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Aneesh Bal

Johns Hopkins UniversityORCID 0000-0001-7091-2011Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:rat· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Social Exclusion Amplifies Behavioral Responses to Physical Pain via Insular Neuromodulation

Caroline Jia, Andrea Tran, Faith Aloboudi, Ella Say, Nick Thao, Christopher R. Lee, Kanha Batra, Amanda Nguyen, Aneesh Bal, Nathaniel N. Nono, Jeremy Delahanty, May G. Chan, Laurel R. Keyes, Reesha R. Patel, Romy Wichmann, , Kay M. Tye

This study shows social exclusion increases physical pain responses through insular neuromodulation in mice, with opposing endocannabinoid and oxytocin signaling.

bioRxiv · May 9, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Mesostriatal dopamine is sensitive to specific cue-reward contingencies

Eric Garr, Yifeng Cheng, Huijeong Jeong, Sara Brooke, Laia Castell, Aneesh Bal, Robin Magnard, Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, Patricia H. Janak

This study shows that mesostriatal dopamine responses change when specific cue-reward contingencies are altered, suggesting dopamine encodes event relationships during learning.

Science Advances · May 29, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

SimpylCellCounter: An Automated Solution for Quantifying Cells in Brain Tissue

Aneesh Bal, Fidel S. Maureira, Amy A. Arguello

SimpylCellCounter (SCC) is an automated tool for quantifying Cfos-expressing cells in brain tissue, showing high accuracy and efficiency compared to manual and existing automated methods.

Scientific Reports · Jul 28, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience