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Neuronal encoding of behaviors and instrumental learning in the dorsal striatum

Trends in Neurosciences
2024-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0166-2236
Contributors: Christophe Varin; Alban de Kerchove d'Exaerde
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Striatal projection neurons coexpressing dopamine D1 and D2 receptors modulate the motor function of D1- and D2-SPNs

Nature Neuroscience
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Patricia Bonnavion; Christophe Varin; Ghazal Fakhfouri; Pilar Martinez Olondo; Aurélie De Groote; Amandine Cornil; Ramiro Lorenzo Lopez; Elisa Pozuelo Fernandez; Elsa Isingrini; Quentin Rainer et al.
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Nucleus accumbens D1- and D2-expressing neurons control the balance between feeding and activity-mediated energy expenditure

Nature Communications
2024-03-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Roman Walle; Anna Petitbon; Giulia R. Fois; Christophe Varin; Enrica Montalban; Lola Hardt; Andrea Contini; Maria Florencia Angelo; Mylène Potier; Rodrigue Ortole et al.
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The respective activation and silencing of striatal direct and indirect pathway neurons support behavior encoding

Nature Communications
2023-08-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Christophe Varin; Amandine Cornil; Delphine Houtteman; Patricia Bonnavion; Alban de Kerchove d’Exaerde
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Complementary coding of behaviors in striatal pathways supports a dual selection-suppression function

2022-06-20 | Preprint
Contributors: Christophe Varin; Amandine Cornil; Delphine Houtteman; Patricia Bonnavion; Alban de Kerchove d’Exaerde
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Unexpected contributions of striatal projection neurons coexpressing dopamine D1 and D2 receptors in balancing motor control

2022-04-07 | Preprint
Contributors: Patricia Bonnavion; Christophe Varin; Ghazal Fakhfouri; Pilar Martinez Olondo; Aurélie De Groote; Amandine Cornil; Ramiro Lorenzo Lopez; Elisa Pozuelo Fernandez; Elsa Isingrini; Quentin Rainer et al.
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Neuropeptide S promotes wakefulness through the inhibition of sleep-promoting ventrolateral preoptic nucleus neurons

Sleep
2019-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0161-8105
Contributors: Frédéric Chauveau; Damien Claverie; Emma Lardant; Christophe Varin; Eléonore Hardy; Augustin Walter; Frédéric Canini; Nathalie Rouach; Armelle Rancillac
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It takes two to tango: Dorsal direct and indirect pathways orchestration of motor learning and behavioral flexibility

Neurochemistry International
2019-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Patricia Bonnavion; Elisa Pozuelo Fernández; Christophe Varin; Alban de Kerchove d’Exaerde
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Pharmacosynthetic Deconstruction of Sleep-Wake Circuits in the Brain

Sleep-Wake Neurobiology and Pharmacology
2018 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783030112707
Part of ISBN: 9783030112721
Part of ISSN: 0171-2004
Part of ISSN: 1865-0325
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Melanin-concentrating hormone-expressing neurons adjust slow-wave sleep dynamics to catalyze paradoxical (REM) sleep

Sleep
2018-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Christophe Varin; Pierre-Hervé Luppi; Patrice Fort
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Sleep architecture and homeostasis in mice with partial ablation of melanin-concentrating hormone neurons

Behavioural Brain Research
2016-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0166-4328
Contributors: Christophe Varin; Sébastien Arthaud; Denise Salvert; Nadine Gay; Paul-Antoine Libourel; Pierre-Hervé Luppi; Lucienne Léger; Patrice Fort
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Glucose Induces Slow-Wave Sleep by Exciting the Sleep-Promoting Neurons in the Ventrolateral Preoptic Nucleus: A New Link between Sleep and Metabolism

Journal of Neuroscience
2015-07-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0270-6474
Contributors: C. Varin; A. Rancillac; H. Geoffroy; S. Arthaud; P. Fort; T. Gallopin
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Paradoxical (REM) sleep deprivation in mice using the small-platforms-over-water method: polysomnographic analyses and melanin-concentrating hormone and hypocretin/orexin neuronal activation before, during and after deprivation

Journal of Sleep Research
2014 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0962-1105
Contributors: Sebastien Arthaud; Christophe Varin; Nadine Gay; Paul-Antoine Libourel; Frederic Chauveau; Patrice Fort; Pierre-Herve Luppi; Christelle Peyron
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Synaptic transmission changes in fear memory circuits underlie key features of an animal model of schizophrenia

Behavioural Brain Research
2012-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0166-4328
Contributors: Marie Pollard; Christophe Varin; Brian Hrupka; Darrel J. Pemberton; Thomas Steckler; Hamdy Shaban
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