This study investigates the long-term effects of adolescent exposure to an obesogenic diet on feeding behaviors in mice, finding sex-dependent changes in food intake without affecting preference for non-caloric rewards.

bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Adolescent obesity induces sex-specific alterations of action control

Diptendu Mukherjee, Solenne Rougeux, Robert Thomas West, Ahlima Roumane, Kate Zara Peters, Fabien Naneix

This study investigates how adolescent exposure to high-fat diets affects action control in mice, revealing sex-specific changes in habitual and flexible behavior.

Neuropsychopharmacology · Apr 23, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Regulation of parvalbumin interneuron plasticity by neuropeptide-encoding genes

Martijn M. Selten, Clémence Bernard, Diptendu Mukherjee, Fursham Hamid, Alicia Hanusz-Godoy, Fazal Oozeer, Christoph Zimmer, Óscar Marín

This study identifies how neuropeptide-encoding genes regulate synaptic plasticity in parvalbumin interneurons in the adult mouse neocortex.

Nature · Apr 30, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Egr2 induction in Drd1+ ensembles of the ventrolateral striatum supports the development of cocaine reward

Diptendu Mukherjee, Ben Jerry Gonzales, Reut Ashwal-Fluss, Hagit Turm, Maya Groysman, Ami Citri

The paper identifies Egr2 induction in Drd1+ cells of the ventrolateral striatum as necessary for cocaine reward development through dynamic gene expression analysis.

bioRxiv · Nov 26, 2020 · PreprintNeuroscience

Salient Experiences are Represented by Unique Transcriptional Signatures in the Brain

Diptendu Mukherjee, Bogna Marta Ignatowska-Jankowska, Eyal Itskovits, Ben Jerry Gonzales, Hagit Turm, Liz Izakson, Doron Haritan, Noa Bleistein, Chen Cohen, Ido Amit, Tal Shay, Brad A. Grueter, Alon Zaslaver, Ami Citri

The paper identifies unique transcriptional signatures in the mouse brain that represent distinct salient experiences and their affective attributes.

eLife · Feb 7, 2018Peer-reviewedNeuroscience