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Yong Han

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Yong Han

Postdoctoral Associate

Email

yong.han2@bcm.edu

Positions

Postdoctoral Associate: Pediatrics-Nutrition
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

CNRC Building in TMC (Lab)
: Children's Nutrition Research Center
Room: CNRC-CNRC 8024
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-0396
yongh@bcm.edu

Education

PhD from Zhejiang University: Hangzhou, Zhejiang China; Neuroscience

BSc from Taishan Medical College: Taian, Shandong China; Clinical Medicine

Websites

Google Scholar

Selected Publications

Yong Han, Guobin Xia, Yanlin He, Yang He, Monica Farias, Yong Xu, Qi Wu "A hindbrain dopaminergic neural circuit prevents weight gain by reinforcing food satiation." Science Advances. 2021 May 26;7(22) Pubmed PMID: 34039606
Yong Han, Guobin Xia, Dollada Srisai, Fantao Meng, Yanlin He, Yali Ran, Yang He, Monica Farias, Giang Hoang, István Tóth, Marcelo O Dietrich, Miao-Hsueh Chen, Yong Xu, Qi Wu "Deciphering an AgRP-serotoninergic neural circuit in distinct control of energy metabolism from feeding." Nature Communications. 2021 Jun 10;12(1):3525. Pubmed PMID: 34112797
Guobin Xia, Yong Han, Fantao Meng, Yanlin He, Dollada Srisai, Monica Farias, Minghao Dang, Richard D Palmiter, Yong Xu , Qi Wu "Reciprocal control of obesity and anxiety–depressive disorder via a GABA and serotonin neural circuit." Molecular Psychiatry. 2021 Mar 26 Pubmed PMID: 33767348
Han Y, Shi YF, Xi W, Zhou R, Tan ZB, Wang H, Li XM, Chen Z, Feng G, Luo M, Huang ZL, Duan S, Yu YQ "Selective activation of cholinergic basal forebrain neurons induces immediate sleep-wake transitions." Current Biology. 2014;24(6):693-698. Pubmed PMID: 24650910

Han Y, Yu HX, Sun ML, Wang Y, Xi W, Yu YQ "Astrocyte-restricted disruption of connexin-43 impairs neuronal plasticity in mouse barrel cortex." European Journal of Neuroscience. 2014;39(1):35-45. Pubmed PMID: 24148096
Han Y, Huang MD, Sun ML, Duan S, Yu YQ "Long-term synaptic plasticity in rat barrel cortex." Cerebral Cortex. 2015;25(9):2741-51. Pubmed PMID: 24735674
Han Y, Xia G, Wu Q "Functional interrogation of the AgRP neural circuits in control of appetite, body weight, and behaviors.." Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 2018:1090:1-16. Pubmed PMID: 30390282
Shi YF, Han Y, Su YT, Yang JH, Yu YQ "Silencing of cholinergic basal forebrain neurons using archaerhodopsin prolongs slow-wave sleep in mice." PLoS ONE. 2015;10(7) Pubmed PMID: 26151909
Meng F, Han Y, Srisai D, Belakhov V, Farias M, Xu Y, Palmiter RD, Baasov T, Wu, Q "New inducible genetic method reveals critical roles of GABA in the control of feeding and metabolism." PNAS. 2016;113(13):3645-50. Pubmed PMID: 26976589
Wu, Q, Han Y, Tong Q "Current genetic techniques in neural circuit control of feeding and energy metabolism." 2018:1090:211-233. Pubmed PMID: 30390293
Zhou R, Lu Y, Han Y, Li X, Lou H, Zhu L, Zhen X, Duan S "Mice heterozygous for cathepsin D deficiency exhibit mania-related behavior and stress-induced depression." Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2015;63:110-118.
Wang M, Zuris JA, Meng F, Rees H2, Sun S, Deng P, Han Y, Gao X, Pouli D, Wu Q, Georgakoudi I, Liu DR, Xu Q "Efficient delivery of genome-editing proteins using bioreducible lipid nanoparticles.." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Mar 15;11(113):2868-2873. Pubmed PMID: 26929348
Yi Lu, Zheng-Gang Zhu, Qing-Qing Ma, Yun-Ting Su, Yong Han, Xiaodong Wang, Shumin Duan, Yan-Qin Yu "A critical time-window for the selective induction of hippocampal memory consolidation by a brief episode of slow-wave sleep." 2018 Dec;6(34):1091-1099. Pubmed PMID: 30413937
Huang, M., Han, Y., Yu, Y "Research progress on barrel cortex and its plasticity." Zhejiang Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2011(40):332-337. Pubmed PMID: 21671497
Sun, M., Yu, H., Han, Y., Tian, J., Yu, Y. "Glial modulation of vibrissal sensory processing in rats." Chin. J. Physiol. 2013(56):309-317. Pubmed PMID: 24495177