Arianna Maffei

The paper examines postnatal maturation of pyramidal neurons in the gustatory cortex, finding dynamic changes in excitability and an increasing inhibitory drive mediated by parvalbumin neurons.

This paper shows that glycated amyloid-beta causes mitochondrial dysfunction and Alzheimer's pathology by triggering the cGAS-STING pathway via VDAC1-dependent mtDNA release.

This study shows that activation of δ-GABAARs in the gustatory cortex reduces sweet taste preference in adult mice by altering sucrose sensitivity.

This study investigates the synaptic properties of thalamocortical inputs to the rat gustatory insular cortex, revealing unique mechanisms of inhibitory gating and circuit organization.

This study shows that midbrain dopamine loss in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease reduces thalamocortical input to the motor cortex while increasing its output.

The paper shows that early taste experience in mice affects adult sucrose preference through changes in insular cortex circuitry and inhibitory plasticity.

This study examines how dopamine signaling affects excitability of pyramidal neurons in mouse motor cortex through acute and chronic manipulations, revealing distinct mechanisms depending on the mode of dopamine depletion.

The paper shows that long-term depression (LTD) at amygdalocortical synapses mediates conditioned taste aversion learning in rats.