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Name	Zhang Wen
Contact Information	zhangw@hsc.pku.edu.cn
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Beijing

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Name

Zhang Wen

Contact Information

zhangw@hsc.pku.edu.cn

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Beijing

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Peking University
Faculty	Basic Medical Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2008 - PhD in Neurobiology: University of Science and Technology of China
Work Experience	2010 – 2013 - The Jackson Laboratory, Postdoctoral Researcher 2013 – 2016 - National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Drug Abuse, Postdoctoral Researcher
Awards	2010 – 2013: The TJL Fellowship 2015: The Fellows Award for Research Excellence, National Institutes of Health

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Peking University

Faculty

Basic Medical Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2008 - PhD in Neurobiology: University of Science and Technology of China

Work Experience

2010 – 2013 - The Jackson Laboratory, Postdoctoral Researcher
2013 – 2016 - National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Drug Abuse, Postdoctoral Researcher

Awards

2010 – 2013: The TJL Fellowship
2015: The Fellows Award for Research Excellence, National Institutes of Health

Areas of Focus	Brain inhibitory transmission and neural circuits Neural circuit mechanisms and treatments in drug dependence and schizophrenia Development and function of inhibitory circuits in the cerebral cortex
Publications	Protein kinase Mζ in medial prefrontal cortex mediates depressive-like behavior and antidepressant response, Yan W, Liu JF, Han Y, Zhang W, Luo YX, et al., 2017 BDNF rescues prefrontal dysfunction elicited by pyramidal neuron-specific DTNBP1 deletion in vivo, Zhang W, Daly KM, Liang B, Zhang L, Li X, et al., 2017 Hyperactive somatostatin interneurons contribute to excitotoxicity in neurodegenerative disorders, Zhang W, Zhang L, Liang B, Schroeder D, Zhang ZW, et al., 2016 Loss of MeCP2 from forebrain excitatory neurons leads to cortical hyperexcitation and seizures, Zhang W, Peterson M, Beyer B, Frankel WN, Zhang ZW, 2014

Areas of Focus

Brain inhibitory transmission and neural circuits
Neural circuit mechanisms and treatments in drug dependence and schizophrenia
Development and function of inhibitory circuits in the cerebral cortex

Publications

Protein kinase Mζ in medial prefrontal cortex mediates depressive-like behavior and antidepressant response, Yan W, Liu JF, Han Y, Zhang W, Luo YX, et al., 2017
BDNF rescues prefrontal dysfunction elicited by pyramidal neuron-specific DTNBP1 deletion in vivo, Zhang W, Daly KM, Liang B, Zhang L, Li X, et al., 2017
Hyperactive somatostatin interneurons contribute to excitotoxicity in neurodegenerative disorders, Zhang W, Zhang L, Liang B, Schroeder D, Zhang ZW, et al., 2016
Loss of MeCP2 from forebrain excitatory neurons leads to cortical hyperexcitation and seizures, Zhang W, Peterson M, Beyer B, Frankel WN, Zhang ZW, 2014

Neural Circuits Brain Inhibitory Transmission Drug Dependence Schizophrenia Transgenic Mice Electrophysiology In Vivo Imaging Behavioral Studies Cerebral Cortex

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