2000 - Ph.D. in Neuroscience: University of Pennsylvania
1997 - Master's in Computer Science: University of Pennsylvania
1995 - Bachelor's in Psychology: Peking University
2018-present - Director, Beijing Institute of Brain Science and Brain-like Research
2005-present - Researcher, Senior Researcher, Distinguished Researcher, Beijing Institute of Life Sciences
2004-2005 - Researcher, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2000-2004 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University
Research
Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Reward and Punishment
The raphe dopamine system controls the expression of incentive memory., Lin R, Liang J, Wang R, Yan T, Zhou Y, Liu Y, Feng Q, Li A, Gong H, Luo MCA, 2020
An optical brain-to-brain interface supports rapid information transmission for precise locomotion control., Lu L, Wang R, Luo MCA, 2020
Control of locomotor speed, arousal, and hippocampal theta rhythms by the nucleus incertus., Lu L, Ren Y, Yu T, Liu Z, Wang S, Tan L, Zeng J, Feng Q, Lin R, Liu Y, Guo Q, Luo MCA, 2020
A visual circuit related to habenula underlies the antidepressive effects of light therapy., Huang L, Xi Y, Peng Y, Yang Y, Huang X, Fu Y, Tao Q, Xiao J, Yuan T, An K, Zhao H, Pu M, Xu F, Xue T, Luo M, So KFCA, Ren CCA, 2019
A whole-brain map of long-range inputs to GABAergic interneurons in the mouse medial prefrontal cortex., Sun Q, Li X, Ren M, Zhao M, Zhong Q, Ren Y, Luo P, Ni H, Zhang X, Zhang C, Yuan J, Li A, Luo M, Gong H, Luo QCA, 2019
Long-term Fiber Photometry for Neuroscience Studies., Li Y, Liu Z, Guo Q, Luo M, 2019
Serotonin Neurons in the Dorsal and Medial Raphe Nuclei: from Single-Cell Transcriptomes to Whole-Brain Projections., Ren J, Isakova A, Friedmann D, Zeng J, Grutzner S, Pun A, Zhao GQ, Kolluru SS, Wang R, Lin R, Li P, Li A, Raymond JL, Luo Q, Luo M, Quake SR, Luo L, 2019
Wirelessly Operated, Implantable Optoelectronic Probes for Optogenetics in Freely Moving Animals., Zhao Y, Liu C, Liu Z, Luo W, Li L, Cai X, Liang D, Su Y, Ding H, Wang Q, Yin L, Guan J, Luo M, Sheng XCA, 2019
Cell type- and projection-specific brain-wide reconstruction of single neurons., Lin R, Wang R, Yuan J, Feng Q, Zhou Y, Zeng S, Ren M, Jiang S, Ni H, Zhou C, Gong HCA, Luo MCA, 2018
Response dynamics of midbrain dopamine neurons and serotonin neurons to heroin, nicotine, cocaine, and MDMA., Wei C, Han X, Weng D, Feng Q, Qi X, Li JCA, Luo MCA, 2018
A genetically-encoded fluorescent acetylcholine indicator for in vitro and in vivo studies., Jing M, Zhang P, Wang G, Jiang H, Mesik L, Feng J, Zeng J, Wang S, Looby J, Guagliardo NA, Langma LW, Lu J, Zuo Y, Talmage DA, Role LW, Barrett PQ, Zhang LI, Luo M, Song Y, Zhu J, Li YCA, 2018
Microscale optoelectronic infrared-to-visible upconversion devices and their use as injectable light sources., Ding H, Lu L, Shi Z, Wang D, Li L, Li X, Ren Y, Liu C, Cheng D, Kim H, Giebink NC, Wang X, Yin L, Zhao L, Luo M, Sheng XCA, 2018
Distinct Anatomical Connectivity Patterns Differentiate Subdivisions of the Nonlemniscal Auditory Thalamus in Mice., Cai D, Yue Y, Su X, Liu M, Wang Y, You L, Xie F, Deng F, Chen F, Luo M, Yuan KCA, 2018
A hybridization chain-reaction-based method for amplifying immunosignals., Lin R, Feng Q, Li P, Zhou P, Wang R, Liu Z, Wang Z, Qi Z, Tang N, Shao F, Luo MCA, 2018
