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  • Thu 26th September 2013

    Dr. Huganir presents the 2013 C. Ladd Prosser Memorial Lecture

    Dr. Huganir presents the 2013 C. Ladd Prosser Memorial Lecture at the University of Illinois, “Receptors, Synapses and Memory”, Urbana-Champaign, IL...

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  • Thu 12th September 2013

    Dr. Dolen reports in Nature

    Dr. Dolen reports in Nature that the neuromodulators oxytocin and serotonin act in concert to make social interactions rewarding. In addition, these studies suggest that this type of reinforcement learning may not function properly in the brains of autistic individuals.  Dolen G, Darvishzadeh, A, Huang, KW, Malenka RC. (2013). Social reward requires coordinated activity of nucleus accumbens oxytocin and serotonin.  Nature Vol 501, pp179-184. In the news: http://www.cell.com/abst...

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