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Xiong-Li Yang
Life Science
Fudan University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, Japanese, English
Retina
Synaptic Transmission
Information Processing
Vertebrate
Neurobiology
Retinal Diseases
Structure
Function
Remodeling
Neuroscience
Areas of Focus
- Information processing and synaptic transmission in the vertebrate retina
- Remodeling of retinal structure and function in major retinal diseases
Work Experience
- 1988-1999 - Director - Shanghai Institute of Physiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1998-2002 - President - Chinese Physiological Society
- 1988-2002 - Editor-in-Chief - Acta Physiologica Sinica
- 1996-2005 - Editor-in-Chief - Chinese Journal of Neuroscience
- 1999-2004 - Chief Scientist - 973 Project on Basic Research of Brain Function and Major Brain Diseases
- 2000-2010 - Director - Institute of Neuroscience
- 2006-2009 - Dean - Brain Science Research Institute
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1963 - Bachelor's Degree: Shanghai University of Science and Technology
- 1982 - Doctorate: Japan
- Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Academician of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
Publications
- Modulation by brain natriuretic peptide of GABA receptors on rat retinal bipolar cells, Yu, Y.C., Cao, L.H. and Yang, X.L., 2006
- Melatonin potentiates rod signal to retinal on bipolar cells, Ping, Y., Huang, H., Zhang, X. J and Yang, X.L, 2008
- Melatonin potentiates glycine currents through a PC-PLC/PKC signaling pathway in rat retinal ganglion cells, Zhao，W.J., Zhang, M. Yang, X.L and Wang, Z.F., 2010
- Group I mGluR-mediated inhibition of Kir channels contributes to retinal Muller cell gliosis in a rat chronic ocular hypertension model, Ji, M., Miao,Y.Y., Dong,L.D., Chen, J., Mo，X.F., Jiang, S.X., Sun, X.H., Yang, X.L and Wang, Z, 2012
- Neuromodulatory role of melatonin in retinal information processing, Huang, H., Wang,Z.F., Weng, S.J., Sun,X.H and Yang，X.L, 2013
Awards
- 1987 - Foreign Researcher Award - American Foundation for the Blind
- 1989 - First Prize in Natural Science - Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1991 - Shanghai Science and Technology Elite
- 1996 - Second Prize in Natural Science - Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2001 - Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Progress Award
- 2006 - First Prize in Natural Science - Ministry of Education, Shanghai
