Hugues Petitjean

This study identifies a circuit in the medial prefrontal cortex where oxytocin modulates interneurons to promote social behavior in female rats, even under physiological stress.

This study shows that OXTR signaling in lateral septum astrocytes regulates social fear in a sex-dependent manner in mice.

This study shows that parvalbumin protein (PVp) buffers calcium to maintain tonic firing in PV neurons, and its reduction after nerve injury leads to mechanical allodynia.

The paper identifies TACAN as an essential subunit of the mechanosensitive ion channel responsible for mechanical pain sensing.