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Julia Pai

Washington University in St. LouisORCID 0000-0003-3615-1890Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:mouse· 2 Organism:non-human primate· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintOct 20, 2025

Ventral striatal astrocytes contribute to reinforcement learning

Julia Pai, Fatih Sogukpinar, Kei Ogasawara…·Ilya E. Monosov

This study shows that ventral striatal astrocytes influence reinforcement learning by modulating decision noisiness and reward-guided choice through calcium dynamics.

DOI 10.1101/2025.10.20.683205

mousestatistical model

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NeuroscienceNature NeurosciencePeer-reviewedDec 13, 2021

Neuronal mechanisms of novelty seeking

Takaya Ogasawara, Fatih Sogukpinar, Kaining Zhang…·Ilya E. Monosov

This study identifies the zona incerta and anterior ventral medial temporal cortex as key brain regions regulating novelty-seeking behavior in primates, distinct from reward-seeking circuits.

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non-human primateexperimental assay

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NeuroscienceNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedNov 14, 2019

A neural network for information seeking

J. Kael White, Ethan S. Bromberg-Martin, Sarah R. Heilbronner…·Ilya E. Monosov

The paper identifies a cortico-basal ganglia network that predicts information about uncertain rewards and motivates information seeking behavior in primates.

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NeuroscienceJournal of NeurosciencePeer-reviewedOct 30, 2019

Laminar differences in responses to naturalistic texture in macaque V1 and V2

Corey M. Ziemba, Richard K. Perez, Julia Pai…·J. Anthony Movshon

The paper examines laminar differences in V1 and V2 responses to naturalistic textures, finding stronger sensitivity in V2 and feedback-driven activity in V1.

40 citations

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