Publications

"Nothing in science has any value to society if it is not communicated" - Anne Roe

We believe it is our duty as scientists to openly communicate our findings and tools to the scientific community and the broader public. The Cai Lab is committed to accessible and transparent science.

Denise Cai 3/1/25 Denise Cai 3/1/25

Neuron-specific glycine metabolism links transfer RNA epitranscriptomic regulation to complex behaviors

Blaze J, Evans VD, Pliego JAF, Unichenko P, Javidfar B, Heissel S, Alwaseem H, Pennington Z, Cai DJ, Molina H, Henneberger C. (2025). Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science

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Denise Cai 1/22/25 Denise Cai 1/22/25

REM refines and rescues memory representations: A new theory

Shuster AE, Morehouse A, McDevitt EA, Chen PC, Whitehurst LN, Zhang J, Sattari N, Uzoigwe T, Ekhlasi A, Cai DJ, Simon K, Niethard N, Mednick SC. (2025). Sleep Advances

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Denise Cai 1/16/25 Denise Cai 1/16/25

Medial entorhinal-hippocampal desynchronization parallels the emergence of memory impairment in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease pathology

Vetere LM, Galas AM, Vaughan N, Feng Y, Wick ZC, Philipsberg PA, Liobimova O, Fernandez-Ruiz A, Cai DJ, Shuman T. (2025). bioRxiv

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