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Huating Gu

National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing

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Peng CaoiD· 4 shared Meizhu Huang· 3 shared Zhiyong XieiD· 3 shared Congping ShangiD· 2 shared Dapeng LiiD· 2 shared Fan ZhangiD· 2 shared Miao ZhaoiD· 2 shared Qing Pei· 2 shared

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AMPK-dependent brain-wide norepinephrine release promotes recovery from metabolic coma in mice

Menghua Wu, Li Zhang, Yaning Li, Guoqing Chen, Dapeng Li, Maio Zhao, Ruoning Wang, Huating Gu, Huimeng Song, Ying Cao, Zhiwen Yang, Zhihui Liu, Fan Zhang, Tianzuo Li, Huihui Miao, Peng Cao

This study identifies an AMPK-dependent brainstem circuit that promotes recovery from metabolic coma in mice through widespread norepinephrine release.

bioRxiv · Oct 14, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

A molecularly defined brain circuit module for regulating the panic-like defensive state

Miao Zhao, Li Zhang, Zhenhua Chen, Shuangfeng Zhang, Xinyu Cheng, Meizhu Huang, Xiating Li, Huating Gu, Xuyan Guan, Dandan Geng, Yaning Li, Yiheng Tu, Zhiyong Xie, Fan Zhang, Huijie Ma, , Peng Cao

The paper identifies Cbln2-expressing neurons in the posterior hypothalamic nucleus as essential for inducing panic-like defensive state in mice.

Nature Communications · Jul 1, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Transcriptomic encoding of sensorimotor transformation in the midbrain

Zhiyong Xie, Mengdi Wang, Zeyuan Liu, Congping Shang, Changjiang Zhang, Le Sun, Huating Gu, Gengxin Ran, Qing Pei, Qiang Ma, Meizhu Huang, Junjing Zhang, Rui Lin, Youtong Zhou, Jiyao Zhang, , Xiaoqun Wang

The paper identifies molecularly distinct neuronal subtypes in the superior colliculus that mediate predator avoidance and prey capture behaviors through separate transcriptomic codes.

eLife · Jul 28, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

The SC-SNc pathway boosts appetitive locomotion in predatory hunting

Meizhu Huang, Dapeng Li, Qing Pei, Zhiyong Xie, Huating Gu, Aixue Liu, Zijun Chen, Yi Wang, Fangmiao Sun, Yulong Li, Jiayi Zhang, Miao He, Yuan Xie, Fan Zhang, Xiangbing Qi, , Peng Cao

The paper identifies a brain circuit from the superior colliculus to the substantia nigra pars compacta that enhances appetitive locomotion during predatory hunting by modulating dopamine release.

bioRxiv · Nov 23, 2020 · PreprintNeuroscience