Claudia López Lloreda is a reporter for The Transmitter, covering neuroinflammation, systems neuroscience and neural mechanisms of behavior. Before joining The Transmitter in 2025, she interned at STAT, Science and The Scientist.

Claudia López Lloreda
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Newly characterized striatal circuits add twist to ‘go/no-go’ model of movement control
Education
- Ph.D. in neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania
- B.S. in cellular-molecular biology, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
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