主要从事行为决策的神经编码与调控机制研究，关注神经系统如何感知和表征内外环境信息、形成行为决策并驱动行为执行。以多巴胺、五羟色胺等单胺神经递质系统为重要研究对象，综合运用在体神经活动记录、神经环路示踪与操控、电生理及单细胞组学等技术，解析社会、探索、交配等自然行为中的神经编码规律与环路整合机制，并进一步研究中枢神经系统与外周神经系统协同调控行为执行的机制。

国家自然科学基金青年项目B类

博新计划A类

2025年中国神经科学重大进展

2024年中国疼痛领域十大进展

陕西省青年科技新星

西安交通大学基础研究青年拔尖人才

张香桐神经科学优秀论文一等奖

中国神经学会“学术创新青年科学家”

西安交通大学青年优秀人才

西安交通大学“十大学术新人”

法国“埃菲尔奖学金”

2019/09-2024/06      西安交通大学，         博士

2017/09-2019/07      里尔中央理工学院， 工程师

2015/09-2019/07      西安交通大学，         学士

2025/09-至今              西安交通大学，         教授、基础研究青年拔尖人才

2025/08-2025/09      西安交通大学，         特聘研究员、青年拔尖人才B类

2024/12-2025/08      西安交通大学，         助理教授、青年优秀人才

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1. 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, C. (2025). Sexually dimorphic dopaminergic circuits determine sex preference. Science (New York, N.Y.), 387(6730), eadq7001.  https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adq7001           Free-access reprint link: https://www.science.org/stoken/author-tokens/ST-2350/full  

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2. 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., … Wang, C. (2024). An ACC-VTA-ACC positive-feedback loop mediates the persistence of neuropathic pain and emotional consequences. Nature neuroscience, 27(2), 272–285. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-023-01519-w

    Featured article in Nature Neuroscience. Web of Science高被引论文，被中国生物物理学会推荐2024年度“中国生命科学十大进展

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4. 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., … Wang, C. (2024). Synaptotagmin-11 deficiency mediates schizophrenia-like behaviors in mice via dopamine over-transmission. Nature communications, 15(1), 10571. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54604-4

5. Wei A, Zhan S, Fan H, Xu H, Kang X, Wang C. Dual Transmitter Oscillations for Ejaculation. Neurosci Bull. 2026 Jan;42(1):251-253. doi: 10.1007/s12264-025-01544-8. Epub 2025 Nov 18. PMID: 41251937; PMCID: PMC12789315.

6. 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. (2025). Compensatory synaptotagmin-11 expression conceals parkinson's disease-like phenotypes in parkin knockout mice. Cell communication and signaling : CCS, 23(1), 61. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12964-025-02037-x

7. Chen, Y., Hu, S., Wu, X., Xie, Z., Wang, Y., Wang, B., Li, X., Pei, Y., Gu, Y., Huang, K., Huo, J., Wei, A., Bi, C., Lu, Z., Song, Q., Xu, H., Kang, X., Shao, S., Long, J., Liu, J., … Wang, C. (2022). Synaptotagmin-1 is a bidirectional Ca²⁺ sensor for neuronal endocytosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(20), e2111051119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111051119

8. Zhang, X., Li, N., Zhang, J., Zhang, Y., Yang, X., Luo, Y., Zhang, B., Xu, Z., Zhu, Z., Yang, X., Yan, Y., Lin, B., Wang, S., Chen, D., Ye, C., Ding, Y., Lou, M., Wu, Q., Hou, Z., Zhang, K., Liang, Z., Wei, A., Wang, B., Jiang, N., Zhang, W., Xiao, G., Ma, C., Ren, Y., Qi, X., Han, W., Wang, C., Rao, F. (2021). 5-IP₇ is a GPCR messenger mediating neural control of synaptotagmin-dependent insulin exocytosis and glucose homeostasis. Nature metabolism, 3(10), 1400–1414. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-021-00468-7

9. 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. (2024). STED Imaging of Vesicular Endocytosis in the Synapse. Neuroscience bulletin, 40(9), 1379–1395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-024-01254-7