Joseph J. Asfouri

The paper provides a high-resolution molecular and cellular analysis of Broca's area and motor cortex across developmental stages, identifying distinct cellular signatures and vulnerabilities to neurodevelopmental disorders.

The paper identifies transcriptional and epigenomic differences in Brodmann Area 22 in autism, linking them to RFX3-dependent networks and verbal ability.

This study shows that high estrogen levels during the proestrus phase increase binge drinking in female mice via rapid nongenomic signaling at estrogen receptor alpha in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

This study identifies two parallel circuits from the paraventricular thalamus to the nucleus accumbens that encode valence and salience with sex-dependent differences.