Wei Zhou, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Anesthesia
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• M.D. Medicine Hebei Medical University
• M.S. Genetics Peking Union Medical College
• Ph.D. Biology University of California, San Diego
• Residency Anesthesia and Perioperative Care University of California, San Francisco

Websites

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• Anesthesia - Zhou Lab (anesthesia.ucsf.edu)

Publications (9)

Top publication keywords:
HypothalamusAnesthesiaIon ChannelsPotassium Channels, Inwardly RectifyingPainIsofluraneGTP-Binding Protein beta SubunitsPropofolPotassium Channels, Voltage-GatedOrexin ReceptorsAnesthesia Recovery PeriodAnesthetics, InhalationOrexinsGTP-Binding Protein gamma SubunitsPotassium Channels

• Neuroanatomical Basis for the Orexinergic Modulation of Anesthesia Arousal and Pain Control.
  Frontiers in cellular neuroscience 2022 Xiang X, Chen Y, Li KX, Fang J, Bickler PE, Guan Z, Zhou W
• Ion Channels in Anesthesia.
  Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2021 Zhou W, Guan Z
• Activation of orexin system facilitates anesthesia emergence and pain control.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2018 Zhou W, Cheung K, Kyu S, Wang L, Guan Z, Kurien PA, Bickler PE, Jan LY
• A twist on potassium channel gating.
  Cell 2010 Zhou W, Jan L
• The microtubule plus-end tracking protein EB1 is required for Kv1 voltage-gated K+ channel axonal targeting.
  Neuron 2006 Gu C, Zhou W, Puthenveedu MA, Xu M, Jan YN, Jan LY

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• Cytoplasmic domain structures of Kir2.1 and Kir3.1 show sites for modulating gating and rectification.
  Nature neuroscience 2005 Pegan S, Arrabit C, Zhou W, Kwiatkowski W, Collins A, Slesinger PA, Choe S
• Structural insights into the functional interaction of KChIP1 with Shal-type K(+) channels.
  Neuron 2004 Zhou W, Qian Y, Kunjilwar K, Pfaffinger PJ, Choe S
• Determining the basis of channel-tetramerization specificity by x-ray crystallography and a sequence-comparison algorithm: Family Values (FamVal).
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2003 Nanao MH, Zhou W, Pfaffinger PJ, Choe S
• Mechanism underlying bupivacaine inhibition of G protein-gated inwardly rectifying K+ channels.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2001 Zhou W, Arrabit C, Choe S, Slesinger PA