Welcome to Laboratory of Emotion and Stress Physiology

Laboratory of
Emotion
and Stress Physiology

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Zhang Lab was established in 2022 and is affiliated with Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering Thrust (BSBE), System Hub of HKUST(GZ).

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Publications

- Yang, T., Yu, K., Zhang, X. et al. Plastic and stimulus-specific coding of salient events in the central amygdala. Nature 616, 510–519 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05910-2
- Zhang, X., Guan, W., Yang, T. et al. Genetically identified amygdala–striatal circuits for valence-specific behaviors. Nat Neurosci 24, 1586–1600 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-021-00927-0
- Liu, Y., Li, M., Zhang, X., Lu, Y., Gong, H., Yin, J., … & Wang, W. Hierarchical representation for chromatic processing across macaque V1, V2, and V4. Neuron, 108(3), 538-550 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.07.037
- Xiao, X., Deng, H., Furlan, A., Yang, T., Zhang, X., Hwang, G. R., … & Li, B. A genetically defined compartmentalized striatal direct pathway for negative reinforcement. Cell, 183(1), 211-227 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.08.032
- Zhang, X., Li, B. Population coding of valence in the basolateral amygdala. Nat Commun 9, 5195 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07679-9