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Ying Han
Basic Medical Sciences
Peking University
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Gut Microbiota
Depression
Sleep Disorders
Brain-Gut Axis
Social Isolation
Stress
Psychiatric
Microglia-Neuron Interaction
Synaptic Pruning
Electrical Stimulation
Areas of Focus
- Role of gut microbiota in depression and comorbid sleep disorders
- Molecular and neural circuit mechanisms of psychiatric abnormalities caused by social isolation stress
- Mechanisms of microglia-neuron interactions in synaptic pruning and the pathogenesis of depression
- Evaluation of brain multi-target electrical stimulation techniques for depression and comorbid sleep disorders
- Neural mechanisms of pathological emotional memory storage and maintenance
Work Experience
- Current - Peking University, Associate Research Fellow
Academic Background & Achievements
- Published 45 SCI papers
- Applied for 3 patents, granted 1
- First or corresponding author in 20 SCI papers
Publications
- Gut microbiota modulates the inflammatory response and cognitive impairment induced by sleep deprivation, Han Y et al., 2021
- Systemic immunization with altered myelin basic protein peptide produces sustained antidepressant-like effects, Han Y et al., 2020
- Neurocan regulates vulnerability to stress and the anti-depressant effect of ketamine in adolescent rats, Han Y et al., 2022
- Uncoupling DAPK1 from NMDA receptor GluN2B subunit exerts rapid antidepressant-like effects, Han Y et al., 2018
- Protein kinase Mζ in medial prefrontal cortex mediates depressive-like behavior and antidepressant response, Han Y et al., 2018
- Cooccurrence and bidirectional prediction of sleep disturbances and depression in older adults: meta-analysis and systematic review, Han Y et al., 2017
- AMPK signaling in the dorsal hippocampus negatively regulates contextual fear memory formation, Han Y et al., 2016
- EphB2 in the medial prefrontal cortex regulates vulnerability to stress, Han Y et al., 2016
- Synthesis and biological evaluation of a lipopeptide-based methamphetamine vaccine, Han Y et al., 2021
- Neuropsychiatric manifestations of COVID-19, potential neurotropic mechanisms, and therapeutic interventions, Han Y et al., 2021
- The rising crisis of illicit fentanyl use, overdose, and potential therapeutic strategies, Han Y et al., 2019
- Propranolol-induced inhibition of unconditioned stimulus-reactivated fear memory prevents the return of fear in humans, Han Y et al., 2020
- Decreased density of perineuronal net in prelimbic cortex is linked to depressive-like behavior in young-aged rats, Han Y et al., 2020
- Pi4KIIα regulates unconditioned stimulus-retrieval-induced fear memory reconsolidation through endosomal trafficking of AMPA receptors, Han Y et al., 2020
- Orexin receptor antagonists as emerging treatments for psychiatric disorders, Han Y et al., 2020
Awards
- Selected for the 6th China Association for Science and Technology Youth Talent Support Project
- Beijing Association for Science and Technology 2021-2023 Youth Talent Support Project
