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Joanna Loayza

University of Nottingham

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Tobias BastiD· 4 shared Charlotte S. R. TayloriD· 3 shared Jacco G. RenströmiD· 3 shared Rachel Grasmeder AlleniD· 3 shared Carl W. StevensoniD· 2 shared Miriam GwiltiD· 2 shared Paula M. MoraniD· 2 shared Stuart A. WilliamsiD· 2 shared

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Neuro-behavioral impact of Tourette-related striatal disinhibition in rats

Joanna Loayza, Charlotte S. R. Taylor, Jacco G. Renström, Rachel Grasmeder Allen, Stephen R. Jackson, Tobias Bast

This study investigates the neuro-behavioral effects of striatal disinhibition in rats, finding tic-like movements and increased locomotor activity, but no impact on prepulse inhibition.

eNeuro · Jun 1, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Too little and too much: balanced hippocampal, but not medial prefrontal, neural activity is required for intact novel object recognition in rats

Charlotte S. R. Taylor, Jacco G. Renström, Joanna Loayza, Miriam Gwilt, Stuart A. Williams, Rachel Grasmeder Allen, Paula M. Moran, John Gigg, Joanna Caroline Neill, Michael Harte, Tobias Bast

This study investigates the role of GABAergic inhibition in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex on novel object recognition in rats, finding that hippocampal inhibition is critical while prefrontal inhibition is not.

Journal of Neuroscience · Nov 4, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Too little and too much: medial prefrontal functional inhibition impairs early, whereas neural disinhibition impairs serial reversal performance in rats

Jacco G. Renström, C Taylor, Rachel Grasmeder Allen, Luke O’Hara, Joanna Loayza, Jacob Juty, Paula M. Moran, Moritz von Heimendahl, Serena Deiana, Johann Du Hoffman, Carl W. Stevenson, Silvia Maggi, Tobias Bast

This study investigates how medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) hypoactivation and disinhibition affect reversal learning in rats, finding distinct impairments in early and serial reversals.

bioRxiv · Feb 10, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Hippocampal disinhibition reduces contextual and elemental fear conditioning while sparing the acquisition of latent inhibition

Stuart A. Williams, Miriam Gwilt, Rebecca M Hock, Charlotte Taylor, Joanna Loayza, Carl W. Stevenson, Helen J. Cassaday, Tobias Bast

This study investigates how hippocampal disinhibition affects fear conditioning and latent inhibition in rats, finding reduced fear conditioning without impacting latent inhibition acquisition.

eNeuro · Jan 1, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience