A tissue-like neurotransmitter sensor for the brain and gut

Li J, Liu Y, Yuan L, Zhang B, Bishop ES, Wang K, Tang J, Zheng YQ, Xu W, Niu S, Beker L, Li TL, Chen G, Diyaolu M, Thomas AL, Mottini V, Tok JB, Dunn JCY, Cui B, Pașca SP, Cui Y, Habtezion A, Chen X* , Bao Z*. (* correspondence)

Nature 2022

STANFORD NEWS REPORT

Orchestrating opiate-associated memories in thalamic circuits

Keyes P, Adams EL, Chen Z, Bi L, Nachtrab G, Wang VJ, Tessier-Lavigne M, Zhu Y, Chen XK
Neuron 2020

Stanford News Report

Neuron Preview


Dynamic Salience Processing in Paraventricular Thalamus gated associative learning

Zhu YJ, Nachtrab G, Keyes PC, Allen WE, Luo LQ, Chen XK
Science 2018

Stanford News Report



The coding of cutaneous temperature in the spinal cord

Ran C, Hoon MA, Chen XK
Nature Neuroscience 2016

Nature news & Views


The coding of valence and identity in the mammalian taste system

Wang L, Gillis-Smith S, Peng Y, Zhang J, Chen X, Salzman CD, Ryba NJ, Zuker CS
Nature 2018


A gustotopic map of taste qualities in mammalian brain

Chen X, Gabitto M, Peng Y, Ryba NJ, Zuker CS
Science 2011


The cells and logic for mammalian sour taste detection

Huang AL, Chen X, Hoon MA, Chandrashekar J, Guo W, Tränkner D, Ryba NJ, Zuker CS
Nature 2006


"Kiss-and-run" exocytosis in astrocytes

Chen XK, Xiong YF, Zhou Z
Neuroscientist 2006


ACTIVATION OF GPCRS MODULATES QUANTAL SIZE IN CHROMAFFIN CELLS THROUGH GΒΓ AND PKC

Chen XK, Wang LC, Zhou Y, Cai Q, Prakriya M, Duan KL, Sheng ZH, Lingle C, Zhou Z
Nature Neuroscience 2005


“Kiss-and-run” glutamate secretion in cultured and freshly isolated rat hippocampal astrocytes

Chen XK, Wang LC, Zhou Y, Zhen LH, Zhou Z
Journal of Neuroscience 2005