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