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Zhenkun Zhang

Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Dendritic computation for rule-based flexible categorization

Yuan Zhang, Yanhe Liu, Yi Hu, Zhenkun Zhang, Jie Du, Lele Cui, Qi Liu, Lin Zhong, Yu Xin, Ruiming Chai, Li Deng, Jingwei Pan, Jackie Schiller, Ning-long Xu

The paper shows that dendritic computation in ET cortical neurons enables rule-dependent flexible categorization by integrating sensory input and inferred task rules.

bioRxiv · Jun 3, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

Capturing volumetric dynamics at high speed in the brain by confocal light field microscopy

Zhenkun Zhang, Lu Bai, Lin Cong, Peng Yu, Tianlei Zhang, Wanzhuo Shi, Funing Li, Jiulin Du, Kai Wang

The paper introduces confocal light field microscopy to capture fast volumetric dynamics in thick brain tissue, demonstrating its use in recording calcium transients and blood cell movement in zebrafish and mice.

Nature Biotechnology · Aug 10, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Attenuation of epigenetic regulator SMARCA4 and ERK-ETS signaling suppresses aging-related dopaminergic degeneration

Ling V. Sun, Jie Zhang, Wenfeng Chen, Yun Chen, Xiaohui Zhang, Mingjuan Yang, Min Xiao, Fujun Ma, Yizhou Yao, Meina Ye, Zhenkun Zhang, Kai Chen, Fei Chen, Yujun Ren, Shiwei Ni, , Yufeng Yang

The paper identifies SMARCA4 and ERK-ETS signaling as targets for suppressing aging-related dopaminergic degeneration in Parkinson's disease using gene co-expression analysis and Drosophila models.

Aging Cell · Aug 4, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience