Jenna A. McHenry

Single cell RNA sequencing reveals how adolescent sex hormones sculpt hypothalamic cell types required for mating behavior.

The paper investigates how pubertal sex hormones regulate transcriptional changes in the medial preoptic area of mice during puberty, revealing sexually dimorphic gene regulatory networks.

The paper identifies PnocBNST neurons in the BNST that encode rapid arousal responses to motivational stimuli and show distinct physiological and behavioral effects.

This study shows that neurotensin neurons in the central amygdala of mice influence ethanol and sweet fluid consumption through projections to the parabrachial nucleus.