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Ricardo Bastos-Gonçalves

University of MinhoORCID 0000-0002-6967-1465Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:mouse· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Research Focus:trajectory inference· 1

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Valence-specific ensembles in the laterodorsal tegmentum encode salient stimuli and modulate motivated behavior

E Teixeira, Ricardo Bastos-Gonçalves, LAA Aguiar, Lea Royon, Ana Clara Faria, R Jungmann, Daniela Vilasboas‐Campos, Margarida Cunha-Macedo, Ana Verónica Domingues, Carina Soares‐Cunha, Raquel G. Correia, SP Fernandez, Jacques Barik, Ana João Rodrigues, Bárbara Coimbra

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

bioRxiv · Jan 30, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Adaptive changes of cholinergic projections to the nucleus accumbens bidirectionally mediate cocaine reinforcing effects

Leandro A. A. Aguiar, Lea Royon, Ricardo Bastos-Gonçalves, Tawan T. A. Carvalho, E Teixeira, AC Faria, RM Jungmann, Daniela Vilasboas‐Campos, AV Domingues, C Soares-Cunha, NAP Vasconcelos, L Pinto, SP Fernandez, Jacques Barik, B Coimbra, AJ Rodrigues

This study shows that cocaine-induced changes in cholinergic projections from the LDT to the NAc bidirectionally affect cocaine's reinforcing effects.

bioRxiv · Jun 30, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Dynamic representation of appetitive and aversive stimuli in nucleus accumbens shell D1- and D2-medium spiny neurons

Ana Verónica Domingues, Tawan T. A. Carvalho, Gabriela J. Martins, Raquel G. Correia, Bárbara Coimbra, Ricardo Bastos-Gonçalves, Marcelina Wezik, Rita Gaspar, Luísa Pinto, Nuno Sousa, Rui M. Costa, Carina Soares‐Cunha, Ana João Rodrigues

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.

Nature Communications · Jan 2, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience