PSL-NEURO - Publications 2025

Adaptive communication between cell assemblies and “reader” neurons shapes flexible brain dynamics
Marco N. Pompili, Ralitsa Todorova, Céline J. Boucly, Eulalie M. Leroux, Sidney I. Wiener, Michaël Zugaro
PLOS Biology (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003505

Stepwise molecular specification of excitatory synapse diversity onto cerebellar Purkinje cells
Maëla A Paul, Séverine M Sigoillot, Léa Marti, Francisco J Urra Quiroz, Marine Delagrange, Hiu W Cheung, David C Martinelli, Elie Oriol, Vincent Hakim, Philippe Mailly, Fekrije Selimi
Nature Neuroscience, 28(2), 308–319 (2025)

Astroglial regulation of critical period plasticity in the developing brain
J. Ribot, R. Breton, G. Dallérac & N. Rouach
Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 94, 103092 (2025)

Protocol for recording and analyzing neuronal network activity ex vivo with multi-electrode arrays in mouse brain tissue
R. Derounian, N. Rouach & E. Dossi
STAR Protocols, 6(3), 104019 (2025)

OXTR-mediated signaling in astrocytes contributes to anxiolysis
Carl-Philipp Meinung, Laura Boi, Sareh Pandamooz, David Mazaud, Grégory Ghézali, Nathalie Rouach, Inga D Neumann
Molecular Psychiatry, 30(6), 2620–2634 (2025)

Astrocytes at the heart of sleep: from genes to network dynamics
F. Bellier, A. Walter, L. Lecoin, F. Chauveau, N. Rouach & A. Rancillac
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 82(1), 207 (2025)

Functional contribution of astrocytic Kir4.1 channels to spasticity after spinal cord injury
Tony Barbay, Emilie Pecchi, Jorge Ramirez-Franco, Anton Ivanov, Frédéric Brocard, Nathalie Rouach, Rémi Bos
Brain, awaf147 (2025)

Unveiling the functional connectivity of astrocytic networks with AstroNet, a graph reconstruction algorithm coupled to image processing
Lou Zonca, Felix C Bellier, Giampaolo Milior, Philippe Aymard, Josien Visser, Armelle Rancillac, Nathalie Rouach, David Holcman
Communications Biology, 8(1), 114 (2025)

Motor recovery through perineuronal net modulation in a Parkinson’s disease mouse model
D. Benacom, C. Chataing, A. Prochiantz & A. A. Di Nardo
Brain, awaf226 (2025) 

Large sharp-wave ripples promote hippocampo-cortical memory reactivation and consolidation during sleep
Robinson HL, Todorova R, Nagy GA, Gruzdeva A, Paudel P, Oliva A, Fernandez-Ruiz A. 
Neuron. (2026) 114(2):226-236.e6
doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2025.10.003

Development of perivascular astrocyte processes 
Cohen-Salmon M, Guille N, Boulay AC. 
Front Neurosci. 2025 Jul 4;19:1585340
doi: 10.3389/fnins.2025.1585340. eCollection 2025
PMID: 40688418 Free PMC article. Review. 

Vascular dysfunction is at the onset of oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy symptoms in mice
Taïb S, Durand J, Dehais V, Boulay AC, Martin S, Blugeon C, Jourdren L, Freydier R, Cohen-Salmon M, Hazan J, Brunet I. 
Life Sci Alliance. 2024 Nov 22;8(2):e202402791
doi: 10.26508/lsa.202402791. Print 2025 Feb. PMID: 39578077 Free PMC article. 

Perinatal Maturation of Drug Transporters and Claudin-5 at the Blood-Brain Barrier
Federici L, Cisternino S, Auvity S, Gelot A, Becmeur-Lefebvre M, Favier M, Letort G, Mailly P, Cohen-Salmon M, Boulay AC.
CNS Neurosci Ther. 2025 Sep;31(9):e70614
doi: 10.1111/cns.70614. PMID: 40968545 Free PMC article

Postnatal Development of Perivascular Astrocytic Processes and Detection of Local mRNA and Translation
Avila-Gutierrez K, Monnet H, Mailly P, Boulay AC, Cohen-Salmon M. 
Methods Mol Biol. 2025;2896:107-121
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4366-2_8. PMID: 40111600 
 

Relative Value Encoding in Large Language Models: A Multi-Task, Multi-Model Investigation
W. M. Hayes, N. Yax & S. Palminteri
Open Mind: Discoveries in Cognitive Science, 15(10), 989–1001 (2025)

Old Strategies, New Environments: Reinforcement Learning on Social Media
G. Turner, A. M. Ferguson, T. Katiyar, S. Palminteri & A. Orben
Biological Psychiatry, 97(10), 989–1001 (2025)

Short-term changes in financial situation have immediate mental health consequences: implications for social policy
D. Nettle, C. Chevallier, B. De Courson, E. A. Johnson, M. T. Johnson & K. E. Pickett
Social Policy & Administration, 59(2), 293–308 (2025)

Social perspective-taking influences on metacognition
L. Battich, E. Pacherie & J. Grèzes
Cognition, 254, 105966 (2025)

Role of gap junctions and clustered connectivity in emergent synchronization patterns of inhibitory neuronal networks
H. Todd, M. Desroches, A. Cayco Gajic & B. Gutkin
Physical Review E, 112, 014405 (2025)

The α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mediates network dysfunction in a mouse model of local amyloid pathology
F. Koukouli, C. Zhang, I. Lazarevich, M. Rooy, B. Lamotte D’Incamps, D. Gaspar Santos, S. Pons, J. Peixoto, C. Thiberge, I. Nikolakopoulou, J. Changeux, A. Bacci, B. Gutkin, C. Schmidt-Hieber & U. Maskos
Molecular Psychiatry, doi:10.1038/s41380-025-03241-4 (2025)

Generalized dynamical phase reduction for stochastic oscillators
P. Houzelstein, B. Lindner, B. Gutkin & A. Pérez-Cervera
Physical Review Research, 7, 033052 (2025)

Cluster formation in modular pyramidal-interneuron gamma networks under spike-frequency adaptation
O. Dogonasheva, B. Gutkin & D. Zakharov
European Physical Journal Special Topics, doi:10.1140/epjs/s11734-025-01582-3 (2025)

Aim-based choice of strategy for MEG-based brain state classification
I. Saranskaia, B. Gutkin & D. Zakharov
European Physical Journal Special Topics, doi:10.1140/epjs/s11734-025-01587-y (2025)

Dynamical manifold dimensionality as characterization measure of chimera states in bursting neuronal networks
O. Dogonasheva, D. Radushev, B. Gutkin & D. Zakharov
Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 140(1), 108321 (2025)

Impact of Local Connectivity Patterns on Excitatory-Inhibitory Network Dynamics
Y. Shao, D. Dahmen, S. Recanatesi, E. Shea-Brown & S. Ostojic
PRX Life, 3, 023008 (2025)

Acute isolation is associated with increased reward seeking and reward learning in human adolescents
L. Tomova, E. Towner, K. Thomas, L. Zhang, S. Palminteri & S. Blakemore
Communications Psychology, 3(1), 135 (2025)

Human reinforcement learning processes and biases: computational characterization and possible applications to behavioral public policy
S. Palminteri
Mind & Society, doi:10.1007/s11299-025-00329-w (2025)

Behavioral, computational and self-reported measures of reward and punishment sensitivity as predictors of mental health characteristics
S. Vrizzi, A. Najar, C. Lemogne, S. Palminteri & M. Lebreton
Nature Mental Health, 3, 654–666 (2025)

Le cerveau face à nos décisions
S. Palminteri & A. Clavere
Cerveau & Psycho, 174(3), 21–27 (2025)

Evidence for domain-general arousal from semantic and neuroimaging meta-analyses reconciles opposing views on arousal
M. Sabat, C. De Dampierre & C. Tallon-Baudry
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 122, e2413808122 (2025)

