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Kian A. Caplan

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Next-generation enhancer AAVs for selective interspecies targeting of midbrain dopaminergic neurons

Kian A. Caplan, Ke Chen, Martin Wienisch, Yongqi Wang, Ruoyang Chai, In-Hye Kang, Cindy Szyin Chen, Ricardo C.H. del Rosario, Fenna M. Krienen, Fan Wang, Guoping Feng

The paper develops and benchmarks enhancer-AAVs for selective targeting of midbrain dopaminergic neurons across species, identifying a specific enhancer and optimizing AAV backbones to improve specificity and efficiency.

bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Cortex-Wide Substrates for Body Schema and Action Awareness

Kyle S. Severson, Jinghao Lu, Wenxi Xiao, Jiang He, Ting Lou, Kian A. Caplan, Manuel S. Levy, Tianqing Li, Timothy Dunn, Fan Wang

This study identifies how the cortex encodes body schema through action-specific neural ensembles and reference frames in mice.

bioRxiv · Sep 23, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience