Publications

2026
Rao et al 2026 NeuroFlow bioRxiv
Methods & Software NeuroFlow: An Integrated, Cross-Platform Workflow for Mouse Brain Atlas Registration and Quantification

Rao A, Oo H, Tao C, Zhang GW*

bioRxiv, 2026

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Shi Zhang 2026 TRACE bioRxiv
Methods & AI TRACE: End-to-End Temporal Inference and Annotation of Animal Behaviors from Video

Shi K†, Zhang GW†*, Wang Z†, Zhang SK†, Tao HW†, Zhang LI†* (co-corresponding author)

bioRxiv, 2026

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2025
Sun Zhang 2025 Science
Featured 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

Featured by a Science Perspective: An innate drive to save a life. Donaldson ZR, Science 387, 827–828 (2025)

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Methods ATLAS: A Rationally Designed Anterograde Transsynaptic Tracer

Rivera JF, Huang H, Weng W, Sohn H, Girasole AE, Li S, Albanese MA, Qin M, Tao C, Klug ME, Rao S, Paletzki R, Herring BE, Kanoski SE, Zhang LI, Gerfen CR, Sabatini BL, Arnold DB

Nature Methods. 22, 1101-1111

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2024
Tao Zhang 2024 Nature Communications
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

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Wei Xiao 2024 Current Biology
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

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Zhang Zhang 2024 Frontiers Aging Neuroscience
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

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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

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Featured 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

Featured by a Neuron Preview: Valence processing in pons. Chen X, Neuron 111, 1353–1354 (2023)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2021
Featured 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

Featured by a Nature Neuroscience News & Views: Balancing anxiety and social desire. Blackman D & Falkner AL, Nature Neuroscience (2021)

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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

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2019
Methods Track-Control: An Automatic Video-based Real-time Closed-loop Behavior Toolbox

Zhang GW, Shen L, Li Z, Tao HW, Zhang LI

bioRxiv

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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