Max F. Scheller

Stable clique membership in mouse societies requires oxytocin-enabled social sensory states

This study shows that oxytocin signaling is essential for mice to form stable social bonds in complex groups, as mice with impaired oxytocin-related social sensory processing failed to join cohesive cliques.

Error-driven representation learning in the mesolimbic system

The paper shows that striatal activity changes in a way consistent with dopamine-driven representation learning during reinforcement learning tasks.

Sniffing Shapes Dopamine Signals for Reward Prediction

The paper shows that sniffing rhythm temporally organizes information flow between the olfactory tubercle and dopamine neurons during odor-guided learning, shaping predictive coding in reinforcement learning.

Individual differences drive social hierarchies in male mouse societies

The paper uses long-term tracking of male mice to show that social rank is stable and influenced by individual behaviors, with chasing linked to rank negotiation.

Hierarchical cross-scale analysis identifies parallel ventral striatal networks coding for dynamic and stabilized olfactory reward predictions

This study uses a cross-scale approach to identify how reward predictions are coded in the ventral striatum during olfactory conditioning in mice.

Phasic dopamine enhances the distinct decoding and perceived salience of stimuli

The paper shows that phasic dopamine enhances the distinct encoding and perceived salience of stimuli in mice by inducing plasticity in neural populations.