Areas of Focus
- Gastrointestinal motility disorders
- Neuropeptide Y and oxytocin in stress response
Work Experience
- 1997-1999 - Clinical Surgeon: Shenyang Fourth Hospital
- 2007-2009 - Postdoctoral Research: Duke University Medical Center and Medical College of Wisconsin
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1997 - Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Medicine: Dalian Medical University
- 2004 - Master's Degree: Saitama University, Japan
- 2007 - PhD in Science: Saitama University, Japan
- 2007-2009 - Postdoctoral Research: Duke University Medical Center and Medical College of Wisconsin
Publications
- Intranasal administration of Neuropeptide Y significantly antagonized stress-induced colonic dysmotility via central GABAA receptors in male rats., Yang Y, Zhang S, Babygirija R, Shi B, Sun W, Zheng X, Zheng J*, 2022
- Electro-acupuncture attenuates chronic stress responses via up-regulated central NPY and GABAA receptors in rats., Yang Y, Yu H, Babygirija R, Shi B, Sun W, Zheng X, Zheng J*, 2021
- Intranasal administration of oxytocin attenuates stress responses following chronic complicated stress in rats., Yang Y, Yu H, Babygirija R, Shi B, Sun W, Zheng X, Zheng J*, 2019
- Central Neuropeptide Y Plays an Important Role in Mediating the Adaptation Mechanism Against Chronic Stress in Male Rats., Yang Y, Babygirija R, Zheng J*, Shi B, Sun W, Zheng X, Zhang F, Cao Y, 2018
- Hypothalamic oxytocin mediates adaptation mechanism against chronic stress in rats., Zheng J#, Babygirija R#, Bülbül M, Cerjak D, Ludwig K, Takahashi T*, 2010
- Effects of repeated restraint stress on gastric motility in rats., Zheng J#, Dobner A, Babygirija R, Ludwig K, Takahashi T*, 2009
- Ghrelin regulates gastric phase III-like contractions in freely moving conscious mice., Zheng J#, Ariga H, Taniguchi H, Ludwig K, Takahashi T*, 2009
- Central oxytocin is involved in restoring impaired gastric motility following chronic repeated stress in mice., Babygirija R#, Zheng J#, Ludwig K, Takahashi T*, 2010
- Hypophyseal Corticosteroids Stimulate Somatotrope Differentiation In the Embryonic Chicken Pituitary Gland., Zheng J#, Takagi H, Tsutsui C, Adachi A, Sakai T, 2008
- Independent differentiation of mammotropes and somatotropes in the chicken embryonic pituitary gland Analysis by cell distribution and attempt to detect somatomammotropes., Zheng J#, Nakamura K, Maseki Y, Berghman L, Sakai T, 2006
Awards
- 2000-2007 - Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Scholarship
- 2024 - National Study Abroad Fund, Senior Visiting Scholar at Saitama University, Japan