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Mei Zhao
Psychology CAS
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Neurobiology
Behavioral Genetics
Mental Disorders
Opioid Receptors
Neuropathic Pain
Stress
Memory
Bdnf
Epigenetics
Adolescent Development
Areas of Focus
- Neurobiological and behavioral genetic mechanisms of mental disorders
Academic Background & Achievements
- Master's in Pediatrics: Xi'an Jiaotong University
- PhD in Physiology: Xi'an Jiaotong University
- Postdoctoral Research: Institute of Drug Dependence, Peking University
Publications
- Roles of different subtypes of opioid receptors in mediating the ventrolateral orbital cortex opioid-induced inhibition of mirror-neuropathic pain in the rat., Mei Zhao, Jun-Yang Wang, Hong Jia, Jing-Shi Tang, 2007
- Mu- but not delta- and kappa-opioid receptor mediates the ventrolateral orbital cortex -evoked anti-allodynia in a neuropathic pain model of rats., Mei Zhao, Jun-Yang Wang, Hong Jia, Jing-Shi Tang, 2006
- The effects of morphine microinjection into thalamic nucleus submedius on formalin-evoked nociceptive responses of neurons in the rat spinal dorsal horn., Mei Zhao, Qiang Li, Jing-shi Tang, 2006
- Effects of stress during reactivation on rewarding memory., Mei Zhao, Zhang-Yin Zhang, Hai-feng Zhai, Yi Qiu and Lin Lu, 2007
- Stress impairs reconsolidation of drug memory via glucocorticoid receptors in the basolateral amygdala., Wang XY, Zhao M, Ghitza UE, Li YQ, Lu L., 2008
- Central amygdala extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling pathway is critical to incubation of opiate craving., Li YQ, Li FQ, Wang XY, Wu P, Zhao M, Xu CM, Shaham Y, Lu L., 2008
- Reversal of cocaine-conditioned place preference through methyl supplementation: altering global DNA methylation in the prefrontal cortex., Weiping Tian, Mei Zhao, Min Li, Tianbao Song, Min zhang, Quan Li, Shengbin Li, Zhong Sheng Sun., 2012