Rhythm-based hierarchical predictive computations support acoustic-semantic transformation in speech processing 
O. Dogonasheva, K. B. Doelling, D. Zakharov, A. Giraud & B. Gutkin
Nature Computational Science, 5(10), 915–926 (2025)

Objective and subjective evaluation of speech enhancement methods in the UDASE task of the 7th CHiME challenge 
S. Leglaive, M. Fraticelli, L. Borne, M. Sadeghi, S. Wisdom, M. Pariente, J. R. Hershey, D. Pressnitzer & J. P. Barker
Computer Speech & Language, 89, 101685 (2025)
doi:10.1016/j.csl.2024.101685

Effects of Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids on the Perception of Natural Sounds and Soundscapes: A Survey of Hearing Care Professional
F. Apoux, S. Laurent, S. Gallego, D. Lelic, B. Moore & C. Lorenzi
American Journal of Audiology, 1–15 (2025)
doi:10.1044/2025_AJA-24-00171

Opinions Confidence in auditory perceptual completion 
C. Baykan, P. Mamassian & A. C. Schütz
Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2025(1), niaf018 (2025)
doi:10.1093/nc/niaf018

The confidence-noise confidence-boost (CNCB) model of confidence rating data 
P. Mamassian & V. de Gardelle
PLoS Computational Biology, 21(4), e1012451 (2025)
doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012451

Attractive and repulsive visual aftereffects depend on stimulus contrast 
N. Gekas & P. Mamassian
Journal of Vision, 25(1), 10 (2025)
doi:10.1167/jov.25.1.10

Perceiving gloss through transparency 
S. Hansmann-Roth & P. Mamassian
i-Perception, 16(4), 20416695251355381 (2025)
doi:10.1177/20416695251355381

Are you a perception scientist? 
F. A. J. Verstraten, P. Mamassian, I. Mareschal, T. Meese & A. S. Redfern
Perception (2025)
doi:10.1177/03010066251362056

Multicomponent motion is perceptually organised along distinct dimensions revealed by Distance Scaling and Forced Choice paradigms
A. Meso, J. Vacher, N. Gekas, P. Mamassian & G. Masson
Journal of Vision, 25(9), 2765 (2025)
doi:10.1167/jov.25.9.2765

When a blunt event is perceived depends on its temporal profile
L. Jovanovic & P. Mamassian
Journal of Vision, 25(9), 2219 (2025)
doi:10.1167/jov.25.9.2219

Probing metacognition with the “psychophysicist’s microelectrode”
T. Balsdon, P. Bartolomeo, V. de Gardelle, P. Mamassian & M. Rouault
Journal of Vision, 25(9), 2401–2401 (2025)
doi:10.1167/jov.25.9.2401

Continuous psychophysics differentiates visual and motor performance across motor domains
V. Pisu, O. Yildiran, C. Lam, S. Villani, P. Mamassian, D. Straub, C. Rothkopf & G. Maiello
Journal of Vision, 25(9), 2937 (2025)
doi:10.1167/jov.25.9.2937

The interplay between Hebbian and homeostatic plasticity in the adult visual cortex
A. Prosper, T. Blanchard & C. Lunghi
Journal of Physiology, 603(6), 1521–1540 (2025)
doi:10.1113/JP287665

Reverse correlation of natural statistics for ecologically relevant characterization of human perceptual templates 
L. Landolfi & P. Neri
Journal of Neurophysiology, 133(6), 1717–1739 (2025)
doi:10.1152/jn.00059.2024

The detection of algebraic auditory structures emerges with self-supervised learning Reverse correlation of natural statistics for ecologically relevant characterization of human perceptual templates
P. Orhan, Y. Boubenec & J. King
PLoS Computational Biology, 21(9), e1013271 (2025)
doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013271

The fundamental frequencies of our own voice 
H. Neamaalkassis, Y. Boubenec, C. Fiebach, R. Muralikrishnan & A. Tavano
Royal Society Open Science, 12(2), 241081 (2025)
doi:10.1098/rsos.241081

