Stephen D. Shea

The paper identifies a neural pathway from the basal amygdala to the auditory cortex in maternal mice that integrates olfactory and auditory signals during pup retrieval.

This study analyzes LC neuron firing patterns across species and biological factors, revealing diverse activity patterns and subregions enriched for specific factors and disease models.

The paper investigates the role of Mecp2 in parvalbumin interneurons of the auditory cortex in mice, showing that its deletion delays maternal retrieval behavior and recapitulates deficits seen in whole-brain Mecp2 deletion.

The paper identifies a sex-dependent neural circuit from the locus coeruleus to the anterior cingulate cortex that modulates parental care in mice by influencing pup retrieval behavior.

This study shows that maternal care in mice is shaped by a reinforcement learning mechanism involving dopamine signals as the primary reward.

The paper investigates how female mice balance memory fidelity and representational stability in the accessory olfactory bulb during the Bruce Effect by analyzing neuronal responses to odorants before and after imprinting.

This study identifies Neurotensin-expressing neurons in the mouse IPAC that regulate energy balance by modulating feeding behavior and physical activity.

The paper investigates LC activity during maternal behavior in mice, finding precise and pervasive phasic activation linked to pup retrieval, not sensory or motor inputs.

This study shows that maternal experience-induced cortical plasticity in mice is circuit- and stimulus-specific, and requires Mecp2, with disrupted PV+ interneurons in Mecp2 mutants.

The paper proposes a compressed sensing algorithm in the mammalian main olfactory bulb using computational modeling and electrophysiological data, showing it can efficiently represent odors and adapt to odor mixtures.