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Xiaohong Xu
Neuroscience Chinese academy of sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English
Neural Circuits
Instinctive Behavior
Hypothalamus
Genetic Control
Behavioral Analysis
Neural Plasticity
Cellular Mechanisms
Animal Behavior
Neurogenetics
Behavioral Neuroscience
Areas of Focus
- Neural basis of instinctive behaviors
- Role of hypothalamic cell groups in behavior
- Neural circuit tracking
- Plasticity of instinctive behaviors
- Neural mechanisms of behavior regulation
Work Experience
- 2006-2012 - University of California - Postdoctoral Research
- 2012-present - Chinese Academy of Sciences - Research Group Leader
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000 - Bachelor of Science: Peking University
- 2006 - PhD: Case Western Reserve University
- Postdoctoral Research: University of California
Publications
- Sexually dimorphic effects of estrogen receptor 2 deletion in the dorsal raphe nucleus on emotional behaviors, He, J., Yan, J., Zha, X., Ding, X., Zhang, Y., Lu, Z.*, Xu, X.*, 2022
- A circuit from the ventral subiculum to anterior hypothalamic nucleus GABAergic neurons essential for anxiety-like behavioral avoidance, Yan, J., Ding, He, T., Chen, A., Zhang, W., Yu, Z., Cheng, X., Wei, C., Hu, Q., Liu, X., Zhang, Y., He, M., Xie, Z., Zha, X., Xu, C., Cao, P., Li, H. & Xu, X.*, 2022
- An intein-split transactivator for intersectional neural imaging and optogenetic manipulation, Chen, H., Zhang, X., Yang, R., Wang, G., Zhu, X., Xu, Y., Wang, D., Zhang, N., Qiu, S., Zhan, L., Shen, Z., Xu, X., Long, G.*, & Xu, C.*, 2022
- Cold-sensitive ventromedial hypothalamic neurons control homeostatic thermogenesis and social interaction-associated hyperthermia, Feng, C., Wang, Y., Zha, X., Cao, H., Huang, S., Cao, D., Zhang, K., Xie, T., Xu, X.*, Liang, Z.*, Zhang, Z.*, 2022
- Neural circuit control of innate behaviors, Xiao, W., Jiao, Z., Senol, E., Yao, J., Zhao, M., Zhao, Z., Chen, X., Cao, P., Fu, Y., Gao, Z., Shen, W., Xu, X.*, 2021
- Neural circuit mechanisms that govern inter-male attack in mice, Zha, X., Xu, X.*, 2021
- Anger management: pSI has a say in it, Zha, X., Xu, X.*, 2021
- Gene Editing to the Rescue: Reversal of Social Deficits Associated with MECP2 Duplication, Yu, Z., Wang, D., Xu, X.*, 2020
- Sex differences in electrophysiological properties of mouse medial preoptic area neurons revealed by in vitro whole-cell recordings, Zhang, W., Li, S., Han, Y., Xu, X.*, 2021
- Specific hypothalamic neurons required for sensing conspecific male cues relevant to inter-male aggression, Chen, A., Yan, J., Zhang, W., Wang, L., Yu, Z., Ding, X., Wang, D., Zhang, M., Zhang, Y., Song, N., Jiao, Z., Xu, C., Zhu, S. and Xu, X.*, 2020
- VMHvl-Projecting Vglut1+ Neurons in the Posterior Amygdala Gate Territorial Aggression, Zha, X., Wang, L., Jiao, Z., Yang, R., Xu, C., and Xu, X.*, 2020
- Medial Preoptic Area Modulates Courtship Ultrasonic Vocalization in Adult Male Mice, Gao, S., Wei, Y.*, Wang, S.*, Xu, X.*, 2019
- A corticopontine circuit for initiation of urination, Yao, J., Zhang, Q., Liao, X., Li, Q., Liang, S., Li, X., Zhang, Y., Li, X., Wang, H., Qin, H., Wang, M., Li, J., Zhang, J., He, W., Zhang, W., Li, T., Xu, F., Gong, H., Jia, H., Xu, X.*, Yan, J. *, Chen, X. *, 2018
- Medial preoptic area in mice is capable of mediating sexually dimorphic behaviors regardless of gender, Wei, Y., Wang, S., Jiao, Z., Zhang, W., Lin, J., Li, X., Li, S., Zhang, X. & Xu, X.*, 2018
- Presence of pups suppresses hunger-induced feeding in virgin adult mice of both sexes, Han, Y., Li, X., Wang, S., Wei, Y., and Xu, X.*, 2017
- Sex differences in brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling: Functions and implications, Wei, Y., Wang, S., and Xu, X.*, 2017
- Dissecting the hypothalamic pathways that underlie innate behaviors, Zha. X., Xu.X.*, 2015
- Modular genetic control of innate behaviors, Xu.X., 2013
- Modular genetic control of sexually dimorphic behaviors, Xu.X., Coats, J.K., Yang, C.F., Wang, A., Amhed, O.M., Alvarado, M., Izumi, T., and Shah, N.M.*, 2012
- A custody battle for the mind: evidence for extensive imprinting in the brain, Tollkuhn, J., Xu.X., and Shah, N.M.*, 2010
- Shared long-range regulatory elements coordinate expression of a gene cluster encoding nicotinic receptor heteromeric subtypes, Xu.X., Scott, M., and Deneris, E.S.*, 2006
