Zhen Yan, Ph.D.

Selected Publications:

1.                 Zhong P, Cao Q, Yan Z (2024) Distinct and convergent alterations of entorhinal cortical circuits in two mouse models for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. J. Alzheimer's Disease (online ahead of print). !!!

2.                 Carballo LH, Li P, Senek R, Yan Z (2024) Systemic HDAC inhibition ameliorates the aberrant responses to acute stress in socially isolated male mice. J. Physiology (online ahead of print). [PDF file] ***

3.                 Wan L, Yang G, Yan Z (2024) Identification of a molecular network regulated by multiple ASD high risk genes. Human Molecular Genetics (in press). ***

4.                 Williams JB, Cao Q, Wang W, Lee YH, Qin L, Zhong P, Ren Y, Ma K, Yan Z (2023) Inhibition of histone methyltransferase Smyd3 rescues NMDAR and cognitive deficits in a tauopathy mouse model. Nature Communications 14:91. [PDF file] !!!

5.                 Li P and Yan Z (2023) An epigenetic mechanism of social isolation stress in adolescent female mice. Neurobiology of Stress 29:100601. [PDF file] ***

6.                 Cao Q, Kumar M, Frazier A, Williams JB, Zhao S, Yan Z (2023) Longitudinal characterization of behavioral, morphological and transcriptomic changes in a tauopathy mouse model. Aging [PDF file] !!!

7.                 Patel PJ, Ren Y, Yan Z (2023) Epigenomic analysis of Alzheimer's disease brains reveals diminished CTCF binding on genes involved in synaptic organization. Neurobiology of Disease 184:106192. [PDF file] !!!

8.                 Zhu B, Fisher E, Li L, Zhong P, Yan Z, Feng J (2023) PTBP2 attenuation facilitates fibroblast to neuron conversion by promoting alternative splicing of neuronal genes. Stem Cell Reports 18(11):2268-2282. [PDF file] ^^^

9.                 Pu J, Lin L, Jiang H, Hu Z, Li H, Yan Z, Zhang B, Feng J (2023) Parkin maintains robust pacemaking in human iPSC-derived A9 dopaminergic neurons. Movement Disorder 38(7):1273-1281. [PDF file] ^^^

10.              Rapanelli M, Wang W, Hurley E, Feltri ML, Pittenger C, Frick LR, Yan Z (2023) Cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain are involved in behavioral abnormalities associated with Cul3 deficiency: role of prefrontal cortex projections in cognitive deficits. Translational Psychiatry 13(1):22. [PDF file] ***

11.              Yan Z (2023) A physiological cause to empathy deficits in a mouse model of FTD. Neuron 11(6):757-758. (preview) [PDF file] ***

12.              Conrow-Graham M, Williams JB, Martin J, Zhong P, Cao Q, Rein B, Yan Z (2022) A Convergent mechanism of high risk factors ADNP and POGZ in neurodevelopmental disorders. Brain 145: 3250-3263. [PDF file] ***

13.              Wang ZJ, Shwani T, Liu J, Zhong P, Yang F, Schatz K, Zhang F, Pralle A, Yan Z (2022) Molecular and cellular mechanisms for differential effects of chronic social isolation stress in males and females. Molecular Psychiatry 27(7):3056-3068. [PDF file] ***

14.            Li H, Jiang H, Li H, Li L, Yan Z, Feng J (2022) Generation of human A9 dopaminergic pacemakers from induced pluripotent stem cells. Molecular Psychiatry 27(11):4407-4418. [PDF file] ^^^

15.            Wang W, Tan T, Cao Q, Zhang F, Rein B, Duan WM, Yan Z (2022) Histone Deacetylase Inhibition Restores Behavioral and Synaptic Function in a Mouse Model of 16p11.2 Deletion. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 25(10):877-889. [PDF file] ***

16.              Sanacora G, Yan Z, Popoli M (2022) The stressed synapse 2.0: Pathophysiological mechanisms in stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 23:86-103. [PDF file] ***

17.              Zhong P, Cao Q, Yan Z (2022) Selective impairment of circuits between prefrontal cortex glutamatergic neurons and basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in a tauopathy mouse model. Cerebral Cortex 32(24):5569-5579. [PDF file] !!!

18.              Rapanelli M, Williams JB, Ma K, Yang F, Zhong P, Patel R, Kumar M, Qin L, Rein B, Wang ZJ, Kassim B, Javidfar B, Couto L, Akbarian S, Yan Z (2022) Targeting histone demethylase LSD1 for treatment of deficits in autism mouse models. Molecular Psychiatry 27(8):3355-3366. [PDF file] ***

19.              Rein B, Conrow-Graham M, Frazier A, Cao Q, Yan Z (2022) Inhibition of histone deacetylase 5 ameliorates abnormalities in 16p11.2 duplication mouse model. Neuropharmacology 204:108893. [PDF file] ***

20.              Qin L, Ma K, Yan Z (2022) Rescue of histone hypoacetylation and social deficits by ketogenic diet in a Shank3 mouse model of autism. Neuropsychopharmacology 47(6):1271-1279. [PDF file] ***

21.              Yan Z and Rein B (2022) Mechanisms of synaptic transmission dysregulation in the prefrontal cortex: pathophysiological implications. Molecular Psychiatry (review) 27(1):445-465. [PDF file] ***

22.              Qin L, Williams JB, Tan T, Liu T, Cao Q, Ma K, Yan Z (2021) Deficiency of autism risk factor Ash1l in prefrontal cortex induces epigenetic aberrations and seizures. Nature Communications 12:6589. [PDF file] ***

23.              Wang W, Cao Q, Tan T, Yang F, Williams JB, Yan Z (2021) Epigenetic treatment of behavioral and physiological deficits in a tauopathy mouse model. Aging Cell 20(10):e13456. [PDF file] !!!

24.              William JB, Cao Q, Yan Z (2021) Transcriptomic analysis of human brains with Alzheimer's disease reveals the altered expression of synaptic genes linked to cognitive deficits. Brain Communications 3(3):fcab123 [PDF file] !!!

