Caroline Menard
@caromenard666.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Associate Professor 👩🔬, Research Chair on Neurobiology of Stress & Resilience, foodie, gamer & metalhead. Menard Lab is @CERVO_ULaval @universitelaval in Quebec City
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Astrocytic cannabinoid receptor 1 promotes resilience by dampening stress-induced blood–brain barrier alterations - Nature Neuroscience
The mechanisms of neurovascular adaptations underlying stress resilience remain unclear. Here the authors show that the astrocytic endocannabinoid system modulates the blood–brain barrier changes duri...
www.nature.com
So excited to share the work of the fantastic Katarzyna, 1st 🧪PhD student of my lab 🧠, out in @natureneuro.bsky.social 🥂🥳
Cheers to the team, thanks to our precious collaborators and support from @braincanada.bsky.social #CIHR @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social #newPI
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cheers to the team, thanks to our precious collaborators and support from @braincanada.bsky.social #CIHR @fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social #newPI
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Does anyone have 3D printer files for objects for the novel object recognition test for mice, and are willing to share?
Also, happy holidays
Also, happy holidays
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December 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Does anyone have 3D printer files for objects for the novel object recognition test for mice, and are willing to share?
Also, happy holidays
Also, happy holidays
Officially in 🎄 vacation 🎅!
Plans for the next 2 weeks: visit families, a few Christmas party 🥂, complete 💯 of 🎮 Clair Obscur @expedition33.bsky.social 😅, walk or ski in the woods ⛷️ and finish a couple of books 📚
Someone is happy I won't be traveling until @acnporg.bsky.social 🌴🌊😎
Plans for the next 2 weeks: visit families, a few Christmas party 🥂, complete 💯 of 🎮 Clair Obscur @expedition33.bsky.social 😅, walk or ski in the woods ⛷️ and finish a couple of books 📚
Someone is happy I won't be traveling until @acnporg.bsky.social 🌴🌊😎
December 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Officially in 🎄 vacation 🎅!
Plans for the next 2 weeks: visit families, a few Christmas party 🥂, complete 💯 of 🎮 Clair Obscur @expedition33.bsky.social 😅, walk or ski in the woods ⛷️ and finish a couple of books 📚
Someone is happy I won't be traveling until @acnporg.bsky.social 🌴🌊😎
Plans for the next 2 weeks: visit families, a few Christmas party 🥂, complete 💯 of 🎮 Clair Obscur @expedition33.bsky.social 😅, walk or ski in the woods ⛷️ and finish a couple of books 📚
Someone is happy I won't be traveling until @acnporg.bsky.social 🌴🌊😎
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If you're (1) into nhp neurophysiology and/or biological motor control, (2) a foreign big shot and (3) interested in moving here, please reach out -- this new program looks extremely attractive (min. $8M over 8y)! www.uwo.ca/research/can...
Canada-Impact-Plus - Research - Western University
www.uwo.ca
December 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If you're (1) into nhp neurophysiology and/or biological motor control, (2) a foreign big shot and (3) interested in moving here, please reach out -- this new program looks extremely attractive (min. $8M over 8y)! www.uwo.ca/research/can...
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As 2025 comes to a close, my university (Dalhousie U in Halifax, Canada) is recruiting faculty, including outstanding early career researchers, and Canada Research Chairs. Applications are due January 19 2026 (was just notified today!). Please repost.
Dalhousie University is recruiting up to 30 tenure and tenure-track faculty positions
Backed by the Government of Canada’s $1.7 billion Global Impact+ Research Talent Initiative, Dalhousie University is undertaking one of the most ambitious research-leader recruitment efforts in its hi...
www.dal.ca
December 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
As 2025 comes to a close, my university (Dalhousie U in Halifax, Canada) is recruiting faculty, including outstanding early career researchers, and Canada Research Chairs. Applications are due January 19 2026 (was just notified today!). Please repost.
