Research

● Neural Mechanisms of Negative Emotional Memory and Extinction

Transgenic mice, optogenetics, chemical genetics, behavioral assays and other technologies  are used to investigate the role of related neural networks in negative emotional memory and extinction. 

● The pathogenesis and treatment of depression

The genetics and various environmental determinants of depression have been studied, through the animal modeling approches and human studies.  

●  The epileptic model in non-human primates

 A family of primary epileptic marmosets are discoved and used to explore the pathogenesis of epilepsy from the perspectives of genetics, physiology, behavior and neuro-histochemistry.  

● Epigenetic  in learning and memory

Using  knockout mice and various approaches, including behavioral tests, electrophysiology, molecular biology, biochemistry and brain imaging technology to study the epigenetic mechanisms of learning and memory.

● The brain mechanism of psychological law

 EEG, fMRI and eye-tracker are used to study human behavior such as learning, attention, emotion and the neuro-aesthetics.