Dulac Lab Postdocs Awarded Grants from NIH and Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @mostafizurrahman.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social

After last week publication from the lab on circuits of social isolation/satiety, today we publish a different line of research by @harriskaplan.bsky.social et al., on the development trajectories of hypothalamic POA cell types driving survival and social behavior. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Development of Instincts at the Single Cell Level #Science #Neuro 🧠🧪🧬 www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @dulaclab.bsky.social @harriskaplan.bsky.social @blogeman.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social

Delighted to share our new work just out today, led by terrific postdoc in the lab @harriskaplan.bsky.social: the development of instinct at the single cell level. Thread to follow shortly www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In our new paper @dulaclab.bsky.social, we investigated a fundamental question in social neuroscience: the origin of "sociality" (the need of being together) at the levels of behavior, neuron type, neural circuit and sensory modulation. (Detailed digest below) (1/7) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our new study from @dulaclab.bsky.social led by the amazing @dingliu.bsky.social . We identify the neural circuit that responds to social isolation consisting two distinct neuronal populations. We also demonstrate that lack of touch leads to emergence of social need.

Please look at the 🧵 from @dingliu.bsky.social summarizing our discovery of brain-wide circuits controlling the emergence and satiation of social drive during social isolation vs grouping

Two dueling sets of hypothalamic neurons—one that responds to isolation and one to reunion—help maintain a mouse's social homeostasis, a new study reveals. By @avaskham.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/social-behav...

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Our paper @dulaclab.bsky.social on social homeostasis is online today! We characterized “social rebound” behavior after social isolation in multiple mouse strains and revealed its neural basis. Intriguingly, soft touch plays a key role in satisfying social need! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dulac Lab Identifies “Loneliness” Neurons in the Hypothalamus 🧠🧪🤖💡 #Science #Neuron www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @dingliu.bsky.social @blogeman.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social