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Cheng Zhan
Life Science
University of Science and Technology of China
Anhui
Language: Chinese, English
Neuroscience
Immunology
Metabolism
Feedback
Regulation
Neural
Immune
Clinical
Diseases
Applications
Areas of Focus
- Neuro-immune-metabolic feedback regulation mechanisms
- Neural regulation mechanisms of immune-related diseases and clinical applications
Work Experience
- 2021 - Present - University of Science and Technology of China - Specially Appointed Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2018 - Received Outstanding Youth Fund support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Published multiple papers in international journals such as Nature Neuroscience, Neuron, Current Biology, PNAS
Publications
- Feedforward inhibition of stress by brainstem neuropeptide Y neurons, Yan Zhang, Jiayi Shen, Famin Xie, Zhiwei Liu, Fangfang Yin, Mingxiu Cheng, Liang Wang, Meiting Cai, Herbert Herzog, Ping Wu, Zhi Zhang, Cheng Zhan, Tiemin Liu, 2024
- Fasting-activated neurons regulate immune cell homing and suppress autoimmune diseases in mice, Liang Wang, Mingxiu Cheng, Yucheng Wang, Jing Chen, Faming Xie, Li-Hao Huang, Cheng Zhan, 2024
- AgRP neurons are not indispensable for body weight maintenance in adult mice, Jing Cai, Jing Chen, Joshua Ortiz-Guzman, Jessica Huang, Benjamin R Arenkiel, Yuchen Wang, Yan Zhang, Yuyan Shi, Qingchun Tong, Cheng Zhan, 2023
- Anatomical analysis of sensory ganglia in mice, Meiqi Wang, Cheng Zhan, 2022
- Optimal Timing of a Commonly-Used Rabies Virus for Neural Recording and Manipulation, Jing Chen, Chunli Li, Zhonghua Lu, Cheng Zhan, 2022
- A vagal-NTS neural pathway that stimulates feeding, Jing Chen, Minxiu Cheng, Liang Wang, Lei Zhang, Dan Xu, Peng Cao, Fengchao Wang, Herbert Herzog, Sen Song, Cheng Zhan, 2020
- Longitudinal in vivo recording of clock gene transcription in the brains of freely-moving mice, L. Mei, Y.Fan, M. Wang, X. Lv, C. Zhan, E. Zhang, 2018
- A Central Catecholaminergic Circuit Controls Blood Glucose Levels during Stress, Z. Zhao, L. Wang, W. Gao, F. Hu, J. Zhang, Y. Ren, R. Lin, Q. Feng, M. Cheng, D. Ju, Q. Chi, D. Wang, S. Song, M. Luo, C. Zhan, 2017
- Whole-brain mapping of the direct inputs and axonal projections of POMC and AgRP neurons, D. Wang, X. He, Z. Zhao, Q.Feng, R.Lin, Y. Sun, T. Ding, F. Xu, M. Luo, C. Zhan, 2015
- Acute and long-term suppression of feeding behavior by POMC neurons in the brainstem and hypothalamus, respectively, C. Zhan, J. Zhou, Q. Feng, J. Zhang, S. Lin, J. Bao, P. Wu, M. Luo, 2013
- Diverse patterns of odor representation by neurons in the anterior piriform cortex of awake mice, C. Zhan, M. Luo, 2010
Awards
- 2018: Outstanding Youth Fund support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China
