Noelia Weisstaub.

Noelia Weisstaub

Independent investigator
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

Noelia Weisstaub, Ph.D. is an independent investigator at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and team leader and deputy director of the Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Traslacional (INCyT), a joint institute of CONICET, the Fundación INECO and the Universidad Favaloro in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She earned her Ph.D. at Columbia University under the mentorship of René Hen and Jay Gingrich.

Her research focuses on the neural and molecular mechanisms by which serotonin regulates cognition, memory and social behavior, with particular emphasis on serotonin 2A receptors and prefrontal cortical circuits.

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Mice playing, engaged in learning and memory: some of their brains are yellow, and some are red, matching a red and yellow legend that runs through the image to underscore both memory and learning.
The State of Neuroscience in Latin America Microphone

This paper changed my life: A technical breakthrough for memory studies

By Noelia Weisstaub
14 August 2026 | 5 min read
Mice playing, engaged in learning and memory: some of their brains are yellow, and some are red, matching a red and yellow legend that runs through the image to underscore both memory and learning.
The State of Neuroscience in Latin America

Este artículo cambió mi vida: Un descubrimiento técnico para estudios de la memoria

By Noelia Weisstaub
14 August 2026 | 5 min read
Mice playing, engaged in learning and memory: some of their brains are yellow, and some are red, matching a red and yellow legend that runs through the image to underscore both memory and learning.
The State of Neuroscience in Latin America

Este artigo mudou minha vida: um avanço técnico para os estudos da memória

By Noelia Weisstaub
14 August 2026 | 6 min read

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