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Briana Machen

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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The encoding of interoceptive-based predictions by the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus D2R+ neurons

Briana Machen, Sierra N. Miller, Alison W. Xin, Carine Lampert, Lauren Assaf, Julia Tucker, Sarah Herrell, Francisco Pereira, Gabriel C. Loewinger, B. Sofia Beas

This study identifies D2R+ neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus as critical for interoceptive predictions and behavior guided by physiological states.

iScience · Dec 12, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience