Julia Cox

This paper develops a wireless transcranial optogenetic system to generate artificial perceptions in mice through controlled cortical stimulation and demonstrates its effectiveness in operant learning tasks.

This study investigates how dopamine signals in different nucleus accumbens subregions contribute to avoidance learning by analyzing their responses to aversive stimuli and learning progress.

The paper identifies a neural substrate in mice where female-specific modulation of motivation by value is mediated by ACC-DMS neurons.

This study examines how different fentanyl vapor self-administration regimens affect behavior in mice with and without neuropathic pain, finding regimen-specific outcomes.

The paper shows that dorsomedial striatal pathways oppositely control behavior depending on task demands and internal state.

The paper compares cortical and thalamic inputs to the nucleus accumbens in mice during a reinforcement learning task, finding that cortical inputs represent actions and choices while thalamic inputs represent cues, with cortical sequences supporting reinforcement learning.

The paper shows that medial and lateral VTA dopamine neurons encode distinct signals during fear extinction, with different temporal effects on learning.

The paper investigates how midbrain dopamine neurons encode sensory, motor, and cognitive variables during a complex decision-making task, finding that neurons are functionally and spatially organized into clusters specialized for specific behavioral variables.

The paper identifies a subpopulation of prefrontal cortex neurons that integrate social and spatial information to support socially motivated behavior.