Dongmin Lee

This paper identifies a self-limiting orexin-habenula circuit that promotes stress resilience by modulating dopamine and coping behaviors, and shows that chronic stress disrupts this circuit through epigenetic and inflammatory mechanisms.

This paper introduces ST-Cal-Light, a method to tag active neurons by converting somatic calcium signals into gene expression, enabling precise functional circuit analysis.

This study identifies a novel LHb-RMTg pathway where trace aminergic signalling prevents VTA dopaminergic hypoactivity during acute stress, suggesting TAAR1 as a therapeutic target.

The paper develops a genetically-encoded optogenetic tool, OXTR-iTango2, to label OXT-sensitive neurons in behaving animals with high temporal resolution.