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Ninglong Xu
Neuroscience Chinese academy of sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Neuroscience
Perception
Neural Circuits
Cognition
Behavioral Design
Optogenetics
Electrophysiology
Brain Imaging
Sensory Processing
Decision Making
Areas of Focus
- Neural Circuitry and Biological Basis of Perception
Work Experience
- 2006-2013 - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus - Postdoctoral Research
- 2013-present - Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Research Group Leader
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1999 - Bachelor's Degree: Sichuan University
- 2006 - PhD in Science: Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences/University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Recipient of the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund
Publications
- Reshaping sensory representations by task-specific brain states: toward cortical circuit mechanisms, Zhang, N.*, Xu, N.*, 2022
- Single-neuron projectome of mouse prefrontal cortex, Gao, L., Liu, S., Gou, L., Hu, Y., Liu, Y., Deng, L., Ma, D., Wang, H., Yang, Q., Chen, Z., Liu, D., Qiu, S., Wang, X., Wang, D., Wang, X., Ren, B., Liu, Q., Chen, T., Shi, X., Yao, H., Xu, C., Li, C., Sun, Y., Li, A., Luo, Q., Gong, H.*, Xu, N.*, & Yan, J.*, 2022
- Itch perception is reflected by neuronal ignition in the primary somatosensory cortex, Chen, X., Liu, Y., Xu, N., Sun, Y.*, 2021
- Multiplexed representation of itch and mechanical and thermal sensation in the primary somatosensory cortex, Chen, X., Liu, Y., Xu, N., Sun, Y.*, 2021
- A cortico-collicular pathway for motor planning in a memory-dependent perceptual decision task, Duan, C.*, Pan, Y., Ma, G., Zhou,T., Zhang, S., Xu, N.*, 2021
- A cortical circuit mechanism for structural knowledge-based flexible sensorimotor decision-making, Liu, Y., Xin, Y., Xu, N.*, 2021
- Deciphering Pyramidal Neuron Diversity: Delineating Perceptual Functions of Projection-Defined Neuronal Types, Xu, N., 2020
- Sensory-to-category transformation via dynamic reorganization of ensemble structures in mouse auditory cortex, Xin, Y., Zhong, L., Zhang, Y., Zhou, T., Pan, J., Xu, N.*, 2019
- Causal contributions of parietal cortex to perceptual decision-making during stimulus categorization, Zhong, L., Zhang, Y., Duan, C., Deng, J., Pan, J., Xu, N.*, 2019
- Active dendritic integration and mixed neocortical network representations during an adaptive sensing behavior, Ranganathan, G., Apostolides, P., Harnett, M., Xu, N., Druckmann, S., Magee, J.*, 2018
- Learning to memorize: Shedding new light on prefrontal functions, Xu, N., 2015
- Imaging Neuronal Populations in Behaving Rodents: Paradigms for Studying Neural Circuits Underlying Behavior in the Mammalian Cortex, Andermann, M., Keck, T., Xu, N., Ziv, Y., Chen, J.*, 2013
- Potassium Channels Control the Interaction between Active Dendritic Integration Compartments in Layer 5 Cortical Pyramidal Neurons, Harnett, M., Xu, N., Magee, J.*, Williams, S.*, 2013
- Nonlinear dendritic integration of sensory and motor input during an active sensing task, Xu, N., Harnett, M., O'Connor, D., Huber, D., Williams, S., Svoboda, K., Magee, J.*, 2012
- Activity in motor-sensory projections reveals distributed coding in somatosensation, Petreanu, L., Gutnisky, D., Huber, D., Xu, N., O'Connor, D., Tian, L., Looger, L., Svoboda, K.*, 2012
- Coincidence detection of synaptic inputs is facilitated at the distal dendrites after long-term potentiation induction, Xu, N., Ye, C., Poo, M.*, Zhang, X.*, 2006
- Bidirectional changes in spatial dendritic integration accompanying long-term synaptic modifications, Wang, Z., Xu, N., Wu, C., Duan, S.*, Poo, M.*, 2003
Awards
- National Outstanding Youth Science Fund: Recipient
