Alexandria D. Murry

Subcortical recruitment dissociates isoflurane emergence from distinct wakeful states in mice

The paper maps whole-brain neural activity during emergence from isoflurane anesthesia in mice and finds selective subcortical activation rather than global cortical reactivation.

A diverse population of pericoerulear neurons controls arousal and exploratory behaviors

The paper identifies diverse GABAergic neurons in the locus coeruleus (LC) dendritic field that modulate arousal and behaviors through transcriptional, spatial, and functional diversity.

Anesthesia unconsciousness recruits dynamic parabrachial activity within a distributed brain-wide ensemble

This study identifies a brain-wide neural ensemble involved in anesthesia-induced unconsciousness, with the lateral parabrachial nucleus as a central hub.

Post-ejaculatory Inhibition of Female Sexual Drive via Heterogeneous Neuronal Ensembles in the Medial Preoptic Area

The paper shows that male ejaculation reduces female sexual motivation by activating specific inhibitory neurons in the medial preoptic area of mice.

Distinct dynamics and intrinsic properties in ventral tegmental area populations mediate reward association and motivation

The paper identifies distinct functional roles of VTA dopamine subpopulations in reward association and motivation using electrophysiology and optogenetics in mice.

An arginine-rich nuclear localization signal (ArgiNLS) strategy for streamlined image segmentation of single-cells

The paper introduces ArgiNLS, a nuclear localization signal that improves image segmentation of single-cells by restricting fluorescent proteins to the nucleus, enhancing machine learning-based segmentation.