Areas of Focus
- Self-awareness in primates
- Prosocial behavior in marmosets
Work Experience
- 2008-2010 - Postdoctoral Research: Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2011 - Director of Non-Human Primate Research Platform: Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2020-10 - Researcher, Primate Social Cognition Research Group Leader: Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2002 - Bachelor's Degree: University of Science and Technology of China
- 2008 - Doctoral Degree: University of Science and Technology of China
Publications
- Having Infants in the Family Group Promotes Altruistic Behavior of Marmoset Monkeys, Huang J, Cheng X, Zhang S, Chang L, Li X, Liang Z*, Gong N.*, 2020
- Automatic detection and classification of marmoset vocalizations using deep and recurrent neural networks, Zhang YJ, Huang JF, Gong N, Ling ZH, Hu Y., 2018
- Spontaneous expression of mirror self-recognition in monkeys after learning precise visual-proprioceptive association for mirror images, Chang L, Zhang S, Poo MM*, Gong N.*, 2017
- Autism-like behaviours and germline transmission in transgenic monkeys overexpressing MeCP2, Liu Z, Li X, Zhang JT, Cai YJ, Cheng TL, Cheng C, Wang Y, Zhang CC, Nie YH, Chen ZF, Bian WJ, Zhang L, Xiao J, Lu B, Zhang YF, Zhang XD, Sang X, Wu JJ, Xu X, Xiong ZQ, Zhang F, Yu X, Gong N, Zhou WH, Sun Q, Qiu Z., 2016
- Mirror-induced self-directed behaviors in rhesus monkeys after visual-somatosensory training, Chang LT, Fang Q, Zhang SK, Poo MM, Gong N.*, 2015
- Beneficial synergistic effects of microdose lithium with pyrroloquinoline quinone in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model, Zhao L#, Gong N#, Liu M, Pan X, Sang S, Sun X, Yu Z, Fang Q, Zhao N, Fei G, Jin L, Zhong C, Xu T., 2014
- A Modified Light-Dark Box Test for Common Marmosets, Wang YW, Fang Q, Gong N.*, 2014
- Motor Assessment of Developing Common Marmosets, Wang YW, Fang Q, Gong N.*, 2014
- GABA Transporter-1 Deficiency Confers Schizophrenia-like Behavioral Phenotypes, Yu Z, Fang Q, Xiao X, Wang YZ, Cai YQ, Cao H, Hu G, Cheng Z, Fei J, Gong N*, Xu TL.*, 2013
- Powerful beneficial effects of benfotiamine on cognitive impairment and -amyloid deposition in amyloid precursor protein/presenilin-1 transgenic mice, Pan X#, Gong N#, Zhao J, Yu Z, Gu F, Chen J, Sun X, Zhao L, Yu M, Xu Z, Dong W, Qin Y, Fei G, Zhong C, Xu TL., 2010
- Glycine and glycine receptor signaling in hippocampal neurons: diversity, function and regulation, Xu TL, Gong N., 2010
- GABA transporter-1 activity modulates hippocampal theta oscillation and theta burst stimulation-induced long-term potentiation, Gong N, Li Y, Cai GQ, Niu RF, Fang Q, Wu K, Chen Z, Lin LN, Xu L, Fei J, Xu TL., 2009
- The aspirin metabolite salicylate enhances neuronal excitation in rat hippocampal CA1 area through reducing GABAergic inhibition, Gong N, Zhang M, Zhang XB, Chen L, Sun GC, Xu TL., 2008
- Glycine Uptake Regulates Hippocampal Network Activity via Glycine Receptor-Mediated Tonic Inhibition, Zhang LH#, Gong N#, Fei D, Xu L, Xu TL., 2008
- Bell-Shaped D-Serine Actions on Hippocampal Long-Term Depression and Spatial Memory Retrieval, Zhang Z, Gong N, Wang W, Xu L, Xu TL., 2008