Optimized ultrasound neuromodulation for non-invasive control of behavior and physiology

KR Murphy, JS Farrell, J Bendig, A Mitra, C Luff… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Focused ultrasound can non-invasively modulate neural activity, but whether effective
stimulation parameters generalize across brain regions and cell types remains unknown …

The future of transcranial ultrasound as a precision brain interface

K Murphy, E Fouragnan - PLoS biology, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Our understanding of brain circuit operations and disorders has rapidly outpaced our ability
to intervene and restore them. Developing technologies that can precisely interface with any …

[HTML][HTML] Resources, costs and long-term value: an integrative perspective on serotonin and meta-decision making

RS Koolschijn, B Polner, JM Hoomans, R Cools… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Recent theories of serotonergic function, on the one hand, have suggested that
serotonin signals the availability of resources and, on the other hand, reflects changes in …

ACTIVITY IN HUMAN DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS SIGNALS CHANGES IN BEHAVIOURAL POLICY

L Priestley, A Mahmoodi, W Reith, N Khalighinejad… - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
The dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) is an important source of serotonin to the human forebrain,
however there is little consensus about its behavioural function. We build on recent results …

Origins of noise in both improving and degrading decision making

B Shen, J Wilson, D Nguyen, PW Glimcher, K Louie - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Noise is a fundamental problem for information processing in neural systems. In decision-
making, noise is assumed to have a primary role in errors and stochastic choice behavior …

Friend request accepted: fundamental features of social environments determine social affiliation decisions

S Garud - 2025 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Humans start new friendships and social connections throughout their lives, and it has been
consistently found that such relationships lead to mental and physical well-being. In this …