Mustafa Talay

The paper identifies hormone-specific neuronal circuits in the hypothalamus that regulate sex- and state-dependent infant caregiving behaviors in mothers and fathers.

The paper identifies a Drosophila octopamine neuron that mediates ethanol seeking under hunger conditions by forming a parallel circuit with memory circuitry.

The paper induces menstruation in mice to study endometrial shedding regulation, revealing a new paradigm for spatially regulated fibroblast differentiation.

The paper shows that polyunsaturated fatty acids increase appetite by enhancing brain serotonin levels through the gut microbiome.

The paper examines how sensory input, sex, and function influence the developmental trajectories of hypothalamic cell types during early life transitions.

Opposing glutamatergic MPN Isolation and mostly GABAergic MPN Reunion neurons in the mouse preoptic hypothalamus encode social need and satiety, with touch as a likely cue.

This study maps transsynaptic connections in zebrafish neural circuits using a modified trans-Tango method and validates findings with optogenetic experiments.

The paper identifies a convergent node in male Drosophila olfactory circuits that regulates courtship behavior using the ds-Tango tool.

retro-Tango is a retrograde circuit tracing method in Drosophila that uses a ligand-receptor interaction to enable transsynaptic reporter gene expression in presynaptic neurons.

The paper identifies a linear neural circuit for light avoidance in Drosophila larvae using trans-Tango MkII and circuit epistasis analysis.

The paper identifies two enhancers critical for TAAR gene expression in olfactory sensory neurons and shows they operate in cis to regulate gene choice.

The paper maps the postsynaptic connections of Drosophila mushroom body output neurons using trans-Tango, revealing convergent targets and a multilayer circuit for information integration.

The paper identifies distinct second-order gustatory projection neurons in Drosophila that respond to sweet and bitter tastants, revealing a distributed coding scheme rather than a labeled-line model.

The paper identifies how dopamine neuron circuits shift from reward delivery to cue onset in alcohol-associated preference using Drosophila melanogaster.