Circuit and Systems Neuroscience

HKU

Developmental Dyslexia, ASD, fMRI

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My research concerns brain changes in developmental disorders such as developmental dyslexia, ASD and ADHD. Specifically, we are interested in brain structural and functional changes with behavioral interventions and brain stimulations. I use multiple neuroimaging techniques in my research such as EEG, fNIRS, fMRI and tACS.

HKU

Visual perception, Binocular Vision, Plasticity, MRI, TMS

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Prof Chang's research seeks to unravel the neural mechanisms underlying visual perception, with a particular emphasis on binocular vision (stereoscopic depth perception, sensory eye dominance) and its corresponding neuroplastic capacity. Her work uses a combination of psychophysics (perceptual learning), neuroimaging (fMRI, DTI, MRS, E/MEG), and brain stimulation (TMS) techniques.

CityU

Higher Order Cortex, Primary Sensory Cortex, Neural Circuit, Innate Responses, Associative Memory

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Prof. Chen’s research interests are studying how the higher-order cortical areas encode information with high valence and how these areas modulate activities in sensory or other lower-level regions, by anatomical examination, physiological recordings, optogenetic/chemogenetic manipulations, and behavioural tests.

HKU

Visual Psychophysics, Cortical Plasticity

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HKU

Neural Circuits, Dendrites, Neural Computation, Two-Photon Imaging, Optogenetics

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CityU

Neocortex Memory Encoding, Hearing

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Prof He’s lab combines electrophysiological, anatomical, and engineering approaches to understand hearing, learning, memory, and attention. Prof. He is involved in drug development for brain disorders like Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, tinnitus, amblyopia, and depression. The drug development projects are carried out in collaboration with the Hong Kong Institute of Science and Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

HKU

Social Learning and Sleep

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CUHK

Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Hippocampal Dependent Learning, Circular RNA, RNA granules, Two-Photon Imaging

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Our group at CUHK is interested in: 1) The mechanisms and potential therapeutics of neurodevelopmental disorders. 2) Molecular and circuit mechanisms of learning and memory. We employ a range of techniques, including molecular and systems neuroscience tools.

HKU

Anxiety and Depression

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CityU

Circadian Clocks, Neurodegeneration

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CUHK

Emotions, Social Behavior, Higher Cognitive Functions

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HKBU

Cognition, Emotions

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CUHK

Neurodegenerative Disorders, Sensorimotor Circuits, Neurotechnology

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HKU

Dendritic Spine Plasticity, Fear, Sleep, Learning and Memory

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Our lab uses in vivo imaging, optogentics, chemogenetics, genetic manipulations, and behavioural approaches to understand synaptic plasticity, neural circuits, and the role of sleep in emotional learning, which will provide insight to help us to better understand the aetiology and therapeutic interventions for psychiatric disorders such as depression, schizophrenia.

CityU

Cortical Plasticity

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CityU

Pain, Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Hippocampal-Cortical Network

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CityU

C. elegans Neuron Reconstruction

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HKU

Auditory Perception, Cochlear Implant, Sensory Plasticity

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The Schnupp Lab focuses on how sensory processing interprets auditory inputs to the brain and how they are transformed to underpin subjective perceptual qualities of sound such as pitch, timbre and sound source location. They are also studying how the brain learns to adapt to the statistical structure of the sounds in our environment to form efficient neural representations of sound and to support auditory scene analysis. This work has important implications for design and use of auditory prosthetics.

HKUST

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CUHK

Synaptic Plasticity, Axonal Biology, Local Protein Synthesis, mRNA, Multipatch, 2-Photon Microscopy/Manipulation

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The H.Wong Lab focuses on brain circuit formation, maintenance, and plasticity, with a strong emphasis on understanding the molecular signalling at brain connections, known as synapses. By uncovering fundamental principles of information processing and memory storage, this knowledge is leveraged to reveal synaptic targets for alleviating neurological disorders.

CityU

Brain Mapping, Map Plasticity, Psychiatry Disorders, Neural Implant, Neuro-nanomaterials

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We study the mechanistic understanding of sensorimotor processing and the cellular mechanisms of learning and memory using modern techniques such as in vivo multichannel recording, two-photon imaging, in vivo whole-cell recording, and various behavioral tasks. This research will ultimately be applied to alleviate various brain diseases.

CityU

Motor Learning, Cognitive Functions

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