Nikte Requejo-Mendoza
@nikterequejo.bsky.social
🧠 Mexican Neuroscientist 🇲🇽 | 🌎 Culture lover |🪡 Embroidery & indigenous textiles | 🔬Science, 💚💜 FEMINISM, coffee & wine ☕️🍷 | she/her/hers
Mice licking + brain stimulation = surprising discoveries! 🧠✨
We found that activating D2 neurons can make mice work for a reward but also disrupt their ability to drink sugary water. Turns out, timing matters! ⏳
Curious? rb.gy/wd00bb
#Neuroscience #Research
We found that activating D2 neurons can make mice work for a reward but also disrupt their ability to drink sugary water. Turns out, timing matters! ⏳
Curious? rb.gy/wd00bb
#Neuroscience #Research
Something in the Way Mice Lick: Revealing the Secrets of Brain Reward Circuits
This research delves into how a specific type of brain cell – the D2 neuron, named for a particular docking station (receptor) for the “feel-good” neurotransmitter dopamine – controls both our sense o...
rb.gy
February 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Mice licking + brain stimulation = surprising discoveries! 🧠✨
We found that activating D2 neurons can make mice work for a reward but also disrupt their ability to drink sugary water. Turns out, timing matters! ⏳
Curious? rb.gy/wd00bb
#Neuroscience #Research
We found that activating D2 neurons can make mice work for a reward but also disrupt their ability to drink sugary water. Turns out, timing matters! ⏳
Curious? rb.gy/wd00bb
#Neuroscience #Research
✨ My first first-author paper is out in @plos.org! 🎉 Years of hard work are now visible, and with this, I’m ready to defend my PhD!
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🔬 We explored how optogenetic activation of accumbens D2 neurons balances reward processing and licking 👅😍
#Optogenetics #PhDLife
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🔬 We explored how optogenetic activation of accumbens D2 neurons balances reward processing and licking 👅😍
#Optogenetics #PhDLife
Nucleus accumbens D2-expressing neurons: Balancing reward and licking disruption through rhythmic optogenetic stimulation
Nucleus accumbens (NAc) dopamine D1 receptor-expressing neurons are known to be critical for processing reward and regulating food intake. However, the role of D2-expressing neurons in this nucleus re...
journals.plos.org
February 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
✨ My first first-author paper is out in @plos.org! 🎉 Years of hard work are now visible, and with this, I’m ready to defend my PhD!
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🔬 We explored how optogenetic activation of accumbens D2 neurons balances reward processing and licking 👅😍
#Optogenetics #PhDLife
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🔬 We explored how optogenetic activation of accumbens D2 neurons balances reward processing and licking 👅😍
#Optogenetics #PhDLife