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In a recent pub, grad students Kijoon and Corinne co-led a study where we made molecular tools to manipulate transposable elements (TEs) in mouse prefrontal cortex. We saw that transcriptional escape of brain TEs uniquely impaired complex social behavior.
Read it here:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Read it here:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Derepression of transposable elements in the mouse prefrontal cortex disrupts social behavior | PNAS
The neurobiological origins of social behaviors are poorly understood. Previous studies
have linked the function of a single Krüppel-associated box...
www.pnas.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
In a recent pub, grad students Kijoon and Corinne co-led a study where we made molecular tools to manipulate transposable elements (TEs) in mouse prefrontal cortex. We saw that transcriptional escape of brain TEs uniquely impaired complex social behavior.
Read it here:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Read it here:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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New preprint from the lab! For those who love astrocytes 🤩. We welcome feedback! #preprint #openaccess #astrocytes #autism
Metabolic, epigenetic and transcriptomic alterations in postnatal 16p11.2 deficient murine astrocytes
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are associated with metabolic dysregulation. While astrocytes are integral to cerebral metabolism, their molecular and functional changes in ASD are poorly known. Using...
www.biorxiv.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New preprint from the lab! For those who love astrocytes 🤩. We welcome feedback! #preprint #openaccess #astrocytes #autism
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Qui sont les récipiendaires du Prix d'excellence des professionnels et professionnelles de recherche du secteur Santé 2025?
#communautéFRQ découvrez-les ici
🏆Manon Le Bel @ulaval.ca
🏆Cindy Beaudoin @umontreal.ca
🏆Nicolas Stifani @umontreal.ca
Les détails : https://urls.fr/mfyrmM
#communautéFRQ découvrez-les ici
🏆Manon Le Bel @ulaval.ca
🏆Cindy Beaudoin @umontreal.ca
🏆Nicolas Stifani @umontreal.ca
Les détails : https://urls.fr/mfyrmM
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Qui sont les récipiendaires du Prix d'excellence des professionnels et professionnelles de recherche du secteur Santé 2025?
#communautéFRQ découvrez-les ici
🏆Manon Le Bel @ulaval.ca
🏆Cindy Beaudoin @umontreal.ca
🏆Nicolas Stifani @umontreal.ca
Les détails : https://urls.fr/mfyrmM
#communautéFRQ découvrez-les ici
🏆Manon Le Bel @ulaval.ca
🏆Cindy Beaudoin @umontreal.ca
🏆Nicolas Stifani @umontreal.ca
Les détails : https://urls.fr/mfyrmM
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Geneviève Bergeron, 21
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
December 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Geneviève Bergeron, 21
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
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In partnership with UBC's Department of Psychiatry, we are excited to be recruiting for a CIHR Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Cognitive Resilience for Dementia Prevention and Mental Wellness in Aging.
Learn more: med-fom-psychiatry-sandbox2019.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/1...
Learn more: med-fom-psychiatry-sandbox2019.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/1...
December 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
In partnership with UBC's Department of Psychiatry, we are excited to be recruiting for a CIHR Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Cognitive Resilience for Dementia Prevention and Mental Wellness in Aging.
Learn more: med-fom-psychiatry-sandbox2019.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/1...
Learn more: med-fom-psychiatry-sandbox2019.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/1...
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We used rabies virus 👾 to map how #psilocybin modifies long-range circuits 🧠, revealing network-specific reorganization that we didn’t expect.
The full study is now online at Cell. @cp-cell.bsky.social
Paper 👉 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Thread for a synopsis 👉
bsky.app/profile/alex...
The full study is now online at Cell. @cp-cell.bsky.social
Paper 👉 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Thread for a synopsis 👉
bsky.app/profile/alex...
December 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We used rabies virus 👾 to map how #psilocybin modifies long-range circuits 🧠, revealing network-specific reorganization that we didn’t expect.
The full study is now online at Cell. @cp-cell.bsky.social
Paper 👉 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Thread for a synopsis 👉
bsky.app/profile/alex...
