Leila Makrini

This study identifies PAI-1 as a blood biomarker and brain risk factor for PTSD, showing increased levels in PTSD-like models and soldiers with PTSD symptoms.

This study shows that daily intermittent fasting reduces seizure frequency and improves sociability in mouse models of absence epilepsy without adverse effects.

This study investigates the role of dopamine D2 autoreceptors in regulating VTA dopamine neuron responses to aversive stimuli and finds they act as a regulatory brake with sex-biased effects on threat processing.

This study investigates the sex-specific effects of NALCN deletion in Drd2-expressing striatal spiny projection neurons, revealing sex differences in excitability and behavior.

The paper characterizes NMU-expressing neurons in the adult mouse brain using a Nmu-Cre knock-in model, revealing a midline modulatory circuit centered on the VMH.

The paper compares intrinsic properties of D1- and D2-MSNs in FXS mice and finds they lose their distinct characteristics, leading to a uniform phenotype.