Konstantinos Afordakos

About me:

I joined Valery Grinevich's lab in 2021 as an Erasmus+ trainee and continued to work in the lab as a PhD student. My time here sparked my interest in the function of oxytocin in different cell types and its impact on local circuitry and behavior. As a PhD student, I am now exploring this system in depth by dissecting the cellular components of oxytocin circuits in the forebrain of rats and investigating their relationship with social behaviors, using a combination of in vivo and ex vivo techniques.