Liliana Ferreira

Neural substrates of female sexual rejection: hypothalamic pathways to the periaqueductal gray

The paper identifies a neural pathway involving aVMHvlPR+ neurons projecting to the dmPAG that regulates female sexual rejection behavior during non-receptive phases.

Distinct afferent signatures onto anterior and posterior VMHvl subdomains and their progesterone receptor-expressing neurons

The paper identifies distinct afferent inputs to anterior and posterior VMHvl subdomains and their progesterone receptor-expressing neurons, revealing circuit mechanisms underlying female sexual behavior regulation.

A hypothalamic node for the cyclical control of female sexual rejection

The paper identifies a hypothalamic circuit in mice that controls cyclical female sexual rejection behavior through progesterone receptor-expressing neurons.

A galanin-positive population of lumbar spinal cord neurons modulates sexual arousal and copulatory behavior

This study identifies a galanin-positive spinal cord neuron population that modulates sexual arousal and copulatory behavior in mice by controlling bulbospongiosus muscle activity.

The structural and electrophysiological properties of progesterone receptor expressing neurons vary along the anterior-posterior axis of the ventromedial hypothalamus and undergo local changes across the reproductive cycle

The paper examines how progesterone receptor expressing neurons in the VMHvl change structurally and electrophysiologically along the anterior-posterior axis and across the reproductive cycle.