Katayun Cohen-Kashi Malina

This study shows that thalamic inputs to the insular cortex update representations of physiological needs like thirst and hunger, and that inhibiting these inputs prevents such updates.

The paper introduces 2P-NucTag, a method to label and profile functionally distinct neurons in vivo, revealing gene expression differences between place and silent hippocampal pyramidal neurons.

The paper shows that daily light exposure in adult mice induces transcriptional changes and normalizes excitation-inhibition ratios and firing rates in visual cortex neurons to maintain sensory processing stability.

This paper improves optogenetic silencing by enhancing membrane targeting and subcellular compartmentalization of GtACRs, resulting in more efficient neuronal inhibition.

The paper investigates the role of thalamic and local inputs in cortical synchronization by optogenetically silencing cortical firing and measuring correlations in anesthetized and awake mice.