Munir Gunes Kutlu

This study shows that dorsomedial striatal GABA signals track palatable reward consumption and are altered by GLP-1 receptor agonism, affecting feeding behavior.

This study shows that acetylcholine in the dorsolateral striatum reorganizes neural ensembles to anticipate threat, with specific effects on learning and behavior.

The paper identifies NAc core single cell ensembles that bidirectionally respond to experienced versus observed aversive events, suggesting a role in distinguishing somatosensory experience from social observation.

The paper shows that dopamine release during predicted aversive outcomes controls learned behavior and is linked to the saliency of these events.

The paper shows that prelimbic cortical neurons encode hedonic value during solution consumption, with distinct activity patterns for water, ethanol, and sucrose, and these patterns are altered by ethanol dependence.

This paper introduces a novel mouse self-administration procedure that improves volitional drug intake and eliminates sex bias in inclusion criteria.