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Publications & Awards
Recent Publications
The following are our lab's most recent publications (2024-2025)
Hartle, A.E., Kishida, K.T., Sands, L.P. et al. Caudate serotonin signaling during social exchange distinguishes essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease patients. Nat Commun 16, 7958 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63079-w​​
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Batten SR, Hartle AE, Barbosa LS, Hadj-Amar B, Bang D, Melville N, Twomey T, White JP, Torres A, Celaya X, McClure SM, Brewer GA, Lohrenz T, Kishida KT, Bina RW, Witcher MR, Vannucci M, Casas B, Chiu P, Montague PR, Howe WM. Emotional words evoke region- and valence-specific patterns of concurrent neuromodulator release in human thalamus and cortex. Cell Rep. 2025 Jan 28;44(1):115162. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.115162. Epub 2025 Jan 7. PMID: 39786997; PMCID: PMC11893175.
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Published: 01/28/2025
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Runyon K, Bui T, Mazanek S, Hartle A, Marschalko K, Howe WM. Distinct cholinergic circuits underlie discrete effects of reward on attention. Front Mol Neurosci. 2024 Aug 29;17:1429316. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2024.1429316. PMID: 39268248; PMCID: PMC11390659.
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Published: 08/29/2024
Recent Awards
The following are our lab's most recent award recipients (2024-2025)
Kelly Runyon​
​Society for Neuroscience (SfN) – 2025 Trainee Professional Development Award. Awarded for outstanding scientific merit and excellence in research and professional potential in neuroscience as a graduate trainee
Tùng Bùi
New Investigator Travel Award from the Society of the Study of Ingestive Behavior
Asia Dofat
CIRTL Associate badge in the Value of Teaching from Virginia Tech