
Elle Murata
170 posts

Elle Murata
@murataelle
PhD Student @UCSantaBarbara | Neuroscience + Women's Health



🚨Very excited to share a new paper from our lab in Neuron (@NeuroCellPress), on the influence of the estrous cycle on structural and functional plasticity in the hippocampus: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Thread below:


Join us in beautiful Santa Barbara! We're hiring a full-time junior specialist/research technician to play a central role in data collection & analysis of brain imaging studies of pregnancy & menopause. Learn more & apply at: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974 Or help us spread the word💫







Can’t believe our new @NatureComms paper is out! ✨🧠🤰 We tracked a cohort of 179 women before, during, and post-pregnancy, revealing a U-shaped trajectory in the mother’s brain structure linked to steroid hormone fluctuations and maternal attachment. #ParentalBrain 🧵👇













