A postdoctoral researcher in Marcos Frank's lab, she discusses her work examining astroglial biology in sleep and sleep homeostasis.
Sushmitha Gururaj | September 29, 2020Recent breakthroughs in optical-based imaging in nonhuman primates promise to fundamentally advance our understanding of brain…
Jonathan Nassi and Eric Trautmann | June 17, 2021
Since this is my first blog post, I think a brief introduction is in order! I am currently the Director of Translational Science…
Jonathan Nassi | April 28, 2020
Believe it or not, this post was on our editorial calendar way back in January, and not even in our wildest imagination had we…
Sushmitha Gururaj | March 31, 2020
We're two months into 2020 and our beloved circuit neuroscience community has already served up so many treats that we're…
Sushmitha Gururaj | March 2, 2020
Blockbuster Study from Dr. Anatol Kreitzer’s Lab Sheds Light on Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Motor Learning
At Inscopix, we take immense pride in the scientific success of our community members. Recently, we had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Anatol Kreitzer (Gladstone…
Dr. Pushkar Joshi | February 20, 2018
Must-Read Neural Circuit Papers in January 2018
It’s the first must-read list for neural circuit research articles in 2018, and the line-up of papers include work on circuits coding for movements to fear and anxiety.…
Jami L. Milton | February 2, 2018
Anxiety is Innately Coded by a Hippocampal-Hypothalamic Neural Circuit
The hippocampus mediates learning and memory, and since it receives its inputs from many areas, including the cortex and limbic system, it integrates vast types of…
Jami L. Milton | January 31, 2018
Podcast: Tom Insel on the Science and Future of Mental Health
The story of mental health management is a challenging one to tell. For sure, we don’t talk enough about it as a society, and we don’t yet know enough about the biology…
Jami L. Milton | January 17, 2018Must-Read Neural Circuit Papers in December 2017
It's our final must-read list for 2017! These are the papers published in December that stood out as relevant to the community of neuroscientists studying neural…
Jami L. Milton | January 3, 2018
A Neural Circuit Link Between Anxiety, Stress and Altered Eating
Do you stress eat? Based on biology, it’s no wonder our emotions are so tightly linked to feeding. Imagine when we foraged for food away from shelter and into…
Jami L. Milton | December 20, 2017