Dr. Millie Rincón-Cortés
@madrelabutd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor | Neuroscientist trained as a developmental neuroscientist + in vivo electrophysiologist | Sex, stress, development, dopamine, reward, motherhood | NYU PhD/ Pitt PD/ UTD PI
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Thrilled to share that I was promoted to Full Member! 🎉 🙌Grateful for the incredible mentorship, support, and community that made this milestone possible. Thanks to everyone who believed in me, including Tony Grace + @jaredwyoung.bsky.social for their letters, and to @acnporg.bsky.social 🙏 #ACNP2026
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Happy to share the latest from our lab published @cp-cellreports.bsky.social, where we delineated the synaptic maturation trajectory for vCA1 and iCA1 projections to mPFC, and pathway-specific effects of vCA1- and iCA1-mPFC juvenile inhibition on cognitive flexibility
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Maturation of hippocampus-medial prefrontal cortex projections defines a pathway-specific sensitive period for cognitive flexibility
Cruz-Sanchez et al. show that the maturation trajectory of ventral and intermediate
hippocampus-medial prefrontal cortex connectivity displays distinct anatomical and
synaptic developmental signatures...
www.cell.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Happy to share the latest from our lab published @cp-cellreports.bsky.social, where we delineated the synaptic maturation trajectory for vCA1 and iCA1 projections to mPFC, and pathway-specific effects of vCA1- and iCA1-mPFC juvenile inhibition on cognitive flexibility
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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I edited a special issue of Addiction Neuroscience on dopamine circuitry & heterogeneity in addiction - now complete!🧠🧪
Check out the full issue & my editorial (all open access) here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Check out the full issue & my editorial (all open access) here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Addiction Neuroscience | Dopamine circuitry and heterogeneity in addiction | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
The heterogeneity of midbrain dopamine neurons is coming into focus. Distinct subtypes of dopamine neurons can be identified across the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra pars compacta ...
www.sciencedirect.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I edited a special issue of Addiction Neuroscience on dopamine circuitry & heterogeneity in addiction - now complete!🧠🧪
Check out the full issue & my editorial (all open access) here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Check out the full issue & my editorial (all open access) here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Hanging out with the 2026 Dolores Shockley Award winners: Drs. Carlos Bolaños and @jaredwyoung.bsky.social 🔥✨️ #ACNP2026
January 17, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Hanging out with the 2026 Dolores Shockley Award winners: Drs. Carlos Bolaños and @jaredwyoung.bsky.social 🔥✨️ #ACNP2026
Thrilled to share that I was promoted to Full Member! 🎉 🙌Grateful for the incredible mentorship, support, and community that made this milestone possible. Thanks to everyone who believed in me, including Tony Grace + @jaredwyoung.bsky.social for their letters, and to @acnporg.bsky.social 🙏 #ACNP2026
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Thrilled to share that I was promoted to Full Member! 🎉 🙌Grateful for the incredible mentorship, support, and community that made this milestone possible. Thanks to everyone who believed in me, including Tony Grace + @jaredwyoung.bsky.social for their letters, and to @acnporg.bsky.social 🙏 #ACNP2026
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Congrats to the new @acnporg.bsky.social Fellows! #ACNP2026
January 15, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Congrats to the new @acnporg.bsky.social Fellows! #ACNP2026
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January 15, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Congrats to all of the new @acnporg.bsky.social Associate Members!!! #ACNP2026
January 15, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Congrats to all of the new @acnporg.bsky.social Associate Members!!! #ACNP2026
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@madrelabutd.bsky.social owning the floor in this flamenco-adjacent ensemble💃🏻
If you’ve found her Experience and Resilience committee sessions rewarding, her lab can tell you what’s happening to your dopamine 💗🧠
#FashionsOfACNP #ACNP2026
If you’ve found her Experience and Resilience committee sessions rewarding, her lab can tell you what’s happening to your dopamine 💗🧠
#FashionsOfACNP #ACNP2026
January 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
@madrelabutd.bsky.social owning the floor in this flamenco-adjacent ensemble💃🏻
If you’ve found her Experience and Resilience committee sessions rewarding, her lab can tell you what’s happening to your dopamine 💗🧠
#FashionsOfACNP #ACNP2026
If you’ve found her Experience and Resilience committee sessions rewarding, her lab can tell you what’s happening to your dopamine 💗🧠
#FashionsOfACNP #ACNP2026
Grateful to everyone who joined us for last night's Experience and Resilience Reception @acnporg.bsky.social 🎉🔥💫 Honored to have served as Chair and close this chapter surrounded by such an amazing community🧡 Thank you to all E&R subcommittee chairs/ members for your efforts 🤗👏 Onwards! #acnp2026
January 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Grateful to everyone who joined us for last night's Experience and Resilience Reception @acnporg.bsky.social 🎉🔥💫 Honored to have served as Chair and close this chapter surrounded by such an amazing community🧡 Thank you to all E&R subcommittee chairs/ members for your efforts 🤗👏 Onwards! #acnp2026
Thank you to everyone that came out to our symposium earlier today @acnporg.bsky.social✨ Special shoutout to our panelists Victoria Arango, Dionna Williams, and David Jentsch for sharing your experiences overcoming distinct types of adversity. #ACNP2026
January 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Thank you to everyone that came out to our symposium earlier today @acnporg.bsky.social✨ Special shoutout to our panelists Victoria Arango, Dionna Williams, and David Jentsch for sharing your experiences overcoming distinct types of adversity. #ACNP2026
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@madrelabutd.bsky.social presented her work using a rodent model of resource scarcity to investigate how
postpartum adversity alters maternal behavior and mesolimbic dopamine function.
postpartum adversity alters maternal behavior and mesolimbic dopamine function.
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
@madrelabutd.bsky.social presented her work using a rodent model of resource scarcity to investigate how
postpartum adversity alters maternal behavior and mesolimbic dopamine function.
postpartum adversity alters maternal behavior and mesolimbic dopamine function.
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Congratulations to Nancy Padilla-Coreano, Ph.D. a new Associate Member of ACNP! Welcome!! 👋
October 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Congratulations to Nancy Padilla-Coreano, Ph.D. a new Associate Member of ACNP! Welcome!! 👋
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Congratulations to Freddyson Martinez-Rivera, Ph.D. a new Associate Member of ACNP! Welcome!! 👋 @freddysonj.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Congratulations to Freddyson Martinez-Rivera, Ph.D. a new Associate Member of ACNP! Welcome!! 👋 @freddysonj.bsky.social
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Submitting a grant at this particular moment feels a bit like tossing a rock into the abyss, but hey, at least I am no longer carrying the rock.
October 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Submitting a grant at this particular moment feels a bit like tossing a rock into the abyss, but hey, at least I am no longer carrying the rock.
Honored by this spotlight 😊 Grew up in the ACNP: from baby PD 👶, to early career faculty member chairing the Experience and Resilience Committee💪🇵🇷
Grateful for a community that develops careers alongside science🧠 Looking forward to seeing all y'all at the E&R events in the Bahamas! 🌴☀️🌊🇧🇸
Grateful for a community that develops careers alongside science🧠 Looking forward to seeing all y'all at the E&R events in the Bahamas! 🌴☀️🌊🇧🇸
This year marks 10 years since Dr. Millie Rincón-Cortés first joined ACNP as a postdoctoral trainee. Over the past decade, she has contributed significantly through her service and leadership. 👏 Click here to learn more about her impact: tinyurl.com/ys92eamk
September 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Honored by this spotlight 😊 Grew up in the ACNP: from baby PD 👶, to early career faculty member chairing the Experience and Resilience Committee💪🇵🇷
Grateful for a community that develops careers alongside science🧠 Looking forward to seeing all y'all at the E&R events in the Bahamas! 🌴☀️🌊🇧🇸
Grateful for a community that develops careers alongside science🧠 Looking forward to seeing all y'all at the E&R events in the Bahamas! 🌴☀️🌊🇧🇸
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Excited to share our latest paper - now out in @science.org - we showed how oxytocin modulates maternally-directed behavior in young mice (P15).
September 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Excited to share our latest paper - now out in @science.org - we showed how oxytocin modulates maternally-directed behavior in young mice (P15).
Pleased to share our lab's latest research article led by Melissa Salazar, a new PhD student in my lab🤓🐀.
We followed up on Oak 2024 and found sex-specific effects of early life scarcity-adversity on adolescent behavioral responses to natural rewards (sucrose- f, play-m). #SABV
t.co/biPSE9u9Le
We followed up on Oak 2024 and found sex-specific effects of early life scarcity-adversity on adolescent behavioral responses to natural rewards (sucrose- f, play-m). #SABV
t.co/biPSE9u9Le
September 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Pleased to share our lab's latest research article led by Melissa Salazar, a new PhD student in my lab🤓🐀.
