1998-present - Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Psychology - Researcher
1996-1998 - Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Psychology - Associate Researcher
1992-1996 - Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Psychology - Assistant Researcher
Beijing Science and Technology Third Prize (2016): Neural circuit regulation and molecular mechanisms of pathological addiction memory processing
National patents: 4
Outstanding Teacher of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2004, 2006)
Zhu Li Yuehua Outstanding Teacher Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2013)
Two students received the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and were nominated for the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation
Four students received the Named Scholarship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Three students received the Director's Scholarship of the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Two students received the Special Support for Science and Society Practice of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
One student received the Procter & Gamble Excellent Graduate Student Scholarship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research
Neural mechanisms of addiction memory and decision-making DNA methylation mechanisms of drug addiction memory Neural mechanisms regulating addiction habit behavior GABA mechanisms affecting offspring learning and addiction susceptibility Neural mechanisms of depression in tree shrews and antidepressant screening
Peripubertal stress of male, but not female rats increases morphine-induced conditioned place preference and locomotion in adulthood., Wang, D. M., J. J. Zhang, Y. B. Huang, Y. Z. Zhao and N. Sui, 2019
Medium spiny neurons of the anterior dorsomedial striatum mediate reversal learning in a cell-type-dependent manner., Wang, X., Y. Qiao, Z. Dai, N. Sui, F. Shen, J. Zhang and J. Liang, 2019
DNMT3a in the hippocampal CA1 is crucial in the acquisition of morphine self-administration in rats., Zhang, J.-J., F.-Z. Jiang, W. Zheng, Y. Duan, S. Jin, F. Shen, J. Liang, M. Li and N. Sui, 2019
Differential effects of clomipramine on depression-like behaviors induced by the chronic social defeat paradigm in tree shrews., Shen, F., K. Qi, Y. Duan, Y. Li, J. Liang, X. Meng, M. Li and N. Sui, 2018
Distinctive Changes of L-Type Calcium Channels and Dopamine Receptors in the Dorsomedial and Dorsolateral Striatum after the Expression of Habitual Cocaine-Seeking Behavior in Rats., Shen, F., S. Jin, Y. Duan, J. Liang, M. Zhang, F. Jiang and N. Sui, 2018
Alterations in brain activation in response to prolonged morphine withdrawal-induced behavioral inflexibility in rats., Piao, C., T. Liu, L. Ma, X. Ding, X. Wang, X. Chen, Y. Duan, N. Sui and J. Liang, 2017
A drug-drug conditioning paradigm reveals multiple antipsychotic-nicotine interactions., Feng, M., N. L. Sparkman, N. Sui and M. Li, 2017
Addiction: From Context-Induced Hedonia to Appetite, Based on Transition of Micro-behaviors in Morphine Abstinent Tree Shrews., Duan, Y., F. Shen, T. Gu and N. Sui, 2016
Distinctive Roles of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine in Anterior Agranular Insular and Basolateral Amygdala in Reconsolidation of Aversive Memory Associated with Morphine in Rats., Liu, P., J. Zhang, M. Li and N. Sui, 2016
Depression-like behaviors in tree shrews and comparison of the effects of treatment with fluoxetine and carbetocin., Meng, X., F. Shen, C. Li, Y. Li and X. Wang, 2016
Effects of central activation of serotonin 5-HT 2A/2C or dopamine D2/3 receptors on the acute and repeated effects of clozapine in the conditioned avoidance response test., Min Feng, Jun Gao, Nan Sui, Ming Li, 2015
Effects of repeated quetiapine treatment on conditioned avoidance responding in rats., Jun Gao, Min Feng, Natashia Swalve, Collin Davis, Nan Sui, Ming Li, 2015
Working memory and affective decision-making in addiction A neurocognitive comparison between heroin addicts, pathological gamblers and healthy controls., Wan-Sen Yan, Yong-Hui Li, Lin Xiao, Ning Zhu, Antoine Bechara, Nan Sui, 2014
Effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine 2C receptor agonist MK212 and 2A receptor antagonist MDL100907 on maternal behavior in postpartum female rats., Weihai Chen, Qi Zhang, Wenxin Su, Haorong Zhang, Yu Yang, Jing Qiao, Nan Sui, Ming Li, 2014
Okadaic acid blocks the effects of 5-aza-2-deoxycytidine on consolidation, acquisition and retrieval of morphine-induced place preference in rats., Zhang, J. J., Han, J., & Sui, N, 2014
Varied behavioral responses induced by morphine in the tree shrew: a possible model for human opiate addiction., Shen F, Duan Y, Jin S, & Sui N, 2014
Effects of central activation of serotonin 5-HT2A/2C or dopamine D 2/3 receptors on the acute and repeated effects of clozapine in the conditioned avoidance response test., Feng M, Gao J, Sui N, Li M, 2014
Orexin receptors within the nucleus accumbens shell mediate the stress but not drug priming-induced reinstatement of morphine conditioned place preference., Qi, K., Wei, C., Li, Y., & Sui, N, 2013
Roles of dopaminergic innervation of nucleus accumbens shell and dorsolateral caudate-putamen in cue-induced morphine seeking after prolonged abstinence and the underlying D1- and D2-like receptor mechanisms in rats., Gao, J., Li, Y., Zhu, N., Brimijoin, S., & Sui, N, 2013
Environmental and behavioral controls of the expression of clozapine tolerance: evidence from a novel across-model transfer paradigm., Feng, M., Sui, N, & Li, M, 2013
Avoidance disruptive effect of clozapine and olanzapine is potentiated by increasing the test trials: further test of the motivational salience hypothesis., Feng, M., Sui, N, & Li, M, 2013
Effects of inactivating the agranular or granular insular cortex on the acquisition of the morphine-induced conditioned place preference and naloxone-precipitated conditioned place aversion in rats., Li, C. L., Zhu, N., Meng, X. L., Li, Y. H., & Sui, N, 2013
The Relationship between Recent Stressful Life Events, Personality Traits, Perceived Family Functioning and Internet Addiction among College Students., Yan, W., Li, Y., & Sui, N, 2013
Working memory and affective decision-making in addiction: A neurocognitive comparison between heroin addicts, pathological gamblers and healthy controls., Yan, Wan-Sen, Li, Yong-Hui, Xiao, Lin, Zhu, Ning, Bechara, Antoine, & Sui, Nan, 2013
Differential muscarinic modulation of synaptic transmission in dorsal and ventral regions of the rat nucleus accumbens core., Jiang, X., Zhang, J. J., Wang, M. Y., & Sui, N, 2013
Intranucleus accumbens SKF38393 improved the impaired acquisition of morphine-conditioned place preference in depression-like rats., Gao, J., Zhu, N., Feng, M., Meng, X., Sui, N, 2012
GABA attenuates amyloid toxicity by downregulating its endocytosis and improves cognitive impairment., Sun, X.,Meng, X., Li, Y., Wang, L., Feng, J., Sui, N, Zhang, Y, 2012
Differential effect of beta-adrenergic receptor antagonism in basolateral amygdala on reconsolidation of aversive and appetitive memories associated with morphine in rats., Wu Y, Li Y, Yang X, Sui N, 2012
Differential effect of NMDA receptor antagonist in the nucleus accumbens on reconsolidation of morphine -related positive and aversive memory in rats., Wu Y, Li Y, Gao J, Sui N, 2012
Early prenatal morphine exposure impairs performance of learning tasks and attenuates in vitro heterosynaptic long-term potentiation of intermediate medial mesopallium in day-old chicks., Jiang, J., He, X., Wang, M. Y., & Sui, N, 2011
