{"id":9,"date":"2016-11-01T15:39:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T15:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reward-aversion.org\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2024-03-13T16:17:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:17:12","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reward-aversion.org\/index.php\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-justify-content-space-between\" style=\"width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 0px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 20px 6% 10px 2%;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:31px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"font-size:30px;margin-top:31px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\">Neuronal circuits of reward and aversion<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: flex-start;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;max-width:300px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#25afb4;border-top-width:2px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"font-size:20px;transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Since the moment we wake up, we are continuously flooded with sensory information of variable relevance. Therefore, our brains evolved to filter information, and focus on relevant stimuli that are associated with an emotionally significant experience. A stimulus that is inherently appetitive\/rewarding (positive valence) triggers approach; whereas a stimulus that is aversive (negative valence) induces avoidance. Different regions of the limbic system represent valence, including the nucleus accumbens, amygdala, ventral tegmental area, amongst others. In the latest years, researchers have been trying to identify properties that distinguishes rewarding and aversive neuronal ensembles, but this has been a challenging task: <\/span><span style=\"color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing); font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"><i>I<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing); font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"><i>s it differential inputs and\/or outputs? Distinct genetic signatures? Functional characteristics?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Our lab is focused in understanding how our brain encodes reward and aversion, and how this information is conveyed into motivated behaviors. We are particularly interested in the nucleus accumbens, a key region in rewarding\/aversive learning and in motivation.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:7px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"font-size:18px;transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p style=\"font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">We use a combination of tools including behavioral evaluation, optogenetics, electrophysiology, pharmacology and live imaging with genetically-encoded sensors in rodents to understand how reward and aversion are encoded in the nucleus accumbens circuitry. We are performing these studies in physiological conditions but also in rodent models of neurodevelopmental challenges such as prenatal stress. Ultimately, by unveiling the neurobiological underpinnings of motivated behavior, one can contribute for the mechanistic interpretation of neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression and addiction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"><b style=\"color: #4c5166;\">Main projects<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"><b>Neurobiological basis of reward and aversion: a focus on the nucleus accumbens circuitry<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"><b>Impact of prenatal stress in the brain: from rodents to humans<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:7px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 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style=\"color:#25afb4;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\" style=\"margin-left:43.2px;\">\n<p>Rodent Behavioral platform<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\"><span style=\"height:30.6px;width:30.6px;margin-right:12.6px;\" class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-angle-right fas\" style=\"color:#25afb4;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\" style=\"margin-left:43.2px;\">\n<p>Tracer\/anatomical studies<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\"><span style=\"height:30.6px;width:30.6px;margin-right:12.6px;\" class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-angle-right fas\" style=\"color:#25afb4;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\" style=\"margin-left:43.2px;\">\n<p>Optogenetics and chemogenetics<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\"><span style=\"height:30.6px;width:30.6px;margin-right:12.6px;\" class=\"icon-wrapper 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class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\"><b><br \/>\nHost Institution<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-has-icon\" style=\"align-self: flex-start;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:20px;width:100%;max-width:100px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#25afb4;border-top-width:2px;\"><\/div><span class=\"icon-wrapper\" style=\"border-color:#25afb4;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:16px;width: 1.75em; height: 1.75em;border-width:2px;padding:2px;margin-top:-1px\"><i class=\"fa-university fas\" style=\"font-size: inherit;color:#25afb4;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#25afb4;border-top-width:2px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">The <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/icvs.uminho.pt\/\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">ICVS<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> was created in 2003 and aims at improving human health through outstanding life-science research, cutting-edge medical innovation and delivery of specialized services. <\/span><span style=\"color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing); font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">The ICVS<\/span><span style=\"color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing); font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> is a R&amp;D Unit incorporated in the <\/span><a style=\"font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing); font-size: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.med.uminho.pt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">School of Medicine<\/a><span style=\"color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing); font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> &#8211; <\/span><a style=\"font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing); font-size: 19px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uminho.pt\/EN\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">University of Minho<\/a><span style=\"color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing); font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Jf2bX9fuUR8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Braga<\/a>, Portugal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing); font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Portugal is a wonderful country, known by its good food and wine, excellent weather and warm and friendly people. Braga is the youngest city in Portugal and is a vibrant place to study and live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">ICVS is strategically located within a fast growing Cluster of Biomedical Science, Technology and Healthcare institutions. <span style=\"font-size: 19px; color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">It has an overall area of laboratories of 6000 m2. ICVS provides fully operational Functional Cores for: Animal Housing and Experimentation, Microscopy (confocal, 1P, 2P), Histology, Molecular Biology, Cytometry, Cell and Tissue Culture, Electrophysiology, Optogenetics, Live imaging, Neuroimaging, fMRI, and Biosafety Levels 2 and 3. <\/span><span style=\"color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing); font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">The ICVS also benefits from the <\/span><a style=\"font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing); font-size: 19px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccabraga.org\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Clinical Academic Centre<\/a><span style=\"color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing); font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\"> (2CA-Braga) infrastructures, a wind at Hospital of Braga that is supported by specialized medical doctors\/researchers with the expertise to perform clinical research.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Overview Image_ctrl b3 4fe-V3jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/reward-aversion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Overview-Image_ctrl-b3-4fe-V3jpeg-3.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1639\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-6{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;}.fusion-builder-column-6 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0 !important;padding-right : 56px !important;margin-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 30 !important;padding-left : 45.97793960571289px !important;margin-left : 0px;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-6{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-6 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0px;margin-left : 0px;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-6{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-6 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0px;margin-left : 0px;}}<\/style><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-3{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/reward-aversion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shutterstock_1709816608_croped_menos-intenso-scaled.jpg&quot;);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;min-height:320px;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_5_6 5_6 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-5{margin-top:31px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"font-size:40px;margin-top:31px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;color:#ffffff;\"><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"text-align:center;font-size:20px;line-height:35px;transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><div>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><i><span style=\"color: #4c5665; font-size: 19px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">\u201cI strongly believe in open and collaborative science. Collaborative efforts accelerate scientific progress, and allow the development of multidisciplinary approaches to tackle complex problems.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\" style=\"color:#4c5665;transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 19px; color: #4c5665;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Ana Jo\u00e3o Rodrigues<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">All rights reserved. <i>Photos by Jo\u00e3o Dias, ICVS<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-7{width:83.333333333333% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;}.fusion-builder-column-7 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 2.304%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.304%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-7{width:100% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-7 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-7{width:100% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-7 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-4{ padding-top : 30px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 30px;padding-bottom : 30px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 30px;}<\/style><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reward-aversion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reward-aversion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reward-aversion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reward-aversion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reward-aversion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":91,"href":"https:\/\/reward-aversion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1830,"href":"https:\/\/reward-aversion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/1830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reward-aversion.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}