Liping Wang

The paper identifies perivascular cells as phagocytes that clear CNS debris and shows Axl inhibition reduces pathology and improves recovery after spinal cord injury.

This study shows that peri-LC neurons regulate bone endothelial heterogeneity and density through norepinephrine signaling in enriched environments.

This study identifies a neuroimmune circuit linking chronic stress, REM sleep, and behavioral susceptibility through monocyte-driven microglial remodeling and PV neuron activity.

This paper develops a multiscale framework to decode consciousness recovery from anesthesia into three stages and identifies the centromedian nucleus of thalamus as a dynamic hub orchestrating this process.

This paper introduces a factor-centric RNN framework to uncover interpretable circuit mechanisms in higher cognition, identifying novel mechanisms in working memory and decision-making.

The paper identifies a female-specific subcortical circuit involving CB1R that maintains defensive homeostasis during risk assessment by modulating GABA release in the lateral habenula.

This paper identifies a claustrum-ACC circuit that modulates stress responses, showing distinct roles of Egr2 and Gad2 neurons in acute and chronic stress states.

The paper identifies two distinct visual escape behaviors and their neural pathways, revealing how the mediodorsal thalamus modulates arousal and defensive responses to repeated threats.

This paper develops a novel peripherally acting alpha2A-adrenergic receptor antagonist, CDS479-2, which improves glucose control in diabetic mice without central side effects.

This paper shows that osteocalcin primes rapid visual escape via GPR37 in VTA GABAergic neurons by reducing K+ currents through cAMP and THIK-1 suppression.

This study shows that cholecystokinin (CCK) from the rhinal cortex supports motor skill learning by enabling neuroplasticity in the motor cortex.

This study compares the effects of combustible cigarette and e-cigarette aerosol inhalation on psychiatric behaviors and neuroimmune profiles in mice, finding greater anxiety in combustible cigarette exposure.

This study identifies the subfornical organ (SFO) and paraventricular nucleus (PVN) as central neural regulators of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and bone mass through distinct neuronal subtypes and their interactions.

The paper introduces SBeA, a framework for tracking and mapping 3D social interactions in free-moving animals, showing it can detect subtle behavioral abnormalities in mice, birds, and dogs.

The paper shows that depolarizing astrocytes in the basolateral amygdala rescues impaired risk-avoidance behavior in DISC1-NTM mice by restoring WFS1 neuronal activity.

This study shows that D2 dopamine receptors in the superior colliculus modulate defensive behaviors to visual threats, with optogenetic activation promoting defensive responses and chemogenetic inhibition reducing them.

This study develops a method for long-term two-photon imaging of the spinal cord in freely behaving mice, revealing sensorimotor synchronization and plasticity changes in neuropathic pain.

This study shows DISC1-NTM mice have impaired risk avoidance, linked to reduced activity in nucleus accumbens parvalbumin interneurons.

This study shows that burst firing in dmVMH neurons controls anxiety-like behavior and energy expenditure through Cav3.1-mediated mechanisms in a chronic stress model.

The paper investigates whether a conserved brain network involved in predator fear in rodents is also active in nonhuman primates during visually evoked predator fear.

This study shows that early postnatal tobacco smoke exposure worsens experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in adult rats by reducing regulatory T cells and increasing inflammation.

The paper identifies a novel GABAergic projection from the BNST to accumbal parvalbumin neurons that modulates anxiety-related behavior through inhibitory synaptic transmission.

The paper identifies syllable-selective neuronal ensembles in marmoset primary auditory cortex that respond to specific vocalizations, showing sensitivity to global sound properties and sequence structure.

This study identifies a GABAergic neural circuit from the forebrain to hypothalamus that regulates anxiety-induced bone loss.

The paper investigates the functional roles of glutamatergic and GABAergic neuronal populations in the dorsolateral periacqueductal gray during fear conditioning, finding that only glutamatergic neurons persist in responding to conditioned stimuli during retrieval.

This study identifies VTA GABAergic neurons as critical for visually evoked innate defensive behaviors in mice.

This study investigates how glutamatergic VTA neurons respond to aversive and rewarding conditioning in mice, revealing distinct patterns during conditioning and retrieval phases.