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Xinwen Dong
Psychology CAS
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Neurobiology
Emotion
Motivation
Mechanisms
Brain
Behavior
Psychology
Research
Intervention
Treatment
Areas of Focus
- Neurobiological mechanisms of emotion and motivation
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006.09-2010.07 Bachelor: Beijing Normal University, School of Psychology
- 2010.09-2013.07 Master: Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2014.09-2020.06 Doctorate: University of Manitoba, Canada
Publications
- Collateralization of projections from the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus to the nucleus accumbens, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, and central nucleus of the amygdala., Dong X., Li S., Kirouac G., 2017
- Blocking of orexin receptors in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus has no effect on conditioned fear., Dong X., Li Y., Kirouac G., 2015
- Lesions of the posterior paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus attenuate fear expression., Li Y., Dong X., Li S., Kirouac G., 2014
- Peritraumatic startle response predicts the vulnerability to develop PTSD-like behaviors in rats: a model for peritraumatic dissociation., Dong X., Li Y., 2014
