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Xuanzi Cao

Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Post-inhibitory rebound firing drives hypothalamic activation for male mating

Wen Zhang, Xi Zha, Liping Gong, Fan Liu, Zhitao Feng, Zhewei Zhang, Xuanzi Cao, Yunxian Bai, Zhuolei Jiao, Shuaishuai Li, Ziyue Wang, Xiao‐Jing Ding, Tianming Yang, Huatai Xu, Yuanyuan Mi, Xiaohong Xu

The paper identifies post-inhibitory rebound firing as a mechanism by which inhibition promotes activation in limbic circuits to drive male mating.

bioRxiv · Aug 25, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Projectome-defined subtypes and modular intra-hypothalamic subnetworks of peptidergic neurons

Zhuolei Jiao, Taosha Gao, Xiaofei Wang, Wen Zhang, Nasim Biglari, Emma E. Boxer, Lukas Steuernagel, Xiaojing Ding, Zixian Yu, Mingjuan Li, Mingkun Hao, Hua Kun Zhou, Xuanzi Cao, Shuaishuai Li, Tao Jiang, , Xiaohong Xu

The paper identifies 31 projectome-defined subtypes of hypothalamic neurons and six modular subnetworks, revealing the organization of axon projections and their functional roles.

bioRxiv · May 25, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience