Yao Wang, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.

Pittsburgh

15213

Email wangy34@upmc.edu

Education & Training

PhD

Molecular Biology, University of Science and Technology of China

Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh

Professional Affiliations

Member, Society for Neuroscience

Research Interests

Sleep regulation and reward

Selected Research Publications & Products

Wang Y*, Liu Z*, Cai L, Guo R, Dong Y and Huang YH. A critical role of basolateral amygdalato nucleus accumbens projection in sleep regulation of reward seeking. Biological Psychiatry, 2020, Jun; 87(11):954-66. PMID:31924324
Liu Z*, Wang Y*, Cai L, Li Y, Chen B, Dong Y and Huang YH. Prefrontal cortex to accumbens projections in sleep regulation of reward. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2016, Jul 27;36(30):7897-910. PMID:27466335
Chen B*, Wang Y*, Liu X, Liu Z, Dong Y and Huang YH. Sleep regulates incubation of cocaine craving. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2015, Sep;35(39):13300-1035. PMID: 26424879
Chen B*, Ma Y*, Wang Y*, Wang X, Schluter OM, Dong Y and Huang YH. Cocaine-induced membrane adaptation in the central nucleus of amygdala. Neuropsychopharmacology 2013, Oct;38(11):2240-8. PMID: 23756609

October 14, 2022

Publications

Biological Psychiatry: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Engages Melanin-Concentrating Hormone Neurons to Reduce Cocaine Seeking

Substance use relapse is a major barrier in treating substance use disorders. Withdrawal from substance use often causes sleep disruptions, which can aggravate withdrawal symptoms and increase the likelihood of relapse. A group of investigators, including Pitt Psychiatry scientists Rong Guo, PhD (Scientist, Allen Institute; former Pitt Psychiatry postdoctoral scholar), Yao Wang, PhD (Research Assistant Professor of...

January 28, 2021

Publications

Bridgeside Labs Addiction Research: Molecular Psychiatry, The Journal of Neuroscience, & Psychopharmacology

Bridgeside Point Investigator Publications

The Huang, McClung, and Torregrossa Labs at the University of Pittsburgh’s Bridgeside Point II facility are part of the Department of Psychiatry’s Translational Neuroscience Program , which seeks to understand the neurobiological basis for complex human cognitive and emotional functions, and the manner in which alterations in the brain give rise to the types of disturbances in these functions that characterize...

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