2026/05-今                   西安交通大学，   生命科学与技术学院，特聘研究员/副教授

2022/03-2026/05       西安交通大学，   生命科学与技术学院，助理教授/学科博士后

2015/09-2021/07      中国科学院大学，   中国科学院脑科学与智能技术卓越创新中心，硕博连读，博士

2011/09-2015/07      陕西师范大学，   生命科学学院，学士

代表性论文 (# Equal Contribution)

1.Zheng C#, Liu X#, Wei A#, Liu B#, Zhang Q, Jiang J, Gao X, Fan H, Zhao A, Duan X, Cheng X, Liu H, Gooya N, Mao F, An A, Zhong S, Jian J, Shen W, Dong X, Yang K, Wang B, Li Z, Huo J, Yao J, Li W, Lu Y, Kang J, Huang K, Dong N, Chen Y, Song Q, Huang Z, Huang R, Xie Z, Li Y, Zhan S, Xu H, Jiang Y, Zhang C, Xu D, Liu H, Ma J, Zhang Y, Xu H, Kang X, Wang C. Converging dopamine pathways onto basolateral amygdala neurons encode exploration decisions. Neuron. 2026 Mar 18;114(6):1131-1151.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2025.12.007. Epub 2026 Feb 3. PMID: 41638204.

2.Wei A#, Zhao A#, Zheng C#, Dong N#, Cheng X, Duan X, Zhong S, Liu X, Jian J, Qin Y, Yang Y, Gu Y, Wang B, Gooya N, Huo J, Yao J, Li W, Huang K, Liu H, Mao F, Wang R, Shao M, Wang B, Zhang Y, Chen Y, Song Q, Huang R, Qu Q, Zhang C, Kang X, Xu H, Wang C. Sexually dimorphic dopaminergic circuits determine sex preference. Science. 2025 Jan 10;387(6730):eadq7001. doi: 10.1126/science.adq7001. Epub 2025 Jan 10. PMID: 39787240.

3.Zheng C#, Wei L#, Liu B#, Wang Q, Huang Y, Wang S, Li X, Gong H, Wang Z. Dorsal BNST DRD2⁺ neurons mediate sex-specific anxiety-like behavior induced by chronic social isolation. Cell Rep. 2023 Jul 25;42(7):112799. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112799. Epub 2023 Jul 14. PMID: 37453056.

4.Zheng C, Huang Y, Bo B, Wei L, Liang Z, Wang Z. Projection from the Anterior Cingulate Cortex to the Lateral Part of Mediodorsal Thalamus Modulates Vicarious Freezing Behavior. Neurosci Bull. 2020 Mar;36(3):217-229. doi: 10.1007/s12264-019-00427-z. Epub 2019 Sep 17. Erratum in: Neurosci Bull. 2020 Sep;36(9):1093-1094. doi: 10.1007/s12264-020-00564-w. PMID: 31531804; PMCID: PMC7056816.

5.Song Q, Wei A, Xu H, Gu Y, Jiang Y, Dong N, Zheng C, Wang Q, Gao M, Sun S, Duan X, Chen Y, Wang B, Huo J, Yao J, Wu H, Li H, Wu X, Jing Z, Liu X, Yang Y, Hu S, Zhao A, Wang H, Cheng X, Qin Y, Qu Q, Chen T, Zhou Z, Chai Z, Kang X, Wei F, Wang C. An ACC-VTA-ACC positive-feedback loop mediates the persistence of neuropathic pain and emotional consequences. Nat Neurosci. 2024 Feb;27(2):272-285. doi: 10.1038/s41593-023-01519-w. Epub 2024 Jan 3. PMID: 38172439.

6.Chen Y, Gu Y, Wang B, Wei A, Dong N, Jiang Y, Liu X, Zhu L, Zhu F, Tan T, Jing Z, Mao F, Zhang Y, Yao J, Yang Y, Wang H, Wu H, Li H, Zheng C, Duan X, Huo J, Wu X, Hu S, Zhao A, Li Z, Cheng X, Qin Y, Song Q, Zhan S, Qu Q, Guan F, Xu H, Kang X, Wang C. Synaptotagmin-11 deficiency mediates schizophrenia-like behaviors in mice via dopamine over-transmission. Nat Commun. 2024 Dec 4;15(1):10571. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54604-4. PMID: 39632880; PMCID: PMC11618495.

7.Huang Y, Wang S, Wang Q, Zheng C, Yang F, Wei L, Zhou X, Wang Z. Glutamatergic Circuits in the Pedunculopontine Nucleus Modulate Multiple Motor Functions. Neurosci Bull. 2024 Nov;40(11):1713-1731. doi: 10.1007/s12264-024-01314-y. Epub 2024 Nov 11. PMID: 39527367; PMCID: PMC11607253.

8.Hu S, Xie Z, Wang B, Chen Y, Jing Z, Hao Y, Yao J, Wu X, Huo J, Wei A, Qin Y, Dong N, Zheng C, Song Q, Long J, Kang X, Wang C, Xu H. STED Imaging of Vesicular Endocytosis in the Synapse. Neurosci Bull. 2024 Sep;40(9):1379-1395. doi: 10.1007/s12264-024-01254-7. Epub 2024 Jul 8. PMID: 38976218; PMCID: PMC11365914.

9.Dong N, Xie Z, Wei A, Yang Y, Deng Y, Cheng X, Wang B, Chen Y, Gu Y, Yao J, Qin Y, Zheng C, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Kang X, Chen G, Qu Q, Wang C, Xu H. Compensatory synaptotagmin-11 expression conceals parkinson's disease-like phenotypes in parkin knockout mice. Cell Commun Signal. 2025 Feb 3;23(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s12964-025-02037-x. PMID: 39901263; PMCID: PMC11789404.