Sara Nicole Freda

This paper develops a wireless transcranial optogenetic system to generate artificial perceptions in mice through controlled cortical stimulation and demonstrates its effectiveness in operant learning tasks.

The paper analyzes striatal ensemble activity during self-grooming in mice, identifying functional ensembles that show distinct grooming-related dynamics.

The paper maps synaptic inputs and outputs of paraventricular oxytocin and vasopressin neurons in mice, revealing sex-conserved inputs and sex-differentiated outputs.

This study identifies the Edinger-Westphal nucleus in mice as an obligately peptidergic population that modulates fear responses and analgesia.