25.              Tan T, Wang W, Liu T, Zhong P, Conrow-Graham M, Tian X, Yan Z (2021) Neural circuits and activity dynamics underlying sex-specific effects of chronic social isolation stress. Cell Reports 34:108874. [PDF file] ***

26.              Catlin J, Marziali L, Rein B, Yan Z, Feltri LM, Schaner-Tooley CE (2021) Age-related neurodegeneration and cognitive impairments of NRMT1 knockout mice are preceded by misregulation of RB and abnormal neural stem cell development. Cell Death and Disease 12:1014. !!!

27.              Wang ZJ, Rein B, Zhong P, Williams JB, Cao Q, Yang F, Zhang F, Ma K, Yan Z (2021) Autism risk gene Kmt5b deficiency in prefrontal cortex induces synaptic dysfunction and social deficits via alterations of DNA repair and gene transcription. Neuropsychopharmacology 46:1617-1626. [PDF file] ***

28.              Li B, Jiang H, Li H, Zhang B, Slaughter M, Yan Z, Feng J (2021) Direct conversion of adult human retinal pigmented epithelium cells to neurons with photoreceptor properties. Exp Biol Med 246(2):240-248. ^^^

29.              Rein B, Tan T, Yang F, Wang W, Williams J, Zhang F, Mills A, Yan Z (2021) Reversal of synaptic and behavioral deficits in a 16p11.2 duplication mouse model via restoration of the GABA synapse regulator Npas4. Molecular Psychiatry 26:1967-1979. [PDF file] ***

30.              Zhang F, Rein B, Zhong P, Shwani T, Conrow-Graham M, Wang ZJ, Yan Z (2021) Synergistic inhibition of histone modifiers produces therapeutic effects in adult Shank3-deficient mice. Translational Psychiatry 11(1):99. [PDF file] ***

31.              Wei J, Cheng J, Waddell NJ, Wang ZJ, Pang X, Cao Q, Liu A, Chitaman JM, Abreu K, Jasrotia RS, Duffney LJ, Zhang J, Dietz DM, Feng J, Yan Z (2021) DNA methyltransferase 3A is involved in the sustained effects of chronic stress on synaptic functions and behaviors. Cerebral Cortex. 31:1998-2012. [PDF file] ***

32.              Rapanelli M, Tan T, Wang W, Wang X, Zhong P, Wang ZJ, Frick L, Qin L, Ma K, Qu J, Yan Z (2021) Behavioral, circuitry and molecular aberrations by region-specific deficiency of the high-risk autism gene Cul3. Molecular Psychiatry 26:1491-1504. [PDF file] ***

33.              Cao Q, Wang W, Williams J, Yang F, Wang ZJ, Yan Z (2020) Targeting histone K4 trimethylation for treatment of cognitive and synaptic deficits in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. Science Advances 6(50):eabc8096. [PDF file] !!!

34.              Rein B, Ma K, Yan Z (2020) A standardized social preference protocol for measuring social deficits in mouse models of autism. Nature Protocols 15:3464-3477. [PDF file] ***

35.              Rein B and Yan Z (2020) 16p11.2 copy number variations and neurodevelopmental disorders. Trends in Neuroscience 43(11):886-901. (review) [PDF file] ***

36.              Lepack AE, Werner CT, Stewart AF, Fulton SL, Zhong P, Farrelly LA, Smith ACW, Ramakrishnan A, Lyu Y, Bastle RM, Martin JA, Mitra S, O'Connor RM, Wang ZJ, Molina H, Turecki G, Shen L, Yan Z, Calipari ES, Dietz DM, Kenny PJ, Maze I (2020) Dopaminylation of histone H3 in ventral tegmental area regulates cocaine seeking. Science 368:197-201. [PDF file] ***

37.              Zhong P, Qin L, Yan Z (2020) Dopamine differentially regulates response dynamics of PFC principal neurons and interneurons to optogenetic stimulation of VTA inputs. Cerebral Cortex 30:4402-4409. [PDF file] ***

38.              Jin J, Bhatti DL, Lee KW, Medrihan L, Cheng J, Wei J, Zhong P, Yan Z, Kooiker C, Song C, Ahn JH, Obermair GJ, Lee A, Gresack J, Greengard P, Kim Y (2020) Ahnak scaffolds p11/Anxa2 complex and L-type voltage-gated calcium channel and modulates depressive behavior. Mol. Psychiatry 25:1035-1049[PDF file] ***

39.              Wang ZJ, Zhong P, Ma K, Seo JS, Yang F, Hu Z, Zhang F, Lin L, Wang J, Liu T, Matas E, Greengard P, Yan Z (2020) Amelioration of autism-like social deficits by targeting histone methyltransferases EHMT1/2 in Shank3-deficient mice. Mol. Psychiatry 25:2517-2533. [PDF file] ***

40.              Zheng Y, Liu A, Wang ZJ, Cao Q, Wang W, Lin L, Ma K, Zhang F, Wei J, Matas E, Cheng J, Chen GJ, Wang X, Yan Z (2019) Inhibition of EHMT1/2 rescues synaptic and cognitive functions for Alzheimer's disease. Brain 142:787-807. [PDF file] !!!

41.              Martin JA, Werner CT, Mitra S, Zhong P, Wang ZJ, Gobira PH, Stewart AF, Zhang J, Erias K, Siemian JN, Hagarty D, Mueller LE, Neve RL, Li JX, Chandra R, Dietz KC, Lobo MK, Gancarz AM, Yan Z, Dietz DM (2019) A novel role for the actin-binding protein drebrin in regulating opiate addiction. Nature Communications 10:4140. [PDF file] ***

42.             Qin L, Ma K, Yan Z (2019) Chemogenetic activation of prefrontal cortex in Shank3-deficient mice ameliorates social deficits, NMDAR hypofunction and Sgk2 downregulation. iScience 17:24-35. [PDF file] ***

43.              Rein B, Yan Z, Wang ZJ (2019) Diminished social interaction incentive contributes to social deficits in mouse models of autism spectrum disorder. Genes Brain Behav. 19(1):e12610. [PDF file] ***

44.              Lin L, Liu A, Li HQ, Feng J, Yan Z (2019) Inhibition of histone methyltransferases EHMT1/2 reverses b amyloid-induced loss of AMPAR currents in human stem cell-derived cortical neurons. J. Alzheimer's Disease 70:1175-1185. [PDF file] !!! ^^^

45.              Zhu BL, Long Y, Luo W, Yan Z, Lai YJ, Zhao LG, Zhou WH, Wang YJ, Shen LL, Liu L, Deng XJ, Wang XF, Sun F, Chen GJ (2019) MMP13 inhibition rescues cognitive decline in Alzheimer transgenic mice via BACE1 regulation. Brain 142:176-192. [PDF file] !!!

