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Peng Cao

Jiangsu University · CN
Area of research
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience · Cognitive Neuroscience
Research interest
Research interests include Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and Memory and Neural Mechanisms.
h-index
27
citations
2,906
works
93
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Cholecystokinin neurons in the spinal trigeminal nucleus interpolaris regulate mechanically evoked predatory hunting in male mice
Nature Communications 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
A molecularly defined brain circuit module for regulating panic-like defensive state
Nature Communications 2025cited by 0position: lastdoi
Modification strategies on nickel-based electrocatalysts for energy-efficient anodic reactions
Nano Research 2024cited by 6position: middledoi
Brainstem opioid peptidergic neurons regulate cough reflexes in mice
The Innovation 2024cited by 4position: lastdoi
A molecularly defined brain circuit module for regulating the panic-like defensive state
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024cited by 0position: lastdoi
Neurocircuitry of Predatory Hunting
Neuroscience Bulletin 2023cited by 18position: middledoi
The gut-to-brain axis for toxin-induced defensive responses
Cell 2022cited by 131position: lastdoi
Mechanically evoked defensive attack is controlled by GABAergic neurons in the anterior hypothalamic nucleus
Nature Neuroscience 2022cited by 50position: lastdoi
The Effects of Stress on Lewy Pathology in Dopamine Neurons
SSRN Electronic Journal 2022cited by 0position: lastdoi
A brain-to-spinal sensorimotor loop for repetitive self-grooming
Neuron 2021cited by 52position: lastdoi
The tectonigral pathway regulates appetitive locomotion in predatory hunting in mice
Nature Communications 2021cited by 45position: lastdoi
Hypothalamic circuits for mechanically-evoked defensive attack
Research Square 2020cited by 2position: firstdoi
The SC-SNc pathway boosts appetitive locomotion in predatory hunting
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2020cited by 1position: lastdoi
Divergent midbrain circuits orchestrate escape and freezing responses to looming stimuli in mice
Nature Communications 2018cited by 262position: lastdoi
IGF1-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity of Mitral Cells in Olfactory Memory during Social Learning
Neuron 2017cited by 67position: lastdoi
Deconstructing complexin function in activating and clamping Ca <sup>2+</sup> -triggered exocytosis by comparing knockout and knockdown phenotypes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2013cited by 99position: middledoi
Complexin Activates Exocytosis of Distinct Secretory Vesicles Controlled by Different Synaptotagmins
Journal of Neuroscience 2013cited by 58position: firstdoi

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Frequent collaborators

· 12 papers (2017–2025) · 10 papers (2020–2025)Fan Zhang · Stanford University10 papers (2020–2025)Meizhu Huang · Southwest University10 papers (2020–2025)Zhiyong Xie · Fudan University9 papers (2020–2025)Congping Shang · Tsinghua University9 papers (2017–2024)Xinyu Cheng · Anhui Medical University7 papers (2020–2025)Miao Zhao · Shandong University6 papers (2021–2025)Zijun Chen · Peking University4 papers (2017–2021)Aixue Liu · National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing4 papers (2018–2021)Dandan Geng · National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing4 papers (2022–2025)Cheng Zhan · Fudan University4 papers (2020–2022) · 3 papers (2020–2021)Shuangfeng Zhang · Nantong University3 papers (2022–2025)Ting Tao · Harbin Medical University3 papers (2020–2022)Yi Wang · Southwest University3 papers (2018–2021)Yaning Li · Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College3 papers (2024–2025)Thomas C. Sdhof · Howard Hughes Medical Institute3 papers (2013–2017) · 3 papers (2024–2025)Xiating Li · Center for Cancer Research3 papers (2024–2025)