what we found!
🧵1/n
September 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🧠 🐭 Our new perspective paper is out! @gozziale.bsky.social
Rodent functional neuroimaging is rapidly evolving — driven by recent breakthroughs and a shared vision for the future.
We highlight key challenges, opportunities, and next steps for the field.
🔗 Check it out direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
Charting the path in rodent functional neuroimaging
Abstract. Driven by a period of accelerated progress and recent technical breakthroughs, whole brain functional neuroimaging in rodents offers exciting new possibilities for addressing basic questions...
direct.mit.edu
May 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM