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Sha Sha
Basic Medical Sciences
Nanjing Medical University
Jiangsu
Language: Chinese, English, French
Neural Circuits
Affective Disorders
Depression
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Hypothalamus
Neurobiology
Mental Health
Neuroscience
Molecular Mechanisms
Areas of Focus
- Neural circuit mechanisms of affective disorders
- Hippocampus-amygdala-hypothalamus circuit mechanisms in depressive disorders
Work Experience
- 2021-present - Nanjing Medical University, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Physiology - Associate Professor
- 2015-2021 - Nanjing Medical University, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Physiology - Lecturer
- 2019-2020 - Sorbonne University, Centre de Recherche St. Antoine - Visiting Scholar
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2015 - PhD in Medicine: Nanjing Medical University
- Hosted a National Natural Science Foundation project
Publications
- Microbiota in neuroinfammation and synaptic dysfunction: a focus on Alzheimer’s disease, Diane Bairamian, Sha Sha, Nathalie Rolhion, Harry Sokol, Guillaume Dorothée, Cynthia A. Lemere, Slavica Krantic, 2022
- Estradiol replacement at the critical period protects hippocampal neural stem cells to improve cognition in APP/PS1 mice, Qin Y, An D, Xu W, Qi X, Wang X, Chen L, Sha S, 2020
- Dorsal hypothalamic dopaminergic neurons play an inhibitory role in the hypothalamic-pituitary‐adrenal axis via activation of D2R in mice, Di T, Chen P, Yuan Z, Wang Y, Sha S, Chen L, 2019
- Lack of JWA Enhances Neurogenesis and Long-Term Potentiation in Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus Leading to Spatial Cognitive Potentiation, Sha S, Xu J, Lu ZH, Hong J, Qu WJ, Zhou JW, Chen L, 2016
- Sex-related neurogenesis decrease in hippocampal dentate gyrus with depressive-like behaviors in sigma-1 receptor knockout mice, Sha S, Hong J, Ou W, Lu Z, Li L, Yu W, Chen L, 2015
Awards
- Jiangsu Province Medical Science and Technology Third Prize (2018): Research on the preventive and therapeutic effects of statins on Alzheimer's disease and its molecular mechanism
- National Maternal and Child Health Science and Technology Award Natural Science Third Prize (2017): Exploration of the pathogenesis and new intervention targets of postpartum depression
- Jiangsu Province Science and Technology Third Prize (2017): Research on the preventive and therapeutic effects of Sigma-1 receptor on Alzheimer's disease and its molecular mechanism
- National Maternal and Child Health Science and Technology Award Natural Science Third Prize (2015): Exploration of the pathogenesis and new intervention targets of cognitive and emotional disorders after menopause
