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Esmeralda Tafani

@esmeraldatafani.bsky.social
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PhD Candidate - curious to Sherlock activity in a helping 🧠 in🐀 📍Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, MD|DE Rescue behavior | Neuroimaging | Sex differences

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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Thrilled to share that our first study on the hippocampus’ role in helping behavior in mice is now published in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social! This work was driven by an amazing team in my lab, and marks an important milestone for more exciting studies to come! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Neuronal networks in the dorsal hippocampus causally regulate rescue behavior in mice
dos Santos Correa et al. show that exposure to a stressful context promotes the acquisition of rescue behavior in mice and that the dorsal hippocampus is required for this learning. Calcium imaging re...
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Moisés dos Santos Corrêa @c0rr34m.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Exactly 3 years after moving to Germany to start my 1st postdoc, I am excited to share the published article describing the role of the dorsal hippocampus in the learning of prosocial rescue task in mice #neuroskyence #neuroscience #science #hippocampus www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Neuronal networks in the dorsal hippocampus causally regulate rescue behavior in mice
Prosocial behaviors, such as rescuing individuals in need, are crucial for social cohesion across species. While key brain regions involved in rescue …
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