Oxytocin-receptor-expressing neurons in the parabrachial nucleus regulate fluid intake
Brain regions that regulate fluid satiation are not well characterized, yet are essential for understanding fluid homeostasis. We found that oxytocin-receptor-expressing…
Ryan PJ et al. | Nature Neuroscience | November 27, 2017
Tracking the Same Neurons across Multiple Days in Ca2+ Imaging Data
Ca2+ imaging techniques permit time-lapse recordings of neuronal activity from large populations over weeks. However, without identifying the same neurons across imaging…
Sheintuch L et al. | Cell Reports | November 24, 2017
Neuronal Representation of Social Information in the Medial Amygdala of Awake Behaving Mice
The medial amygdala (MeA) plays a critical role in processing species- and sex-specific signals that trigger social and defensive behaviors. However, the principles by…
Li Y et al. | Cell | October 26, 2017
The central amygdala controls learning in the lateral amygdala
Experience-driven synaptic plasticity in the lateral amygdala is thought to underlie the formation of associations between sensory stimuli and an ensuing threat. However…
Yu K et al. | Nature Neuroscience | October 23, 2017
Social behaviour shapes hypothalamic neural ensemble representations of conspecific sex
All animals possess a repertoire of innate (or instinctive1, 2) behaviours, which can be performed without training. Whether such behaviours are mediated by anatomically…
Remedios R et al. | Nature | October 19, 2017
Deconstruction of Corticospinal Circuits for Goal-Directed Motor Skills
Corticospinal neurons (CSNs) represent the direct cortical outputs to the spinal cord and play important roles in motor control across different species. However, their…
Wang X et al. | Cell | September 21, 2017