Jordan Grammer

The paper identifies a novel neural circuit in socially isolated mice that links social isolation to decreased social motivation and increased social fear.

This study shows that bacterial brain infection in Drosophila activates Toll and IMD immune pathways in the brain, with glia as the primary responders, and that these responses persist even after bacterial clearance.

The paper introduces a new behavioral assay, SAUSI, to comprehensively assess social aversion in mice and demonstrates its advantages over existing methods.