Hindbrain Double-Negative Feedback Mediates Palatability-Guided Food and Water Consumption
Hunger and thirst have distinct goals but control similar ingestive behaviors, and little is known about neural processes that are shared between these behavioral states…
Gong R et al. | Cell | August 24, 2020
Concussion increases CA1 activity during prolonged inactivity in a familiar environment
Although hippocampal damage plays a key role in impairments after concussion, differences in hippocampal information processing during recovery are unknown. Micro-…
Tummala SR et al. | Experimental Neurology | August 17, 2020
Reduced activity of GAD67 expressing cells in the reticular thalamus enhance thalamic excitatory activity and varicella zoster virus associated pain
Within the reticular thalamic nucleus neurons express gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) and these cells project to the ventral posteromedial thalamic nucleus. When GABA…
Hornung R et al. | Neuroscience Letters | August 4, 2020
Imaging the Neural Circuit Basis of Social Behavior: Insights from Mouse and Human Studies
Social behavior includes a variety of behaviors that are expressed between two or more individuals. In humans, impairment of social function (i.e., social behavior and…
MIURA I et al. | Neurologia medico-chirurgica | August 1, 2020
REM sleep stabilizes hypothalamic representation of feeding behavior
During rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, behavioral unresponsiveness contrasts strongly with intense brain-wide neural network dynamics. Yet, the physiological functions…
Oesch LT et al. | PNAS | July 30, 2020
Dysregulation of the Synaptic Cytoskeleton in the PFC Drives Neural Circuit Pathology, Leading to Social Dysfunction
Psychiatric disorders are highly heritable pathologies of altered neural circuit functioning. How genetic mutations lead to specific neural circuit abnormalities…
Kim IH et al. | Cell Reports | July 28, 2020