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Yingjie Zhu
Life Science
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, English
Neurobiology
Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Neural Circuits
Drug Addiction
Brain Function
Mental Health
Neuroscience
Behavioral Science
Addiction Mechanisms
Neural Pathways
Areas of Focus
- Neurobiology
- Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Neural Circuits
- Drug Addiction
Work Experience
- 2017-07 to Present - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology - Researcher
- 2013-03 to 2017-07 - Stanford University - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2006-09 to 2013-01 - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Life Sciences - PhD Student
- 2002-09 to 2006-07 - Sun Yat-sen University - Undergraduate Student
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006-09 to 2013-01 PhD: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Life Sciences
- 2002-09 to 2006-07 Bachelor's: Sun Yat-sen University
Publications
- Distinct reward processing by subregions of the nucleus accumbens, Yingjie Zhu, 2023
- Opioid Receptors Modulate Firing and Synaptic Transmission in the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus, Yingjie Zhu, 2023
- A circuit from lateral septum neurotensin neurons to tuberal nucleus controls hedonic feeding, Yingjie Zhu, 2022
- Chloral Hydrate Alters Brain Activation Induced by Methamphetamine-Associated Cue and Prevents Relapse, Yingjie Zhu, 2022
- 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, Yingjie Zhu, 2022
- Reward and aversion processing by input-defined parallel nucleus accumbens circuits in mice, Yingjie Zhu, 2022
- How the brain processes negative emotions, Yingjie Zhu, 2022
- The Contribution of Thalamic Nuclei in Salience Processing, Yingjie Zhu, 2021
- Orchestrating Opiate-Associated Memories in Thalamic Circuits, Yingjie Zhu, 2020
- The paraventricular thalamic nucleus: A key hub of neural circuits underlying drug addiction, Yingjie Zhu, 2019
- Dynamic Salience Processing in Paraventricular Thalamus Gates Associative Learning, Yingjie Zhu, 2018
- A thalamic input to the nucleus accumbens mediates opiate dependence, Yingjie Zhu, 2016
