@BettsGD

UBC Neuroscience PhD candidate - decision making, acetylcholine

 Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined September 2018
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Jacqueline Ferland, PhD@jmferland29 Nov 2022
I am excited to announce that our paper is out in @JAMAPsych tinyurl.com/bc5s63ev! I started this study before even leaving my PhD position and was made possible by my amazing Co-authors @randalljellis @BettsGD Mason Silvera, Joao de Firmino @cawinstanley @HurdLab
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Work in progress… Consolidating info on projections of #acetylcholine and related neurotransmitters from midbrain ACh nuclei involved in #decisionmaking, which can become maladaptive in #mentalillness and #addiction. Critiques encouraged! :)
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Heavy influences from: - McCutcheon and Abi-Dargham, 2018 - Moran et al, 2019 (middle right distribution diagrams modified from publication) - and almost everything that @MenaNeuroLab has ever written …and many many others
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Catharine Winstanley@cawinstanley23 Jul 2021
Group effort for tissue collection at the end of a major experiment. 3 intense days. Cheers!
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Selective agonist for M5? Help a dummy out ::)
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Also accepting antagonist submissions
Forgot to post this up — my first paper is now published. Hit me up if you can’t access and would like to read :) doi.org/10.1177%2F0269881120…

Pharmacological evidence of a cholinergic contribution to elevated impulsivity and risky decision...

Background: Pairing rewards with sensory stimulation, in the form of auditory and visual cues, increases risky decision-making in both rats and humans. Understa...

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BBI Health@BBI_Health20 Jan 2020
Using RNA-seq data, researchers identified unique and overlapping molecular signatures between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Differential activation of immune system components & pathways may drive pathogenesis of the two disorders @PNIRS sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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BrainBehavImm@BrainBehavImm15 Jan 2020
Recent evidence points to a link between depression & #inflammatory factors within the innate and adaptive immune system. The present #review evaluates current & potential clinical immunotherapies for #depression @PNIRS sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Inspire the Mind ✍🧠@inspirethemind_20 Dec 2019
Have you read this week's blog yet? @RachelUTG talks all about the need to investigate the immune system's link to psychosis. With the recently launched PIMS Study, researchers hope to identify new immune-based #treatments to help #psychosis patients medium.com/inspire-the-mind/…
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It is the day prior to festivus. Set up your pole, prepare your grievances, rest up for the feats of strength, and if you’re feeling extra festive, put a clock in a bag and nail it to the wall. May your day tomorrow be filled with a minimal amount of festivus miracles. 🙃
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Shots. Fired. 💪
🤷‍♂️ nytimes.com/2018/09/29/opini…

Opinion | He Got Schizophrenia. He Got Cancer. And Then He Got Cured. (Published 2018)

A bone-marrow transplant treated a patient’s leukemia — and his delusions, too. Some doctors think they know why.

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Catharine Winstanley@cawinstanley5 Jul 2019
Congratulations Brittney on defending your master's!! Plus awesome homemade rat courtesy of the talented @kellyhre1 Wow, I have amazing students in my lab- feeling blessed 😁
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Facial expression//inside head
Mark Elliott@markmobility28 May 2019
Caption this
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Stan Floresco@dr_stan26 May 2019
Hey Neurotweeps! Are you interested in the interactions between reward systems, cognition and emotion? Check out our our latest special issue of Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience- Lots of great stuff! link.springer.com/article/10…

Reward systems, cognition, and emotion: Introduction to the special issue

Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience -

link.springer.com
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Kate Wassum 🧠👩🏼‍🔬@KateWassum20 May 2019
The next chapter in our collaborative accumbens & motivation story from @OstlundLab is out today in @eLife @Briac_Halbout et al show that dopaminergic VTA projections to NAc, but not mPFC, mediate cue-motivated reward seeking
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Tristan Hynes
@ComradeDopamine10 May 2019
Need to point out how inspirational and supportive @cawinstanley has been! #GreatSupervisor #UBC
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Neuropsychopharmacology@npp_journal2 May 2019
New paper on critical importance of basic animal research for psychiatric disorders: summary of @ACNPorg session. Basis of #nppjournal guidelines on language about animal models. go.nature.com/2UWxm3c Authors include: @bita137 @TheBaleLab @EricJNestler @sthom003 @Huda_Akil1
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