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Jianing Yu
Life Science
Peking University
Beijing
Language: English, Chinese
Motor Maintenance
Neural Mechanisms
Frontal Cortex
Basal Ganglia
Interactions
Perceptual Signals
Predictability
Time Representation
Behavioral Tasks
Neural Activity
Areas of Focus
- Neural mechanisms of motor maintenance
- Interactions between the frontal cortex and basal ganglia
- Regulation of perceptual signals by predictability
- Representation of time
Work Experience
- 2012 - 2019: Postdoctoral Researcher, Janelia Research Campus, USA
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2006 - 2011: PhD in Neuroscience, Northwestern University, USA
- 2004 - 2006: Master's in Anatomy and Neurobiology, Dalhousie University, Canada
- 1999 - 2003: Bachelor in Mathematical and Fundamental Sciences, Tsinghua University, China
Publications
- Recruitment of GABAergic Interneurons in the Barrel Cortex during Active Tactile Behavior, Yu J, Hu H, Agmon A, Svoboda K, 2019
- Mechanisms underlying a thalamocortical transformation during active tactile sensation, Gutnisky D, Yu J, Hires SA, To MS, Bale MR, Svoboda K, Golomb D, 2017
- Layer 4 fast-spiking interneurons filter thalamocortical signals during active somatosensation, Yu J, Gutnisky D, Hires SA, Svoboda K, 2016
- Low-noise encoding of active touch by layer 4 in the somatosensory cortex, Hires SA, Gutnisky DA, Yu J, O'Connor DH, Svoboda K, 2015
- Functional coupling from simple to complex cells in the visually driven cortical circuits, Yu J, Ferster D, 2013
- Neural coding during active somatosensation revealed using illusory touch, O'Connor DH, Hires SA, Guo ZV, Li N, Yu J, Sun QQ, Huber D, Svoboda K, 2013
- Membrane potential synchrony in primary visual cortex during sensory stimulation, Yu J, Ferster D, 2010
- Slow excitation of cultured rat retinal ganglion cells by activating group I metabotropic glutamate receptors, Yu J, Daniels BA, Baldridge WH, 2009
- Local-Circuit Phenotypes of Layer 5 Neurons in Motor-Frontal Cortex of YFP-H Mice, Yu J, Anderson CT, Kiritani T, Sheets PL, Wokosin DL, Wood L, Shepherd GM, 2008
- Top-down laminar organization of the excitatory network in motor cortex, Weiler N, Wood L, Yu J, Solla SA, Shepherd GM, 2008
- Light-evoked calcium responses of isolated melanopsin-expressing retinal ganglion cells, Hartwick AT, Bramley JR, Yu J, Stevens KT, Allen CN, Baldridge WH, Sollars PJ, Pickard GE, 2007
