Stephanie Borgland

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Now work by Aida Mohammadkhani form our lab on how opioids modulate the neuromodulation of VTA projections by orexin and dynorphin

Thrilled to share this piece from my time in Jon Britt's lab at McGill. We showed that mice would hold-down a lever to receive continuous photostimulation of dopamine inputs to the medial accumbens shell for varying durations. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

First paper from Jessica Ruffolo PhD project is now published. We show that while single OFC-targeted tDCS is insufficient to modify cognitive control in obese subjects it is moderated by individual neurocognitive characteristics doi.org/10.1002/oby....

👀look who's here, showing up as a GWAS hit on extraversion and neuroticism... our good old friend CRHR1, the main receptor for CRF.

Fantastic article on Canuck memory legend Karim Nader by Samia Madwar. Karim’s 2000 reconsolidation paper was a game changer, reorienting neuroscientific studies towards a more reconstructivist view of memory. thewalrus.ca/karim-nader/

**Recruitment** We are looking to hire a psychiatrist/scientist (MD or MD/PhD) who focuses on neuromodulation, particularly rTMS in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary. Come join myself, @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social and more. Details 👇 careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1829278...

Congratulations to our first Nobel Prize laureate of 2026 🎉 Early this morning Karl Deisseroth found out he was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He seems very happy with the news!

Congratulations to the BBRF Goldman-Rakic Prize Recipient, Dr. Sheena Josselyn, for their Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience! . Memory and Engrams . Register & Learn more: https://ow.ly/z0jz50X0gwk . University of Toronto

Out today in @naturemetabolism.bsky.social ! www.nature.com/articles/s42... Excited to see this one out. I’ve been yapping about it forever! @fralinbiomed.bsky.social

New ms! During choice behavior, OFC neurons encode decision input and output, suggesting the presence of a neural decision circuit within this area. Computational models support the hypothesis, but little is known about actual – or at least functional – connectivity in OFC.

Hi Folks, with @lisataxier.bsky.social moving on to open her own lab at Stony Brook, I am in the market for a new postdoctoral fellow who wants to do slice electrophysiology. We have a number of really exciting projects, translational to basic science, that are ephys focused.

Enkephalin constrains fear learning via volume transmission to the lateral amygdala https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.17.739254v1

CIHR has launched a trial ballon that suggests shifting to one competition a year. This is the worst idea I have heard in a long time. The only benefit is making top-line success rates look better than they are. Keep it as is, do in-person reviews, and keep the pain in the open.

The fMRI outcomes are here (preprinted) www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... The story is surprisingly similar! Little effect of intervention in the overall group but changes occurring in our younger participants. 1/ 🧪

Our work on sex-dependent impact of high-fat diets during adolescence on action control is now published in @npp-journal.bsky.social Thank you to the amazing work from my team and the positive feedback from reviewers @rowettinstitute.bsky.social @aberdeenneuro.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s413...

Multiple studies show permanent DST perpetually decreases sleep duration. Restore permanent Standard Time, aligned to longitude/sun, for natural health!

If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.

What an undertaking this was. So proud of the collection @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social , @brainsbeesbikes.bsky.social , @cbaunez.bsky.social and I collected for the “Stress, Trauma and Cannabinoids” special issue in @psychopharmacology.bsky.social Editorial: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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#cannabinerds coming in hot at #ACNP2026 🔥

Kicking off the appetite and addiction session @borglandlab.bsky.social shows high fat diet disinhibits OFC and impairs outcome devaluation, which is associated with astrocyte hypertrophy and inflammatory cytokine expression #acnp2026

🚨 PI position in dept. of Neuroscience with lab located the @crchum.bsky.social Hiring at assistant/associate prof level in the fields of neural regeneration, stem cells and spinal-associated pathologies can-acn.org/professor-re...

Awesome article on medical breakthroughs that came from basic neuroscience research in rodents. Major success examples in postpartum depression, non-opioid pain and migraine treatment. This is exactly why funding basic science is so important! www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...

Updating this graph for the holidays 🎁 (datapoints are a selection of journals publishing in neuroscience)

The doggo made a buddy this morning

“Basic neuroscience hasn’t produced new drugs.” 💊 Not true - zuranolone (PPD), suzetrigine (pain), gepants (migraine), and more... were born out of a long arc of studies in the lab. I wrote a Perspective on why this matters. @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...

📣We have 2 open faculty positions for senior researchers in Neuroscience at Queen's University! healthsci.queensu.ca/administrati... 1. a new Director for our Centre for Neuroscience Studies 2. a non-human primate NeuroAI researcher Please share widely and reach out for questions!

I didn't just go to college to become a good worker in a profession. I went to prepare myself to have a rich life of the mind and to be a good and well-informed citizen. That sounds super corny, but it was and remains a worthy reason to get a liberal arts education.

End of year lab party 2025. So proud of this group. Lots of exciting things to come in 2026.

Today, we honour the lives of those murdered at Polytechnique Montreal in 1989 and all people impacted by gender-based violence. CAUT remembers them and reaffirms its commitment to fight gender-based violence, hatred and misogyny. Read our full statement: www.caut.ca/news/caut-ma...

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New lab paper drop, this one has been a long time coming! Driven by Rob Aukema (now a postdoc with Kerry Ressler) this paper in Science Advances answered the lingering question of what role the amygdala plays in stress-induced neuroendocrine responses. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Newly minted MSc in neuroscience. Congratulations Ijeoma!!!

Trans Day of Remembrance is a day to remember the lives lost to transphobia and violence. Trans rights are human rights. I will always fight to make sure you can be who you are — openly, safely, and proudly.

That the Alberta Govt invoked the notwithstanding clause for this during Transgender Awareness Week is the chef’s kiss of cruelty. Please support Skipping Stone’s legal fund

The Gowrishankar lab will be opening its doors @neuro_MUSC on Dec 1, 2025! We will be hiring at all levels. I will also be at @SfNtweets presenting my lab's vision on Wednesday, Nov 19, 8AM-12PM at poster board GG7. If you're interested, please reach out! www.raajgowrishankarlab.org

Congratulations to Sheena Josselyn @sjo09.bsky.social, contributing editor at @thetransmitter.bsky.social, on winning the 2025 Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize in recognition of her profound impact on memory research. #neuroskyence