Christopher E. Vaaga

This study examines sex-specific differences in prefrontal-hypothalamic circuitry in rats, revealing sex differences in neuronal excitability, synaptic connectivity, and stress-activated neurons.

This study shows that optogenetic stimulation of cerebellar Purkinje cells disrupts freezing behaviors and increases aversion to predator-like stimuli.

This study investigates how cocaine-seeking ensembles in the nucleus accumbens core exhibit distinct structural and functional synaptic plasticity compared to non-ensemble neurons during cue-induced reinstatement.

This study investigates synaptic dynamics in the ventrolateral and dorsomedial periaqueductal gray of mice, revealing distinct mechanisms for frequency-invariant coding in these regions.

This study shows that repeated visual threat exposure leads to fear habituation in mice, influenced by inter-trial intervals and physiological stress.

The paper shows that newly integrated granule cells in the hippocampus preferentially receive inputs from the lateral entorhinal cortex, which is important for pattern separation.

The paper investigates how mitral and external tufted cells in the olfactory bulb process high-frequency afferent input, finding that their distinct temporal response profiles arise from differences in dendrodendritic circuitry rather than presynaptic factors.