Xiyu Zhu, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Psychiatry
School of Medicine
Awards
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- Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2021-2022
- McClelland Outstanding Paper Award, Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, 2021
- Travel Award, Schizophrenia International Research Society, 2020
- Research Excellence Award, University of Pittsburgh, Center for Neuroscience, 2020
- Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2019-2020
- Stanley Fellowship for Schizophrenia & Related Disorders Workshop, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2018
- Trainee Professional Development Award, Society for Neuroscience, 2018
Education & Training
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- PhD Neuroscience University of Pittsburgh 04/2022
- B.S. Neuroscience and Psychology University of Pittsburgh 05/2015
Websites
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- Google Scholar Page (scholar.google.com)
Publications (10)
Top publication keywords:
ParvalbuminsValproic AcidDisease Models, AnimalPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsNeurotoxinsDopaminergic NeuronsTyrosine 3-MonooxygenaseAcetylcysteineEpigenesis, GeneticMethylazoxymethanol AcetateDopamineThalamic NucleiRatsPrefrontal CortexSchizophrenia
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Using animal models for the studies of schizophrenia and depression: The value of translational models for treatment and prevention.
Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 2022 Uliana DL, Zhu X, Gomes FV, Grace AA -
Use of prepubertal environment enrichment to prevent dopamine dysregulation in a neurodevelopmental rat model of schizophrenia risk.
STAR protocols 2022 Zhu X, Grace AA -
Thalamic reticular nucleus impairments and abnormal prefrontal control of dopamine system in a developmental model of schizophrenia: prevention by N-acetylcysteine.
Molecular psychiatry 2021 Zhu X, Cabungcal JH, Cuenod M, Uliana DL, Do KQ, Grace AA -
Valproate reverses mania-like behaviors in mice via preferential targeting of HDAC2.
Molecular psychiatry 2020 Logan RW, Ozburn AR, Arey RN, Ketchesin KD, Winquist A, Crain A, Tobe BTD, Becker-Krail D, Jarpe MB, Xue X, Zong W, Huo Z, Parekh PK, Zhu X, Fitzgerald E, Zhang H, Oliver-Smith J, DePoy LM, Hildebrand… -
Prepubertal Environmental Enrichment Prevents Dopamine Dysregulation and Hippocampal Hyperactivity in MAM Schizophrenia Model Rats.
Biological psychiatry 2020 Zhu X, Grace AA
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The pathophysiological impact of stress on the dopamine system is dependent on the state of the critical period of vulnerability.
Molecular psychiatry 2019 Gomes FV, Zhu X, Grace AA -
Stress during critical periods of development and risk for schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia research 2019 Gomes FV, Zhu X, Grace AA -
NAD+ cellular redox and SIRT1 regulate the diurnal rhythms of tyrosine hydroxylase and conditioned cocaine reward.
Molecular psychiatry 2018 Logan RW, Parekh PK, Kaplan GN, Becker-Krail DD, Williams WP, Yamaguchi S, Yoshino J, Shelton MA, Zhu X, Zhang H, Waplinger S, Fitzgerald E, Oliver-Smith J, Sundarvelu P, Enwright JF, Huang YH, … -
The methylazoxymethanol acetate rat model: molecular and epigenetic effect in the developing prefrontal cortex: An Editorial Highlight for 'Epigenetic mechanisms underlying NMDA receptor hypofunction in the prefrontal cortex of juvenile animals in the MAM model for schizophrenia' on page 320.
Journal of neurochemistry 2017 Zhu X, Gomes FV, Grace AA -
Chronic Stress Induces Brain Region-Specific Alterations of Molecular Rhythms that Correlate with Depression-like Behavior in Mice.
Biological psychiatry 2015 Logan RW, Edgar N, Gillman AG, Hoffman D, Zhu X, McClung CA