Introducing evascape, a model-based soundscape assembler: impact of background sounds on biodiversity monitoring with ecoacoustic indices 
E. Grinfeder, C. Lorenzi, Y. Teytaut, S. Haupert & J. Sueur
Ecological Indicators, 178, 113882 (2025)
doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113882

Auditory perception of biodiversity by human listeners 
E. Grinfeder, J. Sueur, R. McWalter, F. Apoux & C. Lorenzi
Frontiers in Psychology, 16 (2025)
doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1552329

Can human listeners label and discriminate natural soundscapes based on diel acoustical patterns? 
F. Apoux, N. Miller, B. Krause, J. Sueur & C. Lorenzi
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 157(4) (2025)
doi:10.1121/10.0038044

Auditory detection of water sounds in a natural habitat: Psychophysical and modeling data 
M. Fraticelli & C. Lorenzi
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 155, A277 (2025)
doi:10.1121/10.0038053

Simple frequency ratios naturally make precisely perceived melodies 
L. Demany, C. Semal & D. Pressnitzer
Current Biology, 35(7), 1649–1655.e3 (2025)
doi:10.1016/j.cub.2025.02.030

IDyOMpy: A new Python-based model for the statistical analysis of musical expectations 
G. Marion, F. Gao, B. P. Gold, G. M. Di Liberto & S. Shamma
Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 415, 110347 (2025)
doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2024.110347

Sparse high-dimensional decomposition of non-primary auditory cortical receptive fields 
S. Mukherjee, B. Babadi & S. Shamma
PLoS Computational Biology, 21(1), e1012721 (2025)
doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012721

Temporal-coherence induces binding of responses to sound sequences in ferret auditory cortex 
K. Lu, K. Dutta, A. Mohammed, M. Elhilali & S. Shamma
iScience, 28(3), 111991 (2025)
doi:10.1016/j.isci.2025.111991

Hierarchical encoding of natural sounds mixtures in ferret auditory cortex 
Landemard A, Bimbard C, Boubenec Y. 
eLife (2025)

Neurons in auditory cortex integrate information within constrained temporal windows that are invariant to the stimulus context and information rate
Sabat M, Gouyette H, Gaucher Q, Espejo M, David SV, Norman-Haigneré S, Boubenec Y
Current Biology (2025)

Trans-synaptic functions of non-canonical ionotropic glutamate receptors in circuit wiring and plasticity
D. Wennagel & C. Charrier
Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 93, 103053 (2025)

Unveiling the functional connectivity of astrocytic networks with AstroNet, a graph reconstruction algorithm coupled to image processing
L. Zonca, F. C. Bellier, G. Milior, P. Aymard, J. Visser, A. Rancillac, N. Rouach & D. Holcman
Communications Biology, 8, 114 (2025)

DISSeCT: An unsupervised framework for high-resolution mapping of rodent behavior using inertial sensors
R. Fayat, M. Sarraudy, C. Léna, D. Popa, P. Latouche & G. P. Dugué
PLoS Biology, 23(10), e3003431 (2025)

A genetically defined pontine nucleus essential for ingestion in mice
Selvee Sungeelee, Caroline Mailhes-Hamon, Zoubida Chettouh, Phillip Bokiniec, Annaliese Eymael, Simon McMullan, Clément Léna, Bowen Dempsey & Jean-François Brunet
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 122(29), e2411174122 (2025)

Excitatory glycine receptors control ventral hippocampus synaptic plasticity and anxiety-related behaviors
L. Pizzamiglio, E. Morice, C. Cardoso, S. Bossi, C. Mailhes-Hamon, M. von Heimendahl, G. Girardeau & P. Paoletti
PNAS, 122(37), e2501118122 (2025)

