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Name	Zijun Chen
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Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Guangdong

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Name

Zijun Chen

Contact Information

zj.chen1@siat.ac.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Guangdong

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty	Life Sciences
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
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

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Faculty

Life Sciences

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

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

Areas of Focus	Neurobiology Feeding Regulation Drug Dependence
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

Areas of Focus

Neurobiology
Feeding Regulation
Drug Dependence

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

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