46.              Xiang XJ, Song L, Deng XJ, Tang Y, Min Z, Luo B, Wen QX, Li KY, Chen J, Ma YL, Zhu BL, Yan Z, Chen GJ (2019) Mitochondrial methionine sulfoxide reductase B2 links oxidative stress to Alzheimer's disease-like pathology. Exp Neurol. 318:145-156. [PDF file] !!!

47.              Lai YJ, Zhu BL, Sun F, Luo D, Ma YL, Luo B, Tang J, Xiong MJ, Liu L, Long Y, Hu XT, He L, Deng XJ, Zhang JH, Yang J, Yan Z, Chen GJ (2019) Estrogen receptor α promotes Cav1.2 ubiquitination and degradation in neuronal cells and in APP/PS1 mice. Aging Cell 18:e12961. [PDF file] !!!

48.              Tan T, Wang W, Williams J, Ma K, Cao Q, Yan Z (2019) Stress exposure in dopamine D4 receptor knockout mice induces schizophrenia-like behaviors via disruption of GABAergic transmission. Schizophrenia Bulletin 45:1012-1023. [PDF file] ***

49.              Qin L, Ma K, Wang ZJ, Hu Z, Matas E, Wei J, Yan Z (2018) Social deficits in Shank3-deficient mouse models of autism are rescued by histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition. Nature Neurosci. 21:564-575. [PDF file] ***

50.              Ma K, Qin L, Matas M, Duffney LJ, Liu A, Yan Z (2018) Histone deacetylase inhibitor MS-275 restores social and synaptic function in a Shank3-deficient mouse model of autism. Neuropsychopharmacology 43:1779-1788. [PDF file] ***

51.              Wang W, Rein B, Tan T, Zhang F, Qin L, Yan Z (2018) Chemogenetic activation of prefrontal cortex rescues synaptic and behavioral deficits in a mouse model of 16p11.2 deletion syndrome. J. Neurosci. 38:5939-5948. [PDF file] ***

52.              Seo JS, Zhong P, Liu A, Yan Z, Greengard P (2018) Elevation of p11 in lateral habenula mediates depression-like behavior. Molecular Psychiatry 23:1113-1119. [PDF file] ***

53.              Tang Y, Min Z, Xiang XJ, Liu L, Ma YL, Zhu BL, Song L, Tang J, Deng XJ, Yan Z, Chen GJ (2018) Estrogen-related receptor alpha is involved in Alzheimer's disease-like pathology. Exp Neurol. 305:89-96. [PDF file] !!!

54.              Wei J, Zhong P, Qin L, Tan T, Yan Z (2017) Chemicogenetic restoration of the prefrontal cortex to amygadala pathway ameliorates stress-induced deficits. Cerebral Cortex 28:1980-1990. [PDF file] ***

55.              Zhong P, Hu Z, Jiang H, Yan Z, Feng J (2017) Dopamine induces oscillatory activity in human midbrain neurons with Parkin mutations. Cell Reports 19:1033-1044. [PDF file] ^^^

56.              Seo JS, Wei J, Qin L, Kim Y, Yan Z, Greengard P (2017) Molecular and cellular basis for stress-induced depression. Molecular Psychiatry 22:1440-1447. [PDF file] ***

57.              Cheng J, Liu A, Shi MY, Yan Z (2017) Disrupted glutamatergic transmission in prefrontal cortex contributes to behavioral abnormality in an animal model of ADHD. Neuropsychopharmacology 42:2096-2104. [PDF file] ***

58.              Yang J, Liu AY, Tang B, Luo D, Lai YJ, Zhu BL, Wang XF, Yan Z, Chen GJ (2017) Chronic nicotine differentially affects murine transcriptome profiling in isolated cortical interneurons and pyramidal neurons. BMC Genomics 18:194. !!!

59.              Yan Z, Kim E, Datta D, Lewis D, Soderling S (2016) Synaptic actin dysregulation, a convergent mechanism of mental disorders? J. Neuroscience 36:11411-7. (review) [PDF file] ***

60.              Qin L, Liu W, Ma K, Wei J, Zhong P, Cho K, Yan Z (2016) The ADHD-linked human dopamine D4 receptor variant D4.7 induces over-suppression of NMDA receptor function in prefrontal cortex. Neurobiology of Disease 95:194-203. [PDF file] ***

61.              Deng Y, Wei J, Cheng J, Zhong P, Xiong Z, Liu A, Lin L, Chen SD, Yan Z (2016) Partial amelioration of synaptic and cognitive deficits by inhibiting cofilin dephosphorylation in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease. J. Alzheimer's Disease 53:1419-32. [PDF file] !!!

62.              Wei J, Xiong Z, Lee JB, Cheng J, Duffney LJ, Matas E, Yan Z (2016) Histone modification of Nedd4 ubiquitin ligase controls the loss of AMPA receptors and cognitive impairment induced by repeated stress. J. Neurosci. 36:2119-30. [PDF file] ***

63.              Zhong P, Liu W, Yan Z (2016) Aberrant regulation of synchronous network activity by the ADHD-associated human dopamine D4 receptor variant D4.7 in prefrontal cortex. J. Physiol. 594:135-47. [PDF file] ***

64.              Xu Z, Jiang H, Zhong P, Yan Z, Chen SD, Feng J (2016) Direct conversion of human fibroblasts to induced serotonergic neurons. Molecular Psychiatry 21:62-70. [PDF file] ^^^

65.              Zhong P and Yan Z (2016) Distinct physiological effects of dopamine D4 receptors on prefrontal cortical pyramidal neurons and fast-spiking interneurons. Cerebral Cortex 26:180-91. [PDF file] ***