Optochemical profiling of NMDA receptor molecular diversity at synaptic and extrasynaptic sites
A. Sicard, M. Tian, Z. Mostefai, S. Shi, C. Cardoso, J. Zamith, I. McCort-Tranchepain, C. Charrier, P. Paoletti & L. Mony
EMBO Journal, 44(16), 4577–4610 (2025)
doi:10.1038/s44318-025-00498-x — Co-corresponding authors

Imaging and Quantifying the Diversity of Native NMDA Receptors  
S. Shi, D. Stroebel, L. Mony & P. Paoletti
Neuroscience Bulletin, April 2025
doi:10.1007/s12264-025-01395-3

Uncertainties in signal recovery from heterogeneous and convoluted time series with principal component analysis 
Legenkaia M, Bourdieu L, Monasson R. 
Phys Rev E. 2025 Apr;111(4-1):044314
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.111.044314. PMID: 40411023 

Identification and Organization of a Postural Anti-Gravity Module in the Cerebellar Vermis 
Gouhier A, Villette V, Mathieu B, Ayon A, Bradley J, Dieudonné S. 
Neuroscience 2025 Jul 10;578:33-45
doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.06.006. Epub 2024 Jun 17. PMID: 38897374 

A novel rhodopsin-based voltage indicator for simultaneous two-photon optical recording with GCaMP in vivo
Villette V, Yang S, Valenti R, Macklin JJ, Bradley J, Mathieu B, Lombardini A, Podgorski K, Dieudonné S, Schreiter ER, Abdelfattah AS. 
bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Nov 17:2024.11.15.623698
doi: 10.1101/2024.11.15.623698. PMID: 39605646; PMCID: PMC11601395

Topological Analysis of Neuronal Assemblies Reveals Low-Rank Structure Modulated by Cholinergic Activity
Hansen, Enrique Carlos Arnoldo, Nicole Sanderson, Sarah Nourin, Virginie Candat, Carina Curto, and German Sumbre
bioRxiv (2025) [Preprint]

Critical Neuronal Avalanches Emerge from Excitation-Inhibition Balanced Spontaneous Activity
Janbon, Maxime, Mateo Amortegui, Enrique Carlos Arnoldo Hansen, Sarah Nourin, Germán Sumbre, and Adrián Ponce-Alvarez
bioRxiv (2025) [Preprint]

Interleukin-22 in Enteroendocrine Cells Controls Early-Life Gut Motility through Interactions with the Microbiota
Rabahi, Soraya, Emiliano Marachlian, Fabian Guendel, et al.
bioRxiv (2025)  [Preprint]

Restoring data balance via generative models of T cell receptors for antigen-binding prediction
E. Loffredo, M. Pastore, S. Cocco, R. Monasson
eLife 14:RP107803 (2025)

Repeats Mimic Pathogen-Associated Patterns Across a Vast Evolutionary Landscape
P. Sulc, A. Di Gioacchino, A. Solovyov, S.A. Marhon, S. Sun, H.T. Lindholm, R. Chen, A. Hosseini, H. Jiang, B.-H. Ly, P. Mehdipour, O. Abdel-Wahab, N. Vabret, D.D. De Carvalho, R. Monasson, S. Cocco, B.D. Greenbaum
Cell Genomics 5, 101011 (2025)

An independent coding scheme for idiothetic distance in the hippocampus
M. Nordlund, N. Levernier, M. Trippa, R. Bourboulou, G. Marti, R. Monasson, H. Rouault, J. Epsztein, J. Koening-Gambini
Current Biology 35, 4199-4214.E8 (2025)

Deciphering the Code of Viral-Host Adaptation Through Maximum-Entropy Nucleotide Bias Models
A. Di Gioacchino, I. lecce, B.D. Greenbaum, R. Monasson, S. Cocco
Molecular Biology and Evolution 42, 1-22 (2025)

Learning with artificial and natural neural networks: trade-offs in energy consumption and representations
S. Cocco, R. Monasson
Europhysics News 56/1, p. 24-26 (2025)

Uncertainties in signal recovery from heterogeneous and convoluted time series with principal component analysis
M. Legenkaia, L. Bourdieu, R. Monasson
Physical Review E 111, 044314 (2025)

