Dr. Jie Wu

Researcher
Barrow Neurological Institute, USA


Highest Degree
PostDoc. in Neurology from The University of New Mexico, USA

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Area of Interest:

Pharmacology and Toxicology
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
Electrophysiology
Cholinergic Modulation
Epilepsy

Selected Publications

  1. Gao, M., Y. Jin, K. Yang, D. Zhang, R.J. Lukas and J. Wu, 2010. Mechanisms involved in systemic nicotine-induced glutamatergic synaptic plasticity on dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area. J. Neurosci., 30: 13814-13825.
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  2. Yang, K., J. Hu, L. Lucero, Q. Liu and C. Zheng et al., 2009. Distinctive nicotinic acetylcholine receptor functional phenotypes of rat ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neurons. J. Physiol., 587: 345-361.
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  3. Wu, J., L. Xu, D.Y. Kim, J.M. Rho and P.A. St John et al., 2005. Electrophysiological properties of human hypothalamic hamartomas. Ann. Neurol., 58: 371-382.
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  4. Wu, J., Y.P. Kuo, A.A. George, L. Xu, J. Hu and R.J. Lukas, 2004. β-Amyloid directly inhibits human α4β2-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors heterologously expressed in human SH-EP1 cells. J. Biol. Chem., 279: 37842-37851.
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