66.              Yuen EY, Wei J, Yan Z (2016) Estrogen in prefrontal cortex blocks stress-induced cognitive impairments in female rats. J. Steroid Biochem. & Mol. Biol. 160:221-6. (review) [PDF file] ***

67.              Duffney LJ, Zhong P, Wei J, Matas E, Cheng J, Qin L, Ma K, Dietz DM, Kajiwara Y, Buxbaum JD, Yan Z (2015) Autism-like deficits in Shank3-deficient mice are rescued by targeting actin regulators. Cell Reports 11:1400-1413. [PDF file] ***

68.              Jiang H, Xu Z, Zhong P, Ren Y, Liang G, Schilling HA, Hu Z, Zhang Y, Wang X, Chen S, Yan Z, Feng J (2015) Cell cycle and p53 gate the direct conversion of human fibroblasts to dopaminergic neurons. Nature Communications 6:10100. [PDF file] ^^^

69.              Wei J, Graziane NM, Gu Z, and Yan Z (2015) DISC1 protein regulates GABAA receptor trafficking and inhibitory synaptic transmission in cortical neurons. J. Biol. Chem. 290: 27680-7. [PDF file] ***

70.              Tang B, Luo D, Yang J, Xu XY, Zhu BL, Wang X, Yan Z, Chen GJ (2015) Modulation of AMPA receptor mediated current by nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in layer I neurons of rat prefrontal cortex. Scientific Reports 5:14099. [PDF file] ###

71.              Hu Z, Pu J, Jiang H, Zhong P, Qiu J, Li F, Wang X, Zhang B, Yan Z, Feng J (2015) Generation of naivetropic induced pluripotent stem cells from Parkinson's disease patients for high efficiency genetic manipulation and disease modeling. Stem Cells Dev. 24:2591-604. [PDF file] ^^^

72.              Plattner F, Hayashi K, Hernandez A, Benavides DR, Tassin TC, Tan C, Day J, Fina MW, Yuen EY, Yan Z, Goldberg MS, Nairn AC, Greengard P, Nestler EJ, Taussig R, Nishi A, Houslay MD & Bibb JA (2015) The role of ventral striatal cAMP signaling in stress-induced behaviors. Nature Neuroscience 18:1094-100. [PDF file]***

73.              Cheng J, Xiong Z, Duffney LJ, Wei J, Liu AY, Liu S, Chen GJ, Yan Z (2014) Methylphenidate exerts dose-dependent effects on glutamate receptors and behaviors. Biol. Psychiatry 76:953-62. [PDF file] ***

74.              Yuen EY, Qin L, Wei J, Liu W, Liu A and Yan Z (2014) Synergistic regulation of glutamatergic transmission by serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors in prefrontal cortical neurons. J. Biol. Chem. 289:25177-85 [PDF file] ***

75.              Wang Q, Xiao B, Cui S, Song H, Qian Y, Dong L, An H, Cui Y, Zhang W, He Y, Zhang J, Yang J, Zhang F, Hu G, Gong X, Yan Z, Zheng Y, Wang X (2014) Triptolide with multiple modes of action improves learning performance in the 5XFAD Alzheimer's disease mouse model. Disease Models & Mechanisms 7:1385-95. [PDF file] !!!

76.              Gu Z, Cheng J, Zhong P, Qin L, Liu W, Yan Z (2014) Ab selectively impairs mGluR7 modulation of NMDA signaling in basal forebrain cholinergic neurons: implication in Alzheimer's disease. J. Neurosci. 34:13614-13628. [PDF file] !!!

77.              Smith KR, Davenport EC, Wei J, Li X, Pathania M, Vaccaro V, Yan Z, Kittler JT (2014) GIT1 and βPIX link Rac1 signalling to GABAA receptor cluster stability and inhibitory synapse strength. Cell Reports 9:298-310. [PDF file] ###

78.              Plattner F, Hernandez A, Kistler TM, Pozo K, Zhong P, Yuen EY, Tan C, Hawasli AH, Cooke SF, Nishi A, Guo A, Weiderhold T, Yan Z, Bibb JA (2014) Memory enhancement by targeting Cdk5 regulation of NR2B. Neuron 81:1070-83. [PDF file] ###

79.              Hayashi-Takagi A, Araki Y, Nakamura M, Vollrath B, Duron SG, Yan Z, Kasai H, Huganir RL, Campbell DA, Sawa A (2014) PAKs inhibitors ameliorate schizophrenia-associated dendritic spine deterioration in vitro and in vivo during late adolescence. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111:6461-6. [PDF file] ***

80.              Wei J, Graziane NM, Wang H, Zhong P, Wang Q, Liu W, Hayashi-Takagi A, Korth C, Sawa A, Brandon NJ, Yan Z (2014) Regulation of NMDA receptors by Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 (DISC1). Biol. Psychiatry 75:414-24. [PDF file] ***

81.              Deng Y, Xiong Z, Chen P, Wei J, Chen SD, Yan Z (2014) β-Amyloid Impairs the regulation of NMDA receptors by Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3. Neurobiol. Aging 35:449-59. [PDF file] !!!

82.              Wei J, Yuen EY, Liu W, Li X, Zhong P, Karatsoreos IN, McEwen BS, Yan Z (2014) Estrogen protects against the detrimental effects of repeated stress on glutamatergic transmission and cognition. Molecular Psychiatry 19:588-98 [PDF file] ***

83.              Duffney LJ, Wei J, Cheng J, Liu W, Smith KR, Kittler JT, Yan Z (2013) Shank3 deficiency induces NMDA receptor hypofunction via an actin-dependent mechanism. J. Neurosci. 33:15767-78. [PDF file] ***

84.              Vithlani M, Hines RM, Zhong P, Terunuma M, Hines DJ, Revilla-Sanchez R, Jurd R, Haydon P, Rios M, Brandon N, Yan Z, Moss SJ (2013) Effects of BDNF on neurogenesis and depression depend upon phosphorylation of the GABAAR γ2 subunit. J. Neurosci. 33:15567-77. ***

85.              Cheng J, Liu W, Duffney LJ, Yan Z (2013) SNARE proteins are essential in the potentiation of NMDAR currents by group II metabotropic glutamate receptors. J. Physiol. 591:3935-47. [PDF file] ###

86.              Yuen EY, Zhong P, Li X, Wei J, Yan Z (2013) Restoration of glutamatergic transmission by dopamine D4 receptors in stressed animals. J. Biol. Chem. 288:26112-20. [PDF file] ***

87.              Chen GJ, Xiong Z, Yan Z (2013) Ab impairs nicotinic regulation of inhibitory synaptic transmission and interneuron excitability in prefrontal cortex. Molecular Neurodegeneration 8:3. [PDF file] !!!

