Research

To investigate the neural circuit basis of the interaction between the olfactory system and neurological and psychiatric diseases, multidisciplinary approaches, including neurotropic virus tracing, electrophysiology, fiber photometry, and behavioral assessment, combined with optogenetic and chemogenetic techniques, will be used to dissect the spatial and temporal patterns of the olfactory circuit changes, to reveal the influence of specific olfactory circuits on the onset and progression of neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Biography

2021-present Associate Investigator, Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, CAS 2018-2021 Associate Investigator, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology (WIPM), CAS 2017-2018 Visiting Scholar, Vanderbilt University 2014-2018 Assistant Investigator, WIPM, CAS 2009-2013 Ph.D. in Neurobiology, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics (WIPM), CAS 2006-2009 Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Hubei University of Medicine 2003-2005 M.S. in Neurophysiology, Medical School of Wuhan University 1997-2002 M.D. in Clinic Medicine, Hubei University of Medicine

Selected publications

1. Ma L^#, Liu Q^#, Liu X, Chang H, Jin S, Ma W, Xu F^*, Liu H^*. Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus Upregulates Intraocular Pressure Via Glutamatergic Neurons. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2023;64(12):43. (co-first author)
2. Ma W^#, Si T^#, Wang Z, Wen P, Zhu Z, Liu Q, Wang J, Xu F^*, Li Q^*. Astrocytic α4-containing nAChR signaling in the hippocampus governs the formation of temporal association memory. Cell Rep. 2023;42(7):112674.
3. Guo M^#, Wang J^#, Yuan Y, Chen L, He J, Wei W, Xu F, Liu Q^*, Peng M^*. Role of adenosine A2A receptors in the loss of consciousness induced by propofol anesthesia. J Neurochem. 2023;164(5):684-699. (co-corresponding author)
4. Wang L, Li X, Chen F, Liu Q^*, Xu F^*. Organizational Principles of the Centrifugal Projections to the Olfactory Bulb. Int J Mol Sci. 2023;24(5):4579. (co-corresponding author)
5. Liu Q, Wu Y, Wang H, Jia F, Xu F^*. Viral Tools for Neural Circuit Tracing. Neurosci Bull. 2022;38(12):1508-1518.
6. Mohammad H^#*, Senol E^#, Graf M, Lee CY, Li Q, Liu Q, Yeo XY, Wang M, Laskaratos A, Xu F, Luo SX, Jung S, Augustine GJ, Fu Y^*. A neural circuit for excessive feeding driven by environmental context in mice. Nat Neurosci. 2021;24(8):1132-1141.
7. Tao S, Wang Y, Peng J, Zhao Y, He X, Yu X, Liu Q^*, Jin S^*, Xu F^*. Whole-Brain Mapping the Direct Inputs of Dorsal and Ventral CA1 Projection Neurons. Front Neural Circuits. 2021;15:643230. (co-corresponding author)
8. Wang L^#, Zhang Z^#, Chen J, Manyande A, Haddad R, Liu Q^*, Xu F^*. Cell-type-specific whole-brain direct inputs to the anterior and posterior piriform cortex. Front Neural Circuits. 2020; 14:4. (co-corresponding author)
9. Gao Y^#, Liu Q^#*, Xu L, Zheng N, He X^*, Xu F^*. Imaging and spectral characteristics of amyloid plaque autofluorescence in brain slices from the APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease. Neurosci Bull. 2019; 35(6):1126-1137. (co-first and co-corresponding author)
10. Zhang Z^#, Liu Q^#, Wen P, Zhang J, Rao X, Zhou Z, Zhang H, He X, Li J, Zhou Z, Xu X, Zhang X, Luo R, Lv G, Li H, Cao P, Wang L, Xu F^*. Activation of the dopaminergic pathway from VTA to the medial olfactory tubercle generates odor-preference and reward. Elife. 2017; 6. pii: e25423. (co-first author)