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Christina Popescu

Douglas Mental Health University InstituteORCID 0000-0003-1738-4680Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:trajectory inference· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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NeuroscienceNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedJul 7, 2023

Amphetamine disrupts dopamine axon growth in adolescence by a sex-specific mechanism

Lauren M. Reynolds, Giovanni Hernández, Del MacGowan…·Cecilia Flores

This study shows that amphetamine exposure in adolescence causes sex-specific changes in dopamine axon growth via Netrin-1/DCC signaling, with male mice showing increased vulnerability.

30 citations

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NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewedMay 31, 2023

The scheduling of adolescence with Netrin-1 and UNC5C

Daniel Hoops, Robert F. Kyne, Samer Salameh…·Cecilia Flores

This study shows that Netrin-1 and UNC5C guide dopamine axon growth during adolescence, with environmental cues affecting their timing in a sex-specific manner.

8 citations

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