Qing Song Liu

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Publications

  1. ncbi Astrocyte-mediated activation of neuronal kainate receptors
    Qing Song Liu
    Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:3172-7. 2004
  2. ncbi Signaling at the gliovascular interface
    Marie Simard
    Department of Neurosurgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10590, USA
    J Neurosci 23:9254-62. 2003
  3. ncbi Repeated cocaine exposure in vivo facilitates LTP induction in midbrain dopamine neurons
    Qing Song Liu
    Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Nature 437:1027-31. 2005
  4. ncbi Nicotinic regulation of CREB activation in hippocampal neurons by glutamatergic and nonglutamatergic pathways
    Mei Hu
    Neurobiology Section, Division of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0357, USA
    Mol Cell Neurosci 21:616-25. 2002
  5. ncbi BDNF-dependent synaptic sensitization in midbrain dopamine neurons after cocaine withdrawal
    Lu Pu
    Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Nat Neurosci 9:605-7. 2006
  6. ncbi Endocannabinoid signaling mediates cocaine-induced inhibitory synaptic plasticity in midbrain dopamine neurons
    Bin Pan
    Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
    J Neurosci 28:1385-97. 2008

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Publications6

  1. ncbi Astrocyte-mediated activation of neuronal kainate receptors
    Qing Song Liu
    Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:3172-7. 2004
    ..By modulating the activity of interneurons, astrocytes may play a critical role in circuit function of hippocampus...
  2. ncbi Signaling at the gliovascular interface
    Marie Simard
    Department of Neurosurgery, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10590, USA
    J Neurosci 23:9254-62. 2003
    ..It is speculated that calcium signaling may play a role in astrocytic functions related to the blood-brain barrier, including blood flow regulation, metabolic trafficking, and water homeostasis...
  3. ncbi Repeated cocaine exposure in vivo facilitates LTP induction in midbrain dopamine neurons
    Qing Song Liu
    Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Nature 437:1027-31. 2005
    ..This cocaine-induced enhancement of synaptic plasticity in the VTA may be important for the formation of drug-associated memory...
  4. ncbi Nicotinic regulation of CREB activation in hippocampal neurons by glutamatergic and nonglutamatergic pathways
    Mei Hu
    Neurobiology Section, Division of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0357, USA
    Mol Cell Neurosci 21:616-25. 2002
    ..The low levels of sustained nicotinic stimulation required for transcriptional effects are consistent with those likely to be achievable either by the normal septal cholinergic innervation of the hippocampus or by repeated tobacco usage...
  5. ncbi BDNF-dependent synaptic sensitization in midbrain dopamine neurons after cocaine withdrawal
    Lu Pu
    Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Nat Neurosci 9:605-7. 2006
    ..The elevated BDNF expression in the VTA after cocaine withdrawal may prime these synapses for potentiation by cue-associated activity, triggering drug craving and relapse...
  6. ncbi Endocannabinoid signaling mediates cocaine-induced inhibitory synaptic plasticity in midbrain dopamine neurons
    Bin Pan
    Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
    J Neurosci 28:1385-97. 2008
    ..Together, these results suggest that repeated cocaine exposure reduces the strength of GABAergic inhibition in dopamine neurons by inducing I-LTD-like modification in vivo...