Author

Alexander Del Toro

Brown UniversityORCID 0000-0002-7439-8731Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Neuroscience· 2

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Organism:rat· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Bautista· 1 shared Amanda J. González-Segarra· 1 shared Angelina Clark· 1 shared Diane Hoffman–KimiD· 1 shared Gina B. PontesiD· 1 shared Kaylen Aguilar· 1 shared Kristin ScottiD· 1 shared Nathan Ashby· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2023-2026 · peak 1/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

9 top collaborators · 16 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

1 shared paperNeuroscience

Alexander Bautista

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

2 papers

Recent·Most cited

NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintMay 11, 2026

3D cortical microtissue with innate microglia for studying real-time cell behavior across maturation and inflammatory response

Alexander Del Toro, Kaylen Aguilar, Angelina Clark…·Diane Hoffman–Kim

This study uses 3D cortical microtissues to monitor microglia dynamics across maturation and inflammatory responses, showing changes in morphology, surveillance, and injury response.

DOI 10.64898/2026.05.06.723271

ratexperimental assay

𝕏 PostBluesky

NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintApr 6, 2023

Hunger- and thirst-sensing neurons modulate a neuroendocrine network to coordinate sugar and water ingestion

Amanda J. González-Segarra, Gina B. Pontes, Nicholas Jourjine…·Kristin Scott

The paper identifies a neural circuit in Drosophila that modulates sugar and water ingestion through a network of peptidergic neurons.

1 citation

Drosophilaexperimental assay

𝕏 PostBluesky