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Zijun Chen
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, English
Neurobiology
Neuroscience
Brain
Neurons
Synaptic Plasticity
Memory
Behavior
Feeding
Drug Dependence
Neurotransmitters
Areas of Focus
- Neurobiology
- Feeding Regulation
- Drug Dependence
Work Experience
- 2023-01 to Present - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Associate Researcher
- 2022-04 to 2022-12 - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher
- 2019-12 to 2022-03 - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2014-09 to 2019-06 PhD: Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2010-09 to 2014-06 Bachelor: Hunan Normal University
Publications
- Release of Endogenous Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor into the Lateral Entorhinal Cortex from the Paraventricular Thalamus Ameliorates Social Memory Deficits in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease, Xu, YunLong, Zhu, Lin, Chen, ZiJun, Deng, XiaoFei, Liu, PeiDong, Li, Shan, Lin, BingChun, Yang, ChuanZhong, Xu, Wei, Zhou, KuiKui, Zhu, YingJie, 2022
- A circuit from lateral septum neurotensin neurons to tuberal nucleus controls hedonic feeding, Chen, Zijun, Chen, Gaowei, Zhong, Jiafeng, Jiang, Shaolei, Lai, Shishi, Xu, Hua, Deng, Xiaofei, Li, Fengling, Lu, Shanshan, Zhou, Kuikui, Li, Changlin, Liu, Zhongdong, Zhang, Xu, Zhu, Yingjie, 2022
- How the brain processes negative emotions, Chen, Gaowei, Chen, Zijun, Zhu, Yingjie, 2022
- Orchestrating Opiate-Associated Memories in Thalamic Circuits, Keyes, Piper C, Adams, Eliza L, Chen, Zijun, Bi, Linlin, Nachtrab, Gregory, Wang, Vickie J, TessierLavigne, Marc, Zhu, Yingjie, Chen, Xiaoke, 2020
- A subcortical excitatory circuit for sensory-triggered predatory hunting in mice, Shang, Congping, Liu, Aixue, Li, Dapeng, Xie, Zhiyong, Chen, Zijun, Huang, Meizhu, Li, Yang, Wang, Yi, Shen, Wei L, Cao, Peng, 2019
- Divergent midbrain circuits orchestrate escape and freezing responses to looming stimuli in mice, Congping Shang, Zijun Chen, Aixue Liu, Yang Li, Jiajing Zhang, Baole Qu, Fei Yan, Yaning Zhang, Weixiu Liu, Zhihui Liu, Xiaofei Guo, Dapeng Li, Yi Wang, Peng Cao, 2018
- IGF1-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity of Mitral Cells in Olfactory Memory during Social Learning, Liu, Zhihui, Chen, Zijun, Shang, Congping, Yan, Fei, Shi, Yingchao, Zhang, Jiajing, Qu, Baole, Han, Hailin, Wang, Yanying, Li, Dapeng, Udhof, Thomas C S, Cao, Peng, 2017
- A parvalbumin-positive excitatory visual pathway to trigger fear responses in mice, Shang, Congping, Liu, Zhihui, Chen, Zijun, Shi, Yingchao, Wang, Qian, Liu, Su, Li, Dapeng, Cao, Peng, 2015