88.              Yuen EY, Wei J, Liu W, Zhong P, Li X, Yan Z (2012) Repeated stress causes cognitive impairment by suppressing glutamate receptor expression and function in prefrontal cortex. Neuron 73:962-77. [PDF file]***

89.              Lee JB, Wei J, Liu W, Cheng J, Feng J, Yan Z (2012) Histone Deacetylase 6 gates the synaptic action of acute stress in prefrontal cortex. J. Physiology 90:1535-46. [PDF file] ***

90.              Yuen EY, Wei J, Zhong P, Yan Z (2012) Disrupted GABAAR trafficking and synaptic inhibition in a mouse model of Huntington's disease. Neurobiology of Disease 46:497-502. [PDF file]  !!!

91.              Jiang H, Ren Y, Yuen EY, Zhong P, Ghaedi M, Hu Z, Azabdaftari G, Nakaso K, Yan Z, Feng J (2012) Parkin controls dopamine utilization in human midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Nature Communications 3:668. [PDF file]  ^^^

92.              Gu Z, Liu W, Wei J, Yan Z (2012) Regulation of NMDA receptors by metabotropic glutamate receptor 7. J. Biol. Chem. 287:10265-75. (selected as "Papers of the Week") [PDF file] ###

93.              Yuen EY, Li X, Wei J, Horiguchi M, Meltzer HY, Yan Z (2012) The novel antipsychotic drug lurasidone enhances NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic responses. Mol. Pharm. 81:113-9. [PDF file]  ***

94.              Popoli M, Yan Z, McEwen BS, Sanacora G (2011) The stressed synapse: the impact of stress and glucocorticoids on glutamate transmission. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 13:22-37. (review) [PDF file] ***

95.              Yuen EY, Liu W, Karatsoreos IN, Ren Y, Feng J, McEwen BS, Yan Z (2011) Mechanisms for acute stress-induced enhancement of glutamatergic transmission and working memory. Mol. Psychiatry 16:156-70. [PDF file] [supporting information] (cover article)  ***

96.              Mandal M, Wei J, Zhong P, Chen J, Duffney LJ, Liu W, Yuen EY, Twelvetrees AE, Li S, Li XJ, Kittler JT, Yan Z (2011) Impaired AMPA receptor trafficking and function by mutant huntingtin. J. Biol. Chem. 286:33719-28. [PDF file]  !!!

97.              Zhong P, Yan Z (2011) Differential regulation of the excitability of prefrontal cortical fast-spiking interneurons and pyramidal neurons by serotonin and fluoxetine. PLoS One 6:e16970. [PDF file]   ###

98.              Yuen EY, Yan Z (2011) Cellular mechanisms for the dopamine D4 receptor-induced homeostatic regulation of AMPA receptors. J. Biol. Chem. 286:24957-65. [PDF file]  ###

99.              Wang D, Yuen EY, Zhou Y, Yan Z, Xiang YK (2011) Amyloid {beta} peptide1-42 induces internalization and degradation of β2 adrenergic receptor in prefrontal cortical neurons. J Biol Chem. 286:31852-63. [PDF file]   !!!

100.          Liu W, Dou F, Feng J, Yan Z (2011) RACK1 is involved in β-amyloid impairment of muscarinic regulation of GABAergic transmission. Neurobiol. Aging 32:1818-26. [PDF file]   !!!

101.          Yuen EY, Zhong P, Yan Z (2010) Homeostatic regulation of glutamatergic transmission by dopamine D4 receptors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA  107:22308-13. [PDF file] [supporting information]   ###

102.          Wang Q, Charych EI, Pulito VL, Lee J, Graziane NM, Crozier RA, Revilla-Sanchez R, Kelly M, Dunlop AJ, Murdoch H, Taylor N, Xie Y, Pausch M, Hayashi-Takagi A, Bates B, Kariya K, Sawa A, Weinberg RJ, Moss SJ, Houslay MD, Yan Z, Brandon NJ (2011) The psychiatric disease risk factors DISC1 and TNIK interact to regulate synapse composition and function. Mol. Psychiatry 16:1006-23. [PDF file]  ***

103.          Liu W, Yuen EY, Yan Z (2010) The stress hormone corticosterone increases synaptic AMPA receptors via SGK regulation of the GDI-Rab4 complex. J. Biol. Chem. 285:6101-8. [PDF file]  ***

104.          Wei J, Liu W, Yan Z (2010) Regulation of AMPA receptor trafficking and function by glycogen synthase kinase 3. J. Biol. Chem. 285:26369-76. [PDF file]  ###

105.          Yuen EY, Liu W, Kafri T, van Praag H, Yan Z (2010) Regulation of AMPA receptor channels and synaptic plasticity by cofilin phosphatase Slingshot in cortical neurons.. J. Physiol. 588:2361-71. [PDF file]   ###

106.          Twelvetrees AE, Yuen EY, Arancibia-Carcamo IL, Rostaing P, Lumb MJ, Humbert S, Triller A, Saudou F, Yan Z, Kittler JT (2010) Delivery of GABAARs to synapses is mediated by HAP1-KIF5 and disrupted by mutant huntingtin. Neuron 65:53-65. [PDF file]  !!!

