Alexa R. LaBanca

The paper identifies a role for prefrontal cortex astrocytes in stress resilience using mouse models and RNA-sequencing, showing distinct transcriptional responses between resilient and susceptible mice.

The paper investigates cocaine-induced astrocyte-specific transcriptome in mice, identifies CREB as a key regulator, and shows its role in modulating neuronal and behavioral responses to cocaine.

This study identifies an anterior hypothalamic circuit that modulates stress vulnerability by integrating valence signals from the amygdala.

The paper investigates how stress-induced plasticity in the amygdala and ventral hippocampus differentially supports non-associative defensive behaviors.

The paper identifies distinct transcriptional profiles in striatal ensembles activated during initial vs. repeated cocaine exposure, revealing differences in neuronal recruitment and memory retrieval mechanisms.

This study shows that strong aversive experiences in mice drive offline reactivation of both recent aversive and older neutral memories, linking them across days.