Haneen Kayyal

The paper shows that intrinsic excitability in layer IV-VI aIC-BLA neurons encodes taste valence confidence, modulated by novelty and valence, during CTA learning and memory retrieval.

This study investigates the role of aIC-mPFC reciprocal connectivity in novel taste neophobia and learning in mice, showing distinct functional roles for aIC-to-mPFC and mPFC-to-aIC projections.

The paper identifies that parvalbumin interneurons inhibit anterior insula pyramidal neurons projecting to the basolateral amygdala during aversive taste memory retrieval, which is necessary for memory dominance.