Elimination of cells with local mismatch in differentiation timing contributes to synchronize tissue development
M Soulard, DA Contreras, B Monier, T Mangeat, V Dougados, J Zanet, ...Iscience 28 (8)

Place-cell heterogeneity underlies power-laws in hippocampal activity
JJ Briguglio, J Lee, AK Lee, V Hakim, S Romani
arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.23030

The mechanism of nesprin-2 accumulation at the nucleus front during confined cell migration
I Bos, S Amiri, V Maire, T Dubois, A Karma, V Hakim, C Sykes
Biophysical Journal

Stepwise molecular specification of excitatory synapse diversity onto cerebellar Purkinje cells
MA Paul, SM Sigoillot, L Marti, FJ Urra Quiroz, M Delagrange, ...
Nature Neuroscience 28 (2), 308-319

Morphogen gradients applied basally to human embryonic stem cells to control and dissect tissue patterning
T Wyatt, M Qiu, julie Stoufflet, H Omais, G Thon, S Bonavia, P Hersen, ...
bioRxiv, 2025.10. 30.682158

Theory of Temporal Pattern Learning in Echo State Networks
V Hakim, A Karma
bioRxiv, 2025.06. 23.661158

From the perceptron to the cerebellum
N Brunel, V Hakim, JP Nadal
Comptes Rendus. Physique 26 (G1), 463-477

Extinction and subsequent updating of innate fear responses to a visual looming stimulus rely on hippocampus-dependent mechanisms
Paul B. Conway, Livia Autore, Andrea Muñoz Zamora, Antoine Harel, Zijun Wang, Armn A. Tavallaei, Stephen M. Winston, Clara Ortega-de San Luis, James D. O’Leary, Mark A. Brimble, Gisella Vetere & Tomás J. Ryan
PLoS Biology, 23(9), e3003391 (2025)

Protocol for studying GABAA receptor subsynaptic domains in rat hippocampal neurons using single-molecule localization microscopy
T. Lima, A. L. Paupiah, Z. Merlaud, Z. Imani & S. Lévi
STAR Protocols, 6(3), 104031 (2025)

Astrocyte-to-neuron H₂O₂ signalling supports long-term memory formation in Drosophila and is impaired in an Alzheimer’s disease model
Rabah Y., Berwick J. P., Sagar N., Pasquer L., Plaçais P.-Y. & Preat T.
Nature Metabolism, 7, 321–335 (2025)

Embracing the Modern Biochemistry of Brain Metabolism
J P. Bolaños, CM. Alberini, A Almeida, L. F Barros, G Bonvento, AK Bouzier-Sore, R Dringen, GE. Hardingham, J Hirrlinger, P. J. Magistretti, G. Marsicano, KA Nave, R Paolicelli, L Pellerin, PY Plaçais, T Preat, N Rouach, I Ruminot, A S. Saab, C Sandi, S Schirmeier, Av Schurr, J Sierralta, M Solas, V Tepavcevic, B Weber & ER. Zimmer
Journal of Neurochemistry, 169(7), e70166 (2025)

A top-down control of stress-induced REM sleep shortening
M Chouvaeff, A Descamps, S Bagur, L Macé, K Benchenane & T Gallopin
Current Biology, 35(17), 4151–4164.e4 (2025)

A spatial code for temporal information is necessary for efficient sensory learning
S Bagur, J Bourg, A Kempf, T Tarpin, K Bergaoui, Y Guo, S Ceballo, J Schwenkgrub, A Verdier, JL Puel, J Bourien & B Bathellier
Science Advances, 11(2), eadr6214 (2025)

Nicotine disrupts top-down habenular control over cholinergic inputs to the ventral tegmental area to increase motivational valence of food rewards
Renan C. Campos, Fabio Marti, Daiana Rigoni, Hugo Fofo, Paula Pousinha, Vanesa Ortiz, Léa Royon, Marion Violain, Nicolas Heck, Philippe Faure, Mariano Soiza-Reilly, Sebastian P. Fernandez & Jacques Barik
Biological Psychiatry, July 2025

