Alexander G. Bashaw

This study shows that hippocampal dopamine signaling after meals enhances memory of meal locations and reduces food intake in rats.

This study shows that oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular and supraoptic hypothalamic nuclei have opposing effects on food intake, with PVH neurons reducing meal size and SON neurons increasing it.

This study shows that vagus nerve-mediated acetylcholine release in the dorsal hippocampus supports memory function, and its disruption contributes to obesity-induced cognitive impairments.

The paper identifies ventral hippocampus neurons that encode meal-related memories and shows their role in spatial memory and feeding behavior.

This study shows that oxytocin signaling in the dorsal hippocampus promotes prosocial eating in rats by enhancing food consumption with familiar conspecifics and facilitating social transmission of food preference.

This study identifies hypothalamic MCH neurons that integrate food-related appetitive and consummatory processes through physiological and behavioral responses.

This study identifies a neural circuit involving the ventral hippocampus and lateral septum that selectively mediates appetitive spatial memory for food or water locations.

The paper shows dopamine modulates the size of projection neuron ensembles in the striatum, with effects altered in Parkinson's disease.

This paper develops a Drosophila model to study how sleep opportunity restriction improves sleep efficiency and reverses sleep impairments in aging and Alzheimer's disease models.