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Samuel A. Achilefu

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterORCID 0000-0002-3133-6717Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:imaging· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1

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Abraham Z. SnyderiD· 1 shared Carl D. HackeriD· 1 shared Dakota DeFreitas· 1 shared Dhvanii K. Raval· 1 shared Gabe HalleriD· 1 shared Hassan Tajarenejad· 1 shared Hejian XiongiD· 1 shared Hengbo Huang· 1 shared

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PHOTORELEASE OF OXYTOCIN IN VIVO USING PHOTOSWITCHABLE NANOVESICLES MODULATES HIPPOCAMPAL CIRCUIT DYNAMICS AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

Jaume J. Taura, Hassan Tajarenejad, Lailun Nahar, Hejian Xiong, Srijitjh Reddy Mudiganti, Yuanyuan Jiang, Krishna Sharmah Gautam, Samuel A. Achilefu, Xin Yu, Zhenpeng Qin, Paul A. Slesinger

This study develops photoswitchable nanovesicles for controlled in vivo neuropeptide delivery, showing they modulate hippocampal circuit dynamics and social behavior in mice.

bioRxiv · Aug 17, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Global cerebrospinal fluid circulation mapping using gold nanoparticle enhanced X-ray microtomography reveals region-specific brain and spinal cord CSF pathways

Shelei Pan, Dakota DeFreitas, Sruthi Ramagiri, Peter O. Bayguinov, Carl D. Hacker, Abraham Z. Snyder, Jackson Wilborn, Hengbo Huang, Peter H Yang, Dhvanii K. Raval, Sanja Svben, Samuel A. Achilefu, Rui Tang, Gabe Haller, James D. Quirk, , Jennifer Mae Strahle

This study maps CSF pathways in the CNS using gold nanoparticle enhanced X-ray microtomography and identifies region-specific circulation patterns affecting stem cell and neuronal populations.

bioRxiv · Dec 18, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience