Publications

Mahlen, C.; Mreydem, H.; de Araujo, I.; Stanley, G.; Small, D.; Geha, P.: Differential brain response to a highly palatable drink in chronic low-back pain patients. Journal of Neurophysiology 136 (1), pp. 301 - 313 (2026)

Nguyen, D.; Das, D.; Bilgin, A.; Patterson, D.; Hook, M.; Butson, C.; Cacciola, A.; Kumar Jangir, V.; Saranathan, M.: Revisiting the role of structural connectivity-based parcellation in thalamic nuclei segmentation: Benchmarking against recent state-of-the-art methods. PLOS ONE 21 (6), e0351431 (2026)

Vidal, J.; Forno, G.; Hornberger, M.; Bach Cuadra, M.; Danet, L.; Kumar, V.; Péran, P.; Tourdias, T.; Barbeau, E.: Standardized methodology for assessing the presence, variants and area of the interthalamic adhesion using anatomical MRI (SNAP-IA): multicentric validation on 565 healthy individuals and multiple neurological disorders. Brain Structure & Function 231 (3), 42 (2026)

Suzuki, T.; Akbuğa-Schön, T.; Waters, J.; Jakob, D.; Vu, D.; Ballinger, M.; Di Rienzi, S.; Chang, H.; de Araujo, I.; Tyakht, A. et al.; Ley, R.: Selection and transmission of the gut microbiome alone can shift mammalian behavior. Nature Communications 16, 9482 (2025)

Juliano, V.; Shigeo-de-Almeida, A.; Cruz-Nascimento, T.; Sampaio, L.; Cruz, F.; Novaes, S.; Munhoz, C.: Stress-responsive neuronal ensembles and β-adrenergic signaling in the basolateral amygdala modulate the infra-limbic cortical activity and govern the delayed stress-induced fear extinction deficit. The Journal of Neuroscience 45 (32), e2392242025 (2025)

Chang, H.; Perkins, M.; Novaes, L.; Qian, F.; Zhang, T.; Neckel, P.; Ley, R.; Han, W.; De Araújo, I.: Stress-sensitive neural circuits change the gut microbiome via duodenal glands. Cell 187 (19), pp. 5393 - 5412 (2024)

Albernaz-Mariano, K.; Laurino Juliano, V.; Almeida Duque, E.; Mota Pereira, R.; Santana Novaes, L.; Demarchi Munhoz, C.: Modeling Stress-Related Hormones and Delayed Anxiety. In: Handbook of the Biology and Pathology of Mental Disorders (Eds. Martin, C.; Preedy, V.; Patel, V.; Rajendram, R.). Springer, Cham, Switzerland (2025)

Kumar, V.; Han, W.; de Araujo, I.: Structural Connectivity Mapping of the Central Amygdala. In International Society for Tractography Conference, 87. International Society for Tractography Conference (IST 2025), Bordeaux, France, October 13, 2025 - October 16, 2025. (2025)

Han, W.: The role of the gut-brain axis in food acceptance and rejection. In 51st Meeting European Brain and Behaviour Society. 51st Meeting European Brain and Behaviour Society (EBBS 2025), Bordeaux, France, June 28, 2025 - July 01, 2025. (2025)

Han, W.: Neural Networks Controlling Peripheral Organ Function. In Keystone Symposia on Neural-Immune Interactions: A Systems-Wide Perspective on Whole Organism Physiology. Keystone Symposia on Neural-Immune Interactions: A Systems-Wide Perspective on Whole Organism Physiology, Whistler, BC, Canada, June 08, 2025 - June 11, 2025. (2025)

Eschenko, O.: The Activity Dynamics of the Locus Coeruleus Noradrenergic Neurons during Sleep and its Role in Systems-Level Memory Consolidation. In Neuroforum, 31 (1 Supplement), S35-2, p. 240. 16th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, 40th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference, Göttingen, Germany, March 26, 2025 - March 29, 2025. De Gruyter, Berlin (2025)

de Araujo, I.: Brain-Body Communication and the Regulation of Emotional Behaviors. In The 27th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences in conjunction with the 18th Biennial Meeting of the Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry, S2-1, p. 6. The 27th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences in conjunction with the 18th Biennial Meeting of the Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (KSBNS APSN 2024), Gyeongju, Korea, October 15, 2024. (2024)

Han, W.: Gut-brain pathways for reward and aversion. In 19th International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste (ISOT 2024). 19th International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste (ISOT 2024), Reykjavík, Iceland, June 22, 2024 - June 26, 2024. (2024)

Han, W.: Brain control of peripheral immunity. In Proceedings of the Japanese Society for Immunology (JSI), 53, S01-05. The 53rd Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society for Immunology (JSI 2024), Nagasaki, Japan, December 03, 2024 - December 05, 2024. (2024)

De Araújo, I.: Neural Prediction Signals in Body-Brain Communication. Braitenberg 100: Symposium on Past, Present, and Future of Computational Neuroscience, Tübingen, Germany (2026)

De Araújo, I.: Neural mechanisms linking nutrition and immunity in early life. 2026 Cold Spring Harbor Asia Conference Neuroimmunology in Health & Diseases, Suzhou, China (2026)

de Araujo, I.: The Gut-Brain axis and the control of appetite. Symposium “Frontiers in Bioscience 5”, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2026)

Gangarossa, G.: When the vagus whispers, the dopamine reward system listens. Munich Psychiatry Lecture Series: Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, München, Germany (2026)

de Araujo, I.: From Gut to Brain: The Secret Pathways of Appetite, Immunity & Thought. Science meets Music, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA (2026)

de Araujo, I.: Psychological States and the Regulation of Mucosal Immunity. 11th Bordeaux Neurocampus International Conference (BrainBody 2025), Bordeaux, France (2025)