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Xin Yu
Research Fellow
NIH, NINDS, LFMI-10 Center Drive
Bldg. 10, Rm. 3D17, MSC 1065
Bethesda, MD 20892-1065
Phone: (301)594-7311
FAX: (301)480-2558
Email: yuxin at ninds.nih.gov 		Personal photo is missing

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Personal History
Current Research Interests
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Personal History
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Dr. Yu received his B.S. Degree from Wuhan University in China and 
Ph.D. from New York University (NYU) in the United States. His major 
interest is to understand the self-adaptation capability of brain to 
the external and internal cues. He has a broad research experience 
from molecular and cellular biology to functional brain mapping with 
advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI) techniques. He had studied 
the regulation of mu opioid receptor mRNA expression in the human 
neuroplastoma cells following immune challenge. Later, he went to 
the Neuroscience PhD program at NYU school of Medicine and studied 
the in vivo MRI imaging of the auditory system in genetically 
engineered mice.  After graduated in 2007, he moved to NIH to work 
with Dr. Alan Koretsky as a research fellow.

Current Research Interests
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  • Develop robust MRI imaging methods on small animal brain mapping
  • Study neuroplasticity in animal brains with advanced MRI techniques
  • Characterize the self-adaptation mechanism of brain in pathological conditions, such as Stroke, Autism, and Aging

Recent Publications in LFMI
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  1. X. Yu, J. Zou, J.S. Babb, G. Johnson, D.H. Sanes, D.H. Turnbull
    Statistical mapping of sound-evoked activity in the mouse auditory midbrain using Mn-enhanced MRI, NeuroImage 39: 223-230(2008)
    2. Link to PubMed
  2. X. Yu, D.H. Sanes, O. Aristizabal, Y.Z. Wadghiri, D.H. Turnbull
    Large-scale reorganization of the tonotopic map in mouse auditory midbrain revealed by MRI, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104: 12193-12198(2007)
    3. Link to PubMed
  3. A.E. Deans, Y.Z. Wadghiri, L.M. Bernas, X. Yu, B.K. Rutt, D.H. Turnbull
    Cellular MRI contrast via coexpression of transferrin receptor and ferritin, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 56: 51-59(2006)
    4. Link to PubMed
  4. X. Yu, Y.Z. Wadghiri, D.H. Sanes, D.H. Turnbull
    In vivo auditory brain mapping in mice with Mn-enhanced MRI, Nature Neuroscience 8: 961-968(2005)
    5. Link to PubMed

 

 
 
 
 
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