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Huizhong Tao, PhD

Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience

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Research Funding

  • Understanding Neural Bases for Neuropsychiatric Impairments in Alzheimer's Disease Models
    NIH · R01AG089756 · Sep 30, 2024 – Jun 30, 2029 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Cell atlas of mouse brain-spinal cord connectome
    NIH · U01MH116990 · Sep 1, 2018 – May 31, 2024 · Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  • Synaptic circuitry mechanisms underlying functional development of visual cortex
    NIH · R01EY025722 · Aug 1, 2015 – Jul 31, 2019 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Inhibitory circuitry mechanisms underlying visual cortical development and plasti
    NIH · R21EY022478 · May 1, 2012 – Apr 30, 2015 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Processing and transformation of visual signals in the superior colliculus
    NIH · R01EY019049 · Sep 30, 2008 – Apr 30, 2026 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Receptive field properties of GABAergic neurons in mouse visual cortex
    NIH · R21EY018718 · Dec 1, 2007 – Nov 30, 2010 · Role: Principal Investigator
  • Stimulus-timing-dependent visual cortical plasticity
    NIH · F32EY015019 · Sep 1, 2003 – Jul 31, 2004 · Role: Principal Investigator

Publications

  • Feature-tuned excitation of somatostatin interneurons drives figure-ground segregation. Neuron. 2026 Apr 01; 114(7):1168-1170.. View in PubMed
  • Direction-selective laterodorsal thalamic nucleus encodes optic flow and turning in spatial navigation. Neuron. 2025 Oct 15; 113(20):3424-3440.e8.. View in PubMed
  • Reviving-like prosocial behavior in response to unconscious or dead conspecifics in rodents. Science. 2025 02 21; 387(6736):eadq2677.. View in PubMed
  • The neural basis of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease. Front Aging Neurosci. 2024; 16:1487875.. View in PubMed
  • Excitation-inhibition imbalance in medial preoptic area circuits underlies chronic stress-induced depression-like states. Nat Commun. 2024 10 03; 15(1):8575.. View in PubMed
  • A distributed auditory network mediated by pontine central gray underlies ultra-fast awakening in response to alerting sounds. Curr Biol. 2024 Oct 21; 34(20):4597-4611.e5.. View in PubMed
  • Cross-modal enhancement of defensive behavior via parabigemino-collicular projections. Curr Biol. 2024 Aug 19; 34(16):3616-3631.e5.. View in PubMed
  • The Effect of Lactobacillus plantarum on the Fecal Microbiota, Short Chain Fatty Acids, Odorous Substances, and Blood Biochemical Indices of Cats. Microorganisms. 2024 Jan 02; 12(1).. View in PubMed
  • Enhancement and contextual modulation of visuospatial processing by thalamocollicular projections from ventral lateral geniculate nucleus. Nat Commun. 2023 11 10; 14(1):7278.. View in PubMed
  • Will metformin use lead to a decreased risk of thyroid cancer? A systematic review and meta-analyses. Eur J Med Res. 2023 Sep 29; 28(1):392.. View in PubMed

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