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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Min Zhuo is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience. Their research spans a wide array of subjects within neuroscience and medicine, with a particular focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, physiology, molecular biology, and neurology.

Their scholarly output includes over 136 publications in neuroscience and 81 in medicine, reflecting a broad engagement with both fundamental and applied topics. The subfields of their research highlight cellular and molecular neuroscience (72 publications), cognitive neuroscience (39), and physiology (33) among others.

The scientist's main research topics cover diverse areas such as:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Min Zhuo has published research in various scientific venues, notably:

  • Molecular Pain (19 publications)
  • Molecular Brain (14 publications)
  • Research Square (7 publications)
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition (5 publications)
  • Cell Reports (3 publications)

Frequent co-authors in their work include Qi-Yu Chen, Xu-Hui Li, Jing-Shan Lu, Man Xue, and Wantong Shi, indicating active collaboration networks within their research community.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Min Zhuo are:

  • Oxytocin in the anterior cingulate cortex attenuates neuropathic pain and emotional anxiety by inhibiting presynaptic long-term potentiation, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Glutamatergic synapses from the insular cortex to the basolateral amygdala encode observational pain, 2022, Neuron
  • The anterior insular cortex unilaterally controls feeding in response to aversive visceral stimuli in mice, 2020, Nature Communications
  • NMDA receptors and synaptic plasticity in the anterior cingulate cortex, 2021, Neuropharmacology
  • Ascending noradrenergic excitation from the locus coeruleus to the anterior cingulate cortex, 2020, Molecular Brain

Min Zhuo was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2009 by the Academy of Science, recognizing contributions within their scientific discipline.

Best Publications

  • Genetic enhancement of learning and memory in mice

    Ya Ping Tang;Eiji Shimizu;Gilles R. Dube;Claire Rampon

  • Age-related defects in spatial memory are correlated with defects in the late phase of hippocampal long-term potentiation in vitro and are attenuated by drugs that enhance the cAMP signaling pathway.

    Mary Elizabeth Bach;Mark Barad;Hyeon Son;Min Zhuo

  • Synaptic plasticity in the anterior cingulate cortex in acute and chronic pain

    Tim V. P. Bliss;Graham L. Collingridge;Bong-Kiun Kaang;Bong-Kiun Kaang;Min Zhuo;Min Zhuo

  • Nitric oxide and carbon monoxide produce activity-dependent long-term synaptic enhancement in hippocampus

    Min Zhuo;Scott A. Small;Eric R. Kandel;Robert D. Hawkins

  • Roles of NMDA NR2B Subtype Receptor in Prefrontal Long-Term Potentiation and Contextual Fear Memory

    Ming Gao Zhao;Hiroki Toyoda;Yong Seok Lee;Yong Seok Lee;Long Jun Wu;Long Jun Wu

  • Cortical excitation and chronic pain.

    Min Zhuo

  • Sleep deprivation impairs cAMP signalling in the hippocampus

    Christopher G. Vecsey;George S. Baillie;Devan Jaganath;Robbert Havekes

  • Role of guanylyl cyclase and cGMP-dependent protein kinase in long-term potentiation

    Min Zhuo;Yinghe Hu;Carsten Schultz;Eric R. Kandel;Eric R. Kandel;Eric R. Kandel

  • Mice lacking the gene encoding tissue-type plasminogen activator show a selective interference with late-phase long-term potentiation in both Schaffer collateral and mossy fiber pathways

    Yan-You Huang;Mary Elizabeth Bach;Hans-Peter Lipp;Min Zhuo

  • Enhancement of Learning and Memory by Elevating Brain Magnesium

    Inna Slutsky;Nashat Abumaria;Long Jun Wu;Chao Huang

  • Spinophilin regulates the formation and function of dendritic spines

    Jian Feng;Zhen Yan;Adriana B Ferreira;Kazuhito Tomizawa

  • Alleviating Neuropathic Pain Hypersensitivity by Inhibiting PKMζ in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex

    Xiang-Yao Li;Xiang-Yao Li;Hyoung-Gon Ko;Tao Chen;Tao Chen;Giannina Descalzi

  • Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Amplifications of Neuropathic Pain in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex

    Hui Xu;Long Jun Wu;Hansen Wang;Xuehan Zhang

  • Genetic enhancement of inflammatory pain by forebrain NR2B overexpression.

    Feng Wei;Guo-Du Wang;Geoffrey A. Kerchner;Susan J. Kim

  • Coexistence of Two Forms of LTP in ACC Provides a Synaptic Mechanism for the Interactions between Anxiety and Chronic Pain

    Kohei Koga;Giannina Descalzi;Tao Chen;Tao Chen;Hyoung Gon Ko

  • Descending facilitatory modulation of a behavioral nociceptive response by stimulation in the adult rat anterior cingulate cortex.

    Amelita A. Calejesan;Susan J. Kim;Min Zhuo

  • Neural Mechanisms Underlying Anxiety-Chronic Pain Interactions.

    Min Zhuo

  • Silent glutamatergic synapses and nociception in mammalian spinal cord

    Ping Li;Min Zhuo

  • Role of tissue plasminogen activator receptor LRP in hippocampal long-term potentiation.

    Min Zhuo;David M. Holtzman;Yonghe Li;Hiroshi Osaka

  • Neuronal and microglial mechanisms of neuropathic pain

    Min Zhuo;Gongxiong Wu;Long Jun Wu;Long Jun Wu

  • Deficits in Trace Fear Memory and Long-Term Potentiation in a Mouse Model for Fragile X Syndrome

    Ming Gao Zhao;Hiroki Toyoda;Shanelle W. Ko;Hoi Ki Ding

  • Kainate-receptor-mediated sensory synaptic transmission in mammalian spinal cord

    Ping Li;Timothy J. Wilding;Susan J. Kim;Amelita A. Calejesan

Frequent Co-Authors

Long-Jun Wu
Long-Jun Wu Mayo Clinic
Tao Chen
Tao Chen Air Force Medical University
Bong-Kiun Kaang
Bong-Kiun Kaang Seoul National University
Hiroki Toyoda
Hiroki Toyoda Osaka University
Graham L. Collingridge
Graham L. Collingridge Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Feng Wei
Feng Wei University of Maryland, Baltimore
Gerald F. Gebhart
Gerald F. Gebhart University of Pittsburgh
Satoshi Kida
Satoshi Kida University of Tokyo
Eric R. Kandel
Eric R. Kandel Columbia University
Richard L. Huganir
Richard L. Huganir Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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