Different Effects of Peer Sex on Operant Responding for Social Interaction and Striatal Dopamine Activity
When rats are given discrete choices between social interactions with a peer and opioid or psychostimulant drugs, they choose social interaction, even after extensive drug self-administration experience. Studies show that like drug and nondrug food re…
Pre- versus Post-synaptic Forms of LTP in Two Branches of the Same Hippocampal Afferent
There has been considerable controversy about pre- versus postsynaptic expression of memory-related long-term potentiation (LTP), with corresponding disputes about underlying mechanisms. We report here an instance in male mice, in which both types of …
Parvalbumin and Somatostatin: Biomarkers for Two Parallel Tectothalamic Pathways in the Auditory Midbrain
The inferior colliculus (IC) represents a crucial relay station in the auditory pathway, located in the midbrain’s tectum and primarily projecting to the thalamus. Despite the identification of distinct cell classes based on various biomarkers in the …
Oscillatory Waveform Shape and Temporal Spike Correlations Differ across Bat Frontal and Auditory Cortex
Neural oscillations are associated with diverse computations in the mammalian brain. The waveform shape of oscillatory activity measured in the cortex relates to local physiology and can be informative about aberrant or dynamically changing states. Ho…
Caldendrin Is a Repressor of PIEZO2 Channels and Touch Sensation in Mice
The sense of touch is crucial for cognitive, emotional, and social development and relies on mechanically activated (MA) ion channels that transduce force into an electrical signal. Despite advances in the molecular characterization of these channels,…