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Affective Cognitive Neuroscience Lab was established in 2013 as a subdivision of the Department of Behavioural Neuroscience and Drug Development at the Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences. In 2017 the laboratory was associated with the Department of Pharmacology. Our main research activity is aimed at investigating the behavioural, pharmacological, neuroanatomical, and neurochemical correlates of cognitive processing biases in animal models.

Interesting links:

https://www.polskieradio.pl/10/5366/Artykul/2693798,Dezinformacja-choroba-XXI-wieku

https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-rats-a-good-tickling-can-change-the-world-1468530323

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http://www.wsj.com/articles/for-rats-a-good-tickling-can-change-the-world-1468530323

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2016/06/30/pessimistic-rats-are-extra-sensitive-to-negative-feedback/

https://www.facebook.com/Pracownia-Neurobiologii-Emocji-i-Proces%C3%B3w-Poznawczych-231026933735026

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Achievements

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Award

Rafal Rygula: Prime Minister's award for habilitation

Professor Rafał Ryguła, PhD

Role of central serotonin in anticipation of rewarding and punishing outcomes: Effects of selective amygdala or orbitofrontal 5-HT Depletion

Rygula, R., Clarke, H.F., Cardinal, R.N., Cockcroft, G.J., Xia, J., Dalley, J.W., Robbins, T.W., Roberts, A.C.

DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu102

The effects of cocaine and mazindol on the cognitive judgement bias of rats in the ambiguous-cue interpretation paradigm

Rygula, R., Szczech, E., Papciak, J., Nikiforuk, A., Popik, P.

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.05.026

Trait pessimism predicts vulnerability to stress-induced anhedonia in rats

Rygula, R., Papciak, J., Popik, P.

DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.116

Chronic psychosocial stress makes rats more 'pessimistic' in the ambiguous-cue interpretation paradigm

Papciak, J., Popik, P., Fuchs, E., Rygula, R.

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.08.036

Effects of kinetin riboside on proliferation and proapoptotic activities in human normal and cancer cell lines

Paulina Dudzik, Joanna Dulińska-Litewka, Eliza Wyszko, Patrycja Jędrychowska, Maciej Opałka, Jan Barciszewski, Piotr Laidler

DOI: 10.1002/jcb.23132

Chronic psychosocial stress alters NPY system: Different effects in rat and tree shrew

Zambello, E., Fuchs, E., Abumaria, N., Rygula, R., Domenici, E., Caberlotto, L.

DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.10.011

See also

Fundusze Europejskie Inteligentny Rozwój Rzeczpospolita Polska Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej Unia Europejska Europejski Fundusz Rozwoju Regionalnego Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego Polska Akademia Nauk