Areas of Focus
- Integration of multisensory information for decision-making and motor commands
- Development of animal models for sensory-motor disorders
- Multisensory training methods for rehabilitation of sensory-motor disorders
- Study of neural plasticity mechanisms during multisensory rehabilitation training
Work Experience
- 2014.01 - Present: Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University
- 2009.12 - 2013.11: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Neurology and Anatomy, Wake Forest Medical Center, USA
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2004-2009 PhD in Physiology: East China Normal University
- 2000-2004 Bachelor in Biology: Inner Mongolia University
- Shanghai Outstanding Graduate 2009
Publications
- The causal role of auditory cortex in auditory working memory, Yu L, Hu J, Shi C, Zhou L, Tian M, Zhang J, Xu J, 2021
- Choice-dependent cross-modal interaction in the medial prefrontal cortex of rats, Zheng M, Xu J, Keniston L, Wu J, Chang S, Yu L, 2021
Awards
- 2012: Mary A. Bell Awards for outstanding poster presentations at the NC Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Fall Research Day
- 2012: Society of Neuroscience Chapter Travel Award Nominee
- 2010: Wake Forest University Postdoctoral Development Award
