Hunsberger Lab
@hunsbergerlab.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @RFUMS | Aging and Alzheimer’s disease research | #sexdifferences #healthequity #womenshealth | fitness instructor (when in doubt pedal it out)
WVU alum, CUMC postdoc
https://www.hollyhunsberger.com
WVU alum, CUMC postdoc
https://www.hollyhunsberger.com
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Alprazolam induces anterograde amnesia for contextual fear memory and alters dorsoventral hippocampal neuronal ensembles in female mice - Scientific Reports
Benzodiazepines (BZDs) are commonly prescribed anxiolytic drugs that act on GABAa receptors, and can result in anterograde amnesia, or the inability to form new memories. While BZDs have been used for...
link.springer.com
🚨NEW PAPER🚨 Huge congrats to Kameron Kaplan on his first first-author data paper and @lainey10yes.bsky.social on her first ever publication!! Seriously so proud of this lab always. Summary below (2-4).
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Happening today!
How do sex, stress & anxiety shape risk for Alzheimer’s disease?
Join Dr. Holly Hunsberger on Sept 15 for our next #WHSS talk on vulnerabilities to aging & AD.
📅 Sept 15 | 12pm ET
💻 Free, virtual — register today: ow.ly/KR1150WJEny
#Alzheimers #Research #WomensHealth
Join Dr. Holly Hunsberger on Sept 15 for our next #WHSS talk on vulnerabilities to aging & AD.
📅 Sept 15 | 12pm ET
💻 Free, virtual — register today: ow.ly/KR1150WJEny
#Alzheimers #Research #WomensHealth
September 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Happening today!
So proud of all of our students and shout out to my team (Lainey, Kameron, Sasha) for mentoring!!
INSPIRE Program Presentation Day means one thing, summer is wrapping up!
We had a jam packed summer of research! With an influx of 6 summer students, this summer was productive to say the least!
Leslie did an incredible job representing the @hunsbergerlab.bsky.social presenting on AD and isolation
We had a jam packed summer of research! With an influx of 6 summer students, this summer was productive to say the least!
Leslie did an incredible job representing the @hunsbergerlab.bsky.social presenting on AD and isolation
August 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
So proud of all of our students and shout out to my team (Lainey, Kameron, Sasha) for mentoring!!
If you’re at #AAIC25, come stop 🛑 by and say 👋🏻. Let’s chat about neuropsychiatric symptoms in aging, AD, and menopause. #159 exhibit hall.
July 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If you’re at #AAIC25, come stop 🛑 by and say 👋🏻. Let’s chat about neuropsychiatric symptoms in aging, AD, and menopause. #159 exhibit hall.
Excited to see this work out! Combination therapy could be the future of AD treatments. Loved being a part of this study during my time in the Denny lab bridging the ketamine and AD crews. alzres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Combinatorial targeting of NMDARs and 5-HT4Rs exerts beneficial effects in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease - Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
Background Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia. There are limited approved medications that delay cognitive decline or lessen neuropsychiatric symptoms. Numerous clinical trials ...
alzres.biomedcentral.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Excited to see this work out! Combination therapy could be the future of AD treatments. Loved being a part of this study during my time in the Denny lab bridging the ketamine and AD crews. alzres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
My favorite is the Summer lab explosion. I’m always impressed with the passion and new ideas from our summer interns and volunteers!! Thanks Tala Coffee Roasters for an awesome lab meeting space ☕️. Not pictured: My orange juice coffee combo 🤯.
July 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
My favorite is the Summer lab explosion. I’m always impressed with the passion and new ideas from our summer interns and volunteers!! Thanks Tala Coffee Roasters for an awesome lab meeting space ☕️. Not pictured: My orange juice coffee combo 🤯.
🚨NEW PAPER🚨 Huge congrats to Kameron Kaplan on his first first-author data paper and @lainey10yes.bsky.social on her first ever publication!! Seriously so proud of this lab always. Summary below (2-4).
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Alprazolam induces anterograde amnesia for contextual fear memory and alters dorsoventral hippocampal neuronal ensembles in female mice - Scientific Reports
Benzodiazepines (BZDs) are commonly prescribed anxiolytic drugs that act on GABAa receptors, and can result in anterograde amnesia, or the inability to form new memories. While BZDs have been used for...
link.springer.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🚨NEW PAPER🚨 Huge congrats to Kameron Kaplan on his first first-author data paper and @lainey10yes.bsky.social on her first ever publication!! Seriously so proud of this lab always. Summary below (2-4).
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Hunsberger Lab
Our Lab’s five years of work is out! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
🥳 Vasopressin (AVP) excites BNST neurons via oxytocin receptor (and not V1aR or V1bR)
🔬AVP excites CRF-BNST and OTR-BNST neurons
🧠 AVP inputs from SCN and SON excite BNST via OTR
🐁 OTR-BNST neurons reduce anxious arousal in male rats
🥳 Vasopressin (AVP) excites BNST neurons via oxytocin receptor (and not V1aR or V1bR)
🔬AVP excites CRF-BNST and OTR-BNST neurons
🧠 AVP inputs from SCN and SON excite BNST via OTR
🐁 OTR-BNST neurons reduce anxious arousal in male rats
Vasopressin and oxytocin excite BNST neurons via oxytocin receptors, which reduce anxious arousal
AVP and OT regulate essential physiological functions. Francesconi and Olivera-Pasilio
et al., demonstrate that AVP and OT inputs excite the BNST via OTR. The OTR-expressing
BNST neurons reduce anxiou...