Effects of SCH23390 and spiperone administered into medial striatum and intermediate medial mesopallium on rewarding effects of morphine in day-old chicks., He, X. G., Xiao, L., & Sui, N, 2010
The effects of morphine at different embryonic ages on memory consolidation and rewarding properties of morphine in day-old chicks., He, X. G., Bao, Y. F., Li, Y. H., & Sui, N, 2010
Orexin A attenuates unconditioned sexual motivation in male rats., Bai, Y. J., Li, Y. H., Zheng, X. G., Han, J., Yang, X. Y., & Sui, N, 2009
Opposite effects of MK-801 on the expression of food and morphine-induced conditioned place preference in rats., Li, Y. H., Zheng, X. G., Bai, Y. J., Yang, X. Y., & Sui, N, 2006
Social crowding sensitizes high-responding rats to psychomotor-stimulant effects of morphine., Zheng, X. G., Li, Y. H., Luo, X. J., Xiao, L., Wang, D. M., Liu, J., Sui N, 2004
Novelty-seeking behavior and stress-induced locomotion in rats of juvenile period differentially related to morphine place conditioning in their adulthood., Zheng, X. G., Tan, B. P., Luo, X. J., Xu, W., Yang, X. Y., & Sui, N, 2004
Susceptibility to morphine place conditioning: relationship with stress-induced locomotion and novelty-seeking behavior in juvenile and adult rats., Zheng, X. G., Ke, X., Tan, B. P., Luo, X. J., Xu, W., Yang, X. Y., Sui N, 2003
Reversed effects of RU486 and anisomycin on memory retention of light exposure or corticosterone facilitation in the dark-incubated chicks., Sui, N, Hu, J. F., Chen, J., Kuang, P. Z., & Joyce, D, 2001
Effects of dark rearing and light exposure on memory for a passive avoidance task in day-old chicks., Sui, N, & Rose, S. P. R, 1997
Interactions of corticosterone and embryonic light deprivation on memory retention in day-old chicks., Sui, N, Sandi, C., & Rose, S. P. R, 1997
Orexins in the midline thalamus are involved in the expression of conditioned place aversion to morphine withdrawal., Li, Y. H., Wang, H. Y., Qi, K. K., Chen, X. Y., Li, S., Sui, N, et al, 2011
Effect of 5-aza-2-deoxycytidine microinjecting into hippocampus and prelimbic cortex on acquisition and retrieval of cocaine-induced place preference in C57BL/6 mice., Han, J., Li, Y. H., Wang, D. M., Wei, C. G., Yang, X. Y., & Sui, N, 2010
Changes in emotional behavior produced by orexin microinjections in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus., Li, Y. H., Li, S., Wei, C. G., Wang, H. Y., Sui, N, & Kirouac, G. J, 2010
Orexins in the paraventricularnucleus of the thalamus mediate anxiety-like responses in rats., Li, Y. H., Li, S., Wei, C. G., Wang, H. Y., Sui, N, & Kirouac, G. J, 2010
Morphine induces Beclin 1-and ATG5-dependent autophagy in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells and in the rat hippocampus., Zhao, L. X., Zhu, Y. S., Wang, D. M., Chen, M., Gao, P., Xiao, W. M., Sui N, Chen Q, 2010
Orexin-A acts on the paraventricular nucleus of the midline thalamus to inhibit locomotor activity in rats., Li, Y. H., Li, S., Sui, N, & Kirouac, G. J, 2009
Morphine withdrawal affects both delayed-escape behaviour in Morris water maze and hippocampal NR2A/2B expression ratio., Dong, Z. F., Zhong, W. X., Tian, M., Han, H. L., Mao, R. R., Cao, J., Sui N, et al, 2008
Dynamic changes in orbitofrontal neuronal activity in rats during opiate administration and withdrawal., Sun, N., Li, Y., Tian, S., Lei, Y., Zheng, J., Yang, J., Sui N, et al, 2006
Gene transfer of cocaine hydrolase suppresses cardiovascular responses to cocaine in rats., Gao, Y., Atanasova, E., Sui, N, Pancook, J. D., Watkins, J. D., & Brimijoin, S, 2005
Stress enables synaptic depression in CA1 synapses by acute and chronic morphine: Possible mechanisms for corticosterone on opiate addiction., Yang, Y., Zheng, X. G., Wang, Y. F., Cao, J., Dong, Z. F., Cai, J. X. Sui N, et al, 2004
