Sabine Begall

The study identifies stress-related brain circuits activated by the absence of Earth's magnetic field in mole-rats using a novel imaging pipeline.

The paper investigates whether subterranean mammals have more elastic skin due to elongated hyaluronan polymers, but finds no consistent evidence for this and suggests previous studies may have conflated elasticity with skin looseness.

The paper uses multimodal imaging to investigate magnetite-based magnetoreceptors in the mole-rat eye and finds no evidence for their presence.

This paper develops protocols for neuronal recordings in mole-rats, identifies a low-frequency hippocampal theta rhythm, and creates a stereotaxic brain atlas for implantation and histological alignment.

The paper presents a high-quality de novo genome assembly of Ansells mole-rat using long-read, short-read, and Hi-C data, enabling genetic and phylogenetic studies.

The paper investigates how the HPA stress axis influences aging in long-lived mole-rats, finding that reproductive status affects stress regulation and lifespan.