Over the past few decades, the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) gained popularity
as a unique brain region involved in regulating motivated behaviors related to …

Cross talk between both pre-and postsynaptic components of glutamatergic
neurotransmission plays a crucial role in orchestrating a multitude of brain functions …

The self-organization of the brain matrix of serotonergic axons (fibers) remains an unsolved
problem in neuroscience. The regional densities of this matrix have major implications for …

Alcohol-use-disorders are chronic relapsing illnesses, often co-morbid with anxiety. We
have previously shown using the “drinking-in-the-dark” model in mice that the stimulation of …

The overconsumption of sugar-sweetened food and beverages underpins the current rise in
obesity rates. Sugar overconsumption induces maladaptive neuroplasticity to decrease …

Targeting neurons with light-driven opsins is widely used to investigate cell-specific
responses. We transfected midbrain dopamine neurons with the excitatory opsin Chrimson …

Vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUTs) are responsible for the storage of glutamate into
secretory vesicles. The VGLUT3 isoform is mainly expressed in neurons that secrete other …

Impulsivity generally refers to a deficit in inhibition, with a focus on understanding the neural
circuits which constitute the “brake” on actions and gratification. It is likely that increased …

Amacrine cells are a diverse population of interneurons in the retina that play a critical role
in extracting complex features of the visual world and shaping the receptive fields of retinal …

Ketamine has rapid and robust antidepressant effects. However, unwanted psychotomimetic
effects limit its widespread use. Hence, several studies examined whether GluN2B-subunit …