Stan Floresco
@dr-stan.bsky.social
Professor, Neuroscientist, Journal Editor (x4), fan of the dopamine, people, Marvel/Star Wars/Trek, and having a good time. @ubcpsych.bsky.social
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How do hormones affect the brain and our behaviours, and what does that mean for Canadians? 🧠
Hear from @kiransoma.bsky.social, who was recently elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada. @psych.ubc.ca @src-rsc.bsky.social
Read more: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/two-art...
Hear from @kiransoma.bsky.social, who was recently elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada. @psych.ubc.ca @src-rsc.bsky.social
Read more: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/two-art...
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
How do hormones affect the brain and our behaviours, and what does that mean for Canadians? 🧠
Hear from @kiransoma.bsky.social, who was recently elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada. @psych.ubc.ca @src-rsc.bsky.social
Read more: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/two-art...
Hear from @kiransoma.bsky.social, who was recently elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada. @psych.ubc.ca @src-rsc.bsky.social
Read more: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/two-art...
A final reminder for all the SfN types- Psychopharmacology Social. (Tues, Nov 18, 7-9 pm, Marriott Marquis-Grand Ballroom Salon 5). Come vibe with like minded researchers one last time!
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A final reminder for all the SfN types- Psychopharmacology Social. (Tues, Nov 18, 7-9 pm, Marriott Marquis-Grand Ballroom Salon 5). Come vibe with like minded researchers one last time!
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Awesome work by lead author Lauren Burgeno et al: Dopamine evoked by non-contingent cues increases over cocaine use, producing greater cue reactivity; whereas dopamine evoked by contingent cues decreases over cocaine use, producing escalation of drug consumption. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cocaine seeking and consumption are oppositely regulated by mesolimbic dopamine in male rats - Nature Communications
Here authors demonstrate how opposing trajectories of dopamine transmission underlie changes in drug seeking and taking over chronic drug use. Increased dopamine to drug cues elevates craving, whereas...
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Awesome work by lead author Lauren Burgeno et al: Dopamine evoked by non-contingent cues increases over cocaine use, producing greater cue reactivity; whereas dopamine evoked by contingent cues decreases over cocaine use, producing escalation of drug consumption. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@sfn.org and neuro peeps! For 10+ years, you have honored us w/your attending our Psychopharmacology Social. #SfN2025 will be the last time I and @jaredwyoung.bsky.social will host this event (Tues, Nov 18, 7-9 pm, Marriott Marquis-Grand Ballroom Salon 5). Drink, groove and mingle one last time-AND-
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
@sfn.org and neuro peeps! For 10+ years, you have honored us w/your attending our Psychopharmacology Social. #SfN2025 will be the last time I and @jaredwyoung.bsky.social will host this event (Tues, Nov 18, 7-9 pm, Marriott Marquis-Grand Ballroom Salon 5). Drink, groove and mingle one last time-AND-
Ok, something is not quite right with the "Similar Articles" algorithm on PubMed. I mean, I know the OFC is adjacent to the "mid forehead brow"...but seriously?
October 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Ok, something is not quite right with the "Similar Articles" algorithm on PubMed. I mean, I know the OFC is adjacent to the "mid forehead brow"...but seriously?
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Out today at Neuron, our experiments show that frontal cortical representation of economic variables is jointly determined by spatial organization and downstream
connectivity of neurons, revealing a structured, multi-scale code for economic variables. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
connectivity of neurons, revealing a structured, multi-scale code for economic variables. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Out today at Neuron, our experiments show that frontal cortical representation of economic variables is jointly determined by spatial organization and downstream
connectivity of neurons, revealing a structured, multi-scale code for economic variables. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
connectivity of neurons, revealing a structured, multi-scale code for economic variables. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Outstanding work by my former trainee @ppiantad.bsky.social !
Great body of work led by @ppiantad.bsky.social
First use of PdCO in the wild to perform closed-loop pre-choice modulation 🤩
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
First use of PdCO in the wild to perform closed-loop pre-choice modulation 🤩
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Outstanding work by my former trainee @ppiantad.bsky.social !
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Time to get working on your symposium proposals!
📣 Roll call
-Who's coming to Cape town?
-Who needs speaker suggestions for a panel?
-Who'd like to join a panel (especially trainees!)
@mfendt.bsky.social @dr-stan.bsky.social @nicoleferrara.bsky.social @eelkesnoeren.bsky.social
📣 Roll call
-Who's coming to Cape town?
-Who needs speaker suggestions for a panel?
-Who'd like to join a panel (especially trainees!)
@mfendt.bsky.social @dr-stan.bsky.social @nicoleferrara.bsky.social @eelkesnoeren.bsky.social
We are excited to invite all behavioral neuroscientists to the 35th Annual IBNS Meeting at Cape Town, South Africa June 23-27, 2026!
Call for Symposia / Satellite Proposals Deadline: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
More information can be found at ibnsconnect.org/meetings
Call for Symposia / Satellite Proposals Deadline: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
More information can be found at ibnsconnect.org/meetings
September 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Time to get working on your symposium proposals!
📣 Roll call
-Who's coming to Cape town?
-Who needs speaker suggestions for a panel?
-Who'd like to join a panel (especially trainees!)
@mfendt.bsky.social @dr-stan.bsky.social @nicoleferrara.bsky.social @eelkesnoeren.bsky.social
📣 Roll call
-Who's coming to Cape town?
-Who needs speaker suggestions for a panel?
-Who'd like to join a panel (especially trainees!)
@mfendt.bsky.social @dr-stan.bsky.social @nicoleferrara.bsky.social @eelkesnoeren.bsky.social
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Excited to share that I landed my dream job!🎉🎉🎉 The Pennington Lab will be opening at the University of British Columbia in January 2026!
@ubcpsych.bsky.social @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social
@ubcpsych.bsky.social @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Excited to share that I landed my dream job!🎉🎉🎉 The Pennington Lab will be opening at the University of British Columbia in January 2026!
@ubcpsych.bsky.social @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social
@ubcpsych.bsky.social @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social
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1. Media coverage of a new paper by @ryantomm.bsky.social w @brandonforys.com, @dr-stan.bsky.social et al. Building on Stan’s rodent work, Ryan found that > depression levels were associated w reduced capacity to learn to actively button-press to avoid a nasty sound www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Depression Curbs Ability to Actively Avoid Unpleasant Events
Depression in young patients is linked to difficulty in taking action to avoid something unpleasant, while the ability to withdraw and not act remains intact.
www.medscape.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
1. Media coverage of a new paper by @ryantomm.bsky.social w @brandonforys.com, @dr-stan.bsky.social et al. Building on Stan’s rodent work, Ryan found that > depression levels were associated w reduced capacity to learn to actively button-press to avoid a nasty sound www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Touchscreen-based assessments are transforming our understanding of brain regulation in complex behaviors. Piantadosi et al. (2025) published a guide about experimental design and essential hardware modifications for specialized research.
Check it out:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check it out:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Touchscreen-based assessments are transforming our understanding of brain regulation in complex behaviors. Piantadosi et al. (2025) published a guide about experimental design and essential hardware modifications for specialized research.
Check it out:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Check it out:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Strategic placement of this 🇨🇦 Billboard on Westwood. Many physicians drive through this spot to enter campus.
July 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Strategic placement of this 🇨🇦 Billboard on Westwood. Many physicians drive through this spot to enter campus.
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#SBN2025 was full of great science, people, and fun! Big thanks to @dr-stan.bsky.social and our students for helping organize!! 🥰
July 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#SBN2025 was full of great science, people, and fun! Big thanks to @dr-stan.bsky.social and our students for helping organize!! 🥰
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Please read this 🙏🏾
"Last year during my opening remarks I had the temerity to state that there had never been a more important time to be a behavioral neuroendocrinologist. Seems almost quaint now."
