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| Unidirectional cross-activation of GRPR by MOR1D uncouples itch and analgesia induced by opioids XY Liu, ZC Liu, YG Sun, M Ross, S Kim, FF Tsai, QF Li, J Jeffry, JY Kim, ... Cell 147 (2), 447-458, 2011 | 323 | 2011 |
| A central neural circuit for itch sensation D Mu, J Deng, KF Liu, ZY Wu, YF Shi, WM Guo, QQ Mao, XJ Liu, H Li, ... Science 357 (6352), 695-699, 2017 | 208 | 2017 |
| Mice lacking central serotonergic neurons show enhanced inflammatory pain and an impaired analgesic response to antidepressant drugs ZQ Zhao, S Chiechio, YG Sun, KH Zhang, CS Zhao, M Scott, RL Johnson, ... Journal of Neuroscience 27 (22), 6045-6053, 2007 | 151 | 2007 |
| Descending control of itch transmission by the serotonergic system via 5-HT1A-facilitated GRP-GRPR signaling ZQ Zhao, XY Liu, J Jeffry, WKA Karunarathne, JL Li, A Munanairi, ... Neuron 84 (4), 821-834, 2014 | 126 | 2014 |
| Organization of functional long-range circuits controlling the activity of serotonergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus L Zhou, MZ Liu, Q Li, J Deng, D Mu, YG Sun Cell reports 18 (12), 3018-3032, 2017 | 116 | 2017 |
| Single-neuron projectome of mouse prefrontal cortex L Gao, S Liu, L Gou, Y Hu, Y Liu, L Deng, D Ma, H Wang, Q Yang, Z Chen, ... Nature Neuroscience 25 (4), 515-529, 2022 | 115 | 2022 |
| Tac1-expressing neurons in the periaqueductal gray facilitate the itch-scratching cycle via descending regulation ZR Gao, WZ Chen, MZ Liu, XJ Chen, L Wan, XY Zhang, L Yuan, JK Lin, ... Neuron 101 (1), 45-59. e9, 2019 | 111 | 2019 |
| Central circuit mechanisms of itch XJ Chen, YG Sun Nature communications 11 (1), 3052, 2020 | 101 | 2020 |
| Biphasic cholinergic synaptic transmission controls action potential activity in thalamic reticular nucleus neurons YG Sun, JD Pita-Almenar, CS Wu, JJ Renger, VN Uebele, HC Lu, ... Journal of Neuroscience 33 (5), 2048-2059, 2013 | 92 | 2013 |
| Central serotonergic neurons are differentially required for opioid analgesia but not for morphine tolerance or morphine reward ZQ Zhao, YJ Gao, YG Sun, CS Zhao, RW Gereau IV, ZF Chen Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (36), 14519-14524, 2007 | 88 | 2007 |
| Peripheral pain is enhanced by insulin-like growth factor 1 through a G protein–mediated stimulation of T-type calcium channels Y Zhang, W Qin, Z Qian, X Liu, H Wang, S Gong, YG Sun, TP Snutch, ... Science signaling 7 (346), ra94-ra94, 2014 | 86 | 2014 |
| Topography of reward and aversion encoding in the mesolimbic dopaminergic system L Yuan, YN Dou, YG Sun Journal of Neuroscience 39 (33), 6472-6481, 2019 | 84 | 2019 |
| The parabrachial nucleus directly channels spinal nociceptive signals to the intralaminar thalamic nuclei, but not the amygdala J Deng, H Zhou, JK Lin, ZX Shen, WZ Chen, LH Wang, Q Li, D Mu, ... Neuron 107 (5), 909-923. e6, 2020 | 80 | 2020 |
| Social touch-like tactile stimulation activates a tachykinin 1-oxytocin pathway to promote social interactions H Yu, W Miao, E Ji, S Huang, S Jin, X Zhu, MZ Liu, YG Sun, F Xu, X Yu Neuron 110 (6), 1051-1067. e7, 2022 | 76 | 2022 |
| Orbitofrontal control of visual cortex gain promotes visual associative learning D Liu, J Deng, Z Zhang, ZY Zhang, YG Sun, T Yang, H Yao Nature communications 11 (1), 2784, 2020 | 58 | 2020 |
| GABAergic synaptic transmission triggers action potentials in thalamic reticular nucleus neurons YG Sun, CS Wu, JJ Renger, VN Uebele, HC Lu, M Beierlein Journal of Neuroscience 32 (23), 7782-7790, 2012 | 58 | 2012 |
| An antinociceptive role of galanin in the arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus in intact rats and rats with inflammation YG Sun, XL Gu, T Lundeberg, LC Yu Pain 106 (1-2), 143-150, 2003 | 58 | 2003 |
| Single-cell spatial transcriptome reveals cell-type organization in the macaque cortex A Chen, Y Sun, Y Lei, C Li, S Liao, J Meng, Y Bai, Z Liu, Z Liang, Z Zhu, ... Cell 186 (17), 3726-3743. e24, 2023 | 54 | 2023 |
