Role Postdoc Category Research Publications A dorsal hippocampus-prodynorphinergic dorsolateral septum-to-lateral hypothalamus circuit mediates contextual gating of feeding. Goode TD, Bernstein MX, Totty MS, Alipio JB, Vicidomini C, Pathak D, Besnard A, Chizari D, Sachdev N, Kritzer MD, Chung A, Duan X, Macosko E, Hicks SC, Zweifel LS, Sahay A Neuron . Feb 12, 2026 Neuron-specific modulation of SLC30A10 identifies dopaminergic and glutamatergic neurons as targets of manganese-induced motor disease. Grant SM, Melkote A, Bernstein MX, Jursa T, Taylor CA, Hutchens S, Shawlot W, Zweifel LS, Gonzales RA, Smith DR, Mukhopadhyay S Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . Feb 2, 2026 Paradoxical increases in anterior cingulate cortex activity during nitrous oxide-induced analgesia reveal a signature of pain affect. Weinrich JAP, Liu CD, Jewell ME, Andolina CR, Bernstein MX, Benitez J, Rodriguez-Rosado S, Braz JM, Maze M, Nemenov MI, Basbaum AI Pain . Aug 11, 2025 A neuropeptide-specific signaling pathway for state-dependent regulation of the mesolimbic dopamine system. Bernstein MX, Koita O, Trzeciak M, Fan A, McAuley DT, Jin SW, Zweifel LS bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology . Jul 22, 2025 An arginine-rich nuclear localization signal (ArgiNLS) strategy for streamlined image segmentation of single cells. Szelenyi ER, Navarrete JS, Murry AD, Zhang Y, Girven KS, Kuo L, Cline MM, Bernstein MX, Burdyniuk M, Bowler B, Goodwin NL, Juarez B, Zweifel LS, Golden SA Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . Jul 29, 2024 An arginine-rich nuclear localization signal (ArgiNLS) strategy for streamlined image segmentation of single-cells. Szelenyi ER, Navarrete JS, Murry AD, Zhang Y, Girven KS, Kuo L, Cline MM, Bernstein MX, Burdyniuk M, Bowler B, Goodwin NL, Juarez B, Zweifel LS, Golden SA bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology . Dec 12, 2023 Paradoxical increases in anterior cingulate cortex activity during nitrous oxide-induced analgesia reveal a signature of pain affect. Weinrich JA, Liu CD, Jewell ME, Andolina CR, Bernstein MX, Benitez J, Rodriguez-Rosado S, Braz JM, Maze M, Nemenov MI, Basbaum AI bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology . Apr 3, 2023 A Conditioned Place Preference for Heroin Is Signaled by Increased Dopamine and Direct Pathway Activity and Decreased Indirect Pathway Activity in the Nucleus Accumbens. O'Neal TJ, Bernstein MX, MacDougall DJ, Ferguson SM The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience . Jan 14, 2022
