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Ms Li Xu

Research Assistant
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l.xu3@uq.edu.au

Publications

Journal Articles (14)
Conference Papers (3)

Journal Articles

Kielar, Marcin, Marek, Roger, Kenna, Matthew, Cole, Cameron M., Xu, Li, Yambem, Soniya D., Sah, Pankaj and Pandey, Ajay K. (2022). Optogenetic stimulation and spatial localization of neurons using a multi-OLED approach. ACS Photonics, 9 (10), 3279-3290. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.2c00590
Wang, Cong, Furlong, Teri M., Stratton, Peter G., Lee, Conrad C. Y., Xu, Li, Merlin, Sam, Nolan, Christoph, Arabzadeh, Ehsan, Marek, Roger and Sah, Pankaj (2021). Hippocampus-prefrontal coupling regulates recognition memory for novelty discrimination. The Journal of Neuroscience, 41 (46), 9617-9632. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.1202-21.2021
Perumal, Madhusoothanan B., Latimer, Benjamin, Xu, Li, Stratton, Peter, Nair, Satish and Sah, Pankaj (2021). Microcircuit mechanisms for the generation of sharp-wave ripples in the basolateral amygdala: A role for chandelier interneurons. Cell Reports, 35 (6) 109106, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109106
Kielar, Marcin, Gooch, Helen, Xu, Li, Pandey, Ajay K. and Sah, Pankaj (2020). Direct detection of neuronal activity using organic photodetectors. ACS Photonics, 8 (1) acsphotonics.0c01378, 228-237. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.0c01378
Sun, Yajie, Qian, Lei, Xu, Li, Hunt, Sarah and Sah, Pankaj (2020). Somatostatin neurons in the central amygdala mediate anxiety by disinhibition of the central sublenticular extended amygdala. Molecular Psychiatry, 28 (10), 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-00894-1
Autuori, Eleonora, Sedlak, Petra, Xu, Li, C. Ridder, Margreet, Tedoldi, Angelo and Sah, Pankaj (2019). rSK1 in rat neurons: a controller of membrane rSK2?. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 13 21, 21. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2019.00021
Marek, Roger, Xu, Li, Sullivan, Robert K. P. and Sah, Pankaj (2018). Excitatory connections between the prelimbic and infralimbic medial prefrontal cortex show a role for the prelimbic cortex in fear extinction. Nature Neuroscience, 21 (5), 654-658. doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0137-x
Islam, Robiul, Zhang, Yan, Xu, Li, Sah, Pankaj and Lynch, Joseph W. (2017). A chemogenetic receptor that enhances the magnitude and frequency of glycinergic inhibitory postsynaptic currents without inducing a tonic chloride flux. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 8 (3), 460-467. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00382
Islam, Robiul, Keramidas, Angelo, Xu, Li, Durisic, Nela, Sah, Pankaj and Lynch, Joseph W. (2016). Ivermectin-activated, cation-permeable glycine receptors for the chemogenetic control of neuronal excitation. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 7 (12), 1647-1657. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00168
Botta, Paolo, Demmou, Lynda, Kasugai, Yu, Markovic, Milica, Xu, Chun, Fadok, Jonathan P, Lu, Tingjia, Poe, Michael M, Xu, Li, Cook, James M, Rudolph, Uwe, Sah, Pankaj, Ferraguti, Francesco and Lüthi, Andreas (2015). Corrigendum: Regulating anxiety with extrasynaptic inhibition. Nature Neuroscience, 18 (12), 1862-1862. doi: 10.1038/nn1215-1862a
Botta, Paolo, Demmou, Lynda, Kasugai, Yu, Markovic, Milica, Xu, Chun, Fadok, Jonathan P., Lu, Tingjia, Poe, Michael M., Xu, Li, Cook, James M., Rudolph, Uwe, Sah, Pankaj, Ferraguti, Francesco and Luthi, Andreas (2015). Regulating anxiety with extrasynaptic inhibition. Nature Neuroscience, 18 (10), 1493-1500. doi: 10.1038/nn.4102
Lu, Tingjia, Chen, Renchao, Cox, Timothy C., Moldrich, Randal X., Kurniawan, Nyoman, Tan, Guohe, Perry, Jo K., Ashworth, Alan, Bartlett, Perry F., Xu, Li, Zhang, Jing, Lu, Bin, Wu, Mingyue, Shen, Qi, Liu, Yuanyuan, Richards, Linda J. and Xiong, Zhiqi (2013). X-linked microtubule-associated protein, Mid1, regulates axon development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110 (47), 19131-19136. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1303687110
Chen, Min, Cheng, Qian, Cheng, Xue-Wen, Lu Ting-Jia, Liu, Han-Xing, Jia, Jie-Min, Zhang, Chi, Xu, Li and Xiong, Zhi-Qui (2009). Zn2+ mediates ischemia-induced impairment of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in the rat hippocampus. Journal of Neurochemistry, 111 (5), 1094-1103. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06401.x
Chen, Min, Lu, Ting-Jia, Chen, Xiao-Jing, Zhou, Yang, Chen, Qian, Feng, Xiao-Yan, Xu, Li, Duan, Wen-Hu and Xiong, Zhi-Qi (2008). Differential roles of NMDA receptor subtypes in ischemic neuronal cell death and ischemic tolerance. Stroke, 39 (11), 3042-3048. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.521898

Conference Papers

Sah, Pankaj, Kenna, Mattheew, Marek, Roger and Xu, Li (2025). Formation and consolidation of fear memory. ISN‐ASN 2025 Meeting, New York City, NY, United States, 19 - 22 August 2025. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
Kielar, Marcin, Marek, Roger, Gooch, Helen, Cole, Cameron M., Kenna, Matthew, Xu, Li, Yambem, Soniya D., Pandey, Ajay K. and Sah, Pankaj (2023). Stability, reliability, and performance of organic light-emitting diodes and photodetectors in optogenetic studies. SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, San Diego, CA, United States, 20-25 August 2023. Bellingham, WA, United States: International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.2677124
Sun, Y., Turpin, F., Xu, L. and Sah, P. (2015). Anatomy and physiology of the central extended amygdala. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian-Neuroscience-Society, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23-27 August 2015. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13189
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