Yi-Hong Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.

YI-HONG ZHANG, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
The University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Address

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
855 Monroe Avenue, Suite 515
Memphis, TN 38163
Tel: (901) 448-1223; Fax: (901) 448-7193;

Education

Bachelor of Medicine: Capital Institute of Medicine, Beijing, China
Ph.D. Institution: Department of Physiology, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan
Postdoctoral: Harvard Medical School; University of Calgary

Research Interests

Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology/neuropharmacology of pain system, inflammation, fever, and thermoregulation system.

Recent Publications

  • Zhang YH, Ennis M. Inactivation of the periaqueductal gray attenuates antinociception elicited by stimulation of the rat medial preoptic area. Neurosci Lett. 2007 Dec 18;429(2-3):105-10. Epub 2007 Oct 11. PMID: 17980965
  • Storbeck CJ, Daniel K, Zhang YH, Lunde J, Scime A, Asakura A, Jasmin B, Korneluk RG, Sabourin LA. Ste20-like kinase SLK displays myofiber type specificity and is involved in C2C12 myoblast differentiation. Muscle Nerve. 2004 Apr;29(4):553-64. PMID: 15052621
  • Zhang YH, Lu J, Elmquist JK, Saper CB. Specific roles of cyclooxygenase-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 in lipopolysaccharide-induced fever and Fos expression in rat brain. J Comp Neurol. 2003 Aug 11;463(1):3-12. PMID: 12811798
  • Zhang YH, Hume K, Cadonic R, Thompson C, Hakim A, Staines W, Sabourin LA. Expression of the Ste20-like kinase SLK during embryonic development and in the murine adult central nervous system. Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 2002 Dec 15;139(2):205-15. PMID: 12480135
  • Lu J, Zhang YH, Chou TC, Gaus SE, Elmquist JK, Shiromani P, Saper CB. Contrasting effects of ibotenate lesions of the paraventricular nucleus and subparaventricular zone on sleep-wake cycle and temperature regulation. J Neurosci. 2001 Jul 1;21(13):4864-74. PMID: 11425913
  • Zhang YH, Lu J, Elmquist JK, Saper CB. Lipopolysaccharide activates specific populations of hypothalamic and brainstem neurons that project to the spinal cord. J Neurosci. 2000 Sep 1;20(17):6578-86. PMID: 10964963
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