Esther Castillo-Gómez
@neuroesther.bsky.social
Neuroscientist & Professor & Mum (not sure everything’s possible). PI at @NESTLab_UJI @REISestres #anatomy#medicine#stress#neuropeptides#plasticity#behavior
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Activation of somatostatin neurons in the medial amygdala reverses long-term aggression and social deficits associated to early-life stress in male mice
Molecular Psychiatry - Activation of somatostatin neurons in the medial amygdala reverses long-term aggression and social deficits associated to early-life stress in male mice
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🚨Exciting news from our lab! Our latest study is published in @molpsychiatry! rdcu.be/d1dZW 🎉Big kudos to the team, specially to @aroamanasojeda.bsky.social , who worked very hard to get this paper out! #NESTLab_UJI #REISestres #fcs_UJI #Stress #MentalHealth #SocialBehavior 👇🧵
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Concentració silenciosa en memòria de les víctimes i persones afectades per la DANA amb motiu del primer aniversari de la tragèdia.
October 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Concentració silenciosa en memòria de les víctimes i persones afectades per la DANA amb motiu del primer aniversari de la tragèdia.
Reposted by Esther Castillo-Gómez
So proud to organise this International Conference on the Impact of Environmental Pollutants on Mental and Neurological Health🤩This scientific meeting is being held at @uji.es from 29 to 31 October.
👍 www.fue.uji.es/psycomed
@psycomedconference.bsky.social
#somuji #fueuji #mentalhealth
👍 www.fue.uji.es/psycomed
@psycomedconference.bsky.social
#somuji #fueuji #mentalhealth
October 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
So proud to organise this International Conference on the Impact of Environmental Pollutants on Mental and Neurological Health🤩This scientific meeting is being held at @uji.es from 29 to 31 October.
👍 www.fue.uji.es/psycomed
@psycomedconference.bsky.social
#somuji #fueuji #mentalhealth
👍 www.fue.uji.es/psycomed
@psycomedconference.bsky.social
#somuji #fueuji #mentalhealth
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▶️ Congresos y Jornadas Técnicas•Muy orgullosos de organizar este encuentro científico impulsado por el consorcio Psycomed.
www.fue.uji.es/psycomed
Mañana inauguramos en @uji.es 👏 29,30,31 de octubre: conferencia sobre el impacto de los contaminantes ambientales sobre la salud neurológica y mental
www.fue.uji.es/psycomed
Mañana inauguramos en @uji.es 👏 29,30,31 de octubre: conferencia sobre el impacto de los contaminantes ambientales sobre la salud neurológica y mental
October 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
▶️ Congresos y Jornadas Técnicas•Muy orgullosos de organizar este encuentro científico impulsado por el consorcio Psycomed.
www.fue.uji.es/psycomed
Mañana inauguramos en @uji.es 👏 29,30,31 de octubre: conferencia sobre el impacto de los contaminantes ambientales sobre la salud neurológica y mental
www.fue.uji.es/psycomed
Mañana inauguramos en @uji.es 👏 29,30,31 de octubre: conferencia sobre el impacto de los contaminantes ambientales sobre la salud neurológica y mental
Reposted by Esther Castillo-Gómez
Huge congratulations to @carmensandi10.bsky.social on receiving the ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award from @ecnp.eu - So richly deserved
October 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Huge congratulations to @carmensandi10.bsky.social on receiving the ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award from @ecnp.eu - So richly deserved
Reposted by Esther Castillo-Gómez
News article @nature.com covering a recent study published
@natnano.nature.com
Cell's sugar coating mapped at below-nanometre resolution.
"Super-resolution technique works with off-the-shelf optical microscopes."
#Glycotime
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@natnano.nature.com
Cell's sugar coating mapped at below-nanometre resolution.
"Super-resolution technique works with off-the-shelf optical microscopes."
#Glycotime
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Cell's sugar coating mapped at below-nanometre resolution
Super-resolution technique works with off-the-shelf optical microscopes.
www.nature.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
News article @nature.com covering a recent study published
@natnano.nature.com
Cell's sugar coating mapped at below-nanometre resolution.
"Super-resolution technique works with off-the-shelf optical microscopes."
#Glycotime
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@natnano.nature.com
Cell's sugar coating mapped at below-nanometre resolution.
"Super-resolution technique works with off-the-shelf optical microscopes."
#Glycotime
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Esther Castillo-Gómez
Proposal recommended for funding! Which means we have a fresh, 3-year-funded position available for a computational postdoc interested in studying dynamics of social interactions in rats, with simultaneous Neuropixels data to follow 🐀🐀🐀
Proper job ad pending, but email me if interested!
Proper job ad pending, but email me if interested!
July 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Proposal recommended for funding! Which means we have a fresh, 3-year-funded position available for a computational postdoc interested in studying dynamics of social interactions in rats, with simultaneous Neuropixels data to follow 🐀🐀🐀
Proper job ad pending, but email me if interested!
Proper job ad pending, but email me if interested!
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🚨We will soon be offering #NewPositions for lab technicians, research assistants and postdocs, to join us in #Coimbra, Portugal
If interested in investigating the neural circuits of #SocialCognition in rats, contact us!
Details 👇🏾
dynabrain.cnc.uc.pt
@caixaresearch.bsky.social
@fct_pt
If interested in investigating the neural circuits of #SocialCognition in rats, contact us!
Details 👇🏾
dynabrain.cnc.uc.pt
@caixaresearch.bsky.social
@fct_pt
July 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚨We will soon be offering #NewPositions for lab technicians, research assistants and postdocs, to join us in #Coimbra, Portugal
If interested in investigating the neural circuits of #SocialCognition in rats, contact us!
Details 👇🏾
dynabrain.cnc.uc.pt
@caixaresearch.bsky.social
@fct_pt
If interested in investigating the neural circuits of #SocialCognition in rats, contact us!
Details 👇🏾
dynabrain.cnc.uc.pt
@caixaresearch.bsky.social
@fct_pt
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¿Sabías que el estrés sufrido durante la infancia y la adolescencia puede alterar nuestro comportamiento social para siempre? Personal investigador #CienciaUJI estudia las bases neuronales de esta asociación y analiza por qué algunas personas son más resilientes que otras.
youtu.be/BUY_41WgRvk
youtu.be/BUY_41WgRvk
¿El estrés sufrido durante la infancia y adolescencia puede alterar nuestro comportamiento social?
YouTube video by Universitat Jaume I
youtu.be
February 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
¿Sabías que el estrés sufrido durante la infancia y la adolescencia puede alterar nuestro comportamiento social para siempre? Personal investigador #CienciaUJI estudia las bases neuronales de esta asociación y analiza por qué algunas personas son más resilientes que otras.
youtu.be/BUY_41WgRvk
youtu.be/BUY_41WgRvk
Reposted by Esther Castillo-Gómez
Echadle un vistazo 👇🏻👁️ a este video tan interesante 🧠🐭 de la mano de los investigadores @paco-olucha.bsky.social y @neuroesther.bsky.social. Fent #CiènciaUJI 👩🏼🔬
¿Sabías que el estrés sufrido durante la infancia y la adolescencia puede alterar nuestro comportamiento social para siempre? Personal investigador #CienciaUJI estudia las bases neuronales de esta asociación y analiza por qué algunas personas son más resilientes que otras.
youtu.be/BUY_41WgRvk
youtu.be/BUY_41WgRvk
¿El estrés sufrido durante la infancia y adolescencia puede alterar nuestro comportamiento social?
YouTube video by Universitat Jaume I
youtu.be
February 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Echadle un vistazo 👇🏻👁️ a este video tan interesante 🧠🐭 de la mano de los investigadores @paco-olucha.bsky.social y @neuroesther.bsky.social. Fent #CiènciaUJI 👩🏼🔬
Reposted by Esther Castillo-Gómez
Automated detection of c-Fos-expressing neurons using inhomogeneous background subtraction in fluorescent images
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Automated detection of c-Fos-expressing neurons using inhomogeneous background subtraction in fluorescent images
Although many methods for automated fluorescent-labeled cell detection have been proposed, not all of them assume a highly inhomogeneous background ar…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Automated detection of c-Fos-expressing neurons using inhomogeneous background subtraction in fluorescent images
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A neural basis for prosocial behavior toward unresponsive individuals
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A neural basis for prosocial behavior toward unresponsive individuals
Humans often take actions to assist others experiencing unresponsiveness, such as transient loss of consciousness. How other animals react to unresponsive conspecifics—and the neural mechanisms drivin...
www.science.org
February 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A neural basis for prosocial behavior toward unresponsive individuals
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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So, stress amplifies our coping strategies: Colocalization of the 2 stress-sensitive peptides, CRH (green) and vasopressin (red), is augmented in adult hypothalamus after early-life stress #FluorescenceFriday 🧪🧠 #NeurobiologyofStress
February 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
So, stress amplifies our coping strategies: Colocalization of the 2 stress-sensitive peptides, CRH (green) and vasopressin (red), is augmented in adult hypothalamus after early-life stress #FluorescenceFriday 🧪🧠 #NeurobiologyofStress
Reposted by Esther Castillo-Gómez
Social buffering during fear extinction rescues long-term trauma-induced memory and emotional behavioral alterations in rats
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Social buffering during fear extinction rescues long-term trauma-induced memory and emotional behavioral alterations in rats - Translational Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry - Social buffering during fear extinction rescues long-term trauma-induced memory and emotional behavioral alterations in rats
www.nature.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Social buffering during fear extinction rescues long-term trauma-induced memory and emotional behavioral alterations in rats
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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5. Mostly what I take away from this (likely apocryphal) story about Barbara McClintock is that science isn't a race, it's a process. Some of us value a rapid process while some of us value a slower paced process. It is important that we don't treat science as a race towards some invisible goal.
January 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
5. Mostly what I take away from this (likely apocryphal) story about Barbara McClintock is that science isn't a race, it's a process. Some of us value a rapid process while some of us value a slower paced process. It is important that we don't treat science as a race towards some invisible goal.
Enjoying science at the I Meeting of @reistress.bsky.social! Thanks to @luriguen.bsky.social and the team for such great organization!! Some pics from our groups👇 @paco-olucha.bsky.social @neuroesther.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Enjoying science at the I Meeting of @reistress.bsky.social! Thanks to @luriguen.bsky.social and the team for such great organization!! Some pics from our groups👇 @paco-olucha.bsky.social @neuroesther.bsky.social
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Our group has hosted the I Meeting of the Spanish Network of Stress Research. Three days full of science and amazing friends and colleagues #REIStress #Bilbao @cibersam.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Our group has hosted the I Meeting of the Spanish Network of Stress Research. Three days full of science and amazing friends and colleagues #REIStress #Bilbao @cibersam.bsky.social
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What a great ending for an amazing meeting! Family picture! I Meeting of the Spanish Network of Stress Research, Bilbao 2025 @ageinves.bsky.social @saludisciii.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
What a great ending for an amazing meeting! Family picture! I Meeting of the Spanish Network of Stress Research, Bilbao 2025 @ageinves.bsky.social @saludisciii.bsky.social
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"We report that numerous “miRNAs” previously reported in EMT and cancer contexts are not incorporated into RISC and are not capable of endogenously silencing target genes, despite the fact that hundreds of publications in the cancer field describe their roles"
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www.biorxiv.org
December 12, 2024 at 10:21 PM
"We report that numerous “miRNAs” previously reported in EMT and cancer contexts are not incorporated into RISC and are not capable of endogenously silencing target genes, despite the fact that hundreds of publications in the cancer field describe their roles"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New open access paper out in Neuropharmacology!
@alicesanson.bsky.social shares another piece of the puzzle about the role of the #CRF and #oxytocin systems in the nucleus accumbens shell (NacSh) in the postpartum period. You can read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
@alicesanson.bsky.social shares another piece of the puzzle about the role of the #CRF and #oxytocin systems in the nucleus accumbens shell (NacSh) in the postpartum period. You can read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Redirecting
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December 17, 2024 at 9:05 AM
New open access paper out in Neuropharmacology!
@alicesanson.bsky.social shares another piece of the puzzle about the role of the #CRF and #oxytocin systems in the nucleus accumbens shell (NacSh) in the postpartum period. You can read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
@alicesanson.bsky.social shares another piece of the puzzle about the role of the #CRF and #oxytocin systems in the nucleus accumbens shell (NacSh) in the postpartum period. You can read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Reposted by Esther Castillo-Gómez
El consenso científico rechaza el creacionismo desde hace más de un siglo. Carta a Mayor Oreja de la Sociedad Española de Biologia Evolutiva sesbe.org/la-evolucion...
La evolución biológica es un hecho probado: el consenso científico rechaza el creacionismo desde hace más de un siglo
En respuesta a las recientes declaraciones antievolucionistas de Jaime Mayor Oreja, desde la Junta Directiva de la Sociedad Española de Biología hemos escrito esta carta abierta:
La evolución biológ...
sesbe.org
December 10, 2024 at 8:39 PM
El consenso científico rechaza el creacionismo desde hace más de un siglo. Carta a Mayor Oreja de la Sociedad Española de Biologia Evolutiva sesbe.org/la-evolucion...
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A study in Nature Medicine finds that deep brain stimulation of a region called the lateral hypothalamus improves walking and promotes recovery in humans and rodents with spinal cord injury. https://go.nature.com/3Vlosyl 🧪
December 2, 2024 at 8:08 PM
A study in Nature Medicine finds that deep brain stimulation of a region called the lateral hypothalamus improves walking and promotes recovery in humans and rodents with spinal cord injury. https://go.nature.com/3Vlosyl 🧪
Reposted by Esther Castillo-Gómez
Nueva versión del primo de Rajoy…
December 2, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Nueva versión del primo de Rajoy…
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1/✨ New paper in #eNeuro! We looked at how dominance behaviors vary across mouse strains—turns out, it’s not one-size-fits-all!
Comparing CD1 & C57 male mice, we found strain-specific dominance behaviors that could change how we study social hierarchy in the lab…🧵
Paper here: tinyurl.com/bdeuf6s9
Comparing CD1 & C57 male mice, we found strain-specific dominance behaviors that could change how we study social hierarchy in the lab…🧵
Paper here: tinyurl.com/bdeuf6s9
November 25, 2024 at 5:23 PM
1/✨ New paper in #eNeuro! We looked at how dominance behaviors vary across mouse strains—turns out, it’s not one-size-fits-all!
Comparing CD1 & C57 male mice, we found strain-specific dominance behaviors that could change how we study social hierarchy in the lab…🧵
Paper here: tinyurl.com/bdeuf6s9
Comparing CD1 & C57 male mice, we found strain-specific dominance behaviors that could change how we study social hierarchy in the lab…🧵
Paper here: tinyurl.com/bdeuf6s9
#ProudPI 😍
Very excited to share my first PhD work from @NESTLab_UJI !🥳We find sex-specific differences in response to early-life stress regarding social and aggressive behaviors and a key role of SST+ neurons in the amygdala👇Thanks to all the team but especially to my PhD supervisor @neuroesther.bsky.social
🚨Exciting news from our lab! Our latest study is published in @molpsychiatry! rdcu.be/d1dZW 🎉Big kudos to the team, specially to @aroamanasojeda.bsky.social , who worked very hard to get this paper out! #NESTLab_UJI #REISestres #fcs_UJI #Stress #MentalHealth #SocialBehavior 👇🧵
November 27, 2024 at 11:48 AM
#ProudPI 😍
🚨Exciting news from our lab! Our latest study is published in @molpsychiatry! rdcu.be/d1dZW 🎉Big kudos to the team, specially to @aroamanasojeda.bsky.social , who worked very hard to get this paper out! #NESTLab_UJI #REISestres #fcs_UJI #Stress #MentalHealth #SocialBehavior 👇🧵
Activation of somatostatin neurons in the medial amygdala reverses long-term aggression and social deficits associated to early-life stress in male mice
Molecular Psychiatry - Activation of somatostatin neurons in the medial amygdala reverses long-term aggression and social deficits associated to early-life stress in male mice
rdcu.be
November 26, 2024 at 10:44 PM
🚨Exciting news from our lab! Our latest study is published in @molpsychiatry! rdcu.be/d1dZW 🎉Big kudos to the team, specially to @aroamanasojeda.bsky.social , who worked very hard to get this paper out! #NESTLab_UJI #REISestres #fcs_UJI #Stress #MentalHealth #SocialBehavior 👇🧵