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Xiong Cao
Basic Medical Sciences
Southern Medical University
Guangdong
Language: Chinese, English
Depression
Anxiety
Astrocyte
Neural Circuit
Fmri
Neurobiology
Mental Illness
Mechanisms
Research
Psychiatry
Areas of Focus
- Neurobiological mechanisms of major mental illnesses (depression, anxiety)
Work Experience
- 2017/08-2018/01 - University of Hong Kong - Senior Visiting Scholar, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- 2013/11-Present - Southern Medical University - Professor, Department of Neurobiology
- 2011/06-2013/11 - Southern Medical University - Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Basic Integration of Chinese and Western Medicine
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006-2011 Doctorate in Neurobiology: Southern Medical University
- 2001-2006 Bachelor's in Medical Imaging Diagnostics: First Clinical Medical College, Southern Medical University
Publications
- Astrocyte-derived ATP modulates depressive-like behaviors, Cao X#, Li LP, Wang Q, Wu Q, Hu HH, Zhang M, Fang YY, Zhang J, Li SJ, Xiong WC, Yan HC, Gao YB, Liu JH, Li XW, Sun LR, Zeng YN, Zhu XH*, Gao TM*, 2013
- Astrocytic adenosine 5'-triphosphate release regulates the proliferation of neural stem cells in the adult hippocampus, Cao X#, Li LP, Qin XH, Li SJ, Zhang M, Wang Q, Hu HH, Fang YY, Gao YB, Li XW, Sun LR, Xiong WC, Gao TM, Zhu XH*, 2013
- Astrocytic Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acid Signaling in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Modulates Depressive-like Behaviors, Xiong W#, Cao X, Zeng Y, Qin X, Zhu M, Ren J, Wu Z, Huang Q, Zhang Y, Wang M, Chen L, Turecki G, Mechawar N, Chen W, Yi G, Zhu X, 2019
- DCPIB, an Inhibitor of Volume-Regulated Anion Channels, Distinctly Modulates K2P Channels, Lv J, Liang Y, Zhang S, Lan Q, Xu Z, Wu X, Kang L, Ren J, Cao Y, Wu T, Lin KL, Yung KKL, Cao X*, Pang J*, Zhou P*, 2019
- Proteomic Profiling of Astrocytic O-GlcNAc Transferase-Related Proteins in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex, Fan J, Zhong QL, Mo R, Lu CL, Ren J, Mo JW, Guo F, Wen YL, Cao X*, 2021
Awards
- National Young Top-notch Talent Project Recipient (2015)
- Guangdong Natural Science Foundation Outstanding Youth Fund Recipient (2014)
- National Natural Science Award Second Prize (Ranked 5th, 2020)
- Guangdong Science and Technology First Prize (Ranked 3rd, 2018)
- Japan Neuroscience Society Travel Award (2017)
