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Dr Yajie Sun

Honorary Fellow
Queensland Brain Institute
y.sun6@uq.edu.au

Publications

Journal Articles (10)
Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

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. doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-00894-1
Sun, Yajie, Gooch, Helen and Sah, Pankaj (2020). Fear conditioning and the basolateral amygdala [version 1; peer review: 3 approved]. F1000Research, 9 53. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.21201.1
Marek, Roger, Sun, Yajie and Sah, Pankaj (2019). Neural circuits for a top-down control of fear and extinction. Psychopharmacology, 236 (1), 313-320. doi: 10.1007/s00213-018-5033-2
Hunt, Sarah, Sun, Yajie, Kucukdereli, Hakan, Klein, Ruediger and Sah, Pankaj (2017). Intrinsic circuits in the lateral central amygdala. Eneuro, 4 (1) e0367-16.2017, ENEURO.0367-16.2017. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0367-16.2017
Sun, Yajie, Hunt, Sarah and Sah, Pankaj (2015). Norepinephrine and Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone: Partners in the Neural Circuits that Underpin Stress and Anxiety. Neuron, 87 (3), 468-470. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.07.022
Sun, Yajie, Wu, Zheng, Kong, Shuzhen, Jiang, Dongyun, Pitre, Anar, Wang, Yun and Chen, Gong (2013). Regulation of epileptiform activity by two distinct subtypes of extrasynaptic GABAA receptors. Molecular Brain, 6 (21) 21. doi: 10.1186/1756-6606-6-21
Cichon, Joseph, Sun, Chicheng, Chen, Ben, Jiang, Min, Chen, Xiangyun Amy, Sun, Yajie, Wang, Yun and Chen, Gong (2012). Cofilin aggregation blocks intracellular trafficking and induces synaptic loss in hippocampal neurons. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287 (6), 3919-3929. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.301911
Qian, Binbin, Sun, Yajie, Wu, Zhen, Wan, Li, Chen, Lulan, Kong, Shuzhen, Zhang, Binhong, Zhang, Fayong, Wang, Zhen-Yu and Wang, Yun (2011). Epileptiform response of CA1 neurones to convulsant stimulation by cyclothiazide, kainic acid and pentylenetetrazol in anaesthetized rats. Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy, 20 (4), 312-319. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.12.016
Huang, Lan-Ting, Sherwood, John L., Sun, Ya-Jie, Lodge, David and Wang, Yun (2010). Activation of presynaptic alpha7 nicotinic receptors evokes an excitatory response in hippocampal CA3 neurones in anaesthetized rats: an in vivo iontophoretic study. British Journal of Pharmacology, 159 (3), 554-565. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00529.x
Wang, Yun, Qi, Jin-Shun, Kong, Shuzhen, Sun, Yajie, Fan, Jing, Jiang, Min and Chen, Gong (2009). BDNF-TrkB signaling pathway mediates the induction of epileptiform activity induced by a convulsant drug cyclothiazide. Neuropharmacology, 57 (1), 49-59. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.04.007

Thesis

Sun, Yajie (2017). Anatomy and physiology of the central extended amygdala. PhD Thesis, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.857
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