Fernandez Lab

Publications

Valdivia, G; Moreno, C; He, K; Contreras, D; Tran, T; Ramnauth, AD; Xu, W; Contreras, A; Fernandez, DC; Severin, D; Hattar, S; Gallagher, M; Kirkwood, A. Circadian changes in CA1 LTP are driven by shifts in excitation-inhibition balance and reverse direction after puberty in mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 2026.

Geoffroy, PA; Palagini, L; Henriksen, TEG; Bourgin, P; Garbazza, C; Gronfier, C; Esaki, Y; Fernandez, DC; Lam, RW; Lee, H-J; Smith, DJ; Terman, M; Zeitzer, JM; Sit, DK. Light therapy for bipolar disorders: Clinical recommendations from the international society for bipolar disorders (ISBD) Chronobiology and Chronotherapy Task Force. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience. 2025; 27(1):249-264.

Weil, T; Daly, KM; Yarur Castillo, H; Thomsen, MB; Wang, H; Mercau, ME; Hattar, S; Tejeda, H; Fernandez, DC. Daily changes in light influence mood via inhibitory networks within the thalamic perihabenular nucleus. Science Advances. 2022; 8(23):eabn3567.

Duy, PQ; Komal, R; Richardson, MES; Hahm, KS; Fernandez, DC; Hattar, S. Light Has Diverse Spatiotemporal Molecular Changes in the Mouse Suprachiasmatic Nucleus. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 2020; 35(6):576-587.

Fernandez, DC; Komal, R; Langel, J; Ma, J; Duy, PQ; Penzo, MA; Zhao, H; Hattar, S. Retinal innervation tunes circuits that drive nonphotic entrainment to food. Nature. 2020; 581(7807):194-198.