Juan Deng^#, Hua Zhou, Jun-Kai Lin, Zi-Xuan Shen, Wen-Zhen Chen, Lin-Han Wang, Qing Li, Di Mu, Yi-Chao Wei, Xiao-Hong Xu, Yan-Gang Sun^#. The parabrachial nucleus directly channels spinal nociceptive signals to the intralaminar thalamic nuclei but not the amygdala. Neuron, 2020, 107, 1-15. (# Corresponding author)

Dechen Liu, Juan Deng, Zhewei Zhang, Zhi-Yu Zhang, Yan-Gang Sun, Tianming Yang, and Haishan Yao. Orbitofrontal control of visual cortex gain promotes visual associative learning. Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 2784.

Lei Yuan, Tong-Yu Liang, Juan Deng, and Yan-Gang Sun. Dynamics and functional role of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area during itch processing. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2018, 38, 9856-9869.

Di Mu*, Juan Deng*, Ke-Fei Liu, Zhen-Yu Wu, Yu-Feng Shi, Wei-Ming Guo, Qun-Quan Mao, Xin-Jun Liu, Hui Li, Yan-Gang Sun. A central neural circuit for itch sensation. Science, 2017, 357, 695–699. (* Equal contribution)

Li Zhou, Ming-Zhe Liu, Qing Li, Juan Deng, Di Mu, Yan-Gang Sun. Organization of functional long-range circuits controlling the activity of serotonergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus. Cell Reports, 2017, 18, 3018-3032.

Yang Yang, Dan-qian Liu, Wei Huang, Juan Deng, Yangang Sun, Yi Zuo & Mu-ming Poo. Selective synaptic remodeling of amygdalocortical connections associated with fear memory. Nature Neuroscience, 2016, 19, 1348–1355.