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Tonghui Xu
Animal Sciences
Fudan University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Synaptic Mechanisms
Neural Circuits
Motor Learning
Pathogenesis
Treatment
Motor Control
Diseases
Neuroscience
Research
Therapy
Areas of Focus
- Synaptic and neural circuit mechanisms of motor learning
- Pathogenesis and treatment of motor control system diseases
Work Experience
- 2005-2007 - University of California, Davis - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2007-2009 - University of California, Santa Cruz - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2010-2018 - Huazhong University of Science and Technology - Professor
- 2018-2020 - Nanchang University - Professor
- 2020-present - Fudan University - Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2004 - PhD in Physiology: Shanghai Institute of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2010 - Selected for the Ministry of Education's New Century Excellent Talents Support Program
Publications
- rAAV2-retro enables extensive and efficient transduction of lower motor neurons following intramuscular injection, Chen Z, Xu T*, 2019
- Cell-Type-Specific Afferent Innervation of the Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell, Li Z, Chen Z, Fan G, Li A, Yuan J, Xu T*, 2018
- Skull optical clearing window for in vivo imaging of the mouse cortex at synaptic resolution, Zhao Y, Zhang C, Yu T, Luo Q, Xu T*, Zhu D*, 2018
- 17β-estradiol (E2) promotes growth and stability of new dendritic spines via estrogen receptor β pathway in the intact mouse cortex, Wang S, Zhu J, Xu T*, 2017
- A Central Amygdala-Substantia Innominata Neural Circuitry Encodes Aversive Reinforcement Signals, Cui Y, Lv G, Jin S, Peng J, Yuan J, He X, Gong H, Xu, F, Xu T*, Li H*, 2017
- Motor Learning in Animal Models of Parkinson’s disease: Aberrant Synaptic Plasticity in the Motor Cortex, Xu T, Wang SF, Lalchandani RR, Ding JB*, 2017
- Chronic Social Defeat Stress Modulates Dendritic Spines Structural Plasticity in Adult Mouse Frontal Association Cortex, Shu Y, Xu T*, 2017
- Dynamic rewiring of neural circuits in the motor cortex in mouse models of Parkinson’s disease, Guo L, Xiong H, Kim JI, Wu YW, Lalchandani RR, Cui Y, Shu Y, Xu T*, Ding JB*, 2015
- Rapid formation and selective stabilization of synapses for enduring memories, Xu T, Yu X, Perlik AJ, Tobin WF, Zweig JA, Tennant K, Jones T, Zuo Y*, 2009
- Roles of alternative splicing in the functional properties of inner ear-specific KCNQ4 channels, Xu T, Nie L, Zhang Y, Mo J, Feng W, Wei D, Petrov E, Calisto LE, Kachar B, Beisel KW, Vazquez AE, Yamoah EN*, 2007
Awards
- 2010 - Selected for the Ministry of Education's New Century Excellent Talents Support Program
