Bao-Xia Han

General Anesthesia Activates a Central Anxiolytic Center in the BNST

The paper identifies a population of neurons in the oval division of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (ovBNST) that are activated by anesthetics and anxiolytics, modulating anxiety-like behaviors and autonomic responses.

Brainstem premotor mechanisms underlying vocal production and vocal-respiratory coordination

The paper identifies RAmVOC neurons as critical for vocal pattern generation and vocal-respiratory coupling in mice.

Somatosensory Cortical Signature of Facial Nociception and Vibrotactile Touch Induced Analgesia

The paper shows that vibrotactile touch reduces facial pain in mice by altering neural activity in the barrel cortex, integrating tactile and noxious signals.

Constructing An Adult Orofacial Premotor Atlas In Allen Mouse CCF

The paper constructs an adult orofacial premotor atlas in mice by tracing premotor circuits and registering them to the Allen Mouse CCF, revealing spatial organization and coordination of motor nuclei.

Robust odor coding across states in piriform cortex requires recurrent circuitry: evidence for pattern completion in an associative network

The paper shows that recurrent circuitry in piriform cortex stabilizes odor representations despite degraded input, supporting pattern completion in an associative network.

Identification of midbrain neurons essential for vocal communication

The paper identifies a specific subset of midbrain PAG neurons in male mice essential for producing ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) and shows their role in vocal communication.