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Overview

Yulong Li is affiliated with Peking University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans various subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, neurology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics within neuroscience and pharmacology. These include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Yulong Li has published in a variety of notable scientific journals, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuron
  • Nature Communications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Science

Among their recent research articles are:

  • Next-generation GRAB sensors for monitoring dopaminergic activity in vivo, 2020, Nature Methods
  • An optimized acetylcholine sensor for monitoring in vivo cholinergic activity, 2020, Nature Methods
  • A Unified Framework for Dopamine Signals across Timescales, 2020, Cell
  • A genetically encoded sensor for measuring serotonin dynamics, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Regulation of sleep homeostasis mediator adenosine by basal forebrain glutamatergic neurons, 2020, Science

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Jiesi Feng, Fei Deng, Zhaofa Wu, Miao Jing, and Jinxia Wan. These collaborations reflect a sustained research network contributing to their scientific output.

Best Publications

  • MicroRNA-mediated conversion of human fibroblasts to neurons

    Andrew S. Yoo;Alfred X. Sun;Li Li;Aleksandr Shcheglovitov

  • A Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Sensor Enables Rapid and Specific Detection of Dopamine in Flies, Fish, and Mice.

    Fangmiao Sun;Jianzhi Zeng;Miao Jing;Miao Jing;Miao Jing;Jingheng Zhou

  • A Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Sensor for Rapid and Specific In Vivo Detection of Norepinephrine.

    Jiesi Feng;Jiesi Feng;Changmei Zhang;Julieta E. Lischinsky;Miao Jing

  • Next-generation GRAB sensors for monitoring dopaminergic activity in vivo.

    Fangmiao Sun;Fangmiao Sun;Jingheng Zhou;Bing Dai;Tongrui Qian;Tongrui Qian

  • An optimized acetylcholine sensor for monitoring in vivo cholinergic activity.

    Miao Jing;Yuexuan Li;Yuexuan Li;Jianzhi Zeng;Jianzhi Zeng;Pengcheng Huang

  • The Dynamic Control of Kiss-And-Run and Vesicular Reuse Probed with Single Nanoparticles

    Qi Zhang;Yulong Li;Richard W. Tsien

  • A genetically encoded fluorescent acetylcholine indicator for in vitro and in vivo studies

    Miao Jing;Miao Jing;Miao Jing;Peng Zhang;Guangfu Wang;Guangfu Wang;Jiesi Feng;Jiesi Feng;Jiesi Feng

  • A Unified Framework for Dopamine Signals across Timescales

    HyungGoo R. Kim;Athar N. Malik;John G. Mikhael;Pol Bech

  • Memory-enhancing properties of sleep depend on the oscillatory amplitude of norepinephrine

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  • An action potential initiation mechanism in distal axons for the control of dopamine release

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  • A genetically encoded sensor for measuring serotonin dynamics.

    Jinxia Wan;Jinxia Wan;Wanling Peng;Xuelin Li;Xuelin Li;Tongrui Qian;Tongrui Qian

  • Pushing the frontiers: tools for monitoring neurotransmitters and neuromodulators

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  • A sensitive GRAB sensor for detecting extracellular ATP in vitro and in vivo

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  • Distinct Dopamine Receptor Pathways Underlie the Temporal Sensitivity of Associative Learning.

    Annie Handler;Thomas G.W. Graham;Raphael Cohn;Ianessa Morantte

  • Regulation of sleep homeostasis mediator adenosine by basal forebrain glutamatergic neurons.

    Wanling Peng;Zhaofa Wu;Zhaofa Wu;Kun Song;Siyu Zhang

  • Rapid eye movement sleep is initiated by basolateral amygdala dopamine signaling in mice

    Unknown

  • pHTomato, a red, genetically encoded indicator that enables multiplex interrogation of synaptic activity

    Yulong Li;Richard W Tsien

  • Spatiotemporally heterogeneous coordination of cholinergic and neocortical activity

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  • High-fat food biases hypothalamic and mesolimbic expression of consummatory drives

    Christopher M Mazzone;Jing Liang-Guallpa;Chia Li;Chia Li;Nora S Wolcott

  • A fluorescent sensor for spatiotemporally resolved imaging of endocannabinoid dynamics in vivo

    Ao Dong;Ao Dong;Kaikai He;Kaikai He;Barna Dudok;Jordan S Farrell

  • Astrocytes Control Sensory Acuity via Tonic Inhibition in the Thalamus

    Hankyul Kwak;Wuhyun Koh;Wuhyun Koh;Sangwoo Kim;Kiyeong Song

  • Influence of Synaptic Vesicle Position on Release Probability and Exocytotic Fusion Mode

    Hyo Keun Park;Yulong Li;Richard W. Tsien;Richard W. Tsien

  • GABAergic Projection Neurons Route Selective Olfactory Inputs to Specific Higher Order Neurons

    Liang Liang;Liang Liang;Yulong Li;Christopher J. Potter;Ofer Yizhar

  • MRGPRX4 is a bile acid receptor for human cholestatic itch.

    Huasheng Yu;Huasheng Yu;Huasheng Yu;Tianjun Zhao;Tianjun Zhao;Tianjun Zhao;Simin Liu;Qinxue Wu

  • A mesocortical dopamine circuit enables the cultural transmission of vocal behaviour

    Masashi Tanaka;Masashi Tanaka;Fangmiao Sun;Fangmiao Sun;Yulong Li;Yulong Li;Yulong Li;Richard Mooney

  • Impaired calcium signaling in astrocytes modulates autism spectrum disorder-like behaviors in mice.

    Qian Wang;Ying Kong;Ding-Yu Wu;Ji-Hong Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard W. Tsien
Richard W. Tsien New York University
Hao Wu
Hao Wu Harvard University
Daniel B. Polley
Daniel B. Polley Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
George J Augustine
George J Augustine Nanyang Technological University
Minmin Luo
Minmin Luo Tsinghua University
John A. Assad
John A. Assad Harvard University
Marina R. Picciotto
Marina R. Picciotto Yale University
Lorna W. Role
Lorna W. Role Stony Brook University
Vania F. Prado
Vania F. Prado University of Western Ontario
Peter D. Balsam
Peter D. Balsam Columbia University

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