Areas of Focus
- Neurogenesis mechanisms in the SGZ region of the adult animal hippocampus
- Neurotoxic mechanisms affecting learning and memory due to environmental factors
Work Experience
- 2000-08 to 2000-10 - Visiting Scholar: University of Montreal, Department of Biology
- 2002 to 2005 - Visiting Scholar: Singapore General Hospital
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1997 - Master's Degree in Biophysics: University of Science and Technology of China
- 2005 - Doctorate in Science: University of Science and Technology of China
- Received the CAS President's Award
- Second Prize in Natural Science from the Ministry of Education (third contributor)
Publications
- Inhibition of delayed rectifier K+ currents by copper in acutely dissociated rat hippocampal CA1 neurons, Niu ZD, Chen JT, Wang S, Wang M, Li XM, Ruan DY, 2006
- Impaired long-term potentiation in c-Jun N-terminal kinase 2-deficient mice, Chen JT, Lu DH, Chia CP, Ruan DY, Sabapathy K, Xiao ZC, 2005
- The influence of developmental period of aluminum exposure on synaptic plasticity in the adult rat dentate gyrus in vivo, Wang M, Chen JT, Ruan DY, Xu YZ, 2002
- Vasopressin reverses aluminum-induced impairment of synaptic plasticity in the rat dentate gyrus in vivo, Wang M, Chen JT, Ruan DY, Xu YZ, 2001
- Early chronic aluminium exposure impairs long-term potentiation and depression to the rat dentate gyrus in vivo, Chen JT, Wang M, Ruan DY, She JQ, 2002
Awards
- CAS President's Award
- Second Prize in Natural Science from the Ministry of Education (third contributor)