Stefanos Stagkourakis

The paper identifies a neural circuit in female mice that transiently becomes active during lactation, enabling maternal aggression through hormonal regulation.

The paper shows that distinct, anatomically distributed neuron ensembles in the hypothalamus encode social and fear behaviors through mixed selectivity, with strong localization bias.

This paper shows that experience-dependent plasticity in aggression is mediated by hypothalamic LTP and influenced by testosterone levels.

The paper shows that persistent neural activity in VMHdmSF1 neurons mediates anxiety-like behavior after exposure to threatening stimuli, without relying on hardwired circuits.