Areas of Focus
- 感知的神经环路及生物学基础
Work Experience
- 2006-2013 - 美国冷泉港实验室和霍华德休斯医学研究所Janelia研究园 - 博士后研究
- 2013-至今 - 中国科学院神经科学研究所 - 研究组组长
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1999 - 学士学位: 四川大学
- 2006 - 理学博士: 中国科学院神经科学研究所/中国科学院大学
- 国家杰出青年科学基金获得者
Publications
- Reshaping sensory representations by task-specific brain states: toward cortical circuit mechanisms, Zhang, N.*, Xu, N.*, 2022
- Single-neuron projectome of mouse prefrontal cortex, Gao, L., Liu, S., Gou, L., Hu, Y., Liu, Y., Deng, L., Ma, D., Wang, H., Yang, Q., Chen, Z., Liu, D., Qiu, S., Wang, X., Wang, D., Wang, X., Ren, B., Liu, Q., Chen, T., Shi, X., Yao, H., Xu, C., Li, C., Sun, Y., Li, A., Luo, Q., Gong, H.*, Xu, N.*, & Yan, J.*, 2022
- Itch perception is reflected by neuronal ignition in the primary somatosensory cortex, Chen, X., Liu, Y., Xu, N., Sun, Y.*, 2021
- Multiplexed representation of itch and mechanical and thermal sensation in the primary somatosensory cortex, Chen, X., Liu, Y., Xu, N., Sun, Y.*, 2021
- A cortico-collicular pathway for motor planning in a memory-dependent perceptual decision task, Duan, C.*, Pan, Y., Ma, G., Zhou,T., Zhang, S., Xu, N.*, 2021
- A cortical circuit mechanism for structural knowledge-based flexible sensorimotor decision-making, Liu, Y., Xin, Y., Xu, N.*, 2021
- Deciphering Pyramidal Neuron Diversity: Delineating Perceptual Functions of Projection-Defined Neuronal Types, Xu, N., 2020
- Sensory-to-category transformation via dynamic reorganization of ensemble structures in mouse auditory cortex, Xin, Y., Zhong, L., Zhang, Y., Zhou, T., Pan, J., Xu, N.*, 2019
- Causal contributions of parietal cortex to perceptual decision-making during stimulus categorization, Zhong, L., Zhang, Y., Duan, C., Deng, J., Pan, J., Xu, N.*, 2019
- Active dendritic integration and mixed neocortical network representations during an adaptive sensing behavior, Ranganathan, G., Apostolides, P., Harnett, M., Xu, N., Druckmann, S., Magee, J.*, 2018
- Learning to memorize: Shedding new light on prefrontal functions, Xu, N., 2015
- Imaging Neuronal Populations in Behaving Rodents: Paradigms for Studying Neural Circuits Underlying Behavior in the Mammalian Cortex, Andermann, M., Keck, T., Xu, N., Ziv, Y., Chen, J.*, 2013
- Potassium Channels Control the Interaction between Active Dendritic Integration Compartments in Layer 5 Cortical Pyramidal Neurons, Harnett, M., Xu, N., Magee, J.*, Williams, S.*, 2013
- Nonlinear dendritic integration of sensory and motor input during an active sensing task, Xu, N., Harnett, M., O'Connor, D., Huber, D., Williams, S., Svoboda, K., Magee, J.*, 2012
- Activity in motor-sensory projections reveals distributed coding in somatosensation, Petreanu, L., Gutnisky, D., Huber, D., Xu, N., O'Connor, D., Tian, L., Looger, L., Svoboda, K.*, 2012
- Coincidence detection of synaptic inputs is facilitated at the distal dendrites after long-term potentiation induction, Xu, N., Ye, C., Poo, M.*, Zhang, X.*, 2006
- Bidirectional changes in spatial dendritic integration accompanying long-term synaptic modifications, Wang, Z., Xu, N., Wu, C., Duan, S.*, Poo, M.*, 2003
Awards
- 国家杰出青年科学基金: 获得者