Yanhua Huang, PhD

Pittsburgh Foundation Endowed Professor in Brain and Behavior Research and Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise

  • Mood Disorders
  • Sleep & Circadian Health
  • Anxiety, OCD & Trauma Disorders
  • Substance Use Disorders
Yanhua Huang, PhD
Expertise & Interests Selected Publications Education & Credentials Related News

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Sleep-mediated regulation of reward; Neuroplasticity in drug addiction

Education Interests

Research mentorship; Medical and graduate student education

Selected Publications

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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 & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
Postdoctoral
Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience (formerly Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology), Washington State University
Postdoctoral
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

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