Rachel M. Rahn

Visual deprivation during mouse critical period reorganizes network-level functional connectivity

This study shows that monocular deprivation during the visual critical period reduces visual and homotopic connectivity while increasing internetwork connectivity between visual and parietal cortex in mice.

Divergent reward cue representations in prefrontal cortex underlie differences in reward motivation between adolescents and adults

This study shows that adolescent medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) neurons are hyper-responsive to reward cues and encode them differently than adult mPFC neurons, affecting reward motivation.

Mecp2 deletion results in profound alterations of developmental and adult functional connectivity

This study examines functional connectivity changes in Mecp2 knockout mice, finding disrupted connectivity in males and subtle changes in females, suggesting sex-specific roles of MeCP2 in circuit development.

Functional connectivity of the developing mouse cortex

The paper uses longitudinal calcium imaging to study functional connectivity in the developing mouse cortex, showing early coherent functional maps and developmental changes in connectivity patterns.

Maternal SSRI treatment during offspring development results in long-term behavioral, cellular, and neuroimaging disruptions

This study shows that maternal SSRI exposure during offspring development causes long-term behavioral, cellular, and neuroimaging disruptions, suggesting a direct role in ASD risk.