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Kristina O. Smiley @prolactingrl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Part of the JNE Special Issue from the 2025 Parental Brain meeting (Barcelona, Spain!) We'll be following up this work in my new lab at UM! 😄 @jne-editor.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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<em>Journal of Neuroendocrinology</em> | BSN Journal | Wiley Online Library

Parental care is critical for offspring survival. For many species, including humans, auditory cues unique to dependent offspring, such as baby cries, elicit the necessary behavior from parents to ca....

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Kristina O. Smiley @prolactingrl.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm excited to share that my postdoc paper from the @healeylab.bsky.social lab was published today! Here we show that zebra finch parents have stronger auditory responses to chick calls compared to non-parents and that females tend to be more selective in these responses! Also~my 1st ephys paper!! ⬇️

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felipe-cini.bsky.social @felipe-cini.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Now in @cp-iscience.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1016/j.is... Work from my PhD conducted in the lab of @healeylab.bsky.social and funded by NIH!

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felipe-cini.bsky.social @felipe-cini.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Despite all this turnover, auditory ensembles become more selective, better at distinguishing that song from others. Adaptation isn't just neurons getting tired. It's active reorganization.

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felipe-cini.bsky.social @felipe-cini.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We found that neuronal ensembles are rapidly remodeling—gaining and losing members, and reshuffling their composition—while the bird and its networks are adapting to the repeated sound. It's not a fade-out; it's a restructuring, including the excitatory/inhibitory composition.

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felipe-cini.bsky.social @felipe-cini.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#NewPaperOut Here's a puzzle: when a songbird hears the same song repeatedly, its neurons adapt; they respond less and less to that song. But what's the network doing during that adaptation? How do excitatory and inhibitory neurons participate as a collective?

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