Publications for Primary Faculty Members - October 2018:

Edsinger E, Dolen G. A Conserved Role for Serotonergic Neurotransmission in Mediating Social Behavior in Octopus. Curr Biol. 2018 Oct 8;28(19):3136-3142.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.061.

Jiang Z, Yue WWS, Chen L, Sheng Y, Yau KW. Cyclic-Nucleotide- and HCN-Channel-Mediated Phototransduction in Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells. Cell. 2018 Oct 18;175(3):652-664.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.08.055.

Ottenheimer D, Richard JM, Janak PH. Ventral pallidum encodes relative reward value earlier and more robustly than nucleus accumbens. Nat Commun. 2018 Oct 19;9(1):4350. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06849-z.

Working with rats, researchers have found robust neural activity related to food choice in a previously overlooked part of the brain. The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, suggest this brain area could be key to developing therapies and treatments to encourage healthy eating.

Congratulations to Dr. King-Wai Yau  who was elected to the National Academy of Medicine!