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Fatih Sogukpinar

Washington University in St. LouisORCID 0009-0008-7501-9554Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Ilya E. MonosoviD· 2 shared Julia PaiiD· 2 shared Ahmad JezziniiD· 1 shared Federica Lucantonio· 1 shared Francesca Romana FiocchiiD· 1 shared Garrett J Smith· 1 shared Kaining ZhangiD· 1 shared Kei Ogasawara· 1 shared

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Ventral striatal astrocytes contribute to reinforcement learning

Julia Pai, Fatih Sogukpinar, Kei Ogasawara, Garrett J Smith, Francesca Romana Fiocchi, Yanchao Dai, Yifan Wu, Michael J. Frank, ShiNung Ching, Federica Lucantonio, Thomas Papouin, Marco Pignatelli, Naoki Hiratani, Ilya E. Monosov

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

bioRxiv · Oct 20, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Neuronal mechanisms of novelty seeking

Takaya Ogasawara, Fatih Sogukpinar, Kaining Zhang, Yang-Yang Feng, Julia Pai, Ahmad Jezzini, 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.

Nature Neuroscience · Dec 13, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience