SELECTIVE PUBLICATIONS

Alcohol addiction and mesolimbic system:

Ye JH*, Wang F, Krnjevic K, Wang W, Xiong ZG, Zhang J. Presynaptic glycine receptors on GABAergic terminals facilitate discharge of dopaminergic neurons in ventral tegmental area. J Neurosci. 24(41):8961-74, 2004.

Wang FS, Xiao C, Ye JH*. Taurine activates excitatory non-synaptic glycine receptors on dopaminergic neurons in ventral tegmental area of young rats. J. Physiology, 565:503-516, 2005

Ye JH*, Zhang J, Xiao C, Kong JQ. Patch clamp studies in the CNS illustrate a simple new method for obtaining viable neurons in rat brain slices: glycerol replacement of NaCl protects CNS neurons. J. Neurosci Methods, 158:251-259, 2006.

Ye JH*, Tao L, Ren J, Schaefer R, Krnjevic K, Liu PL, Schiller DA, McArdle JJ. Ethanol potentiation of glycine-induced responses in dissociated neurons of rat ventral tegmental area. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 296(1):77-83, 2001.

Xiao C, Zhang J, Krnjevic K, Ye JH*. Effects of ethanol on midbrain neurons: Role of opioid receptors. Alcoholism: Clin Exp Res. 31(7):1106-1113, 2007.Xiao C,

Ye JH*. Ethanol dually modulates GABAergic synaptic transmission onto dopaminergic neurons in ventral tegmental area: role of µ-opioid receptors. Neuroscience, 153(1):240-8, 2008.

Xiao C, Shao XM, Olive MF, Griffin WC, Li KY, Krnjevic K, Zhou C, Ye JH*. Ethanol increases glutamate release to dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area in midbrain slices of rats. Neuropsychopharmacology, 34(2):307-18, 2009. NIHMSID # 105593

Deng C, Zhou C, Li KY, Ye JH*. Ethanol Enhances Glutamate Transmission via Retrograde Dopamine Signaling in a Postsynaptic Neuron/Synaptic Bouton Preparation from the Ventral Tegmental Area. Neuropsychopharmacology, 34(5):1233-44, 2009. NIHMSID # 105605

Guan YZ, Ye JH*. Ethanol blocks long-term potentiation of GABAergic synapses in the ventral tegmental area involving µ-opioid receptors. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2010;35(9):1841-9. PMID: 20393452.

Li J, Cheng Y, Bian W, Liu X, Zhang C, Ye JH*. Region-specific induction of FosB/ΔFosB by voluntary alcohol intake: effects of naltrexone. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 34(10):1742-50, 2010. PMID: 20626732

Li J, Bian W, Dave D, Ye JH*. Blockade of GABAA Receptors in the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus Attenuates Voluntary Ethanol Intake and Activates the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Axis. Addiction Biology, 2011;16(4):600-14. PMID: 21762292.

Li J, Nie H, Bian W, Dave V, Janak PH, Ye JH*. Microinjection of Glycine into the Ventral Tegmental Area Selectively Decreases Ethanol Consumption. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2012;341(1):196-204. PMID: 22238211.

Li JY, Li J, Liu X, Qin S, Guan Y, Liu Y, Cheng Y, Chen X, Li W, Wang S, Xiong M, Kuzhikandathil EV, Ye JH*, Zhang C*. MicroRNA Expression Profile and Functional Analysis Reveal that miR-382 is a Critical Novel Gene of Alcohol Addiction. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2013, Jul 22. doi: 10.1002/emmm.201201900.

General anesthetics and related drugs:

Ye JH*, Mui WC, Ren J, Hunt TE, Wu WH, Zbuzek VK. Ondansetron exhibits the properties of a local anesthetic. Anesthesia and Analgesia. 85: 1116-1121, 1997.

Ye JH*, Ponnudurai R, Schaefer R S. Ondansetron, a CNS drug. CNS Drug Review. 7:199-213, 2001.Feng X, Liu JJ, Zhou X, Song FH, Yang XY, Chen XS, Huang WQ, Zhou LH, Ye JH. Single sevoflurane exposure decreases neuronal nitric oxide synthase levels in the hippocampus of developing rats. Br J Anaesth. 2012. PMID: 22535834.

Liu YW, Zuo W, Ye JH*. Propofol Stimulates Noradrenalin-Inhibited Neurons in the Ventrolateral Preoptic Nucleus by Reducing GABAergic Inhibition. Anesth Analg. 2013. PubMed PMID: 23780420.

Nguyen HT, Li KY, da Graca RL, Delphin E, Xiong M, Ye JH*. Behavior and Cellular Evidence for Propofol induced Sedation Involving Brain Glycine Receptors. Anesthesiology, 110:326-332, 2009.

Li KY, Guan YZ, Krnjević K, Ye JH*. Propofol facilitates glutamatergic transmission to neurons of the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus. Anesthesiology, 2009 111(6):1271-8. PMID: 19934872; PMCID: PMC2798160.

Liu YW, Li J, Ye JH*.HISTAMINE REGULATES ACTIVITIES OF NEURONS IN THE VENTROLATERAL PREOPTIC NUCLEUS. J. Physiology, 588(Pt 21):4103-16, 2010.

Stem cell research:

Cho KJ, Trzaska KA, Greco SJ, McArdle J, Wang FS, Ye JH, Rameshwar P*. Neurons derived from human mesenchymal stem cells show synaptic transmission and can be induced to produce the neurotransmitter substance P by interleukin-1alpha. Stem Cells. 23(3):383-391, 2005.

Greco SJ, Zhou C, Ye JH, Rameshwar* P. An interdisciplinary approach and characterization of neuronal cells transdifferentiated from human mesenchymal stem cells. Stem Cells and Dev 16:811-826, 2007.

Trzaska KA, Li KY, Kuzhikandathil EV, Nowycky MC, Ye JH, Rameshwar P*. Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Promotes Maturation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Dopamine Progenitors. J Neurochemistry, 2009 110(3):1058-69.PMID: 19493166