107.          Hayashi-Takagi A, Takaki M, Graziane NM, Seshadri S, Murdoch H, Dunlop AJ, Makino Y, Seshadri AJ, Ishizuka K, Srivastava DP, Xie Z, Baraban JM, Houslay MD, Tomoda T, Brandon NJ, Kamiya A, Yan Z, Penzes P, Sawa A (2010) Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 (DISC1) regulates spines of the glutamate synapse via Rac1. Nat. Neurosci.  13:327-32. [PDF file]  ***

108.          Joiner MA, Lise MF, Yuen EY, Kam A, Hall DD, Malik ZA, Qian H, Chen Y, Ulrich JD, Burette AC, Weinberg RJ, Law PY, El-Husseini A, Yan Z, Hell JW (2010) Assembly of a β2-adrenergic receptor- GluR1 signaling complex for localized cAMP signaling. EMBO J 29:482-95. [PDF file]  ###

109.          Yuen EY, Liu W, Karatsoreos IN, Feng J, McEwen BS, Yan Z (2009) Acute stress enhances glutamatergic transmission in prefrontal cortex and facilitates working memory. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106:14075-9. [PDF file]  ***

110.          Mandal M and Yan Z (2009) PIP2 regulation of NMDA receptor channels in cortical neurons. Mol.  Pharm. 76:1349-59. [PDF file]  ###

111.          Arancibia-Carcamo IL, Yuen EY, Muir J, Lumb MJ, Michels G, Smart TG, Yan Z, Kittler JT, Moss SJ (2009) Ubiquitin-dependent targeting of GABAARs for lysosomal degradation regulates the efficacy of neuronal inhibition. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106:17552-7. [PDF file]   ###

112.          Saliba RS, Gu Z, Yan Z, Moss SJ (2009) Blocking L-type voltage gated Ca2+ channels with dihydropyridines reduces gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor expression and synaptic inhibition. J Biol Chem. 284:32544-50.   ###

113.          Huang YH, Lin Y, Mu P, Marie H, Liu W, Yan Z, Sorg BA, Schluter O,  Zukin SR, Dong Y (2009) Exposure to cocaine generates nascent synapses in the nucleus accumbens. Neuron. 63:40-7. [PDF file]  ***

114.          Yuen EY, Yan Z (2009) Dopamine D4 receptors regulate AMPAR trafficking and glutamatergic transmission in GABAergic interneurons of prefrontal cortex. J. Neurosci. 29:550-62. [PDF file]  ###

115.          Gu Z, Liu W, Yan Z (2009) β-amyloid impairs AMPA receptor trafficking and function by reducing CaMKII synaptic distribution. J Biol Chem. 284:10639-49. [PDF file]  !!!

116.          Graziane N, Yuen EY, Yan Z (2009) Dopamine D4 receptors regulate GABAA receptor trafficking and function via an actin/cofilin/myosin-dependent mechanism. J. Biol. Chem. 284:8329-36. [PDF file]  ###

117.          Smith KR, McAinsh K, Chen G, Arancibia-Carcamo IL, Haucke V, Yan Z, Moss SJ, Kittler JT (2008) Regulation of inhibitory synaptic transmission by a conserved atypical AP2 interaction within GABAA receptor β and γ- subunits. Neuropharmacology 55:844-50.   ###

118.          Yuen EY, Jiang Q, Chen P, Feng J, Yan Z (2008) Activation of 5-HT2A/C receptors counteracts 5-HT1A regulation of NMDAR channels in pyramidal neurons of prefrontal cortex. J. Biol. Chem. 283:17194-204.  [PDF file]  ###

119.          Zhong P, Liu W, Gu Z, Yan Z (2008) Serotonin facilitates LTD induction in prefrontal cortex via p38 MAPK/Rab5-mediated enhancement of AMPA receptor internalization. J. Physiol. 586:4465-79. [PDF file]  ###

120.          Yuen EY, Ren Y, Yan Z (2008) PSD-95 and calcineurin control the sensitivity of NMDA receptors to calpain cleavage in cortical neurons. Mol. Pharmacol. 74:360-370. [PDF file]  ###

121.          Zhong P, Yuen EY, Yan Z (2008) Modulation of neuronal excitability by serotonin-NMDA interactions in prefrontal cortex. Mol. and Cell. Neurosci. 38:290-9.[PDF file]  ###

122.          Kittler JT, Chen G, Kukhtina V, Vahedi-Faridi A, Gu Z, Tretter V, Smith K, McAinsh K, Arancibia-Carcamo L, Saenger W, Haucke V, Yan Z, Moss SJ (2008) Regulation of inhibitory synaptic transmission by GABAA receptor γ2 subunit specific phospho-dependent binding of a YECL motif to the clathrin adaptor AP2. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105:3616-21. ###

123.          Chen G, Chen P, Tan H, Ma D, Dou F, Feng J, Yan Z (2008) Regulation of the NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic response by acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and its impairment in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol. Aging 29:1795-804. [PDF file]  !!! 

124.          Chen P, Gu Z, Liu W, Yan Z (2007) Glycogen synthase kinase 3 regulates NMDA receptor channel trafficking and function in cortical neurons. Mol. Pharm. 72:40-51. [PDF file]  ###

125.          Benavides DR, Quinn JJ, Zhong P, Hawasli AH, Kansy JW, DiLeone R, Yan Z, Taylor JR, Bibb JA (2007) Cyclin-dependent protein kinase 5 controls cocaine responses, motivation for reward, and striatal neuron excitability. J. Neurosci. 27:12967-76. [PDF file]  ***

126.          Yuen EY, Liu W, Yan Z (2007) The phosphorylation state of GluR1 subunits determines the susceptibility of AMPA receptors to calpain cleavage. J. Biol. Chem. 282:16434-40. [PDF file] ### 

127.          Yuen EY, Gu Z, Yan Z (2007) Calpain regulation of AMPA receptor channels in cortical pyramidal neurons. J. Physiol. 580:241-54. [PDF file]  ###

128.          Gu Z, Jiang Q, Yan Z (2007) RGS4 modulates serotonin signaling in prefrontal cortex and links to serotonin dysfunction in a rat model of schizophrenia. Mol. Pharmacol. 71:1030-9. [PDF file]  ***

129.          Kastning K, Kukhtina V, Kittler JT, Chen G, Pechstein A, Enders S, Lee SH, Sheng M, Yan Z, Haucke V (2007) Molecular determinants for the interaction between AMPA receptors and the clathrin adaptor complex AP-2. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:2991-6. [PDF file]   ###

130.          Liu W, Yuen EY, Allen PB, Feng J, Greengard P, Yan Z (2006) Adrenergic modulation of NMDA receptors in prefrontal cortex is differentially regulated by RGS proteins and spinophilin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103:18338-43. [PDF file]  ###

131.          Allen PB, Zachariou V, Svenningsson P, Lepore AC, Centonze D, Costa C, Rossi S, Bender G, Chen G, Feng J, Snyder GL, Bernardi G, Nestler EJ, Yan Z, Calabresi P, Greengard P (2006) Distinct roles for spinophilin and neurabin in dopamine-mediated plasticity. Neuroscience 140:897-911. ###

132.          Jiang Q, Yan Z, Feng J (2006) Neurotrophic factors protect against rotenone toxicity on dopaminergic neurons through a microtubule-dependent mechanism. J. Biol. Chem. 281:29231-400. [PDF file]  !!!

