Wesley R. Evans
@scred62.bsky.social
Post-Doc working in the laboratory of @brainsonmymind.bsky investigating the role of astrocytes in Parkinson's disease.
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Wesley R. Evans
@scred62.bsky.social
· Jul 15
Striatal cholinergic and dopaminergic driven astrocyte Ca2+ activity is disrupted in Parkinsonian mice
Brain neuromodulatory systems exert powerful effects on local neuronal circuit function and behavior. In addition to classical actions directly on neurons, growing evidence indicates that neuromodulat...
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I am so excited to share with the community my newest pre-printed manuscript w/ my mentor @brainsonmymind.bsky.social investigating striatal astrocytes and neuromodulation in Parkinsonian conditions!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
I am so excited to share with the community my newest pre-printed manuscript w/ my mentor @brainsonmymind.bsky.social investigating striatal astrocytes and neuromodulation in Parkinsonian conditions!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Striatal cholinergic and dopaminergic driven astrocyte Ca2+ activity is disrupted in Parkinsonian mice
Brain neuromodulatory systems exert powerful effects on local neuronal circuit function and behavior. In addition to classical actions directly on neurons, growing evidence indicates that neuromodulat...
www.biorxiv.org
July 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I am so excited to share with the community my newest pre-printed manuscript w/ my mentor @brainsonmymind.bsky.social investigating striatal astrocytes and neuromodulation in Parkinsonian conditions!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
New work from our lab done by the amazing @cherishardinger.bsky.social !!!
You’re at the bar having that first drink of the night 🍻 the excited, energized feeling you may have is the “stimulant response” to alcohol - a risk factor for alcohol use disorder.
We researched an understudied cell-type’s role in this response
#neuroskyence
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We researched an understudied cell-type’s role in this response
#neuroskyence
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June 4, 2026 at 10:57 PM
New work from our lab done by the amazing @cherishardinger.bsky.social !!!
Reposted by Wesley R. Evans
Thrilled to wrap up the year and my postdoc work in the Nester lab with this publication 🥳! We show that astrocytic CREB regulates astrocyte calcium and D1-MSN activity to drive behavioral response to cocaine. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41406210/
December 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Thrilled to wrap up the year and my postdoc work in the Nester lab with this publication 🥳! We show that astrocytic CREB regulates astrocyte calcium and D1-MSN activity to drive behavioral response to cocaine. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41406210/
Reposted by Wesley R. Evans
At #SfN? Check out super talented graduate student Esther's poster on how acute alcohol modulates cell specific in vivo cortical activity. You can also congratulate her on recently defending her Masters thesis!!
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
At #SfN? Check out super talented graduate student Esther's poster on how acute alcohol modulates cell specific in vivo cortical activity. You can also congratulate her on recently defending her Masters thesis!!
Reposted by Wesley R. Evans
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Reposted by Wesley R. Evans
Thrilled to share this work from my postdoc with Tom Carmichael, available online @ Neuron! Long story short: we find even more evidence that all reactive astrocytes are not equal, and we can take advantage of those differences to improve repair after stroke.
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Regionally mapped astrocytic responses to cortical and white matter stroke show differential roles in astrocyte-induced vascular remodeling
Stroke is a major cause of disability. Astrocytes respond to stroke in a gradated manner, but details of that response and its consequences for tissue…
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October 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Thrilled to share this work from my postdoc with Tom Carmichael, available online @ Neuron! Long story short: we find even more evidence that all reactive astrocytes are not equal, and we can take advantage of those differences to improve repair after stroke.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Here's a look at a field of striatal astrocytes expressing GCaMP6f-cyto from the Huda Lab for #FluorescenceFriday !
September 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Here's a look at a field of striatal astrocytes expressing GCaMP6f-cyto from the Huda Lab for #FluorescenceFriday !
So glad to see our new paper out as a #GliaPaper #GliaJune2025 !!!!
#GliaPapers #GliaJune2025 RESEARCH
Wesley Evans, …, @brainsonmymind.bsky.social
@rutgersu.bsky.social
Chemogenetic control of striatal astrocytes improves parkinsonian motor deficits in mice onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Wesley Evans, …, @brainsonmymind.bsky.social
@rutgersu.bsky.social
Chemogenetic control of striatal astrocytes improves parkinsonian motor deficits in mice onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Chemogenetic Control of Striatal Astrocytes Improves Parkinsonian Motor Deficits in Mice
Dopamine depletion reduces locomotion-induced calcium activity in dorsal striatal astrocytes. Chemogenetic activation facilitates astrocyte locomotion responses and improves motor behavior in dopami...
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June 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
So glad to see our new paper out as a #GliaPaper #GliaJune2025 !!!!