Weihua Zhao

The paper identifies dissociable neural connectome patterns for reward and punishment sensitivity using multimodal fMRI and transcriptomic data, linking them to specific gene sets and neurotransmitter systems.

This study identifies brain-wide neural representations for social exclusion and separation empathy using fMRI and multivariate pattern analysis, revealing both overlapping and distinct neural signatures.

The paper examines how repeated facial emotion imitation affects neural spatiotemporal patterns in the mirror neuron system over time.

This study shows that losartan improves reward learning by enhancing ventral striatal prediction errors and frontostriatal communication in healthy humans.

This study shows that Losartan, an angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist, alters social reward and punishment processing by modulating midbrain-striato-frontal circuits in humans.

This paper uses neuroimaging meta-analyses to identify the insular and midcingulate cortex as key regions of the central autonomic system, showing task-independent and task-specific roles in autonomic signal processing.

This study uses a precision pharmacological fMRI approach to show that losartan reduces neural reactivity to fear-inducing stimuli by targeting AT1R, without affecting threat or novelty responses.

This study shows that losartan reduces memory advantage for negative emotional material by decreasing hippocampus activity and its coupling with the amygdala.

This study shows that individuals with higher autistic traits have reduced amygdala responses to imitation but increased mirror neuron system activity and connectivity, which may compensate for social deficits.

This study investigates the anxiolytic effects of chronic intranasal oxytocin, finding that low-frequency dosing reduces neural threat reactivity in high-anxiety individuals.

This study shows that secondary rewards like money gain increased incentive motivation through heightened anticipatory activity in the lateral orbitofrontal cortex, unlike primary rewards which decrease in value with satiation.

This study investigates how oxytocin modulates effective and dynamic connectivity in brain networks related to social-emotional behavior using resting-state fMRI data from 200 healthy subjects.

The paper uses fMRI and machine learning to identify a distributed neural signature predictive of subjective fear across multiple cohorts, showing it differs from other negative affect states.

The paper shows that threatening faces are better remembered than non-threatening ones after 1.5 years, with differential neural encoding in specific brain regions.

The paper identifies shared and process-specific neural representations of vicarious pain using fMRI and multivariate pattern analysis.

This study shows oxytocin influences sex differences in human mate choice by altering preferences for short-term vs. long-term relationships.

This study demonstrates that fNIRS-informed neurofeedback can increase lateral orbitofrontal cortex activation and is associated with improved cognitive flexibility and reward experience.

This study examines cue-reactivity in striatal regions of heavy cannabis users to differentiate between addiction-related and exposure-related adaptations.

This study finds that cannabis-dependent males show impaired cognitive performance under psycho-social stress, linked to reduced precuneus activity and altered connectivity with the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex.

This study replicates oxytocin's effect on blurring self-other distinction and shows that OXTR genotype influences sensitivity to this effect.

This study shows that combining intranasal oxytocin with expectancy effects can enhance or impair working memory performance, suggesting a new therapeutic approach for cognitive impairments.

This study investigates how oxytocin modulates intrinsic functional dynamics between attention-related large-scale brain networks in humans.

This study shows oxytocin increases empathy and self-embarrassment ratings while reducing amygdala and insula activity and physiological arousal in response to embarrassment.

This study shows that oxytocin increases social reward in women but not men during sharing with friends, linked to reduced amygdala and insula activity and functional connectivity in women with higher attachment anxiety.

This study shows oxytocin enhances emotional empathy across cultures and sexes, reduces amygdala activity, and modulates amygdala connectivity with the insula, particularly in individuals with trait autism.