Malavika Murugan

Emory University — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

11h-index901citations29works3.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior(15), Memory and Neural Mechanisms(8), Neural dynamics and brain function(6), Primate Behavior and Ecology(6), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(4)

Publications29 total

The Intermediate CA1 and CA3 Subfields of the Hippocampus Differentially Encode Social Recognition
2025Open Access
Comparative gene editing reduces dopamine receptor levels across rodent species
2025Open Access
Non-overlapping social and food reward representations in the basolateral amygdala
2025Open Access
Organization of Brainwide Inputs to Discrete Lateral Septum Projection Populations
Journal of Neuroscience·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
A ventral hippocampal-lateral septum pathway regulates social novelty preference
eLife·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Author response: A ventral hippocampal-lateral septum pathway regulates social novelty preference
2025Open Access
Organization of brainwide inputs to discrete lateral septum projection populations
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Protocol for the quantitative assessment of social and nonsocial reward-seeking in mice using an automated two choice operant assay
STAR Protocols·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Interconnected neural circuits mediating social reward
Trends in Neurosciences·2024· 15 citedOpen Access
Sex differences in neural representations of social and nonsocial reward in the medial prefrontal cortex
Nature Communications·2024· 17 citedOpen Access
Cingulate to septal circuitry facilitates the preference to affiliate with large peer groups
Current Biology·2024· 14 citedOpen Access
Reviewer #2 (Public Review): A ventral hippocampal-lateral septum pathway regulates social novelty preference
2024Open Access
A ventral hippocampal-lateral septum pathway regulates social novelty preference
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Reviewer #1 (Public Review): A ventral hippocampal-lateral septum pathway regulates social novelty preference
2024Open Access
None: A ventral hippocampal-lateral septum pathway regulates social novelty preference
2024Open Access
A ventral hippocampal-lateral septum pathway regulates social novelty preference
eLife·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
A ventral hippocampal-lateral septum pathway regulates social novelty preference
2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Overlapping representations of food and social stimuli in mouse VTA dopamine neurons
Neuron·2023· 40 citedOpen Access
Overlapping representations of food and social stimuli in VTA dopamine neurons
2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Sex differences in neural representations of social and nonsocial reward in the medial prefrontal cortex
2023· 2 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jennifer Isaac(15), Sonia Karkare(14), Maha Rashid(11), Sarah Thomas(8), Hannah L. Klein(8), Ilana B. Witten(6), Hymavathy Balasubramanian(6), Ben Engelhard(4), Julia Cox(3), Nathan F. Parker(3), Richard Mooney(3), Nicholas Schappaugh(3), Jarildy Larimar Javier(3), Avinash Baidya(2), Laura M. Haetzel(2), Anna Zhukovskaya(2), Mark S. Goldman(2), Lindsay Willmore(2), Adelaide R. Minerva(2), Brenna McMannon(2)