Benôıt Girard

BlueBerry is a wireless optogenetic device for real-time, closed-loop manipulation of neuronal activity in freely moving animals, enabling scalable studies of social behavior and decision-making.

The paper identifies a circuit linking AIC and NAc neurons that encode social interaction valence, leading to distinct synaptic plasticity and behavior.

This study shows that mGlu3 receptor surface expression and function depend on PICK1 interaction, and disrupting this interaction reduces hippocampal theta oscillations in vitro and in vivo.

The paper shows VTA dopamine neurons encode social reward prediction error during conspecific interactions and drive social reinforcement learning.

This study investigates the protective effects of mGlu7 receptor activation against epileptogenesis and seizures using a drug in two mouse models.