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Xiaoting Wu

@xiaotingwu.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor @ Mount Sinai studying social cognition

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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

MARK YOUR 📅 "The Neuroscience of Social Behaviors", the first-ever Gordon Research Conference on Social Behaviors, is COMING this Spring! On March 2, @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's Dr. @xiaotingwu.bsky.social presents "Neuromodulation Underlying Social Valence". Register ➡️ www.grc.org/the-neurosci...

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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

#MSNseminars APPLICATIONS are now OPEN! Senior postdocs (at U.S.-based institutes) in all fields of #Neuroscience are encouraged to apply for INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY to share your research, visit @mountsinainyc.bsky.social & meet w/ faculty/trainees! APPLY NOW 👉 Scan QR code on the poster to apply!

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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The study also describes how activating a serotonin receptor in the brain of a mouse model of ASD restored positive emotional value (also known as “valence”), with encouraging implications for the development of future therapies. Learn More @nature.com 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Serotonin and neurotensin inputs in the vCA1 dictate opposing social valence - Nature

Aversive and rewarding social experiences are linked to conspecific identity through converging dorsal raphe 5-HT and paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus neurotensin signals in the vCA1 that instr...

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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

PRESS RELEASE! @xiaotingwu.bsky.social, et al. @mountsinainyc.bsky.social have ID'd neural mechanisms in brain that regulate both positive & negative impressions of a social encounter AWA how an imbalance btwn two could lead to common neuropsychiatric disorders. 👉 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...

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