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Jiayi Cao

University of California, Los Angeles

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Learning dynamically regulates stimulus discrimination of ventral striatal D1 receptor expressing neurons

Tierney B. Daw, Jiayi Cao, R Li, Sotiris C. Masmanidis

This study shows that D1 medium spiny neurons in the ventral striatum show increased selectivity for reward-paired cues during learning, while D2 neurons show less change, indicating a dynamic role for D1 neurons in stimulus discrimination.

Science Advances · Jul 15, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Curvature-mediated prewetting organize mitochondrial nucleoid

Xiangzi Hu, Li Shu, Guicong Zhang, Yongqian Jiang, Yuanfeng Yin, Yanyan Xu, Yong Wang, Yuxing Shang, Jiayi Cao, Ting Li, Sanhua Fang, Shuo Guo, Di Li, Dechen Jiang, Christoph A. Weber, , Yifan Ge

This study shows membrane curvature drives prewetting transitions that organize mitochondrial nucleoids through localized protein condensation.

bioRxiv · Apr 9, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics

Serotonin shapes the temporal window for associative fear learning

Yulin Zhao, Xuelin Li, Tianyi Chang, Shu Xie, Yiling Wu, Shaochuang Li, Jiayi Cao, Di Wang, Fei Deng, Jiesi Feng, Yanyi Huang, Yulong Li

This study shows serotonin modulates the time window for fear learning by regulating neuronal activity in the ventral hippocampus.

bioRxiv · Aug 6, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience