Stan Floresco, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest papers

Preclinical animal models and assays of neuropsychiatric disorders: Old problems and New Vistas - introduction to the special issue.
Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2024 · first author
CXCL12-induced rescue of cortical dendritic spines and cognitive flexibility.
eLife · 2020
Reward systems, cognition, and emotion: Introduction to the special issue.
Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2019 · senior author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Prefrontal-subcortical circuitry underlying cognitive flexibility and inhibitory control
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$54,000
Imaging neurochemical and neural signalling with fiber photometry
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$150,000
Prefrontal-subcortical circuitry underlying cognitive flexibility
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$474,000

All 6 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Preclinical animal models and assays of neuropsychiatric disorders: Old problems and New Vistas - introduction to the special issue.

Floresco S, Roberts A, Robinson E, Pizzagalli DA

Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience2024First author

DOI: 10.3758/s13415-024-01180-1 PMID: 38504048

02

CXCL12-induced rescue of cortical dendritic spines and cognitive flexibility.

Festa LK, Irollo E, Platt BJ, Tian Y, Floresco S, Meucci O

eLife2020

DOI: 10.7554/elife.49717 PMID: 31971513

03

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

Banich MT, Floresco S

Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience2019Senior author

DOI: 10.3758/s13415-019-00725-z PMID: 31124052

04

Strategy set-shifting and response inhibition in adult rats exposed to an environmental polychlorinated biphenyl mixture during adolescence.

Monaikul S, Eubig P, Floresco S, Schantz S

Neurotoxicology and teratology2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2017.08.002 PMID: 28822742

Prefrontal-subcortical circuitry underlying cognitive flexibility and inhibitory control

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Floresco, Stan

Keywords: prefrontal cortex; nucleus accumbens; amygdala; avoidance; set shifting; inhibitory control; optogenetics; chemogenetics; fiber photometry

$54,000

Imaging neurochemical and neural signalling with fiber photometry

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Floresco, Stan

$150,000

Prefrontal-subcortical circuitry underlying cognitive flexibility

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Floresco, Stan

$474,000

Manipulating Neural Circuits with Optogenetic Equipment

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Snyder, Jason

$141,743

Dopaminergic circuitry underlying cognitive flexibility

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Floresco, Stan

$235,000

Cortico-thalamic-striatal circuitry and cognitive flexibility

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Floresco, Stan

$149,680

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Floresco, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Preclinical animal models and assays of neuropsychiatric disorders: Old problems and New Vistas - introduction to the special issue." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Prefrontal-subcortical circuitry underlying cognitive flexibility and inhibitory control" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]