Xiaohong Xu

This study identifies a hypothalamic-pontine-spinal pathway that promotes locomotion and functional recovery after spinal cord injury in mice through optogenetic manipulation and deep brain stimulation.

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

This study identifies Crabp1 neurons in the arcuate hypothalamus as regulators of energy expenditure and body weight in mice through structural and functional analyses.

The paper identifies a parabrachial-hypothalamic parallel circuit in mice that governs cold defense by activating thermogenesis and other responses.

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

This study identifies inhibitory inputs from hippocampal CA1 to retrosplenial agranular cortex as critical for regulating social behavior, with implications for ASD treatment.

This paper introduces IBIST, an intein-split transactivator that enables intersectional control of gene expression in specific cell types, validated for use with multiple effectors in vivo.

Selfee extracts comprehensive and discriminative features from raw animal behavior videos using self-supervised learning, enabling anomaly detection and temporal analysis.

This study identifies a hippocampal-hypothalamic circuit involving AHNVgat+ neurons that drives anxiety-related behavioral avoidance in mice.

The paper investigates how D1 and D2 receptor-expressing medium spiny neurons in the ventrolateral striatum regulate licking behavior and nigral responses at different timescales.

The paper identifies two distinct neuron types in the lateral parabrachial nucleus that encode thermoregulation variables during heat defense.

This study identifies sex differences in electrophysiological properties of mouse mPOA neurons using whole-cell recordings and shows their behavioral relevance.

This study identifies CNTNAP3 mutations in ASD cohorts and shows its role in synaptic development and social behavior in mice.