Adolescent nicotine exposure and persistent neurocircuitry changes: unveiling lifelong psychiatric risks
Lauren M. Reynolds, Philippe Faure & Jacques Barik
Molecular Psychiatry, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-03110-0, August 2025 - Review

Exploration and behavioral variability
Philippe Faure
Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience, 32, 357–365 (2025) - Review

Nicotine engages a VTA-NAc feedback loop to inhibit amygdala-projecting dopamine neurons and induce anxiety-like behaviors
T Le Borgne, C Nguyen, E Vicq, J Jehl, C Solié, N Guyon, L Daussy, A Gulmez, L M. Reynolds, S Mondoloni, S Tolu, S Pons, U Maskos, E Valjent, A Mourot, P Faure & F Marti
Nature Communications, 16, 6196 (2025)

The interpeduncular nucleus blunts the rewarding effect of nicotine
J Jehl, M Ciscato, E Vicq, N Guyon, G Dejean de la Batie, S Mondoloni, J Frangieh, M Mohayyaei, C Nguyen, S Pons, U Maskos, JP Hardelin, F Marti, PJ Corringer, P Faure & A Mourot
Neuron, 113(12), 1898–1907.e6 (2025) 

Nicotinic Receptors in the Medial Habenula to Interpeduncular Nucleus Pathway: Modulators of Reward, Aversion and Emotion
Ciscato M, Chouvaeff M, Mourot A.
Eur J Neurosci. 2025 Dec;62(11):e70352
doi: 10.1111/ejn.70352. PMID: 41383023 

Covalent anchoring of tethered ligands to chemogenetic handles for targeted in vivo  neuropharmacology  
Ciscato M, Stenbolt K, Mourot A, Guyon N.
STAR Protoc. 2025 Nov 11;6(4):104186
doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2025.104186
Online ahead of print. PMID: 41223059 

Epileptic encephalopathy-related Kv2.1 mutants impair channel clustering and membrane distribution but not neuronal excitability
Paupiah A.L., Ginisty M., Russeau M., Mouktine I., Levi S, Poncer JC., Renner M. 
bioRxiv 2025.10.13.681825
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.13.681825

NKCC1 as a signaling hub regulating KCC2 stability, chloride homeostasis, and seizure susceptibility
Pol E., Delhaye C., Cases S., Russeau M., Blachier S., Bouchet A., Piesse C., Pallud J., Huberfeld G., Pietrancosta N., Levi S. 
bioRxiv 2025.12.05.692569
doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.05.692569. 
In revision @ Brain

WNK-Dependent Phosphorylation of Gephyrin Tunes GABAA Receptors at Inhibitory Synapses and Modulates Anxiety behavior
Merlaud Z., Delhaye C., Nabais M., Imani Z., Pol E., Russeau M., Tostain M., Gouhier J., Rahir R., Le Magueresse C., Norsten-Bertrand M., Levi S. 
bioRxiv 2025.09.05.674425
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.05.674425. 
In revision @ PNAS

BDNF exerts an NRF2-dependent cytoprotective function via a receptor-independent pathway
Fath J., Brouillard F., Claverie D., Cabayé A., Nuss P., Chwetzoff S., Coppée R., Bouceba T., Bouvier E., Poillerat V., Salameh M., Molet J., Padilla-Ferrer A., Russeau M., Couvert P., Lévi S., Acher F., Golinelli-Cohen M-P., Chassaing G., Trugnan G., Bernard C., Benoliel J-J., Becker C. 
Cell Reports, Volume 44, Issue 12, 116587
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116587 (2025)

Protocol for studying GABAA receptor subsynaptic domains in rat hippocampal neurons using single molecule localization microscopy
Lima T, Paupiah A-L., Merlaud Z. Imani Z., and Lévi S. 
STAR Protoc. 2025 Aug 15;6(3):104031
doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2025.104031