Stellate Comms 4/8/26 Stellate Comms 4/8/26

Astrocytic connexins in alcohol use disorder: Mechanisms of neuroinflammation and therapeutic potential

Imafidon E, Dzirasa K, Marshall A, Derk, J (2026) Frontiers in Psychology [in review]

Stellate Comms 3/5/26 Stellate Comms 3/5/26

Precision editing of an aggression-encoding network relay suppresses violent action

Grossman Y, Talbot A, Gallagher N, Thomas GE, Fink AJ, Walder-Christensen KK, Russo S, Carlson DE, Dzirasa K (2025) bioXriv

Stellate Comms 9/30/25 Stellate Comms 9/30/25

Sleep-wake states are encoded across emotion regulation regions of the mouse brain

Walder-Christensen KK, Goffinet J, Bey AL, Syed R, Benton J, Mague SD, Adamson E, Vera S, Soliman HA, Kansagra S, Carlson D, Dzirasa K (2025) eNeuro

Stellate Comms 5/20/25 Stellate Comms 5/20/25

Developing algorithmic psychiatry via multi-level spanning computational models

Halassa MM, Frank MJ, Garety P, Ongur D, Airan RD, Sanacora G, Dzirasa K, Suresh S, Fitzpatrick SM, Rothman DL (2025) Cell Rep Med

Stellate Comms 3/29/25 Stellate Comms 3/29/25

Synaptic editing of frontostriatal circuitry prevents excessive grooming in SAPAP3-deficient mice

Walder-Christensen KK, Soliman HA, Calakos N, Dzirasa K (2025) bioRxiv [pre-print]

Stellate Comms 3/26/25 Stellate Comms 3/26/25

Long-term editing of brain circuits in mice using an engineered electrical synapse

Ransey E, Thomas GE, Wisdom E, Almoril-Porras A, Bowman R, Adamson E, Walder-Christensen KK, White JA, Hughes DN, Schwennesen H, Ferguson C, Tye KM, Mague SD, Niu L, Wang ZW, Colón-Ramos D, Hultman R, Bursac N, Dzirasa K (2025) bioRxiv [pre-print]

Stellate Comms 3/23/25 Stellate Comms 3/23/25

Sex-specific regulation of microglial MyD88 in HMGB1-Induced anxiety phenotype in mice

Rawls A, Dziabis J, Nguyen D, Anbarci D, Clark M, Zhang G, Dzirasa K, Bilbo SD (2025) Neurobiol Stress

Stellate Comms 10/17/24 Stellate Comms 10/17/24

The neuroscience of mental illness: Building toward the future

Gordon JA, Dzirasa K, Petzschner FH (2024) Cell

Stellate Comms 6/30/24 Stellate Comms 6/30/24

A widespread electrical brain network encodes anxiety in health and depressive states

Hughes DN, Klein MH, Walder-Christensen KK, Thomas GE, Grossman Y, Waters D, Matthews AE, Carson WE, Filali Y, Tsyglakova M, Fink A, Gallagher NM, Perez-Balaguer M, McClung CA, Zarate JM, Hultman RC, Mague SD, Carlson DE, Dzirasa K (2024) bioRxiv

Stellate Comms 6/7/24 Stellate Comms 6/7/24

Ethical, legal, and policy challenges in field-based neuroimaging research using emerging portable MRI technologies: Guidance for investigators and for oversight

Shen FX, Wolf SM, Lawrenz F, Comeau DS, Dzirasa K, Evans BJ, Fair D, Farah MJ, Han SD, Illes J, Jackson JD, Klein E, Rommelfanger KS, Rosen MS, Torres E, Tuite P, Vaughan JT, Garwood M (2024) Journal of Law and the Biosciences

Stellate Comms 6/3/24 Stellate Comms 6/3/24

Towards equitable brain genomics research, for us by us

Dzirasa K, Thomas GE, Hathaway AC (2024) Nature Neuroscience

Stellate Comms 1/22/24 Stellate Comms 1/22/24

Electome network factors: Capturing emotional brain networks related to health and disease