www.cell.com
June 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Our Lab’s five years of work is out! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
🥳 Vasopressin (AVP) excites BNST neurons via oxytocin receptor (and not V1aR or V1bR)
🔬AVP excites CRF-BNST and OTR-BNST neurons
🧠 AVP inputs from SCN and SON excite BNST via OTR
🐁 OTR-BNST neurons reduce anxious arousal in male rats
🥳 Vasopressin (AVP) excites BNST neurons via oxytocin receptor (and not V1aR or V1bR)
🔬AVP excites CRF-BNST and OTR-BNST neurons
🧠 AVP inputs from SCN and SON excite BNST via OTR
🐁 OTR-BNST neurons reduce anxious arousal in male rats
Alzheimer's prevention day was a success. Thank you to all who joined! YouTube link for those interested: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDoQ...
May 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Alzheimer's prevention day was a success. Thank you to all who joined! YouTube link for those interested: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDoQ...
Happening today!!
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May 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happening today!!
rosalindfranklin.zoom.us/j/9673131666...
rosalindfranklin.zoom.us/j/9673131666...
Join the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease and Therapeutics for a roundtable discussion on lifestyle and brain health! This is open to the community and zoom link included. #ADPREVENTION #ENDALZ @rfuniversity.bsky.social @rfubrainsci.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Join the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease and Therapeutics for a roundtable discussion on lifestyle and brain health! This is open to the community and zoom link included. #ADPREVENTION #ENDALZ @rfuniversity.bsky.social @rfubrainsci.bsky.social
Congrats to Perla on passing her honors thesis with Distinction!! So proud to see our first student leave the nest. Perla was our first summer Inspire intern from @lakeforestcollege.bsky.social 🥹.
April 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Congrats to Perla on passing her honors thesis with Distinction!! So proud to see our first student leave the nest. Perla was our first summer Inspire intern from @lakeforestcollege.bsky.social 🥹.
Honored for the research highlight! www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
The Missing Half: Why Sex Differences Matter in Alzheimer’s Disease
Cognitive impairment and memory loss are the hallmark symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease
(AD), but most patients also exhibit a spectrum of noncognitive symptoms, including
neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Honored for the research highlight! www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Go @lainey10yes.bsky.social !! The best STOP THE CLOT ambassador. Great minority health talk about the risk of blood clots. Thank you for sharing your story 🙏
April 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Go @lainey10yes.bsky.social !! The best STOP THE CLOT ambassador. Great minority health talk about the risk of blood clots. Thank you for sharing your story 🙏
(1/2) Took a little break from science social media, but I don't want to miss opportunities to share good news in a sea of bad. We welcomed a new lab member 👶, stood up for science and @lainey10yes.bsky.social was featured on the news (so proud), sciartwork chosen for ASRC marketing, and
March 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
(1/2) Took a little break from science social media, but I don't want to miss opportunities to share good news in a sea of bad. We welcomed a new lab member 👶, stood up for science and @lainey10yes.bsky.social was featured on the news (so proud), sciartwork chosen for ASRC marketing, and
Happy 2025 all! Honored to be featured in the final Illinois Women Conquer Alz newsletter of 2024. Excited for the lab in 2025. We’ve got some fun projects in the works and in grants. Speaking into existence that 2025 will be the year of our R01 🙏😅@alzassociation.bsky.social
January 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Happy 2025 all! Honored to be featured in the final Illinois Women Conquer Alz newsletter of 2024. Excited for the lab in 2025. We’ve got some fun projects in the works and in grants. Speaking into existence that 2025 will be the year of our R01 🙏😅@alzassociation.bsky.social
Hi all! 5th year, previous travel awardee, interested in aging, Alzheimer’s, and women’s health. Come check out our new work using psilocybin as a therapeutic for Alzheimer’s! Poster M173 Monday night. 🍄🧠
We are officially on the ground in Phoenix so it's time for the #ACNP2024 role call 📣
Introduce yourself, your science, tell us if you're a veteran or first-timer, promote your poster/talk/favorite social - whatever you want, this is your space to say it ⬇️
Introduce yourself, your science, tell us if you're a veteran or first-timer, promote your poster/talk/favorite social - whatever you want, this is your space to say it ⬇️
a poster of a witch and a girl with the words say something
ALT: a poster of a witch and a girl with the words say something
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December 8, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Hi all! 5th year, previous travel awardee, interested in aging, Alzheimer’s, and women’s health. Come check out our new work using psilocybin as a therapeutic for Alzheimer’s! Poster M173 Monday night. 🍄🧠
Hunsberger Lab slowly shifting over! Bringing the humor with us 😂
Hi #Neuroskyence 👋🏼
I thought I'd introduce myself with two of my greatest passions in life... and what they have in common.
I thought I'd introduce myself with two of my greatest passions in life... and what they have in common.
December 3, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Hunsberger Lab slowly shifting over! Bringing the humor with us 😂
Hi #Neuroskyence 👋🏻 Excited to check out this new platform! I’m an Assistant Professor at Rosalind Franklin University. Interested in all things sex differences/Aging/Alzheimer’s disease. Below is a little about me 👇🏻
October 3, 2023 at 2:49 AM
Hi #Neuroskyence 👋🏻 Excited to check out this new platform! I’m an Assistant Professor at Rosalind Franklin University. Interested in all things sex differences/Aging/Alzheimer’s disease. Below is a little about me 👇🏻