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Yi-Heng Tu
Psychology CAS
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: English, Chinese
Pain
Chronicity
Behavior
Brain
Genetics
Depression
Dementia
Neuroregulation
Intervention
Techniques
Areas of Focus
- Behavioral-brain-genetic basis of pain chronicity
- Neuropathological basis of comorbidity of chronic pain with depression and dementia
- Neuroregulation techniques for chronic pain intervention
Work Experience
- 2017-2019 - Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2019-2020 - Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital - Lecturer
- 2020-11 to present - Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2012-2016 PhD: University of Hong Kong
- Achievement: Not mentioned
Publications
- Morphological and genetic decoding shows heterogeneous patterns of brain aging in chronic musculoskeletal pain, Zhao, L., Liu, J., Zhao, W., Chen, J., Fan, J., Ge, T., & Tu, Y., 2024
- Multimodal covarying brain patterns mediate genetic and psychological contributions to individual differences in pain sensitivity, Zhang, H., Zhao, L., Lu, X., Peng, W., Zhang, L., Zhang, Z., Hu, L., Cao, J., & Tu, Y., 2024
- Pain-preferential thalamocortical neural dynamics across species, Tu, Y., Li, Z., Zhang, L., Zhang, H., Bi, Y., Yue, L., & Hu, L., 2023
- Elevated dementia risk, cognitive decline, and hippocampal atrophy in multisite chronic pain, Zhao, W., Zhao, L., Chang, X., Lu, X., & Tu, Y., 2023
- Causal relationships between migraine and microstructural white matter: a Mendelian randomization study, Zhao, L., Zhao W., IHGC, Cao, J., & Tu, Y., 2023
- The altered hippocampal functional connectivity and serum BDNF level predict cognitive decline in patients with knee osteoarthritis, Liu, J., Tao, J., Cai, G., Chen, J., Zhao, L., Wang, Y., Xu, S., Chen, R., Hu, L., Cao, J., Chen, L., & Tu, Y., 2023
- Manipulating placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia by changing brain excitability, Tu, Y. H., Wilson, G., Camprodon, J., Dougherty, D., Vangel, M., Benedetti, F., Kaptchuk, T., Gollub, R. and Kong, J., 2021
- Distinct thalamocortical network dynamics are associated with the pathophysiology of chronic low back pain, Tu, Y. H., Fu, Z. N., Gollub, R., Park, J., Wilson, J., Napadow, V., Gerber, J., Chan, S. T., Edwards, R., Kaptchuk, T., Calhoun, V., Rosen, B. and Kong, J., 2020
- Mesocorticolimbic pathways encode cue based expectancy effects on pain, Tu, Y. H., Bi, Y. Z., Zhang, L. B., Wei, H., and Hu, L., 2020
- An fMRI based neural marker for migraine, Tu, Y. H., Zeng, F., Lan, L., Li, Z. J., Maleki, N., Liu, B., Chen, J., Wang, C. C., Park, J., Lang, C., Gao, Y. J., Liu, M. L., Fu, Z. N., Zhang, Z. G., Liang, F. R. and Kong, J., 2020
- Abnormal thalamo-cortical dynamics in migraine, Tu, Y. H., Fu, Z. N., Zeng, F., Maleki, N., Lan, L., Li, Z. J., Park, J., Wilson, G., Gao, Y. J., Liu, M. L., Calhoun. V., Liang, F. R. and Kong, J., 2019
- When does the youthfulness of the female brain emerge?, Tu, Y. H., Fu, Z. N., Maleki, N., 2019
- Abnormal medial prefrontal cortex functional connectivity and its association with clinical symptoms in chronic low back pain, Tu, Y. H., Jung, M., Gollub, R., Napadow, V., Gerber, J., Ortiz, A., Lang, C., Mawla, I., Shen, W., Chan, S. T., Wasan, A., Edwards, R., Kaptchuk, T., Rosen, B. and Kong, J., 2019
Awards
- National Natural Science Foundation Excellent Young Scientists Fund (2023)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences High-level Talent Project (2022)
- China Association for Science and Technology Youth Talent Support Project (2021)
