PUBLICATIONS

  1. Dai J, Sun QQ * (2023) Learning induced neuronal identity switch in the superficial layers of the primary somatosensory cortex. bioRxiv 2023 Sep 1:2023.08.30.555603. doi: 10.1101/2023.08.30.555603. PMID: 37693620 PMCID: PMC10491147. Preprint.
  2. Wang Y and Sun QQ* (2023). Persistence is driven by a prefrontal motor circuit. Res Sq 2023 Apr 20:rs.3.rs-2739144. PMID: 37131668, PMCID: PMC10153365. preprint
  3. Wang Y and Sun QQ* (2021). A long-range, recurrent neuronal network linking the emotion regions with the somatic motor cortex. Cell Report.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109733.
  4. 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. PMID: 33863995.
  5. Yang, Anthony Williams, Sun QQ* (2021). Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Epileptogenesis in a Mouse Model of Focal Cortical Malformation. Current Biology.  31, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.029.
  6. 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.
  7. Williams AJ, and Sun QQ* (2019) Cortical Layer and Spectrotemporal Architecture of Epileptiform Activity in vivo in a Mouse Model of Focal Cortical Malformation. Front. Neural Circuits. fncir.2019.00002.
  8. 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. PMID: 29507308 PMCID: PMC5838226.
  9. 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. PMID: 27956739 PMCID: PMC5798616.
  10. Williams AJ, Zhou C and 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.
  11. Sun QQ*, Zhou C, Yang W, Petrus D. (2016) Continuous spike-waves during slow-wave sleep in a mouse model of focal cortical dysplasia. (2016) Epilepsia. 57(10):1581-1593. doi: 10.1111/epi.13501. PMID: 27527919.
  12. Yang W, Sun QQ*. (2015) Hierarchical organization of long-range circuits in the olfactory cortices. Physiological Reports. 3(9). pii: e12550. doi: 10.14814/phy2.12550. PMID: 26416972.
  13. 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. Nature Protocol. 10(3):397-412. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2015.019. PMID: 25654757.* Featured in Journal Cover image.
  14. Sun QQ*, Zhang Z, Sun J, Nair AS, Petrus DP, Zhang C. (2014a) 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. PMID: 25414642
  15. Wang X and Sun QQ*. (2014b) Thorough GABAergic Innervation of the Entire Axon Initial Segment Revealed by an Optogenetic Laserspritzer. Journal of Physiology (London).  592:4257-76. PMID: 25085892.
  16. Sun QQ*, Wang X, Yang W. (2014c) Laserspritzer: a simple method for optogenetic investigation with subcellular resolutions. PLoS One. 3; 9(7):e101600. PMID: 24992677.33.
  17. O’Connor DH, Hires SA, Guo ZV, Li N, Yu J, Sun QQ, Huber D, Svoboda K. (2013a) Neural coding during active somatosensation revealed using illusory touch. Nature Neuroscience. 16:958-65. PMID: 23727820.
  18. Wang X, Zhang C, Szábo G, Sun QQ*. (2013b) Distribution of CaMKIIα expression in the brain in vivo, studied by CaMKIIα-GFP mice. Brain Res. 1518:9-25.  PMID: 23632380. *Featured in the Journal Cover Image.
  19. Wang X, Sun QQ*.  (2012) Characterization of axo-axonic synapses in the piriform cortex of Mus musculus. J Comp Neurol. 520(4):832-47. PMID: 22020781.
  20. Jiao Y, Zhang Z, Zhang C, Wang X, Sakata K, Lu B, Sun QQ*. (2011d) A key mechanism underlying sensory experience-dependent maturation of neocortical GABAergic circuits in vivo. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).  108:12131-6.
  21. Zhang Z and Sun QQ* (2011a) Development of NMDA NR2 subunits and their role in critical period maturation of neocortical GABAergic interneurons. Developmental. Neurobiology. 71:221-45. PMID: 20936660.
  22. Zhang Z, Jiao YY, Sun QQ*. (2011e) Developmental maturation of excitation and inhibition balance in principal neurons across four layers of somatosensory cortex. Neuroscience. 174:10-25.
  23. Sun QQ*. (2009d). A novel role of dendritic gap junction and mechanisms underlying its interaction with thalamocortical conductances in fast-spiking inhibitory network of barrel cortex. BMC Neuroscience. 10:131.
  24. Young A, Sun QQ* (2009c) GABAergic Inhibitory Interneurons in the Posterior Piriform Cortex of the GAD67-GFP Mouse. Cerebral Cortex. 19(2):3011-29.

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