Parental behaviors secure the well-being of newborns and concomitantly limit negative affective states in adults, which emerge when coping with neonatal distress becomes challenging. Whether negative-affect-related neuronal circuits orchestrate parental actions is unknown. Here…
Lecca S et al. | Neuron | February 1, 2023Transient sexual experiences can have long-lasting effects on behavioral…
ZHOU X et al. | Science | February 9, 2023
Pleasurable touch is paramount during social behavior, including sexual…
Elias LJ et al. | Cell | February 2, 2023
While there is emerging evidence of sex differences in decision-making behavior…
Cox J et al. | Nature Neuroscience | February 16, 2023
The hypothalamus regulates innate social behaviors, including mating and…
Nair A et al. | Cell | January 11, 2023
State-dependent encoding of exploratory behaviour in the amygdala
The behaviour of an animal is determined by metabolic, emotional and social factors1,2. Depending on its state, an animal will focus on avoiding threats, foraging for…
Fustiñana MS et al. | Nature | March 3, 2021
Satb2 neurons in the parabrachial nucleus mediate taste perception
The neural circuitry mediating taste has been mapped out from the periphery to the cortex, but genetic identity of taste-responsive neurons has remained elusive. Here,…
Jarvie BC et al. | Nature Communications | January 11, 2021
Taste Responsiveness Embedded in PBN
Genetic identity of taste perceiving neurons
Jarvie BC et al. | Nature Communications | January 11, 2021
Differential encoding in prefrontal cortex projection neuron classes across cognitive tasks
Single-cell transcriptomics has been widely applied to classify neurons in the mammalian brain, while systems neuroscience has historically analyzed the encoding…
Lui JH et al. | Cell | December 17, 2020
Deep imaging in the brainstem reveals functional heterogeneity in V2a neurons controlling locomotion
V2a neurons are a genetically defined cell class that forms a major excitatory descending pathway from the brainstem reticular formation to the spinal cord. Their…
Schwenkgrub J et al. | Science Advances | December 4, 2020
Distinct hypothalamic control of same- and opposite-sex mounting behaviour in mice
Animal behaviours that are superficially similar can express different intents in different contexts, but how this flexibility is achieved at the level of neural…
Karigo T et al. | Nature | December 2, 2020