133.          Jiang Q, Yan Z, Feng J (2006) Activation of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors attenuates rotenone toxicity on dopaminergic neurons through a microtubule-dependent mechanism. J. Neurosci. 26:4318-28. [PDF file]  ###

134.          Chen G, Kittler JT, Moss SJ, Yan Z (2006) Dopamine D3 receptors regulate GABA(A) receptor function through a phospho-dependent endocytosis mechanism in nucleus accumbens. J. Neurosci. 26:2511-9. [PDF file]  ###

135.         Gu Z, Jiang Q, Yuen EY, Yan Z (2006) Activation of dopamine D4 receptors induces synaptic translocation of CaMKII in cultured prefrontal cortical neurons. Mol. Pharmacol.  69:813-22. [PDF file] ###

136.         Wang X, Gu Z, Zhong P, Chen G, Feng J, Yan Z (2006) Aberrant regulation of NMDAR functions by dopamine D4 receptors in rats after phencyclidine exposure. Mol. and Cell. Neurosci.  31:15-25. [PDF file]  ***

137.          Yuen EY, Jiang Q, Chen P, Gu Z, Feng J, Yan Z (2005) Serotonin 5-HT1A receptors regulate NMDA receptor channels through a microtubule-dependent mechanism. J. Neurosci. 25: 5488-501. [PDF file]  ###

138.          Kittler JT, Chen G, Honing S, Bogdanov Y, McAinsh K, Arancibia-Carcamo IL, Jovanovic JN, Pangalos MN, Haucke V, Yan Z and Moss SJ (2005) Phospho-dependent binding of the clathrin AP2 adaptor complex to GABA(A) receptors regulates the efficacy of inhibitory synaptic transmission. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102:14871-6. [PDF file]   ###

139.          Gu Z, Jiang Q, Fu AKY, Ip NY, Yan Z (2005) Regulation of NMDA receptors by neuregulin signaling in prefrontal cortex. J. Neurosci. 25: 4974-84. [PDF file]  ***

140.          Yuen EY, Jiang Q, Feng J, Yan Z (2005) Microtubule regulation of NMDA receptor channels in neurons. J. Biol. Chem. 280:29420-7. [PDF file]   ###

141.          Wu HY, Yuen EY, Lu YF, Matsushita M, Matsui H, Yan Z, Tomizawa K (2005) Regulation of NMDA receptors by calpain in cortical neurons. J. Biol. Chem. 280: 21588-93. [PDF file] 

142.          Chen P, Yan Z (2005) Corticotropin-releasing factor in brain function. In: Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology (3rd Edition), (Editor-in-Chief: Abel Lajtha) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York , NY. ***

143.          Tyszkiewicz JP, Yan Z (2005) β-Amyloid peptides impair PKC-dependent functions of metabotropic glutamate receptors in prefrontal cortical neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 93: 3102-11. [PDF file]  !!!

144.          Gu Z and Yan Z (2004) Bi-directional regulation of CaMKII activity by dopamine D4 receptors in prefrontal cortex. Mol. Pharmacol. 66: 948-55. [PDF file]  ***

145.          Zhong P and Yan Z (2004) Chronic antidepressant treatment alters the serotonergic regulation of GABA transmission in prefrontal cortical pyramidal neurons. Neurosci. 129: 65-73. [PDF file]  ***

146.          Tan H, Zhong P, Yan Z (2004) Corticotropin-releasing factor and acute stress prolongs serotonergic regulation of GABA transmission in prefrontal cortical pyramidal neurons. J. Neurosci. 24: 5000-8. [PDF file]  ***

147.          Yan Z and Feng J (2004) Alzheimer's disease: interactions between cholinergic functions and β-amyloid. Current Alzheimer Research (review) 1: 241-8. [PDF file]  !!!

148.          Chen G, Greengard P, Yan Z (2004) Potentiation of NMDA receptor currents by dopamine D1 receptors in prefrontal cortex. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 2596-600. [PDF file]  ***

149.          Tyszkiewicz JP, Gu Z, Wang X, Cai X, Yan Z (2004) Group II metabotropic glutamate receptors enhance NMDA receptor currents via a protein kinase C-dependent mechanism in pyramidal neurons of rat prefrontal cortex. J. Physiology (London) 554: 765-77. [PDF file]  ***

150.          Wang X, Zhong P, Gu Z, Yan Z (2003) Regulation of NMDA receptors by dopamine D4 signaling in prefrontal cortex. J. Neurosci. 23: 9852-61. [PDF file]  ***

151.          Zhong P, Gu Z, Wang X, Jiang H, Feng J, Yan Z (2003) Impaired modulation of GABAergic transmission by muscarinic receptors in a mouse transgenic model of Alzheimer's disease. J. Biol. Chem. 278: 26888-96. [PDF file]  !!!

152.          Davila V, Yan Z, Craciun LC, Logothetis D, Sulzer D (2003) D3 dopamine autoreceptors do not activate GIRK channel currents in substantia nigra dopamine neurons. J. Neurosci. 23: 5693-7.  ***

153.          Gu Z, Zhong P, Yan Z (2003) Activation of muscarinic receptors inhibits β-amyloid peptide - induced signaling in cortical slices. J. Biol. Chem. 278: 17546-56. [PDF file] !!!

