Wen-jun Gao
Professor
Neurobiology & Anatomy
Drexel University College of Medicine
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Gao is a professor in the Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy at Drexel University College of Medicine. Prior to coming to Drexel, he completed postdoctoral training with Sarah L. Pallas at Georgia State University and then with Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic and David A. McCormick at Yale University School of Medicine.
Research Interest
Synaptic signaling and regulation of prefrontal neuronal circuitry and neurobiology of schizophrenia
Publications
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Li ML, Gulchina Y, Monaco SA, Xing B, Ferguson BR, Li YC, Li F, Hu XQ, Gao WJ. Juvenile treatment with a novel mGluR2 agonist/mGluR3 antagonist compound, LY395756, reverses learning deficits and cognitive flexibility impairments in adults in a neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia. Neurobiology of learning and memory. 2017 Apr 30;140:52-61.
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Urban KR, Li YC, Xing B, Gao WJ. A Clinically-Relevant Dose of Methylphenidate Enhances Synaptic Inhibition in the Juvenile Rat Prefrontal Cortex. J Reward Defic Syndr Addict Sci. 2017 Jan 26;2(3):69-77.
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Gulchina Y, Xu SJ, Snyder MA, Elefant F, Gao WJ. Epigenetic mechanisms underlying NMDA receptor hypofunction in the prefrontal cortex of juvenile animals in the MAM model for schizophrenia. Journal of neurochemistry. 2017 Jun 19.
