Laura Luyten
lauraluyten.bsky.social
Laura Luyten
@lauraluyten.bsky.social
Behavioral neuroscientist at KU Leuven (fear, anxiety, avoidance, DBS, BST) • Mom of three • 🎶 • Still a bit in that other place as well (for now): X.com/luyten_laura
Proud Laura's 😉
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Prior research suggests that dopamine receptor blockade disrupts avoidance learning.

We found that D1R blockade reduced avoidance during training, but subsequent avoidance was intact.

This suggests that D1R blockade may acutely impair performance rather than avoidance learning proper.
March 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
(Btw, my children will love the American stamps 🇺🇸!)

Also: Big thanks to the donors who make all this possible!
February 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
✋🏻 Sounds like my cup of tea. Is there still room?
November 20, 2024 at 2:39 PM