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Alan Kania

Heidelberg UniversityORCID 0000-0002-3823-6196Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Lan Geng· 2 shared Valery GrinevichiD· 2 shared Yulong LiiD· 2 shared Aleksandra TrenkiD· 1 shared Alexandre CharletiD· 1 shared Ana Zovko· 1 shared Andrei V. RozoviD· 1 shared Androniki RaftogianniiD· 1 shared

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NeuroscienceNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedFeb 20, 2026

Oxytocin facilitates social behavior of female rats via selective modulation of interneurons in the medial prefrontal cortex

Stephanie Schimmer, Alan Kania, Arthur Lefèvre…·Valery Grinevich

This study identifies a circuit in the medial prefrontal cortex where oxytocin modulates interneurons to promote social behavior in female rats, even under physiological stress.

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NeuroscienceNature BiotechnologyPeer-reviewedJan 2, 2023

Compartmental Neuropeptide Release Measured Using a New Oxytocin Sensor

Tongrui Qian, Huan Wang, Peng Wang…·Yulong Li

The paper develops a new oxytocin sensor to study compartmental OT release in neurons and finds distinct calcium channel roles and fusion machinery differences in axons and somatodendritic regions.

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