cat publications.bib

Publications & Preprints

// A complete record of research outputs from the Sun Laboratory, // spanning neural circuits, behavior, and brain disease mechanisms.

// 01 — journal_articles.bib

Selected Publications

// Chronological list of peer-reviewed articles, reviews, and preprints, 2009–2026. * indicates corresponding author.

// 27 shown
2026
01

Cao T, Johnston WR, Christensen S, Crouse S, Sun QQ* (2026) A multidimensional framework for behavioral persistence.

bioRxiv Posted 5 Mar 2026 Preprint NEW
[bioRxiv]
2025
02

Dai J, Sun QQ* (2025) Distinct roles of somatostatin and parvalbumin interneurons in regulating predictive actions and emotional responses during trace eyeblink conditioning.

iScience 28(12):114004 PMCID: PMC12677175 NEW
[DOI] [PMC]
2024
03

Wang Y, Sun QQ* (2024) A prefrontal motor circuit initiates persistent movement.

Nat Commun 15(1):5264 NEW
[DOI] [READ]
2023
04

Dai J, Sun QQ* (2023) Learning-induced neuronal identity switch in the superficial layers of the primary somatosensory cortex.

bioRxiv 2023.08.30.555603 Preprint
[DOI] [PubMed]
05

Wang Y, Sun QQ* (2023) Persistence is driven by a prefrontal motor circuit.

Research Square rs.3.rs-2739144 Preprint
Now published — see Wang & Sun, Nat Commun 2024 (#03 above).
[DOI] [PubMed]
2021
06

Wang Y, Sun QQ* (2021) A long-range, recurrent neuronal network linking the emotion regions with the somatic motor cortex.

Cell Reports doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109733
[DOI]
07

Shen M, Guo Y, Dong Q, Gao Y, Stockton ME, Li M, Kannan S, Korabelnikov T, Schoeller KA, Sirois CL, Zhou C, Le J, Wang D, Chang Q, Sun QQ, Zhao X (2021) FXR1 regulation of parvalbumin interneurons in the prefrontal cortex is critical for schizophrenia-like behaviors.

Mol Psychiatry doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01096-z
[DOI] [PubMed]
08

Yang W, Williams A, Sun QQ* (2021) Circuit mechanisms underlying epileptogenesis in a mouse model of focal cortical malformation.

Current Biology 31(2):334–345 doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.029
[DOI]
2019
09

Fomicheva A, Zhou C, Sun QQ, Gomelsky M (2019) Engineering adenylate cyclase activated by near-infrared window light for mammalian optogenetic applications.

ACS Synth Biol 8(6):1314–1324 doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.8b00528
[DOI]
10

Williams AJ, Sun QQ* (2019) Cortical layer and spectrotemporal architecture of epileptiform activity in vivo in a mouse model of focal cortical malformation.

Front Neural Circuits doi: 10.3389/fncir.2019.00002
[DOI]
2018
11

Yang W, Sun QQ* (2018) Circuit-specific and neuronal subcellular-wide E-I balance in cortical pyramidal cells.

Sci Rep 8(1):3971 doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22314-9
[DOI] [PubMed]
2017
12

Lopez AY, Wang X, Xu M, Maheshwari A, Curry D, Lam S, Adesina AM, Noebels JL, Sun QQ, Cooper EC (2017) Ankyrin-G isoform imbalance and interneuronopathy link epilepsy and bipolar disorder.

Mol Psychiatry 22(10):1464–1472 doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.233
[DOI] [PubMed]
2016
13

Williams AJ, Zhou C, Sun QQ* (2016) Enhanced burst-suppression and disruption of local field potential synchrony in a mouse model of focal cortical dysplasia exhibiting spike-wave seizures.

Front Neural Circuits doi: 10.3389/fncir.2016.00093
[DOI]
14

Sun QQ*, Zhou C, Yang W, Petrus D (2016) Continuous spike-waves during slow-wave sleep in a mouse model of focal cortical dysplasia.

Epilepsia 57(10):1581–1593 doi: 10.1111/epi.13501
[DOI] [PubMed]
2015
15

Yang W, Sun QQ* (2015) Hierarchical organization of long-range circuits in the olfactory cortices.

Physiol Rep 3(9):e12550 doi: 10.14814/phy2.12550
[DOI] [PubMed]
16

Wang G, Wyskiel DR, Yang W, Wang Y, Milbern LC, Lalanne T, Jiang X, Shen Y, Sun QQ, Zhu JJ (2015) An optogenetics- and imaging-assisted simultaneous multiple patch-clamp recording system for decoding complex neural circuits.

Nat Protoc 10(3):397–412 doi: 10.1038/nprot.2015.019 ★ Cover
[DOI] [PubMed]
2014
17

Sun QQ*, Zhang Z, Sun J, Nair AS, Petrus DP, Zhang C (2014) Functional and structural specific roles of activity-driven BDNF within circuits formed by single spiny stellate neurons of the barrel cortex.

Front Cell Neurosci 8:372 doi: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00372
[DOI] [PubMed]
18

Wang X, Sun QQ* (2014) Thorough GABAergic innervation of the entire axon initial segment revealed by an optogenetic laserspritzer.

J Physiol (Lond) 592:4257–4276 doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.275966
[DOI] [PubMed]
19

Sun QQ*, Wang X, Yang W (2014) Laserspritzer: a simple method for optogenetic investigation with subcellular resolutions.

PLoS One 9(7):e101600 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101600
[DOI] [PubMed]
2013
20

O'Connor DH, Hires SA, Guo ZV, Li N, Yu J, Sun QQ, Huber D, Svoboda K (2013) Neural coding during active somatosensation revealed using illusory touch.

Nat Neurosci 16:958–965 doi: 10.1038/nn.3419
[DOI] [PubMed]
21

Wang X, Zhang C, Szabo G, Sun QQ* (2013) Distribution of CaMKIIα expression in the brain in vivo, studied by CaMKIIα-GFP mice.

Brain Res 1518:9–25 doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.04.047 ★ Cover
[DOI] [PubMed]
2012
22

Wang X, Sun QQ* (2012) Characterization of axo-axonic synapses in the piriform cortex of Mus musculus.

J Comp Neurol 520(4):832–847 doi: 10.1002/cne.22767
[DOI] [PubMed]
2011
23

Jiao Y, Zhang Z, Zhang C, Wang X, Sakata K, Lu B, Sun QQ* (2011) A key mechanism underlying sensory experience-dependent maturation of neocortical GABAergic circuits in vivo.

PNAS 108:12131–12136 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1104839108
[DOI]
24

Zhang Z, Sun QQ* (2011) Development of NMDA NR2 subunits and their role in critical period maturation of neocortical GABAergic interneurons.

Dev Neurobiol 71:221–245 doi: 10.1002/dneu.20822
[DOI] [PubMed]
25

Zhang Z, Jiao YY, Sun QQ* (2011) Developmental maturation of excitation and inhibition balance in principal neurons across four layers of somatosensory cortex.

Neuroscience 174:10–25 doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.12.041
[DOI]
2009
26

Sun QQ* (2009) A novel role of dendritic gap junction and mechanisms underlying its interaction with thalamocortical conductances in fast-spiking inhibitory network of barrel cortex.

BMC Neurosci 10:131 doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-10-131
[DOI]
27

Young A, Sun QQ* (2009) GABAergic inhibitory interneurons in the posterior piriform cortex of the GAD67-GFP mouse.

Cereb Cortex 19(2):3011–3029 doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhp072
[DOI]