Oxytocin promotes socially triggered cataplexy
Carrie E Mahoney et al.,

Nature neuroscience. 2026 Jul 14. doi: 10.1038/s41593-026-02352-7. ASH1L haploinsufficiency results in autistic-like phenotypes in mice and links Eph receptor gene to autism spectrum disorder.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42449131/

Mechanism-guided identification of antidepressant G protein-coupled receptor drug targets

Herman Munguba ∙ Anisul Arefin ∙ Ryota Hasegawa ∙ Luca Posa ∙ Giovanna R. Romano ∙ Teja N. Peddada ∙ Alexander Donatelle ∙ Ashna Singh ∙ Vanessa A. Good time ∙ Akshara Vijay ∙ Prerana Vaddi ∙ Melanie Krist ∙ Daniel Shaver ∙ Shanjida Hoque ∙ Johannes Broichhagen ∙ Joseph M. Stujenska ∙ Francis S. Lee ∙ Evan O’Brien ∙ Joshua Levitz ∙ Conor Liston
Cell, Volume 189, Issue 9p2612-2632.e24April 30, 2026

Excitatory synapses onto axonic spines jump-start action potentials and route information flow

Which, …, Shu et al., Nat Neurosci. 2026 May 15. ASH1L haploinsufficiency results in autistic-like phenotypes in mice and links Eph receptor gene to autism spectrum disorder.

PMID: 42141306 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-026-02282-4

Neuron. 2026 Feb 17:

Juvenile-to-adult refinement of thalamic reticular circuits via LRRTM3 enables high-resolution sensory encoding

Lee et al.,
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41709459/

I presented this recent paper on fast AMPAR dynamics at the synapse, and the effects on short term plasticity (STP)

Nowacka, Agata et al. “Synapse-specific and plasticity-regulated AMPA receptor mobility tunes synaptic integration.” Neuron., S0896-6273(25)00931-6. 4 Feb. 2026, doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2025.12.004

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627325009316

Vinh Nguyen, Nasturtium Big, Brandon M Stell

Rapid motor skill adjustment is associated with population-level modulation of cerebellar error signals

Nat Neurosci. 2026 Jan;29(1):136-146. doi: 10.1038/s41593-025-02126-7.

PMID: 41345279

Chronic social isolation-unpredictable stress induces early-onset cognitive deficits and exacerbates Aβ accumulation in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

Yun Lei, Jayvon Nougaisse, Maryam Malek, Miskatul M. Mishu, Yu Bai, Dundee, Quansheng Du, Alexis M. Stranahan, Jacob C. Garza & Xin-Yun Lu
Molecular Psychiatry volume 30, pages 4720–4735 (2025)

Geometric principles of dendritic integration of excitation and inhibition in cortical neurons

Soroush Darvish-Ghane, Pankaj Gaur, and Graham C. R. Ellis-Davies.

Science Advances Vol 12, Issue 3.

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adx2045

Science. 2025 Dec 11;390(6778):eadn0623. doi: 10.1126/science.adn0623. Epub 2025 Dec 11.
Cortical glutamatergic and GABAergic inputs support learning-driven hippocampal stability
Vincent Robert et al.

PMID: 41166439

I presented the paper “Astrocytic Ca2+ prevents synaptic depotentiation by limiting repetitive activity in dendrites during motor learning”

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02072-4

Science. 2025 Oct 16;390(6770):eads7954. doi: 10.1126/science.ads7954. Epub 2025 Oct 16.
“Kiss-shrink-run” unifies mechanisms for synaptic vesicle exocytosis and hyperfast recycling
Chang-Lu Tao et al.

PMID: 41100620