ZHANG Laboratory

Zhang, L.I. and Poo, M.-m.  Electrical activity and development of neural circuits. Nature Neurosci. Suppl:1207-14 (2001). (review)

Engert, F., Tao, H.W., Zhang, L.I. and Poo, M.-m. Moving visual stimuli induce direction-sensitive responses of developing tectal neurons. Nature 419, 470-475 (2002).

Zhang, L.I., Bao, S. and Merzenich, M.M. Disruption of primary auditory cortex by synchronous auditory inputs during a critical period. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 99, 2309-14 (2002).

Bao, S., Chan, V.T., Zhang, L.I. and Merzenich, M.M. Suppression of Cortical Representation through Backward Conditioning. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 100, 1405-8 (2003).

Zhang, L.I., Tan, A.Y.Y., Schreiner, C.E. and Merzenich, M.M. Topography and synaptic shaping of direction selectivity in auditory cortex. Nature 424, 201-5 (2003).

Tan, A.Y.Y., Zhang, L.I., Merzenich, M.M. and Schreiner, C.E. Tone-evoked excitatory and inhibitory synaptic conductances of primary auditory cortex neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 92, 630-43 (2004).

Nakahara, H., Zhang, L.I. and Merzenich, M.M. Specialization of primary auditory cortex processing by sound exposure in the critical period. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 101, 7170-4 (2004).

Wu, G.K., Li, P., Tao, H.W. and Zhang, L.I. Nonmonotonic synaptic excitation and imbalanced inhibition underlying cortical intensity tuning. Neuron 52, 705-715 (2006).
 
Liu, Y., Zhang, L.I. and Tao H.W., Heterosynaptic Scaling of Developing GABAergic Synapses: Dependence on Glutamatergic Input and Developmental Stage.
 J.  Neurosci. 27, 5301-12 (2007).

Liu, B-h., Wu, G.K., Arbuckle R., Tao H.W. and Zhang, L.I. Defining cortical frequency tuning with recurrent excitatory circuitry. Nature Neurosci. 10, 1594-1600 (2007).

Wu GK, Arbuckle R, Liu BH, Tao HW and Zhang LI,  Lateral Sharpening of Cortical Frequency Tuning by Approximately Balanced Inhibition. Neuron 58, 132-143 (2008)

Wang SZ, Liu BH, Tao HW, Xia K, and Zhang LI, A genetic strategy for stochastic gene activation with regulated sparseness (STARS). PLoS ONE 4(1):e4200 (2009).

Liu BH, Li P, Li YT, Sun YJ, Yanagawa Y, Obata K, Zhang LI, Tao HW.  Visual receptive field structure of cortical inhibitory neurons revealed by two-photon imaging guided recording. J Neurosci. 29:10520-32 (2009).

Wang SZ, Tao HW   History Matters: Illuminating Metaplasticity in the Developing Brain.  Neuron 64(2), 155-157 (2009).

Liu BH, Li P, Sun YJ, Li YT, Zhang LI, Tao HW   Intervening inhibition underlies simple-cell receptive field structure in visual cortex.  Nat Neurosci (2009)

Zhou Y, Liu BH, Wu GK, Kim YJ, Xiao Z, Tao HW, Zhang LI   Preceding inhibition silences layer 6 neurons in auditory cortex.  Neuron (2010)

Yujiao J. Sun, Guangying K. Wu, Bao-hua Liu, Pingyang Li, Mu Zhou, Zhongju Xiao, Huizhong W. Tao& Li I. Zhang Fine-tuning of pre-balanced excitation and inhibition during auditory cortical development. Nature 465,927-931(2010).   

Ma WP, Liu BH, Li YT, Huang ZJ, Zhang LI, Tao HW Visual representations by cortical somatostatin inhibitory neurons--selective but with weak and delayed responses.J Neurosci.  30(43):14371-9 (2010)

Zhang  M, Liu Y, Wang SZ, Zhong W, Liu BH, Tao HW Functional Elimination of Excitatory Feedforward Inputs Underlies Developmental Refinement of Visual Receptive Fields in Zebrafish.J Neurosci. 31(14):5460-9 (2011)

Liu BH, Li YT, Ma WP, Pan CJ, Zhang LI Tao HW Broad Inhibition Sharpens Orientation Selectivity by Expanding Input Dynamic Range in Mouse Simple Cells. Neuron. 2011 Aug 11

Zhang LI, Zhou Y, Tao HW. Perspectives on: information and coding in mammalian sensory physiology: inhibitory synaptic mechanisms underlying functional diversity in auditory cortex.  J. Gen Physiol. 2011 Sep

Wu GK, Tao HW, Zhang LI. From elementary synaptic circuits to information processing in primary auditory cortex. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2011 Nov