Carina Soares‐Cunha

This study shows that hippocampal astrocytes encode context-specific aversive stimuli to regulate fear-related behavior through Ca2+ activity preceding freezing responses.

The paper identifies valence-specific neuronal ensembles in the laterodorsal tegmentum that encode salient stimuli and modulate motivated behavior through optogenetic reactivation.

The paper identifies distinct neuronal ensembles in the nucleus accumbens activated by cocaine and foot shock, showing different functional roles in reward and aversion.

This study shows that loss of normal Tau function in the adult brain causes neuronal atrophy, epigenetic changes, and cognitive/mood deficits, which can be reversed by Tau re-expression or epigenetic correction.

The paper compares the neuroprotective effects of bone marrow MSCs and iPSC-derived MSCs secretomes in a Parkinson's disease model, finding that iMSCs secretome better preserves dopaminergic neurons and activates broader protective pathways.

The paper introduces hpGRISZ, a fluorescent biosensor for in vivo imaging of synaptic zinc dynamics, showing high responsiveness and suitability for detecting extracellular zinc release.

The paper shows that D1- and D2-MSNs in the NAc shell encode appetitive and aversive stimuli and their extinction, with D2-MSNs playing a key role in aversive association extinction.

This study examines how D1- and D2-neurons in the nucleus accumbens encode positive and aversive associations during Pavlovian conditioning, showing dynamic changes in their activity.

This study examines the long-term effects of prenatal synthetic glucocorticoid exposure on adolescent brain structure and function using MRI, finding no structural differences but altered functional connectivity.

This study shows that activating D2-MSN projections to the ventral pallidum increases anxious-like behavior in mice, linked to reduced GABAergic activity in the VP.

This study shows that D2-MSN projections to the ventral pallidum have opposing effects on motivation depending on the phase of motivated behavior.

This study shows that AP2gamma deficiency in mice reduces hippocampal neurogenesis and causes lasting behavioral deficits from juvenile to adult stages.

The paper shows that the cerebral cortex operates near a critical phase transition in spiking variability, with critical exponents distinct from mean-field directed percolation.

This study shows that glucocorticoids impair Tau degradation via the Rab35/ESCRT pathway, leading to Tau accumulation and hippocampal dysfunction.