Rachael Hokenson, PhD
@neurohoke.bsky.social
PhD (and BS) from @UCIrvine | Studying how #SexDifferences #stress #estrogen impacts #memory. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🧠 (they/them)
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🙏 @sfnjournals.bsky.social now out! & while celltype &ephys are alike across sexes, behavioral functions and axon terminal distribution in NAc and brainwide diverge by sex and #stress. @ladenardo.bsky.social
#JNeurosci | Taniguchi, Goodpaster et al. found structural and functional differences between sexes in a reward-related brain pathway—a pathway that previous research showed is affected by early life adversity in males but not females.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1239-25.2025
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1239-25.2025
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
🙏 @sfnjournals.bsky.social now out! & while celltype &ephys are alike across sexes, behavioral functions and axon terminal distribution in NAc and brainwide diverge by sex and #stress. @ladenardo.bsky.social
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Finally dropped! fantastic collaboration with @ladenardo.bsky.social, whole-brain analyses of our novel CRH/GABA BLA-NAc projection shows impact of earlylife stress that are sex dependent & reflect reward behaviors www.jneurosci.org/content/earl... @thebalelab.bsky.social @kundakoviclab.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Finally dropped! fantastic collaboration with @ladenardo.bsky.social, whole-brain analyses of our novel CRH/GABA BLA-NAc projection shows impact of earlylife stress that are sex dependent & reflect reward behaviors www.jneurosci.org/content/earl... @thebalelab.bsky.social @kundakoviclab.bsky.social
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Science and research are under attack. Thank you for writing this important piece @mikeyassa.bsky.social
medium.com/@myassa_6289...
medium.com/@myassa_6289...
How to Dismantle the U.S. Research Enterprise in 15 Days
In just 15 days, three powerful strikes have set the United States on the path to destroying its own scientific enterprise. Labs will…
medium.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Science and research are under attack. Thank you for writing this important piece @mikeyassa.bsky.social
medium.com/@myassa_6289...
medium.com/@myassa_6289...
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Starting today, same-sex marriage is officially legalized in Thailand.
It’s the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.
It’s the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.
January 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Starting today, same-sex marriage is officially legalized in Thailand.
It’s the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.
It’s the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.
Reposted by Rachael Hokenson, PhD
Drug use researchers (esp. those in neuro/pharmacology) - please stop using the word "abuse" (e.g., drug abuse) and other stigmatizing terms
This isn't an arbitrary suggestion, there's legitimate empirical evidence showing that words like this do harm
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't an arbitrary suggestion, there's legitimate empirical evidence showing that words like this do harm
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Does it matter how we refer to individuals with substance-related conditions? A randomized study of two commonly used terms
Stigma is a frequently cited barrier to help-seeking for many with substance-related conditions. Common ways of describing individuals with such probl…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Drug use researchers (esp. those in neuro/pharmacology) - please stop using the word "abuse" (e.g., drug abuse) and other stigmatizing terms
This isn't an arbitrary suggestion, there's legitimate empirical evidence showing that words like this do harm
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't an arbitrary suggestion, there's legitimate empirical evidence showing that words like this do harm
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Rachael Hokenson, PhD
Just online 🧪🧠Why does a brain projection mediate #earlylifeadversity effects on adult reward behaviors in males but not females? whole-brain mapping & Laura Denardo & #AI pipeline shows crucial #Sex-difference in its innervation! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #Neuroscience @superkash.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Just online 🧪🧠Why does a brain projection mediate #earlylifeadversity effects on adult reward behaviors in males but not females? whole-brain mapping & Laura Denardo & #AI pipeline shows crucial #Sex-difference in its innervation! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #Neuroscience @superkash.bsky.social
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Are you #QueerinSTEM in the fields of #neuroscience or #psychology? Please fill out our survey if you haven't already.
We're close to 300 responders, but I know we can get an even better (and hopefully diverse) sample!
Also, please share and/or tag others (but don't out anyone).
#PrideInSTEM
We're close to 300 responders, but I know we can get an even better (and hopefully diverse) sample!
Also, please share and/or tag others (but don't out anyone).
#PrideInSTEM
With colleagues at ALBA, I'm running an international climate survey for #LGBTQIA+ people in #neuroscience (including #psychology, #psychiatry, etc). It takes 10-20 min & you can enter a drawing for gift cards.
Please repost & share w/colleagues.
tinyurl.com/LGBTNeuro
#QueerSTEM
#LGBTQSTEM
Please repost & share w/colleagues.
tinyurl.com/LGBTNeuro
#QueerSTEM
#LGBTQSTEM
November 19, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Are you #QueerinSTEM in the fields of #neuroscience or #psychology? Please fill out our survey if you haven't already.
We're close to 300 responders, but I know we can get an even better (and hopefully diverse) sample!
Also, please share and/or tag others (but don't out anyone).
#PrideInSTEM
We're close to 300 responders, but I know we can get an even better (and hopefully diverse) sample!
Also, please share and/or tag others (but don't out anyone).
#PrideInSTEM
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Announcing a new open access textbook for entry level behavioral neuro. Funded by NSF. Written by a collection of 26 neuro experts. Method demonstration videos and author interviews too. Consider using it in your courses to reduce financial barriers to education.
openstax.org/details/book...
openstax.org/details/book...
November 15, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Announcing a new open access textbook for entry level behavioral neuro. Funded by NSF. Written by a collection of 26 neuro experts. Method demonstration videos and author interviews too. Consider using it in your courses to reduce financial barriers to education.
openstax.org/details/book...
openstax.org/details/book...