Yao Wang, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Contact Details
3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
PA
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