Yilong Cui

The paper shows that opioidergic signals in the medial prefrontal cortex activate the descending pain inhibitory system to initiate placebo analgesia in neuropathic pain rats.

This study shows that sympathetic nervous system overactivation in a maternal separation model leads to colonic eosinophil infiltration and visceral hypersensitivity, contributing to IBS pathogenesis.

This study shows that different striatal subregions, aDLS and pVLS, use distinct processes to mediate auditory discrimination learning in rats.

This paper develops a method to activate specific neurons in the mammalian brain using peripheral administration of ligand precursors, demonstrating its effectiveness in inducing neurotransmitter release and behavioral responses.

The paper investigates how dopamine systems in the basal ganglia process reward prediction based on working memory versus random rewards in rats and mice.

This study shows that activating locus coeruleus norepinephrine neurons enhances aversive memory retrieval in mice.