Yanhua Huang, PhD
Pittsburgh Foundation Endowed Professor in Brain and Behavior Research and Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Contact Details
450 Technology Drive
Pittsburgh
PA
15219
Education & Training
PhD
Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience (formerly Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology), Washington State University
Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Professional Affiliations
Member, Society for Neuroscience
Selected Honors & Awards
Hamilton Family Award for Basic Neuroscience Research in Psychiatry, Hamilton Family
NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
Paul Ehrlich Young Investigator Award, Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests
Sleep-mediated regulation of reward; Neuroplasticity in drug addiction
Selected Research Publications & Products- Wang Y, Li D, Widjaja J, Guo R, Cai L, Yan R, Ozsoy S, Allocca G, Fang J, Dong Y, Tseng GC, Huang C,Huang YH (2024) An EEG signature of MCH neuron activities predicts cocaine seeking. Biological Psychiatry 96: 739-751. *Selected for commentary. PMID: 38677639
- Guo R, Wang Y, Yan RZ, Chen B, Ding W, Gorczyca MT, Ozsoy S, Cai L, Hines RL, Tseng GC, Allocca G, Dong Y, Fang J, Huang YH (2022) Rapid eye movement sleep engages MCH neurons to reduce cocaine seeking. Biological Psychiatry 92: 880-894. *Selected for commentary. PMID: 35953320
- Wang Y, Guo R, Chen B, Rahman T, Cai L, Li Y, Dong Y, Tseng GC, Fang J, Seney ML, Huang YH (2021) Cocaine-induced neural adaptations in the lateral hypothalamic melanin-concentrating hormone neurons and the role in regulating rapid eye movement sleep after withdrawal. Mol Psychiatry26:3152-3168. PMID: 33093653
- Liu Z, Wang Y, Cai L, Li Y, Chen B, Dong Y, Huang YH (2016) Prefrontal cortex to accumbens projections in sleep regulation of reward. J Neurosci 36: 7897-7910 *Featured article. PMID: 27466335
- Chen B, Wang Y, Liu X, Liu Z, Dong Y, Huang YH(2015) Sleep regulates incubation of cocaine craving. J Neurosci 35: 13300-13310. *Featured article. PMID: 26424879
Education Interests
Research mentorship; Medical and graduate student education