Ioana Carcea

This study shows that social isolation causes fasting hyperglycemia in male mice, which is mediated by testicular hormones and glucoregulatory brain neurons, but not in females.

This study shows that vasopressin neurons in the hypothalamus regulate maternal thermoregulatory behaviors in mice, influenced by ambient temperature and TRPM8 thermosensation.

This study investigates how memory training affects neural networks and finds that increased default mode network connectivity correlates with improved recollection, while decreased sensorimotor network connectivity correlates with enhanced voluntary recall.

This study distinguishes sickness-induced lethargy from anxiety in mice using behavioral tests and neuronal activity analysis, finding increased lethargy but not anxiety.

This study shows that social imitation modulates spontaneous thought patterns and neural activity, correlating with oxytocin levels and behavioral states.

This study shows that increasing IL-6 levels during postnatal neurogenesis disrupts brain development and leads to behavioral deficits in mice.

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.

The paper identifies task-relevant information in nominally non-responsive neurons using a spike-timing-based algorithm in behaving rats.