Kafui Dzirasa

This study shows that RNA exosome dysfunction disrupts developmental timing and lineage fidelity in human cerebellar organoids, leading to neurodevelopmental defects.

A multisite LFP network (EN-Withdrawal), found with supervised dCSFA-NMF in fentanyl-withdrawing mice, classifies morphine withdrawal, tracks behavioral severity, and its rise predicts fentanyl self-administration escalation in experienced mice.

The paper engineers an electrical synapse in mice using fish connexins to modulate neural circuits and behavior.

The paper examines how brain regions involved in emotion regulation encode sleep-wake states in mice using electrophysiological recordings and develops classifiers to distinguish sleep states from neural activity.

The paper edits a specific class of chemical synapses in a genetic OCD mouse model to prevent excessive grooming behavior.

The paper identifies a multi-region brain network that encodes anxiety in healthy and depressive states using electrical recordings and machine learning in mice.

This study investigates HMGB1-induced anxiety in mice, finding sex-specific differences in microglial MyD88-dependent pathways in the medial prefrontal cortex.

The paper shows that editing a specific brain circuit in mice reduces violent behavior without affecting non-aggressive social interactions.

The paper develops a transgenic mouse model with a fluorescent caspase activity reporter to quantify nonapoptotic caspase activity in rodent brains and demonstrates its use in studying neurophysiological and stress-related effects.

This study shows that prenatal exposure to environmental toxins and stress impairs microglial function and leads to behavioral issues in male mice.

The paper develops engineered gap junction hemichannels to enable precise, long-term neural circuit editing in mammals by enabling communication between distinct cell types.

In five top neuroscience journals, papers with name-inferred first and last authors of color are under-cited, mostly by White-led teams, and the gap is growing.

The paper identifies a brain network encoding socioemotional behavior using machine learning on electrical activity from mice during social interactions.

The paper identifies a brain network encoding reward anticipation through multi-region electrical recordings and machine learning analysis in mice.

This study investigates the role of Gαz in seizure susceptibility by analyzing Gz-null mice and finding increased seizure susceptibility and electrographic seizure activity.

This study shows that the cortico-striatal circuit regulates sensorimotor gating through Disc1/Huntingtin-mediated Bdnf transport, with lithium restoring deficits in Disc1-LI mice.

The paper identifies a spatiotemporal dynamic network in the brain associated with depression vulnerability using machine learning and LFP data from stressed mice.