Walder-Christensen K, Abdelaal K, Klein H, Thomas GE, Gallagher NM, Talbot A, Adamson E, Rawls A, Hughes D, Mague SD, Dzirasa K, Carlson DE (2024) Cell Reports

Stellate Comms 12/5/23 Stellate Comms 12/5/23

A novel cross-institutional college internship program to train future diverse leaders in clinical research with data-driven approaches to assess impact

Derk J, Dzirasa K, Locklear T (2023) Frontiers in Pharmacology

Stellate Comms 9/19/23 Stellate Comms 9/19/23

An aging-susceptible circadian rhythm controls cutaneous antiviral immunity

Kirchner SJ, Lei V, Kim PT, Patel M, Shannon JL, Corcoran D, Hughes D, Waters DK, Dzirasa K, Erdmann D, Coers J, MacLeod AS, Zhang JY (2023) Journal of Clinical Investigation

Stellate Comms 9/1/23 Stellate Comms 9/1/23

Structural racism in psychiatric research careers: Eradicating barriers to a more diverse workforce

Widge AS, Jordan A, Kraguljac NV, Sullivan CRP, Wilson S, Benton TD, Alpert JE, Carpenter LL, Krystal JH, Nemeroff CB, Dzirasa K (2023) American Journal of Psychiatry

Stellate Comms 8/1/23 Stellate Comms 8/1/23

Estimating a brain network predictive of stress and genotype with supervised autoencoders

Talbot A, Dunson D, Dzirasa K, Carlson D (2023) Journal of the Royal Statistical Society

Stellate Comms 6/21/23 Stellate Comms 6/21/23

Juneteenth in STEMM and the barriers to equitable science

Mays A, Byars-Winston A, Hinton Jr. A, Marshall AG., Kirabo A, August A, Marlin BJ, Riggs B, Tolbert B, Wanjalia C, Womack C, Evans CS, Barnes C, Starbird C, Williams C, Reynolds C, Taabazuing C, Cameron CE, Murray DD, Applewhite D, Morton DJ, Lee D, Williams DW, Lynch D, Brady D, Lynch E, Rutaganira FUN, Silva GM, Shuler H, Saboor IA, Davis J, Dzirasa K, Hammonds-Odie L, Reyes L, Sweetwyne MT, McReynolds MR, Johnson MDL, Smith NA, Pittman N, Ajijola OA, Smith Q, Robinson RAS, Lewis SC, Murray SA, Black S, Neal SE, Andrisse S, Townsend S, Damo SM, Griffith TN, Lambert WM, Clemons Jr. WM (2023) Cell

Stellate Comms 2/28/23 Stellate Comms 2/28/23

Gender, racial, and ethnic inequities in receipt of multiple National Institutes of Health research project grants

Nguyen M, Chaudhry SI, Desai MM, Dzirasa K, Cavazos JE, Boatright D (2023) Journal of the American Medical Association

Stellate Comms 11/9/22 Stellate Comms 11/9/22

Advancing workforce diversity by leveraging the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program

Locklear T, Lewis R, Calhoun F, Li A, Dickerson KC, McMillan A, Davis L, Dzirasa K, Weinfurt KP, Grambow SC (2022) Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

Stellate Comms 9/8/22 Stellate Comms 9/8/22

Measuring nonapoptotic caspase activity with a transgenic reporter in mice

Nicholls PJ, Pack TF, Urs NM, Kumar S, Zhou Y, Ichim G, Ginzel JD, Turu G, Calabrese E, Roberts WL, Fan P, Ostapchenko VG, Guzman Lenis MS, Beraldo F, Hatina J, Prado VF, Prado MAM, Spasojevic I, Snyder JC, Dzirasa K, Johnson GA, Caron MG (2022) eNeuro

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