Samhita Basavanhalli

This study investigates how BLAKOR inputs to the BNST regulate social stress-escalated alcohol consumption in mice, showing that KOR antagonism and chemogenetic activation reduce stress-induced drinking.

This study shows that different rodent diets affect alcohol consumption and gut microbiome diversity in mice, suggesting diet impacts AUD-related behaviors and gut-brain signaling.

The paper identifies a non-canonical cortico-amygdala pathway from the dorsal peduncular prefrontal cortex to the central amygdala that regulates high-intensity defensive behaviors like flight.

This paper develops a dual valence operant conditioning paradigm to study appetitive and aversive behaviors in mice and tests the role of central amygdala neurons in these responses.

This study examines how footshock stress affects social behavior and neuronal activation in male and female mice, finding sex-dependent changes in defensive behaviors and cFos expression.