Meenakshi Pardasani

This study shows that hypothalamic tauP301L pathology in male prairie voles disrupts pair bonding and affects partner preference, suggesting a role for oxytocin signaling in social bonding deficits.

This study identifies a transient CRH signal in hypothalamic neurons that coordinates social investigation in mice by modulating behavior during social encounters.

This study identifies CRH neurons in the hypothalamus as critical for rapid social appraisal, showing their activity scales with social context and persists despite behavioural habituation.

This study shows mice can discriminate airflow alongside odors, revealing how mechanical and chemical stimuli interact in olfactory processing.

This study develops an automated olfactory matching paradigm to assess sensory and cognitive functions in humans, finding that accuracy and decision times correlate with perceptual certainty and odor complexity.

This study shows that female mice can memorize pheromone locations using both olfactory and somatosensory systems, but not when either system is blocked or pheromonal cues are replaced with same-sex cues.