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
Cortical ensemble activity discriminates auditory attentional states
Selective attention modulates sensory cortical activity. It remains unclear how auditory cortical activity represents stimuli that differ behaviorally. We designed a…
Yao P et al. | Molecular Brain | October 17, 2019
Mutant neuropeptide S receptor reduces sleep duration with preserved memory consolidation
Sleep is a crucial physiological process for our survival and cognitive performance, yet the factors controlling human sleep regulation remain poorly understood. Here,…
Xing L et al. | Science Translational Medicine | October 16, 2019
Control of Non-REM Sleep by Midbrain Neurotensinergic Neurons
The periaqueductal gray (PAG) in the midbrain is known to coordinate behavioral and autonomic responses to threat and injury through its descending projections to the…
Zhong P et al. | Neuron | September 30, 2019
REM sleep–active MCH neurons are involved in forgetting hippocampus-dependent memories
The neural mechanisms underlying memory regulation during sleep are not yet fully understood. We found that melanin concentrating hormone–producing neurons (MCH neurons…
Izawa S et al. | Science | September 20, 2019
Activity dynamics of amygdala GABAergic neurons during cataplexy of narcolepsy
Recent studies showed activation of the GABAergic neurons in the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) triggered cataplexy of sleep disorder narcolepsy. However, there…
Sun Y et al. | eLife | August 14, 2019
Lateral dispersion is required for circuit integration of newly generated dentate granule cells
The process of circuit integration of newly-generated dentate granule cells of the hippo- campus has been presumed to be a dynamic process. In fact, little is known…
Wang J et al. | Nature Communications | June 29, 2019