• Understanding the circuit basis of cognitive functions using mouse models. Nakajima M, Schmitt LI. Neurosci Res. 2019 Dec 16. pii: S0168-0102(19)30670-4. doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2019.12.009. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PMID: 31857115
• Combinatorial Targeting of Distributed Forebrain Networks Reverses Noise Hypersensitivity in a Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Nakajima M*, Schmitt LI*, Feng G, Halassa MM. Neuron. 2019 Nov 6;104(3):488-500.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.09.040. Epub 2019 Oct 21. PMID: 31648899
• Prefrontal Cortex Regulates Sensory Filtering through a Basal Ganglia-to-Thalamus Pathway. Nakajima M, Schmitt LI, Halassa MM. Neuron. 2019 Aug 7;103(3):445-458.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.05.026. Epub 2019 Jun 12. PMID: 31202541
• Thalamic amplification of cortical connectivity sustains attentional control. Schmitt LI, Wimmer RD, Nakajima M, Happ M, Mofakham S, Halassa MM. Nature. 2017 May 11;545(7653):219-223. doi: 10.1038/nature22073. Epub 2017 May 3. PMID: 28467827
• Scalable, Lightweight, Integrated and Quick-to-Assemble (SLIQ) Hyperdrives for Functional Circuit Dissection. Liang L, Oline SN, Kirk JC, Schmitt LI, Komorowski RW, Remondes M, Halassa MM. Front Neural Circuits. 2017 Feb 13;11:8. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2017.00008. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28243194 
• Interrogating the mouse thalamus to correct human neurodevelopmental disorders. Schmitt LI, Halassa MM. Mol Psychiatry. 2017 Feb;22(2):183-191. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.183. Epub 2016 Oct 11. Review. PMID: 27725660
• Thalamic reticular impairment underlies attention deficit in Ptchd1(Y/-) mice. Wells MF, Wimmer RD, Schmitt LI, Feng G, Halassa MM. Nature. 2016 Apr 7;532(7597):58-63. doi: 10.1038/nature17427. Epub 2016 Mar 23. PMID: 27007844 
• Thalamic control of sensory selection in divided attention. Wimmer RD*, Schmitt LI*, Davidson TJ, Nakajima M, Deisseroth K, Halassa MM. Nature. 2015 Oct 29;526(7575):705-9. doi: 10.1038/nature15398. Epub 2015 Oct 21. PMID: 26503050 
• Thalamic reticular nucleus induces fast and local modulation of arousal state. Lewis LD, Voigts J, Flores FJ, Schmitt LI, Wilson MA, Halassa MM, Brown EN. Elife. 2015 Oct 13;4:e08760. doi: 10.7554/eLife.08760. PMID: 26460547 
• Chronic sleep restriction disrupts sleep homeostasis and behavioral sensitivity to alcohol by reducing the extracellular accumulation of adenosine. Clasadonte J*, McIver SR*, Schmitt LI*, Halassa MM, Haydon PG. J Neurosci. 2014 Jan 29;34(5):1879-91. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2870-12.2014. PMID: 24478367 
• Antidepressant effects of sleep deprivation require astrocyte-dependent adenosine mediated signaling. Hines DJ, Schmitt LI, Hines RM, Moss SJ, Haydon PG. Transl Psychiatry. 2013 Jan 15;3:e212. doi: 10.1038/tp.2012.136. PMID: 23321809 
• Wakefulness affects synaptic and network activity by increasing extracellular astrocyte-derived adenosine. Schmitt LI, Sims RE, Dale N, Haydon PG. J Neurosci. 2012 Mar 28;32(13):4417-25. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5689-11.2012. PMID: 22457491