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Caitlin Orsini

@CaitAnne

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Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin studying addiction and decision making. Pet parent, runner, and yogi on the side.

Austin, TX

Joined February 2009

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Caitlin Orsini

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2 years

RT @UFMBI: Congratulations to @UF neuroscientist Dr. Barry Setlow, winner of the 2023 @UFMedicine Dr. Mavis Agbandje-McKenna Distinguished….

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Caitlin Orsini

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RT @Jackie_Gio: Woohoo super excited for #AmygdalaGRC to be back! Also…Barcelona 😍.

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Caitlin Orsini

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3 years

Nice work @TruckenbrodLeah 😊.

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Caitlin Orsini

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3 years

Pre-print from the lab! Here, we explore the temporally-specific recruitment of amygdala to accumbens projections and dopamine D2 receptor-expressing accumbal neurons in punished risk taking. Some of our results may surprise you.

biorxiv.org

Decision making is a complex cognitive process that recruits a distributed network of brain regions, including the basolateral amygdala (BLA) and nucleus accumbens shell (NAcSh). Recent work suggests...

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Caitlin Orsini

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3 years

I am so lucky to have such a thoughtful lab. A colorful and delicious birthday surprise awaited me at work today.

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Caitlin Orsini

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3 years

Thanks to @b_setlow & @dr_stan for their nominations and their endless support! Happy to officially be part of @ACNPorg. Congrats to all others on the list!.

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Caitlin Orsini

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3 years

Go blue! #MichiganFootball.

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Caitlin Orsini

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3 years

For you @b_setlow.

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Caitlin Orsini

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3 years

RT @neurodobbs: Calling all patch clampers! Do you have a trainee who's looking for a job? My lab is looking for an experienced patch cla….

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Caitlin Orsini

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3 years

Science friends! @neurodobbs and I are expressing ChR2 and hM4Di (both under CAMKIIa promoters) in the rat BLA and consistently see unhealthy cells in our slice prep. Has anyone had cell health issues with ChR2 (titer~1.7X10^12 & above) alone or when combined with another virus?.

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Caitlin Orsini

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4 years

RT @SimonNeuroLab: Hey #ACNP2021 - check out our panel "Innovative approaches to measuring reward/punishment conflict" at 3:00 in Room 201!….

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Caitlin Orsini

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4 years

Just a normal commute to work in Texas, complete with a stuffed bear hanging by the neck.

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4 years

RT @TjShors: Hey Pavlovians — Let’s all give an especially big shout out to Dr. Jeff Wilson. Not only has he kept the Pavlovian Society thr….

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Caitlin Orsini

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4 years

I mean, can you even handle such cuteness?

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Caitlin Orsini

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4 years

RT @alexa_wheeler_: Come check out my #sfn21 poster P782.06 on Thursday 10:30am CST! Sex differences in dopaminergic regulation of decision….

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Caitlin Orsini

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4 years

RT @JustMissEmma: I can’t cope with the disappointment in his face when he realises he’s been caught!! 😭 . GIVE HIM ALL THE FOOD! https://….

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RT @mtorregrossa1: @neubadah The Torregrossa lab is interested in hiring at all levels. We have tons of interesting projects going on to st….

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RT @DrDiehl_neuro: It's that time of year again! Our lab is looking for talented students to join our team! If you are interested in pursui….

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RT @tomjhou: Hello twitterverse. My lab is looking to hire a post-doctoral fellow (position available immediately) to study individual diff….

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