Personal Information
Guang-Jing Zou, Ph. D., currently serving as a specially appointed associate researcher at the Institute for Brain Science and Rehabilitation of South China Normal University. The research interests focus on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric abnormalities, including cognitive and emotional disorders, drug addiction, and PTSD.
Education and Work Experience
• 2025.05 – Present
Institute for Brain Science and Rehabilitation, South China Normal University
Specially Appointed Associate Researcher
Supervisor: Professor Chun Hu
• 2020.09 – 2024.12
Xiangya Basic Medical College, Central South University
Doctor of Medicine
Supervisor: Professor Chang-Qi Li
Recent Major Research Achievements
1. Guang-Jing Zou*, Zhao-Rong Chen*, Xue-Qin Wang, et al. (2024). Microglial activation in the medial prefrontal cortex after remote fear recall participates in the regulation of auditory fear extinction. Eur J Pharmacol. 2024 Sep 5:978:176759.
2. Guang-Jing Zou*, Jing-Zhi Su*, Zheng-Qian Jiang, et al. (2022). Environmental enrichment ameliorates high-fat diet induced olfactory deficit and decrease of parvalbumin neurons inthe olfactory bulb in mice. Brain Res Bull. 2022 Feb: 179:13-24.
3. Yu Liu*, Guang-Jing Zou*, Bo-Xuan Tu, et al. (2020). Endoplasmic reticulum stress upregulates the expression of proBDNF in primary hippocampal neurons treated with corticosterone. Neurotox Res. 2020 Aug;38(2):370-384.
4. Guang-Jing Zou, Jing-Zhi Su, Yu-Jie Zhang, et al. (2020). Effects of environmental enrichment on cognitive behavior and the expression of adenosine triphosphate binding cassette transporter A7 in hippocampus of adolescent mice with high fat diet. Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2020 Aug 28;45(8):892-900.
5. Fu-Lian Huang, Guang-Jing Zou, Lai-Fa Wang, et al. (2024). Open-field exploration immediately before the retention test impairs retrieval and spaced fear extinction of contextual fear memory. Behav Brain Res. 2024 Sep 18:476:115260.
6. Fu-Lian Huang, Guang-Jing Zou, Can Li, et al. (2020). A novelty-retrieval-extinction paradigm leads to persistent attenuation of remote fear memories. Sci Rep. 2020 Feb 24;10(1):3319.
7. Jie Yang*, Lin Lin*, Guang-Jing Zou, et al. (2024). CK2 negatively regulates the extinction of remote fear memory. Behav Brain Res. 2024 May 8:465:114960.
8. Song-Ji Li, Lin-Xuan Zhang, Guang-Jing Zou, et al. (2023). Infralimbic YTHDF1 is necessary for the beneficial effects of acute mild exercise on auditory fear extinction retention. Cereb Cortex. 2023 Feb 20;33(5):1814-1825.
9. Guang-Jing Zou, Fang Li, Chang-Qi Li, et al. (Under Review). The role and mechanism of PV interneurons in the medial prefrontal cortex in stress facilitating the maintenance of methamphetamine addictive memory.
Research Projects
1. Role and Mechanism of S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM) in Anxiety-like Behavior Induced by High-Fat Diet during Adolescence. Funded by Central South University. Principal Investigator.
2. Role and Mechanism of GABAergic Interneurons in Reversing High-Fat Diet-induced Olfactory Dysfunction and Memory Impairment by Environmental Enrichment. Funded by Central South University. Principal Investigator.
3. Role and Mechanism of Hippocampal Bromodomain Protein BRD9 in Methamphetamine Addiction. Funded by Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation. Collaborator.
Contact Information
zouguangjing@m.scnu.edu.cn