The full study is now online at Cell. @cp-cell.bsky.social
Paper 👉 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Thread for a synopsis 👉
bsky.app/profile/alex...
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Excited to share my final postdoc project published. We looked into the striking amyloidosis of important brain waste clearance sites (bridging veins) in mouse and human. A great collaborative project with Rupal Mehta at Rush who did all the human studies. Thanks to everyone who contributed!
Amyloidosis of bridging veins is a pathologic feature of Alzheimer’s disease @jem.org @jonykipnis.bsky.social @leonsmyth.bsky.social @washumedicine.bsky.social
rupress.org/jem/article-...
rupress.org/jem/article-...
December 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Excited to share my final postdoc project published. We looked into the striking amyloidosis of important brain waste clearance sites (bridging veins) in mouse and human. A great collaborative project with Rupal Mehta at Rush who did all the human studies. Thanks to everyone who contributed!
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Join us for Fall 2026. In our group, you can run studies from human behavior and neuroimaging, to large-scale NHP ephys, and join them up with a robust computational foundation. Bonus: you can help build the reading list.
The Sensorimotor Superlab with @gribblelab.org and @andpru.bsky.social is a unique place to work and learn. We are now accepting MSc and PhD applications for Fall 2026. Join our awesome team at Western University... For application instructions see diedrichsenlab.org and gribblelab.org/join.html!
Diedrichsenlab
diedrichsenlab.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Join us for Fall 2026. In our group, you can run studies from human behavior and neuroimaging, to large-scale NHP ephys, and join them up with a robust computational foundation. Bonus: you can help build the reading list.
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On behalf of CANGlia: Call for 2026 symposia proposals for the 2026 CANGlia Meeting in Montreal (May 15–16).
Submit by Dec 31, 2025 to [email protected]
All areas of glial research welcome. Details: https://www.networkglia.eu/activities/
Submit by Dec 31, 2025 to [email protected]
All areas of glial research welcome. Details: https://www.networkglia.eu/activities/
Activities - Network Glia e. V.
Call for CANGlia 2026 Symposia Proposals | Deadline: December 31st, 2025 The Canadian Association for Neuroscientists who study Glia (CANGlia) is now accepting Proposals for the 2026 CANGlia Meeting in Montreal (May 15-16th, 2026), with a deadline of Wednesday, December 31st, 2025. Please see below for more details and do not hesitate to reach out …
www.networkglia.eu
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
On behalf of CANGlia: Call for 2026 symposia proposals for the 2026 CANGlia Meeting in Montreal (May 15–16).
Submit by Dec 31, 2025 to [email protected]
All areas of glial research welcome. Details: https://www.networkglia.eu/activities/
Submit by Dec 31, 2025 to [email protected]
All areas of glial research welcome. Details: https://www.networkglia.eu/activities/
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Join us online on Dec 10!
Looking forward to GSRNet flagship webinar with Scott Russo on brain–body circuits in stress and depression, which I’ll have the pleasure of chairing
Great opportunity to connect from anywhere in the world and hear one of the leading experts in this rapidly evolving area!
Looking forward to GSRNet flagship webinar with Scott Russo on brain–body circuits in stress and depression, which I’ll have the pleasure of chairing
Great opportunity to connect from anywhere in the world and hear one of the leading experts in this rapidly evolving area!
🚨 Less than 1 month to go: second session of the GSRNet Flagship Webinar Series
🎙️ Scott Russo (USA)
@scottrussophd.bsky.social
📆 December 10 — 3 PM CET | 2 PM GMT | 9 AM EST | 7:30 PM IST)
📼 Recording available on demand
👉 Registration: gsr-net.org/workshops-we...
🎙️ Scott Russo (USA)
@scottrussophd.bsky.social
📆 December 10 — 3 PM CET | 2 PM GMT | 9 AM EST | 7:30 PM IST)
📼 Recording available on demand
👉 Registration: gsr-net.org/workshops-we...
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Join us online on Dec 10!
Looking forward to GSRNet flagship webinar with Scott Russo on brain–body circuits in stress and depression, which I’ll have the pleasure of chairing
Great opportunity to connect from anywhere in the world and hear one of the leading experts in this rapidly evolving area!
Looking forward to GSRNet flagship webinar with Scott Russo on brain–body circuits in stress and depression, which I’ll have the pleasure of chairing
Great opportunity to connect from anywhere in the world and hear one of the leading experts in this rapidly evolving area!
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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/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A network of basolateral amygdala projection neurons contributes to stress-induced activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
A network of basolateral amygdala neurons, but not singular projections, contributes to the neuroendocrine response to stress.
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A great consensus review on brain washing from the groups doing some of the most important work in the field summarizing areas of agreement and open questions.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Resolving the mysteries of brain clearance and immune surveillance
This review by Kipnis et al. explores recent advances in brain fluid dynamics, emphasizing
CSF flow’s role in waste clearance, the glymphatic and meningeal lymphatic systems,
and neuroimmune interacti...
cell.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
A great consensus review on brain washing from the groups doing some of the most important work in the field summarizing areas of agreement and open questions.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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🔬 Discover the neuronal cytoskeleton in #SuperResolution!
Join our webinar on 4 December 2026 with Flavie Lavoie-Cardinal & Christophe Leterrier + live Q&A - and enter for a chance to win an Abbelight Smart Buffer Kit.
Register:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#SMLM #Neuroscience
Join our webinar on 4 December 2026 with Flavie Lavoie-Cardinal & Christophe Leterrier + live Q&A - and enter for a chance to win an Abbelight Smart Buffer Kit.
Register:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#SMLM #Neuroscience
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🔬 Discover the neuronal cytoskeleton in #SuperResolution!
Join our webinar on 4 December 2026 with Flavie Lavoie-Cardinal & Christophe Leterrier + live Q&A - and enter for a chance to win an Abbelight Smart Buffer Kit.
Register:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#SMLM #Neuroscience
Join our webinar on 4 December 2026 with Flavie Lavoie-Cardinal & Christophe Leterrier + live Q&A - and enter for a chance to win an Abbelight Smart Buffer Kit.
Register:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#SMLM #Neuroscience
New one from the lab led by @luisa-binder.bsky.social* @laura-mb.bsky.social* and Flora Thomassen* in @jneurochem.bsky.social
🤓🧪🧠
Across Barriers: Blood–Brain and Gut Barrier Signaling in Psychiatric Disorders
@cervo-ulaval.bsky.social @ulaval.ca
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🤓🧪🧠
Across Barriers: Blood–Brain and Gut Barrier Signaling in Psychiatric Disorders
@cervo-ulaval.bsky.social @ulaval.ca
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New one from the lab led by @luisa-binder.bsky.social* @laura-mb.bsky.social* and Flora Thomassen* in @jneurochem.bsky.social
🤓🧪🧠
Across Barriers: Blood–Brain and Gut Barrier Signaling in Psychiatric Disorders
@cervo-ulaval.bsky.social @ulaval.ca
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🤓🧪🧠
Across Barriers: Blood–Brain and Gut Barrier Signaling in Psychiatric Disorders
@cervo-ulaval.bsky.social @ulaval.ca
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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👉🏼👉🏾👉🏻👉🏿👉🏽An opportunity for a PhD studentship in my lab to investigate the mechanisms that mediate the specialization astrocyte endfeet (subcellular compartments enwrapping the vasculature) in collaboration with the magnificent Lorena Arancibia.
See below:
See below:
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
👉🏼👉🏾👉🏻👉🏿👉🏽An opportunity for a PhD studentship in my lab to investigate the mechanisms that mediate the specialization astrocyte endfeet (subcellular compartments enwrapping the vasculature) in collaboration with the magnificent Lorena Arancibia.
