Publications - The Wang Lab at MIT

2017

Parallel Inhibitory and Excitatory Trigemino-Facial Feedback Circuitry for Reflexive Vibrissa Movement.

Bellavance Marie-Andrée, Takatoh Jun, Lu Jinghao, Demers Maxime, Kleinfeld David, Wang Fan, Deschênes Martin. Neuron, vol. 95 pp. 673-682.e4, Aug 2017.

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2016

Inhibition, not excitation, drives rhythmic whisking.

Deschênes Martin, Takatoh Jun, Kurnikova Anastasia, Moore Jeffrey D, Demers Maxime, Elbaz Michael, Furuta Takahiro, Wang Fan, Kleinfeld David. Neuron, vol. 90 pp. 374-387, Apr 2016.

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Capturing and Manipulating Activated Neuronal Ensembles with CANE Delineates a Hypothalamic Social-Fear Circuit.

Sakurai Katsuyasu, Zhao Shengli, Takatoh Jun, Rodriguez Erica, Lu Jinghao, Leavitt Andrew D, Fu Min, Han Bao-Xia, Wang Fan. Neuron, vol. 92 pp. 739-753, Nov 2016.

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Supratrigeminal Bilaterally Projecting Neurons Maintain Basal Tone and Enable Bilateral Phasic Activation of Jaw-Closing Muscles.

Stanek Edward, Rodriguez Erica, Zhao Shengli, Han Bao-Xia, Wang Fan. The Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 36 pp. 7663-7675, Jul 2016.

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Altered mGluR5-Homer scaffolds and corticostriatal connectivity in a Shank3 complete knockout model of autism.

Wang Xiaoming, Bey Alexandra L, Katz Brittany M, Badea Alexandra, Kim Namsoo, David Lisa K, Duffney Lara J, Kumar Sunil, Mague Stephen D, Hulbert Samuel W, Dutta Nisha, Hayrapetyan Volodya, Yu Chunxiu, Gaidis Erin, Zhao Shengli, Ding Jin-Dong, Xu Qiong, Chung Leeyup, Rodriguiz Ramona M, Wang Fan, Weinberg Richard J, Wetsel William C, Dzirasa Kafui, Yin Henry, Jiang Yong-Hui. Nature Communications, vol. 7 pp. 11459, May 2016.

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2015

Inhibition of mechanical allodynia in neuropathic pain by TLR5-mediated A-fiber blockade.

Xu Zhen-Zhong, Kim Yong Ho, Bang Sangsu, Zhang Yi, Berta Temugin, Wang Fan, Oh Seog Bae, Ji Ru-Rong. Nature Medicine, vol. 21 pp. 1326-1331, Nov 2015.

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Presynaptic inputs to any CNS projection neuron identified by dual recombinant virus infection.

Bráz João M, Wang Fan, Basbaum Allan I. Plos One, vol. 10 pp. e0140681, Oct 2015.

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Identifying local and descending inputs for primary sensory neurons.

Zhang Yi, Zhao Shengli, Rodriguez Erica, Takatoh Jun, Han Bao-Xia, Zhou Xiang, Wang Fan. The Journal of Clinical Investigation, vol. 125 pp. 3782-3794, Oct 2015.

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Spine pruning drives antipsychotic-sensitive locomotion via circuit control of striatal dopamine.

Kim Il Hwan, Rossi Mark A, Aryal Dipendra K, Racz Bence, Kim Namsoo, Uezu Akiyoshi, Wang Fan, Wetsel William C, Weinberg Richard J, Yin Henry, Soderling Scott H. Nature Neuroscience, vol. 18 pp. 883-891, Jun 2015.

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Feedback in the brainstem: an excitatory disynaptic pathway for control of whisking.

Matthews David W, Deschênes Martin, Furuta Takahiro, Moore Jeffrey D, Wang Fan, Karten Harvey J, Kleinfeld David. The Journal of Comparative Neurology, vol. 523 pp. 921-942, Apr 2015.

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