Positions
- Postdoctoral Associate
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Department of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Addresses
- Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Lab)
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Room: DNRI-1250
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Education
- PhD from South China Normal University
- 07/2014 - Guangzhou, Guangdong China
Honors & Awards
- 2nd place postdoc award of poster presentation competition in the 23rd Annual Neuroscience Poster Session
- Poster title: synaptic input-specific homeostatic plasticity in the mouse cortex
- UTHealth Neuroscience Research Center (UTHealth, BCM, Rice) (12/2016 - 12/2016)
Professional Interests
- Neuroscience-optogenetics and physiology
Websites
Selected Publications
- Cai ZL, Zhang JJ, Chen M, Wang JZ, Xiao P, Yang L, Long C "Both pre- and post-synaptic alterations contribute to aberrant cholinergic transmission in superior cervical ganglia of APP(-/-) mice." Neuropharmacology. 2016 Nov;110(Pt A):493-502. Pubmed PMID: 27553120
- Cai ZL, Wang CY, Jiang ZJ, Li HH, Liu WX, Gong LW, Xiao P, Li CH "Effects of cordycepin on Y-maze learning task in mice." Eur J Pharmacol. 2013 Aug 15;714(1-3):249-53. Pubmed PMID: 23819912
- Cai ZL, Wang CY, Gu XY, Wang NJ, Wang JJ, Liu WX, Xiao P, Li CH "Tenuigenin ameliorates learning and memory impairments induced by ovariectomy." Physiol Behav. 2013 Jun 13;118:112-7. Pubmed PMID: 23688946
- Jiang X, Chen J, Bajić A, Zhang C, Song X, Carroll SL, Cai ZL, Tang M, Xue M, Cheng N, Schaaf CP, Li F, MacKenzie KR, Ferreon ACM, Xia F, Wang MC, Maletić-Savatić M, Wang J "Quantitative real-time imaging of glutathione." Nat Commun. 2017 Jul 13;8:16087. Pubmed PMID: 28703127
- Messier JE, Chen H, Cai ZL, Xue M "Targeting light-gated chloride channels to neuronal somatodendritic domain reduces their excitatory effect in the axon." Elife. 2018 Aug 9;pii:e38506. Pubmed PMID: 30091701
- Chen W, Cai ZL, Chao ES, Chen H, Hao S, Chao HT, Kim JH, Messier JE, Zoghbi HY, Tang J, Swann JW, Xue M "Stxbp1/Munc18-1 haploinsufficiency impairs inhibition and mediates key features of STXBP1 encephalopathy." eLife. 2020 Feb 19;9:e48705. Pubmed PMID: 32073399
- Pignatelli M, Tejeda H, Barker D, Bontempi L, Wu J, Lopez A, Ribeiro SP, Lucantonio F, Parise E, Torres-Berrio A, Alvarez-Bagnarol Y, Marino R, Cai ZL, Xue M, Morales M, Tamminga C, Nestler E, Bonci A "Cooperative synaptic and intrinsic plasticity in a disynaptic limbic circuit drive stress-induced anhedonia and passive coping in mice." Mol Psychiatry. 2020 Mar 11;10.1038 Pubmed PMID: 32161361
- Zhu C, Xu Y, Jiang Z, Tian JB, Cassidy RM, Cai ZL, Shu G, Xu Y, Xue M, Arenkiel BR, Jiang Q, Tong Q "Disrupted hypothalamic CRH neuron responsiveness contributes to diet-induced obesity." EMBO Rep. 2020 Jul 3;21(7):e49210. Pubmed PMID: 32462726
- Zhu C, Jiang Z, Xu Y, Cai ZL, Jiang Q, Xu Y, Xue M, Arenkiel B, Wu Q, Shu G, Tong Q "Profound and Redundant Functions of Arcuate Neurons in Obesity Development." Nat Metab. 2020 Aug;2(8):763-774. Pubmed PMID: 32719538
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