Chenfeng Zhang

Postdoctoral researcher

Email: zhangchenfeng@@gdiist.cn

Education background:

Received a Bachelor’s degree from Xiangtan University (2012-2016), a Master’s degree from South China Normal University (2016-2019), and a Doctoral degree from the University of Zurich (2020-2024). Since June 2024, serving as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Lab of Sensation and Affection Neural Network at the Guangdong Institute of Intelligent Science and Technology.

Research focus:

Investigation of changes and functions of the locus coeruleus system in chronic stress mouse models; studying the mechanisms underlying specific brain regions, such as the thalamus and brainstem, in encoding pain and itch.

Publications:

1. Zhang, C., Kúkeľová, D., Sigrist, H. et al. Orphan receptor-GPR52 inverse agonist efficacy in ameliorating chronic stress-related deficits in reward motivation and phasic accumbal dopamine activity in mice. Transl Psychiatry 14, 363 (2024).

2. Zhang, C., Dulinskas, R., Ineichen, C. et al. Chronic stress deficits in reward behaviour co-occur with low nucleus accumbens dopamine activity during reward anticipation specifically. Commun Biol 7, 966 (2024).

3. Zhang C., Ineichen C., Greter A., Sigrist H., Pryce C.R. (2021) Chronic social stress-induced impaired reward responding co-occurs with specific deficits in nucleus accumbens dopamine release in mice. European neuropsychopharmacology 53, S402-S403.

4. Liu, H., Zhang, C., Ji, Y., & Yang, L. (2018). Biological and Psychological Perspectives of Resilience: Is It Possible to Improve Stress Resistance? Frontiers in human neuroscience, 12, 326.