RESEARCH ARTICLES

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• Zhang, M.*, Wu, Y.E.*, Jiang, M. & Hong, W. (2024). Cortical regulation of helping behaviour towards others in pain. Nature 626, 136–144. * Equal contribution.​​

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• Wu, Y.E.*†, Dang, J.*, Kingsbury, L., Zhang, M., Sun, F., Hu, R.K., Hong, W†. (2021). Neural control of affiliative touch in prosocial interaction. Nature 599, 262–267. *Equal contribution. †Corresponding author.

      Featured in Nature Neuroscience 24, 1640 (2021).

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• Chen, P.*, Hu, R*, Wu, Y.E.*, Pan, L., Huang, S., Micevych, P., Hong, W. (2019). Sexually dimorphic control of parenting behavior by the medial amygdala. Cell 176, 1206-1221. *Equal contribution.

      Featured in Nature Reviews Neuroscience 20, 190-191 (2019).

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• Wu, Y.E.*, Pan, L.*, Zuo, Y., Li, X., Hong, W. (2017). Detecting activated cell populations using single-cell RNA-seq. Neuron 96, 313-329. *Equal contribution.

      Featured in Neuron 96, 248-249 (2017).

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• Wu, Y.E., Parikshak, N.N., Belgard, T.G., Geschwind, D.H. (2016). Genome-wide, integrative analysis implicates microRNA dysregulation in autism spectrum disorder. Nature Neuroscience 19(11), 1463–1476.

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• Wu, Y.E., Huo, L., Maeder, C.I., Feng, W., Shen, K. (2013). The balance between capture and dissociation of presynaptic proteins during transport controls the spatial distribution of synapses. Neuron 78, 994–1011.

      Featured in Nature Reviews Neuroscience 14(7), 455 (2013).

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• Klassen, M.P.*, Wu, Y.E.*, Maeder, C.I., Nakae, I., Cueva, J.G., Lehrman, E.K., Tada, M., Gengyo-Ando, K., Wang, G.J., Goodman, M., Mitani, S., Kontani, K., Katada,T., Shen, K. (2010). An Arf-like small G protein, ARL-8, promotes the axonal transport of presynaptic cargoes by suppressing vesicle aggregation. Neuron 66, 710-723. *Equal contribution. 

      Featured in Neuron 66, 624-627 (2010). 

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• Wu, Y.E.*, Hong, W.*, Liu, C., Zhang, L., and Chang, Z. (2008). Conserved amphiphilic feature is essential for periplasmic chaperone HdeA to support acid resistance in enteric bacteria. Biochemical Journal 412, 389-397. *Equal contribution.

 

• Gandal, M.J., Haney, J.R., Wamsley, B., Yap, C.X., Parhami, S., Emani, P.S., Chang, N., Chen, G.T., Hoftman, G.D., Alba, D. de, Ramaswami, G., Hartl, C.L., Bhattacharya, A., Luo, C., Jin, T., Wang, D., Kawaguchi, R., Quintero, D., Ou, J., Wu, Y.E., et al. (2022). Broad transcriptomic dysregulation across the cerebral cortex in ASD. Nature 611, 532–539.

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• Hu, R.K., Zuo, Y., Ly, T., Wang, J., Meera, P., Wu, Y.E., and Hong, W. (2021). An amygdala-to-hypothalamus circuit for social reward. Nature Neuroscience 24, 831–842.

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• Mohr, M.A., Wong, A.M., Sukumar, G., Dalgard, C.L., Hong, W., Wu, T.J., Wu, Y.E., and Micevych, P.E. (2021). RNA-sequencing of AVPV and ARH reveals vastly different temporal and transcriptomic responses to estradiol in the female rat hypothalamus. Plos One 16, e0256148.

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• Kingsbury, L., Huang, S., Wang, J., Gu, K., Golshani, P., Wu, Y.E., and Hong, W. (2019). Correlated Neural Activity and Encoding of Behavior across Brains of Socially Interacting Animals. Cell 178, 429–446.e16.

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• Crowell, P.D., Fox, J.J., Hashimoto, T., Diaz, J.A., Navarro, H.I., Henry, G.H., Feldmar, B.A., Lowe, M.G., Garcia, A.J., Wu, Y.E., et al. (2019). Expansion of Luminal Progenitor Cells in the Aging Mouse and Human Prostate. Cell Reports 28, 1499-1510.e6.

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• Kim, Y.J., Khoshkhoo, S., Frankowski, J.C., Zhu, B., Abbasi, S., Lee, S., Wu, Y.E., and Hunt, R.F. (2018). Chd2 Is Necessary for Neural Circuit Development and Long-Term Memory. Neuron 100, 1180-1193.e6.

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• Maeder, C.I., San-Miguel, A., Wu, Y.E., Lu, H., Shen, K. (2014). In vivo neuron-wide analysis of synaptic vesicle precursor trafficking. Traffic 15(3), 273-291.