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Yangang Sun
Neuroscience Chinese academy of sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Neural Circuits
Sensory Processing
Thalamus
Neuroscience
Itch Perception
Neural Pathways
Sensory Modulation
Animal Behavior
Neuroplasticity
Clinical Implications
Areas of Focus
- Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Sensory Information Processing
- Thalamic Neural Circuitry in Sensory Information Processing and Modulation
- Neural Circuits of Itch Perception
Work Experience
- 2004-2008 - Washington University in St. Louis - Postdoctoral Research
- 2008-2012 - University of Texas Health Science Center - Postdoctoral Research
- 2012-present - Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher, Research Group Leader
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1995-1999 Bachelor in Physiology and Biophysics: Peking University
- 1999-2004 PhD in Physiology: Peking University
Publications
- Itch perception is reflected by neuronal ignition in the primary somatosensory cortex, Chen, X., Liu, Y., Xu, N., Sun, Y., 2022
- The parabrachial nucleus directly channels spinal nociceptive signals to the intralaminar thalamic nuclei, but not the amygdala, Deng, J., Zhou, H., Lin, J., Shen, Z., Chen, W., Wang, L., Li, Q., Mu, D., Wei, Y., Xu, X. and Sun, Y., 2020
- Different neuronal populations mediate inflammatory pain analgesia by exogenous and endogenous opioids, Zhang, X., Dou, Y., Yuan, L., Li, Q., Zhu, Y., Wang, M., Sun, Y., 2020
- Synaptic control of spinal GRPR+ neurons by local and long-range inhibitory inputs, Liu, M., Chen, X., Liang, T., Li, Q., Wang, M., Zhang, X., Li, Y., Sun, Q., Sun, Y., 2019
- Tac1-expressing neurons in the periaqueductal gray facilitate the itch-scratching cycle via descending regulation, Gao, Z., Chen, W., Liu, M., Chen, X., Wan, L., Zhang, X., Yuan, L., Lin, J., Wang, M., Zhou, L., Xu, X., Sun, Y., 2019
- A central neural circuit for itch sensation, Mu, D., Deng, J., Liu, K., Wu, Z., Shi, Y., Guo, W., Mao, Q., Liu, X., Li, H., Sun, Y., 2017
