Sergio D. Iñiguez

This study shows that repeated social defeat stress in male prairie voles leads to depression-like behaviors including reduced sociability, anhedonia, and spatial memory impairment.

This study shows that manipulating ERK2 levels in the nucleus accumbens of rats alters behaviors related to reward and aversion, with overexpression increasing depression-like and cocaine sensitivity behaviors, and knockdown reducing them.

The paper characterizes VP Npas1+ neurons' projections, molecular identity, and role in stress response through RNA-seq and chemogenetic manipulation.

The paper shows that specific extra-hypothalamic oxytocin neurons regulate stress-induced social anxiety behaviors by modulating social vigilance and approach.