154.          Ma X, Zhong P, Gu Z, Feng J, Yan Z (2003) Muscarinic potentiation of GABAA receptor currents is gated by insulin signaling in the prefrontal cortex. J. Neurosci. 23: 1159-68. [PDF file]  !!!

155.          Wang X, Zhong P, Yan Z (2002) Dopamine D4 receptors modulate GABAergic signaling in pyramidal neurons of prefrontal cortex. J. Neurosci.22: 9185-93. [PDF file] ###

156.          Cai X, Gu Z, Zhong P, Ren Y, Yan Z (2002) Serotonin 5-HT(1A) receptors regulate AMPA receptor channels through inhibiting CaMKII in prefrontal cortical pyramidal neurons. J. Biol. Chem. 277: 36553-62. [PDF file]  ###

157.          Yan Z (2002) Regulation of GABAergic inhibition by serotonin signaling in prefrontal cortex: molecular mechanisms and functional implications. Molecular Neurobiology (review) 26: 203-16. [PDF file]  ###

158.          Cai X, Flores-Hernandez J, Feng J, Yan Z (2002) Activity-dependent bi-directional regulation of GABAA receptor channels by serotonin 5-HT4 receptors in pyramidal neurons of the prefrontal cortex. J. Physiology (London) 540: 743-59. [PDF file]  ###

159.          Yan Z, Chi P, Bibb JA, Ryan TA, Greengard P (2002) Roscovitine: a novel regulator of P/Q-type calcium channels and transmitter release in central neurons. J. Physiology (London) 540: 761-70. ###

160.          Feng J, Cai X, Zhao J, Yan Z (2001) 5-HT2 receptors modulate GABAA receptor channels through activation of anchored protein kinase C in prefrontal cortical neurons. J. Neurosci. 21: 6502-11. [PDF file] ###

161.          Liu F, Ma X, Ule J, Nishi A, Bibb JA, DeMaggio AJ, Yan Z, Nairn AC, Greengard P (2001) Regulation of cyclin dependent kinase 5 and casein kinase I by metabotropic glutamate receptors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98: 11062-8. ###

162.          Yan Z, Flores-Hernandez J, Surmeier DJ (2001) Coordinated expression of muscarinic receptor mRNAs in striatal medium spiny neurons. Neuroscience 103: 1017-24.  ###

163.          Bibb JA, Chen J, Taylor JR, Svenningsson P, Nishi A, Snyder GL, Yan Z, Sagawa ZK, Ouimet CC, Nairn AC, Nestler EJ, Greengard P (2001) Effects of chronic exposure to cocaine are regulated by the neuronal protein Cdk5. Nature 410: 376-80.  ***

164.          Bibb JA, Yan Z, Svenningsson P, Snyder GL, Pieribone VA, Nairn AC, Messer A, Greengard P (2000) Severe deficiencies in dopamine signaling in presymptomatic Huntington's disease mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97: 6809-14. [PDF file]  !!!

165.          Feng J, Yan Z, Ferreira AB, Tomizawa K, Liauw JA, Zhuo M, Allen PB, Ouimet CC, Greengard P (2000) Regulation of the formation and function of dendritic spines by spinophilin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97: 9287-92.  [PDF file] ###

166.          Flores-Hernandez J, Hernandez S, Snyder GL, Yan Z, Fienberg AA, Moss SJ, Greengard P, Surmeier DJ (2000) D1 dopamine receptor activation reduces GABAA receptor currents in neostriatal neurons through a PKA/DARPP-32 /PP-1 signaling cascade. J. Neurophysiology 83: 2996-3004.  ###

167.        Yan Z, Hsieh-Wilson L, Feng J, Tomizawa K, Allen PB, Fienberg AA, Nairn AC, Greengard P (1999) Protein phosphatase 1 modulation of neostriatal AMPA channels: regulation by DARPP-32 and spinophilin. Nature Neuroscience 2: 13-17. [PDF file] ###

168.          Yan Z, Feng J, Fienberg AA, Greengard P (1999) D2 dopamine receptors induce MAPK and CREB phosphorylation in neurons. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96: 11607-12.  [PDF file] ###

169.          Bibb JA, Snyder GL, Nishi A, Yan Z, Meijer L, Fienberg AA et al. (1999) Phosphorylation of DARPP-32 by Cdk5 modulates dopamine signalling in neurons. Nature 402: 669-71.  [PDF file] ###

170.          Stwart A, Yan Z, Surmeier DJ, Foehring R (1999) Muscarine modulates Ca2+ currents in rat sensorymotor pyramidal cells via two distinct pathways. J. Neurophysiol. 81: 72-84.  ###

171.          Mermelstein PG, Song WJ, Tkatch T, Yan Z, Surmeier DJ (1998) Inwardly rectifying potassium (IRK) currents are correlated with IRK subunit expression in rat nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons. J. Neurosci. 18: 6650-61.  ###

172.          Chen Q, Veenman L, Knopp K, Yan Z, Medina L, Song WJ, Surmeier DJ, Reiner A (1998) Evidence for the preferential localization of GluR1 subunits of AMPA receptors to the dendritic spines of medium spiny neurons in rat striatum. Neuroscience  83: 749-61.  ###

173.          Yan Z and Surmeier DJ (1997) D5 dopamine receptors enhance Zn2+-sensitive GABAA currents in striatal cholinergic interneurons through a protein kinase A/protein phosphatase 1 cascade. Neuron 19: 1115-26. [PDF file] ###

174.          Yan Z, Song WJ, Surmeier DJ (1997) D2 dopamine receptors reduce N-type Ca2+ currents in rat neostriatal cholinergic interneurons through a membrane-delimited, protein kinase C-insensitive pathway. J. Neurophysiol. 77: 1003-15. [PDF file] ###

175.          Surmeier DJ, Song WJ, Yan Z (1996) Coordinated expression of dopamine receptors in neostriatal medium spiny neurons. J. Neurosci. 16: 6579-91. [PDF file] ###

176.          Yan Z and Surmeier DJ (1996) Muscarinic (m2/m4) receptors reduce N- and P-type Ca2+ currents in rat neostriatal cholinergic interneurons through a fast, membrane-delimited, G-protein pathway. J. Neurosci. 16: 2592-604.  [PDF file] ###

 

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