2025
Natural Social Behaviors
Reviving-like Prosocial Behavior in Response to Unconscious or Dead Conspecifics in Rodents
Sun W*, Zhang GW*, Huang JJ, Tao C*, Seo MB, Tao HW, Zhang LI
Science. 387, eadq2677
2024
Social Behavior & Stress
Excitation-Inhibition Imbalance in Medial Preoptic Area Circuits Underlies Chronic Stress-Induced Depressive-like States
Tao C*, Zhang GW*, Sun W, Huang JJ, Zhang LI, Tao HW
Nature Communications. 15, 8575
Sensory Processing
A Distributed Auditory Network Mediated by Pontine Central Gray Underlies Ultra-fast Awakening in Response to Alerting Sounds
Wei J, Xiao C, Zhang GW, Shen L, Tao HW, Zhang LI
Current Biology. 34, 20, 4597-4611.e5
2023
Social Behavior & Hormones
The Medial Preoptic Area Mediates Depressive-like Behaviors Induced by Ovarian Hormone Withdrawal through Distinct GABAergic Projections
Tao C*, Zhang GW*, Huang JJ, Li Z, Tao HW, Zhang LI
Nature Neuroscience. 26, 1529-1540
Sensory Processing
Glutamatergic and GABAergic Neurons in Pontine Central Gray Mediate Opposing Valence-Specific Behaviors through A Global Network
Xiao C, Wei J, Zhang GW, Tao C, Huang JJ, Shen L, Wickersham R, Tao HW, Zhang LI
Neuron. 111, 9, 1486-1503.e7
Sensory Processing
Enhancement and Contextual Modulation of Visuospatial Processing by Thalamocollicular Projections from Ventral Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
Li Z, Peng B, Huang JJ, Zhang Y, Fang Q, Zhang GW, Zhang X, Zhang LI, Tao HW
Nature Communications. 14, 7278
2022
Reward Learning
A Bottom-up Reward Pathway Mediated by Somatostatin Neurons in the Medial Septum Complex Underlying Appetitive Learning
Shen L*, Zhang GW*, Tao C, Seo MB, Zhang NK, Huang JJ, Zhang LI, Tao HW
Nature Communications. 13, 1194
2021
Social Behavior & Stress
Medial Preoptic Area Antagonistically Mediates Stress-Induced Anxiety and Parental Behavior
Zhang GW, Shen L, Tao C, Jung AH, Peng B, Li Z, Zhang LI, Tao HW
Nature Neuroscience. 24, 516-528
Sensory Processing
Corticostriatal Control of Defense Behavior in Mice Induced by Auditory Looming Cues
Li Z, Wei J, Zhang GW, Huang JJ, Zingg B, Wang X, Tao HW, Zhang LI
Nature Communications. 12, 1040
2018
Sensory Processing
Transforming Sensory Cues into Aversive Emotion via Septal-Habenular Pathway
Zhang GW, Shen L, Zhong W, Xiong Y, Zhang LI, Tao HW
Neuron. 99, 1016-1028.e5
Sensory Processing
A Non-canonical Reticular-Limbic Central Auditory Pathway via Medial Septum Contributes to Fear Conditioning
Zhang GW*, Sun W*, Zingg B, Shen L, He J, Xiong Y, Tao HW, Zhang LI
Neuron. 97, 406-417.e4
2017
Sensory Processing
Diversity in Excitation-Inhibition Mismatch Underlies Local Functional Heterogeneity in the Rat Auditory Cortex
Tao C*, Zhang GW*, Zhou C, Wang L, Yan S, Tao HW, Zhang LI, Zhou Y, Xiong Y
Cell Reports. 19, 521-531
Sensory Processing
Bidirectional Shifting Effects of the Sound Intensity on the Best Frequency in the Rat Auditory Cortex
Tao C*, Zhang GW*, Zhou C, Wang L, Yan S, Zhou Y, Xiong Y
Scientific Reports. 7, 44493
Sensory Processing
Excitatory Effects of the Primary Auditory Cortex on the Sound-Evoked Responses in the Ipsilateral Anterior Auditory Field in Rat
Zhang GW*, Tao C*, Zhou C, Yan S, Wang Z, Zhou Y, Xiong Y
Neuroscience. 361, 157-166
Sensory Processing
Unbalanced Synaptic Inputs Underlying Multi-peaked Frequency Selectivity in Rat Auditory Cortex
Zhou C, Tao C, Zhang GW, Yan S, Wang L, Zhou Y, Xiong Y
European Journal of Neuroscience. 45, 1078-1084
2016
Sensory Processing
Synaptic Basis for the Generation of Response Variation in Auditory Cortex
Tao C*, Zhang GW*, Zhou C, Wang L, Yan S, Zhang LI, Zhou Y, Xiong Y
Scientific Reports. 6, 31024
2014
Sensory Processing
Ventral Tegmental Area Activation Promotes Firing Precision and Strength through Circuit Inhibition in the Primary Auditory Cortex
Lou Y, Luo W, Zhang GW, Tao C, Chen P, Zhou Y, Xiong Y
Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 8, 25
2024
Alzheimer's Disease
The Neural Basis of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease
Zhang KN, Zhang KS, Zhang LI, Tao HW, Zhang GW
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 16, 1487875
2023
Alzheimer's Disease
Sensory Processing Deficits and Related Cortical Pathological Changes in Alzheimer's Disease
Zhang KN, Zhang KS, Zhang LI, Tao HW, Zhang GW
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 15, 1213379
2015
Methods
Functional Dissection of Synaptic Circuits: In Vivo Patch-Clamp Recording in Neuroscience
Tao C*, Zhang GW*, Xiong Y, Zhou Y
Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 9, 23
2023
Alzheimer's Disease
Integrative Mapping of Spatial Transcriptomic and Amyloid Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease at Single-Cell Resolution
Zhang GW, Xia S, Zhang KN, Gao F, Zlokovic BV, Zhang LI, Zhao Z, Tao HW
bioRxiv