Email

yangh@bcm.edu

Positions

Postdoctoral Associate

Pediatrics-Nutrition
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Mentor: Yong Xu MD, PhD

Addresses

Children's Nutrition Research Center (Office)

Room: CNRC-8062
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

PhD from Zhejiang University

06/2018 - Hangzhou, Zhejiang China

Neurobiology

BS from Nanjing agriculture University Biotechnology

06/2012 - Nanjing, Jiangsu China

Biotechnology

Professional Statement

I am currently working in the field of neuroendocrinology. My research focus on identifying the novel neural circuits, neurotransmitters and intracellular molecules in central nerve system that are essential for the regulation of energy homeostasis and feeding behavior.

Selected Publications

• Juan Chen*, Yang He*, Yan Wu, Hang Zhou, Li-Da Su, Wei-Nan Li, Richard W Olsen, Jing Liang, Yu-Dong Zhou and Yi Shen "Single ethanol withdrawal regulates extrasynaptic δ-GABAA receptors via PKCδ Activation." Front Mol Neurosci. 2018 Apr 26 Pubmed PMID: 29755316
• He Y, Wei M, Wu Y, Qin H, Li W, Ma X, Cheng J, Ren J, Shen Y, Chen Z, Sun B, Huang FD, Shen Y, Zhou YD. "Amyloid β oligomers suppress excitatory transmitter release via presynaptic depletion of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate.." Nat Commun. 2019 Mar 13 Pubmed PMID: 30867420
• Hao S, Yang H, Wang X, He Y, Xu H, Wu X, Pan L, Liu Y, Lou H, Xu H, Ma H, Xi W, Zhou Y, Duan S, Wang H. "The Lateral Hypothalamic and BNST GABAergic Projections to the Anterior Ventrolateral Periaqueductal Gray Regulate Feeding.." Cell Rep. 2019 Jul 16 Pubmed PMID: 31315042
• Du R*, Zhu X*, Wu S*, Zhang X*, He Y*, Zhang K, He X, Wang X, Sun Y, Wang Q, Zhang H, Tian M. "PET imaging of metabolic changes after neural stem cells and GABA progenitor cells transplantation in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy.." Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2019 Oct Pubmed PMID: 31338549

Funding

Postdoc fellowship

AHA

Skills

Electrophysiology

Optogenetics

In vivo calcium image