Jessica Tollkühn

The paper assembles chromosome-scale diploid genomes of prairie and meadow voles using a single-library approach, identifying a prairie-vole-specific duplication of Avpr1a associated with pair bonding.

The paper compares gonadal hormone receptor expression in the brains of prairie voles, meadow voles, and mice to identify species-specific patterns linked to social behavior differences.

This study identifies area postrema neurons as mediators of IL-6 function in cancer-associated cachexia, showing that targeting these neurons can prevent cachexia and prolong lifespan in mice.

The paper shows that estrogen enhances activity in melanocortin neurons, reducing sedentary behavior and linking estrogen signaling to metabolic regulation.

This study identifies ER-regulated genes in a sexually dimorphic neural circuit, showing ER induces a neurodevelopmental gene program and interacts with Nfix to regulate male-biased gene expression.

The paper shows that estrogen receptor alpha is required in GABAergic neurons, but not glutamatergic neurons, for masculinizing brain regions and male behaviors in rodents.