-SBN President Margaret McCarthy
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
-SBN President Margaret McCarthy
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
SBN 2025 Opening Remarks
Welcome Remarks – 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology SBN President 2025 Welcome to the 29th annual meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology in be...
docs.google.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Please read this 🙏🏾
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Praise of the rat
"At a fork in the evolutionary road, the rat chose complexity as a survival trait whereas the mouse chose simplicity. The rat became social, intelligent, complex, and skilled, all of which are attributes it shares with humans."
lan Whishaw, 1999
1/
"At a fork in the evolutionary road, the rat chose complexity as a survival trait whereas the mouse chose simplicity. The rat became social, intelligent, complex, and skilled, all of which are attributes it shares with humans."
lan Whishaw, 1999
1/
July 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Praise of the rat
"At a fork in the evolutionary road, the rat chose complexity as a survival trait whereas the mouse chose simplicity. The rat became social, intelligent, complex, and skilled, all of which are attributes it shares with humans."
lan Whishaw, 1999
1/
"At a fork in the evolutionary road, the rat chose complexity as a survival trait whereas the mouse chose simplicity. The rat became social, intelligent, complex, and skilled, all of which are attributes it shares with humans."
lan Whishaw, 1999
1/
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Inspirational meme for all my Gen X'ers out there
June 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Inspirational meme for all my Gen X'ers out there
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I think it would be good to get some women in charge of the countries that have nuclear weapons. Women talk to each other. Women can be reasonable. Enough with the macho men and swinging dicks.
June 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I think it would be good to get some women in charge of the countries that have nuclear weapons. Women talk to each other. Women can be reasonable. Enough with the macho men and swinging dicks.
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Nature Neuroscience
What dopamine teaches depends on what the brain believes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What dopamine teaches depends on what the brain believes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What dopamine teaches depends on what the brain believes - Nature Neuroscience
How does the brain learn to predict rewards? In this issue of Nature Neuroscience, Qian, Burrell et al. show that understanding how dopamine guides learning requires knowledge of how animals interpret...
www.nature.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Nature Neuroscience
What dopamine teaches depends on what the brain believes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What dopamine teaches depends on what the brain believes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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#JNeurosci: Findings from Jenni, Bercovici, and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cq6ckdyc5v2evozzvht4enxz" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@dr-stan.bsky.social provide novel insight into the functional contribution that mOFC–BLA and PL interactions make to distinct processes that shape decision-making in situations of reward uncertainty in rats.
vist.ly/3n6asip
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June 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#JNeurosci: Findings from Jenni, Bercovici, and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cq6ckdyc5v2evozzvht4enxz" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@dr-stan.bsky.social provide novel insight into the functional contribution that mOFC–BLA and PL interactions make to distinct processes that shape decision-making in situations of reward uncertainty in rats.
vist.ly/3n6asip
vist.ly/3n6asip
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Still time left to submit an abstract and book a room on campus!
June 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Still time left to submit an abstract and book a room on campus!
Ok ok...admittedly a bit of a flex here, but, this is one of the most amusing positive instructor eval comments I've seen in my 20+ yrs of doing this schtick:
"Dr. Stan is the best lecturer I've ever seen and I think I'd taken a class on paint drying if he were teaching it."
"Dr. Stan is the best lecturer I've ever seen and I think I'd taken a class on paint drying if he were teaching it."
a close up of a man with a beard smiling in front of a computer monitor .
ALT: a close up of a man with a beard smiling in front of a computer monitor .
media.tenor.com
May 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Ok ok...admittedly a bit of a flex here, but, this is one of the most amusing positive instructor eval comments I've seen in my 20+ yrs of doing this schtick:
"Dr. Stan is the best lecturer I've ever seen and I think I'd taken a class on paint drying if he were teaching it."
"Dr. Stan is the best lecturer I've ever seen and I think I'd taken a class on paint drying if he were teaching it."
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Correction: deadline to submit an abstract is May 30. Still plenty of time.
SBN meeting is July 13-16. Deadline to submit an abstract is May 31. Still plenty of time.
May 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Correction: deadline to submit an abstract is May 30. Still plenty of time.
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Actually, he did get it right.
May 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Actually, he did get it right.