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Name	Yangang Sun
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Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Shanghai

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Name

Yangang Sun

Contact Information

yangang.sun@@ion.ac.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty	institute of neuroscience Chinese academy of sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	1995-1999 Bachelor in Physiology and Biophysics: Peking University 1999-2004 PhD in Physiology: Peking University
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

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Faculty

institute of neuroscience Chinese academy of sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

1995-1999 Bachelor in Physiology and Biophysics: Peking University
1999-2004 PhD in Physiology: Peking University

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

Areas of Focus	Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Sensory Information Processing Thalamic Neural Circuitry in Sensory Information Processing and Modulation Neural Circuits of Itch Perception
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

Areas of Focus

Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Sensory Information Processing
Thalamic Neural Circuitry in Sensory Information Processing and Modulation
Neural Circuits of Itch Perception

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

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