Bianca Jones Marlin

The paper shows maternal experience reshapes brain-wide neural responses to infant cries, enhancing efficiency and specialization through oxytocin-dependent circuits.

This study shows that olfactory fear conditioning in mice leads to heritable changes in olfactory neuron frequencies and behavior across generations.

The paper shows that postpartum mothers develop a preference for pup urine, which involves both hormonal changes and chemosensory cues, and identifies specific volatile compounds in pup urine that may drive this behavior.

The paper shows that opposing epigenetic forces in olfactory progenitors spatially restrict stochastic OR choice through transcription and silencing influenced by NFIA, B, and X gradients.

In five top neuroscience journals, papers with name-inferred first and last authors of color are under-cited, mostly by White-led teams, and the gap is growing.

The paper shows that social interactions between mother mice and virgin mice activate oxytocin neurons, enabling the virgins to acquire maternal behavior through social transmission.