Hypothalamic Circuits for Predation and Evasion., Li Y, Zeng J, Zhang J, Yue C, Zhong W, Liu Z, Feng Q, Luo MCA, 2018
A Retrograde inhibition by a specific subset of interpeduncular 5 nicotinic neurons regulates nicotine preference., Ables JL, Görlich Antolin-Fontes B, Wang C, Lipford S, Riad MH, Ren J, Hu F, Luo M, Kenny PJ, Heintz N, Ibañez-Tallon ICA, 2017
GRIN lens based high speed confocal system for deep brain calcium imaging., Qi Z, Guo Q, Liu Q, Chen M, Gong H, Zeng S, Luo Q, Luo M, Fu LCA, 2017
Learning and Stress Shape the Reward Response Patterns of Serotonin Neurons., Zhong W, Li Y, Feng Q, Luo MCA, 2017
Optogenetic activation of dorsal raphe neurons rescues the autistic-like social deficits in Shank3 knockout mice., Luo J., Feng Q, Wei LCA, Luo MCA, 2017
A central catecholaminergic circuit controls blood glucose levels during stress., Zhao Z, Wang L, Gao W, Hu F, Zhang J, Ren Y, Lin R, Feng Q, Cheng, M, Ju D, Chi Q, Wang D, Song S, Luo M, Zhan CCA, 2017
Learning shapes the aversion and reward responses of lateral habenula neurons., Wang D, Li Y, Feng Q, Guo Q, Zhou J, Luo MCA, 2017
A retinoraphe projection regulates serotonergic activity and looming-evoked defensive behavior., Huang L, Yuan T, Tan M, Xi Y, Hu Y, Tao Q, Zhao Z, Zheng J, Han Y, Xu F, Luo M, Sollars PJ, Pu M, Pickard GE, So K-FCA, Ren CCA, 2017
Quantitative proteomics of sleep-deprived mouse brains reveals global changes in mitochondrial proteins., Ren JCA, Zhang M, Li T, Zhang J, Lin R, Chen S, Luo M, Dong MCA, 2016
Presynaptic excitation via GABAB receptors in habenula cholinergic neurons regulates fear memory expression., Zhang J, Tan L, Ren Y, Liang J, Lin R, Feng Q, Zhou J, Hu F, Ren J, Wei C, Yu T, Zhuang Y, Bettler B, Wang F, Luo MCA, 2016
Response patterns of GABAergic neurons in the anterior piriform cortex of awake mice., Hu R, Zhang J, Luo M, Hu JCA, 2016
Npas1+ pallidal neurons target striatal projection neurons., Glajch K, Kelver D, Hegeman D, Cui Q, Xenias H, Augustine E, Hernandez V, Verma N, Huang T, Luo M, Justice N, Chan SCA, 2016
Serotonin neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus encode reward signals., Li Y, Zhong W, Wang D, Feng Q, Liu Z, Zhou J, Jia C, Hu F, Zeng J, Guo Q, Fu L, Luo MCA, 2016
Habenular CB1 receptors control the expression of aversive memories., Soria-Gómez E, Busquets-Garcia A, Hu F, Mehidi A, Cannich A, Roux L, Louit I, Alonso L, Wiesner T, Georges F, Verrier D, Vincent P, Ferreira G, Luo M, Marsicano GCA, 2015
Multi-channel fiber photometry for population neuronal activity recording., Guo Q, Zhou J, Feng Q, Lin R, Gong H, Luo Q, Zeng S, Luo MCA, Fu LCA, 2015
Whole-brain mapping of inputs to projection neurons and cholinergic interneurons in the dorsal striatum., Guo Q, Wang D, He X, Feng Q, Lin R, Xu F, Fu L, Luo MCA, 2015
Whole-brain mapping of the direct inputs and axonal projections of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) and agouti-related peptide (AgRP) neurons., Wang D, He X, Zhao Z, Feng Q, Lin R, Sun Y, Ding T, Xu FCA, Luo MCA, Zhan CCA, 2015
Efficient Generation of Mice with Consistent Transgene Expression by FEEST., Gao L, Jiang Y, Mu L, Liu Y, Wang F, Wang P, Zhang A, Tang N, Chen T, Luo M, Yu L, Gao S, Chen LCA, 2015
Prospective coding of dorsal raphe reward signals by the orbitofrontal cortex., Zhou J, Jia C, Feng Q, Bao J, Luo MCA, 2015
Dorsal raphe neurons signal reward through 5-HT and glutamate., Liu Z, Zhou J, Li Y, Hu F, Wang D, Lu Y, Ma M, Feng Q, Zhang J, Zeng J, Bao, Kim J, Chen Z, Mestikawy SE, Luo MCA, 2014
Selective Activation of Cholinergic Basal Forebrain Neurons Induces Immediate Sleep-wake Transitions., Han Y, Shi Y-F, Xi W, Zhou R, Tan Z-B, Wang H, Li X-M, Chen Z, Feng G, Luo M, Huang Z-L, Duan SCA, Yu Y-QCA, 2014
Pharmacogenetic activation of midbrain dopamine neurons induces hyperactivity., Wang S, Tan Y, Zhang J, Luo MCA, 2013
Acute and long-term suppression of feeding behavior by POMC neurons in the brainstem and hypothalamus, respectively., Zhan CCA, Zhou J, Feng Q, Zhang J, Lin S, Bao J, Wu P, Luo MCA, 2013
Atrial natriuretic peptide blocks synaptic transmission by activating Phosphodiesterase 2A and eliminating basal PKA activity in presynaptic terminals., Hu F, Ren J, Zhang J, Zhong W, Luo MCA, 2012
Optogenetic activation of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons modulates neuronal excitability and sensory responses in the main olfactory bulb., Ma M, Luo MCA, 2012
Role for the membrane receptor guanylyl cyclase-C in attention deficiency and hyperactive behavior., Gong R, Ding C, Hu J, Lu Y, Liu F, Mann E, Xu F, Cohen MB and Luo MCA, 2011
Cell type–specific channelrhodopsin-2 transgenic mice for optogenetic dissection of neural circuitry function., Zhao S, Ting JT, Atallah HE, Qiu L, Tan J, Gloss B, Augustine GJ, Deisseroth K, Luo M, Graybiel AM, Feng GCA, 2011
Habenula \"cholinergic\" neurons co-release glutamate and acetylcholine and activate postsynaptic neurons via distinct transmission modes., Ren J, Qin C, Hu F, Tan J, Qiu L, Zhao S, Feng G, Luo MCA, 2011
Diverse patterns of odor representation by neurons in the anterior piriform cortex of awake mice., Zhan C, Luo MCA, 2010
Loss of CO2 sensing by the olfactory system of CNGA3 knockout mice., Han J, Luo MCA, 2010
Integration of CO2 and odorant signals in the mouse olfactory bulb., Gao L, Hu J, Zhong C, Luo MCA, 2010
Odor information processing by the olfactory bulb analyzed in gene-targeted mice., Tan J, Savigner A, Ma M, and Luo MCA, 2010
Guanylyl cyclase-D in the olfactory CO2 neurons is activated by bicarbonate., Sun L, Wan H, Hu J, Han J, Matsunami H, and Luo MCA, 2009
Neurochemical phenotypes of the afferent and efferent projections of the mouse medial habenula., Qin C, Luo MCA, 2009
The organization of feedback projections in a pathway important for processing pheromonal signals., Fan S, Luo MCA, 2009
Precise circuitry links bilaterally symmetric olfactory maps., Yan Z, Tan J, Qin C, Lu Y, Ding C, and Luo MCA, 2008
Cortical-like functional organization of the pheromone-processing circuits in the medial amygdala., Bian X, Yanagawa Y, Chen WR, and Luo MCA, 2008
The Necklace Olfactory System in Mammals., Luo MCA, 2008
Detection of near-atmospheric concentrations of CO2 by an olfactory subsystem., Hu J, Zhong C, Ding C, Chi Q, Walz A, Mombaerts P, Matsunami H, and Luo MCA, 2007
Dual functions of mammalian olfactory sensory neurons as odor detectors and mechanical sensors., Grosmaitre X, Santarelli LC, Tan J, Luo M, and Ma MCA, 2007
