Christina Curran-Alfaro
@curranalfaro.bsky.social
🧠Neuroscience PhD Candidate at Drexel College of Med @JBarkerLab (she/her)
Reposted by Christina Curran-Alfaro
New preprint from work led by @curranalfaro.bsky.social !
Tina looked at the impacts of chronic exposure to low-dose ethanol on brain and behavior and id'd altered cFos engagement in NAc circuits and sex specific effects on sensitivity to changes in reward value.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Tina looked at the impacts of chronic exposure to low-dose ethanol on brain and behavior and id'd altered cFos engagement in NAc circuits and sex specific effects on sensitivity to changes in reward value.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Sex Differences in Low-dose Ethanol Effects on Motivated Behavior and Limbic Corticostriatal Activity
Background: In 2023, the World Health Organization declared that there is no safe amount of alcohol consumption. It is becoming increasingly clear that even at lower doses, ethanol exposure impacts bo...
www.biorxiv.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
New preprint from work led by @curranalfaro.bsky.social !
Tina looked at the impacts of chronic exposure to low-dose ethanol on brain and behavior and id'd altered cFos engagement in NAc circuits and sex specific effects on sensitivity to changes in reward value.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Tina looked at the impacts of chronic exposure to low-dose ethanol on brain and behavior and id'd altered cFos engagement in NAc circuits and sex specific effects on sensitivity to changes in reward value.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Christina Curran-Alfaro
I have the same conversation with so many academics lately where they say something like "I just can't pay attention to the news anymore. It's too stressful. I'd rather just focus on my work."
All I hear is "I feel safe in my privilege and don't care about what's happening to other people."
All I hear is "I feel safe in my privilege and don't care about what's happening to other people."
March 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I have the same conversation with so many academics lately where they say something like "I just can't pay attention to the news anymore. It's too stressful. I'd rather just focus on my work."
All I hear is "I feel safe in my privilege and don't care about what's happening to other people."
All I hear is "I feel safe in my privilege and don't care about what's happening to other people."
Can’t think of a more perfect Friday than listening to the new Bad Bunny album while imaging tissue. 😌 #happyscientist
October 13, 2023 at 8:53 PM
Can’t think of a more perfect Friday than listening to the new Bad Bunny album while imaging tissue. 😌 #happyscientist