See below:
See below:
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Our work out in @devbiol.bsky.social, PDGFra is needed for 🧠 perivascular fibroblast development... ⬇️ perivascular fibroblast = ⬇️ perivascular macrophage...cross-talk? 👀
Led by Hannah Jones @hejcell.bsky.social w/ Kelsey Abrams, Sophia Kim, excited for more projects w/ @fantauzzolab.bsky.social!
Led by Hannah Jones @hejcell.bsky.social w/ Kelsey Abrams, Sophia Kim, excited for more projects w/ @fantauzzolab.bsky.social!
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Our work out in @devbiol.bsky.social, PDGFra is needed for 🧠 perivascular fibroblast development... ⬇️ perivascular fibroblast = ⬇️ perivascular macrophage...cross-talk? 👀
Led by Hannah Jones @hejcell.bsky.social w/ Kelsey Abrams, Sophia Kim, excited for more projects w/ @fantauzzolab.bsky.social!
Led by Hannah Jones @hejcell.bsky.social w/ Kelsey Abrams, Sophia Kim, excited for more projects w/ @fantauzzolab.bsky.social!
~10 years ago few months after I joined @scottrussophd.bsky.social lab I ran a 🧪 qPCR for Cldn5, a marker of 🩸 blood-brain 🧠 barrier integrity, after social stress
I never imagined it would have such an impact 1000 citations 🤯
Never looked back since then 🤓 and how is my lab 7 years old already 😱
I never imagined it would have such an impact 1000 citations 🤯
Never looked back since then 🤓 and how is my lab 7 years old already 😱
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
~10 years ago few months after I joined @scottrussophd.bsky.social lab I ran a 🧪 qPCR for Cldn5, a marker of 🩸 blood-brain 🧠 barrier integrity, after social stress
I never imagined it would have such an impact 1000 citations 🤯
Never looked back since then 🤓 and how is my lab 7 years old already 😱
I never imagined it would have such an impact 1000 citations 🤯
Never looked back since then 🤓 and how is my lab 7 years old already 😱
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Very glad to share our newest paper published in Molecular Psychiatry: Investigating milk-derived extracellular vesicles as mediators of maternal stress and environmental intervention www.nature.com/articles/s41... fun collab w/ @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social. Please enjoy! #OpenAccess #MaternalHealth
www.nature.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Very glad to share our newest paper published in Molecular Psychiatry: Investigating milk-derived extracellular vesicles as mediators of maternal stress and environmental intervention www.nature.com/articles/s41... fun collab w/ @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social. Please enjoy! #OpenAccess #MaternalHealth
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Well, the link was working when I checked, but here it is again: rdcu.be/eQnXw
Investigating milk-derived extracellular vesicles as mediators of maternal stress and environmental intervention
Molecular Psychiatry - Investigating milk-derived extracellular vesicles as mediators of maternal stress and environmental intervention
rdcu.be
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Well, the link was working when I checked, but here it is again: rdcu.be/eQnXw
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new work from my inspiring friend @mindfulrat.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Investigating milk-derived extracellular vesicles as mediators of maternal stress and environmental intervention - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Investigating milk-derived extracellular vesicles as mediators of maternal stress and environmental intervention
www.nature.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
new work from my inspiring friend @mindfulrat.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Share your research at the next Canadian Neuroscience Meeting May 18-21, 2026 in Montreal!
Calls for Parallel Symposia, Satellite Meetings, Poster Abstract and Travel & Professional Awards are now open - Don't miss these opportunities!
can-acn.org/meeting-2026/
Calls for Parallel Symposia, Satellite Meetings, Poster Abstract and Travel & Professional Awards are now open - Don't miss these opportunities!
can-acn.org/meeting-2026/
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Share your research at the next Canadian Neuroscience Meeting May 18-21, 2026 in Montreal!
Calls for Parallel Symposia, Satellite Meetings, Poster Abstract and Travel & Professional Awards are now open - Don't miss these opportunities!
can-acn.org/meeting-2026/
Calls for Parallel Symposia, Satellite Meetings, Poster Abstract and Travel & Professional Awards are now open - Don't miss these opportunities!
can-acn.org/meeting-2026/