We followed up on Oak 2024 and found sex-specific effects of early life scarcity-adversity on adolescent behavioral responses to natural rewards (sucrose- f, play-m). #SABV
t.co/biPSE9u9Le
We followed up on Oak 2024 and found sex-specific effects of early life scarcity-adversity on adolescent behavioral responses to natural rewards (sucrose- f, play-m). #SABV
t.co/biPSE9u9Le
Finding out that your paper is accepted while you are enjoying one your favorite cities during a pre-conference vacay is a top tier experience 🎉🧠🔥
August 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Finding out that your paper is accepted while you are enjoying one your favorite cities during a pre-conference vacay is a top tier experience 🎉🧠🔥
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How do animals decide if they should forage for food or stay home to take care of newborn offspring? Whose needs come first? For my PhD work now out in Nature, we examined how hunger and parenting neurons interact and are reshaped postpartum in mice 🧵⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A hypothalamic circuit that modulates feeding and parenting behaviours - Nature
Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of mouse hypothalamus and behavioural experiments show that specific hypothalamic networks regulate conflicting feeding versus parenting behaviours of female mice.
www.nature.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
How do animals decide if they should forage for food or stay home to take care of newborn offspring? Whose needs come first? For my PhD work now out in Nature, we examined how hunger and parenting neurons interact and are reshaped postpartum in mice 🧵⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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✨EXCITING NEWS!✨We're hosting our first ever, in-person event! Join us immediately before #SFN for a keynote, panel discussions, networking & more! Interested in attending? Fill out the form below:
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Nov 15 | 9am-1pm | Tata Hall at UCSD
Help us spread the word!
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Nov 15 | 9am-1pm | Tata Hall at UCSD
Help us spread the word!
July 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
✨EXCITING NEWS!✨We're hosting our first ever, in-person event! Join us immediately before #SFN for a keynote, panel discussions, networking & more! Interested in attending? Fill out the form below:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Nov 15 | 9am-1pm | Tata Hall at UCSD
Help us spread the word!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Nov 15 | 9am-1pm | Tata Hall at UCSD
Help us spread the word!
📣 Thrilled to announce I'll be guest editing my 1st special issue! 🧠🎉 "Early Life Influences on Addiction"
Seeking original research, reviews & perspectives. Spread the word 🗣️
📅 October 1, 2025
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/yc23kere
💬 DM me/reply to learn more- I'd love to hear from you! #Neuroskyence
Seeking original research, reviews & perspectives. Spread the word 🗣️
📅 October 1, 2025
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/yc23kere
💬 DM me/reply to learn more- I'd love to hear from you! #Neuroskyence
July 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
📣 Thrilled to announce I'll be guest editing my 1st special issue! 🧠🎉 "Early Life Influences on Addiction"
Seeking original research, reviews & perspectives. Spread the word 🗣️
📅 October 1, 2025
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/yc23kere
💬 DM me/reply to learn more- I'd love to hear from you! #Neuroskyence
Seeking original research, reviews & perspectives. Spread the word 🗣️
📅 October 1, 2025
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/yc23kere
💬 DM me/reply to learn more- I'd love to hear from you! #Neuroskyence
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Calling all early-career researchers! @thetransmitter.bsky.social and @neuromatch.bsky.social want to understand your journey as you become the next generation of neuroscientists. Share your experiences and help us build the resources you need.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
What kinds of support do early-career researchers need?
Help The Transmitter and Neuromatch bolster the next generation of neuroscientists.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Calling all early-career researchers! @thetransmitter.bsky.social and @neuromatch.bsky.social want to understand your journey as you become the next generation of neuroscientists. Share your experiences and help us build the resources you need.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
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Neurobiology of resilience to early life stress
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Neurobiology of resilience to early life stress - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Neurobiology of resilience to early life stress
www.nature.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Neurobiology of resilience to early life stress
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Very nice and detailed review in @npp-journal.bsky.social on "Prefrontal cortex development and its implications in mental illness" from Laura DeNardo and colleagues.
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rdcu.be/euCIP
Prefrontal cortex development and its implications in mental illness
Neuropsychopharmacology - Prefrontal cortex development and its implications in mental illness
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July 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Very nice and detailed review in @npp-journal.bsky.social on "Prefrontal cortex development and its implications in mental illness" from Laura DeNardo and colleagues.
rdcu.be/euCIP
rdcu.be/euCIP
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Nicotine doesn’t just “turn on” the brain’s reward circuits — it reshapes them. Our new paper in Nature Communications shows that activating reward-linked dopamine neurons also sets off a feedback loop that drives negative emotional states.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nicotine engages a VTA-NAc feedback loop to inhibit amygdala-projecting dopamine neurons and induce anxiety-like behaviors - Nature Communications
Drugs of abuse exert both motivational and emotional effects. Here, the authors show that nicotine and ethanol activate a VTA–NAc loop that inhibits dopamine neurons projecting to the amygdala, thereb...
www.nature.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Nicotine doesn’t just “turn on” the brain’s reward circuits — it reshapes them. Our new paper in Nature Communications shows that activating reward-linked dopamine neurons also sets off a feedback loop that drives negative emotional states.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...