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Victoria Lombardi

Harvard University

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Sustained Activation of a Defensive Behavior-Related Circuit Elicits a distinct Homeostatic Sleep Response

Chun Yang, Victoria Lombardi, David S. Uygun, Ritchie Edward Brown, James Timothy McKenna, Radhika Basheer

The paper compares homeostatic sleep responses after two types of wakefulness: gentle handling and optogenetic stimulation of defensive behavior-related neurons, finding distinct sleep recovery patterns.

bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Synaptic GABA dysfunction of thalamocortical neurons impairs sleep spindle morphology and fear extinction.

Fumi Katsuki, Meghan C Bauer, Mitchell J. Vaughn, Victoria Lombardi, Ritchie Edward Brown, Julie S. Haas, Radhika Basheer, David S. Uygun

This study shows that synaptic GABAA receptor dysfunction in thalamocortical neurons disrupts sleep spindle morphology and impairs fear extinction in mice.

bioRxiv · Sep 26, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience