​2023

• Stimulus-Induced Theta-Band LFP Oscillations Format Neuronal Representations of Social Chemosignals in the Mouse Accessory Olfactory Bulb. O Cohen*, A Kahan*, I Steinberg, S Malinowski, D Rokni, M Spehr, Y. Ben-Shaul, The Journal of Neuroscience, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1055-23.2023

• Dysregulated mammalian estrus cycle rescued by timed activation of VIP neurons in the circadian pacemaker and late afternoon light exposure. A. Kahan,  G. M. Coughlin, M. Borsos,  B. W. Brunton,  V. Gradinaru, BioXriv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.14.524075

• ​Immediate responses to ambient light in the suprachiasmatic nucleus reveal distinct activity profiles and retinal connectivity for SCNVIP neurons. A. Kahan, K. Mahe, S. Dutta, P. Kassraian, A. Wang, V. Gradinaru. iScience, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107865

2021

• Light-guided sectioning for precise in situ localization and tissue interface analysis for brain –implanted optical fibers and GRIN lenses. A. Kahan*, A. Greenbaum*, M. J. Jang, J. E. Robinson, J. R. Cho, X. Chen, P. Kassraian, D. A. Wagenaar, V. Gradinaru. Cell Reports, 2021, 36 (13), 109744.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.10974

• Dorsal raphe dopamine neurons signal motivational salience dependent on internal state, expectation, and behavioral context. J. R. Cho, X. Chen, A. Kahan, J. E. Robinson, D. A. Wagenaar, V. Gradinaru, The Journal of Neuroscience, 2021, 41 (12), https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2690-20.2021

2020​

• Negative feedback control of neuronal activity by microglia. A. Badimon, H. J. Strasburger, P. Ayata, X. Chen, A. Nair, A. Ikegami, P. Hwang, A. T. Chan, S. M. Graves, O. J. Uweru, C. Ledderose, M. G. Kutlu, M. A. Wheeler, A. Kahan, M. Ishikawa, Y. Wang, Y. E. Loh, J. X. Jiang, D. J. Surmeier, S. C. Robson, W. Junger, R. Sebra, E. Calipari, P. J. Kenny, U. Eyo, M. Colonna, F. J. Quintana, H. Wake, V. Gradinaru, A. Schaefer. Nature, 2020, 586, 417–423. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2777-8

• RecV recombinase system for spatiotemporally controlled light-inducible genomic modifications. S. Yao, B. Ouellette, P. Balaram, T. Zhou, M. Mortrud, S. Chatterjee, Y. Wang, T. Daigle, B. Tasic, X. Kuang, H. Gong, Q. Luo, S. Zeng, A. Kahan, V. Gradinaru, H. Zeng and A. Cetin.  Nature Methods, 2020, 17, 422–429. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-020-0774-3

2018

• Temporal Response Properties of Accessory Olfactory Bulb Neurons: Limitations and Opportunities for Decoding M. Yoles-Frenkel*, A. Kahan*, Y. Ben-Shaul. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2018, 38(21): 4957-4976; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2091-17.2018

2016

• Extracting Behaviorally Relevant Traits from Natural Stimuli: Benefits of Combinatorial Representations at the Accessory Olfactory Bulb A. Kahan, Y. Ben-Shaul. PLoS Comput. Biol. 2016, 12(3): e1004798.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004798

2011

• Solvent Tuning of a Conical Intersection: Direct Experimental Verification of a Theoretical Prediction. A. Kahan, A. Wand, S. Ruhman, S. Zilberg, Y. Haas, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2011, 115 (40), 10854–10861. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jp206412h

2007

• Following photoinduced dynamics in bacteriorhodopsin with 7 fsec impulsive vibrational spectroscopy. A. Kahan, O. Nahmias, N. Friedman, M. Sheves, and S. Ruhman. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129(3), 537 – 546. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja064910d