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Leafy Behera

Max Planck Institute for Biological IntelligenceORCID 0000-0002-6953-9843Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:mouse· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Assay:spatial transcriptomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Research Focus:trajectory inference· 1

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Émilie MacéiD· 2 shared Jose Maria Martinez de PaziD· 2 shared Paulina WankeniD· 2 shared Aliya Ablitip· 1 shared Beatriz Rodrigues ApgauaiD· 1 shared Bradley Jay EdelmaniD· 1 shared Joceli MayeriD· 1 shared P. J. McCarthy· 1 shared

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A transition-prone brain state precedes spontaneous behavioral switching

Paulina Wanken, Bradley Jay Edelman, Leafy Behera, Jose Maria Martinez de Paz, P. J. McCarthy, Émilie Macé

The paper identifies a whole-brain transition-prone state that predicts spontaneous behavioral switches in mice using functional ultrasound imaging and optogenetics.

bioRxiv · Mar 9, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Arousal elicits a brain-wide hemodynamic wave independent of locus coeruleus noradrenergic tone

Jose Maria Martinez de Paz, Joceli Mayer, Paulina Wanken, Beatriz Rodrigues Apgaua, Aliya Ablitip, Leafy Behera, Émilie Macé

The paper identifies a brain-wide hemodynamic wave associated with arousal that occurs independently of locus coeruleus noradrenergic activity.

bioRxiv · Mar 9, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience