Olivia B. Levine

This study shows that high estrogen levels during the proestrus phase increase binge drinking in female mice via rapid nongenomic signaling at estrogen receptor alpha in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.

This study identifies a sex-dependent glutamatergic circuit from the paraventricular thalamus to BNST CRF neurons that modulates binge drinking and avoidance behavior.

The paper identifies epigenetically bistable regions in neuronal genes that influence neuronal eligibility for coding ensembles in the hippocampus, showing their role in spatial memory and excitability.