Selected Publications
1. Congping Shang, Zhihui Liu, Zijun Chen,
Yingchao Shi, Su Liu, Dapeng Li, Qian Wang, Peng CaoCA,
A parvalbumin-positive excitatory visual pathway to trigger fear responses in
mice. Science 348: 1472-77 (2015)
2. Zhihui Liu, Zijun Chen, Congping Shang, Fei
Yan, Yingchao Shi, Jiajing Zhang, Baole Qu, Hailin Han, Yanying Wang, Dapeng
Li, Thomas SüdhofCA, Peng CaoCA,
IGF1-dependent synaptic plasticity of mitral cells in olfactory memory during
social learning. Neuron 95: 106–122 (2017)
3. Congping Shang#, Zijun Chen#, Aixue Liu, Yang
Li, Jiajing Zhang, Baole Qu, Fei Yan, Yaning Zhang, Weixiu Liu, Zhihui Liu,
Xiaofei Guo, Dapeng Li, Yi Wang, Peng CaoCA,
Divergent midbrain circuits orchestrate escape and freezing responses to
looming stimuli in mice. Nature Communications 9(1):1232
(2018)
4. Congping Shang#, Aixue Liu#, Dapeng Li#,
Zhiyong Xie#, Zijun Chen, Meizhu Huang, Yang Li, Yi Wang, Wei Shen, Peng
CaoCA, A subcortical excitatory circuit for
sensory-triggered predatory hunting in mice. Nature
Neuroscience 22(6):909-920 (2019)
5. Meizhu Huang#, Dapeng Li#, Xinyu Cheng#, Qing Pei#, Zhiyong Xie#, Huating Gu, Xuerong
Zhang, Zijun Chen, Aixue Liu, Yi Wang, Fangmiao Sun, Yulong Li, Jiayi Zhang,
Miao He, Yuan Xie, Fan Zhang, Xiangbin Qi, Congping ShangCA, Peng CaoCA. The tectonigral pathway regulates appetitive
locomotion in predatory hunting in mice. Nature Communications 12(1): 4409 (2021)
6. Zhiyong Xie#, Mengdi Wang#, Zeyuan Liu#, Congping
Shang#, Changjiang Zhang, Le Sun, Huating Gu, Gengxin Ran, Qing Pei, Qiang Ma,
Meizhu Huang, Junjing Zhang, Rui Lin, Youtong Zhou, Jiyao Zhang, Miao Zhao,
Minmin Luo, Qian WuCA, Peng CaoCA, Xiaoqun
WangCA. Transcriptomic encoding of sensorimotor transformation in
the midbrain. eLife 10: e69825 (2021)
Other Publications
7. Can Liu, Chia-Ying Lee, Greg Asher, Liqin Cao, Yuka
Terakoshi, Peng Cao, Reiko Kobayakawa, Ko Kobayakawa, Katsuyasu
Sakurai, Qinghua Liu. Posterior subthalamic nucleus (PSTh) mediates innate
fear-associated hypothermia. Nature Communications 12(1): 2648
(2021)
8. Jing Chen, Mingxiu Cheng, Liang Wang, Lei Zhang, Dan
Xu, Peng Cao, Fengchao Wang, Herbert Herzog, Sen Song, Cheng Zhan.
A Vagal-NTS neural pathway that stimulates feeding. Current Biology 30(20):3986-3998.e5. (2020)
9. Zheng-dong Zhao, Zongming Chen, Xinkuan Xiang,
Mengna Hu, Hengchang Xie, Xiaoning Jia, Fang Cai, Yuting Cui, Zijun Chen,
Lechen Qian, Jiashu Liu, Congping Shang, Yiqing Yang, Xinyan Ni, Wenzhi Sun, Ji
Hu, Peng Cao, Haohong Li Wei Shen. Zona incerta GABAergic
neurons integrate prey-related sensory signals and induce an appetitive drive
to promote hunting. Nature Neuroscience 22(6):921-932
(2019)
10. Yonglu Tian, Chaojuan Yang, Yaxuan Cui, Feng
Su, Yongjie Wang, Yangzhen Wang, Peijiang Yuan, Shujiang Shang, Hao Li, Jizong
Zhao, Desheng Zhu, Shiming Tang, Peng Cao, Yunbo Liu, Xunli
Wang, Liecheng Wang, Wenbo Zeng, Haifei Jiang, Fei Zhao, Minhua Luo, Wei Xiong,
Zilong Qiu, Xiang-Yao Li, Chen Zhang, An excitatory neural assembly encodes
short-term memory in the prefrontal cortex. Cell Reports 22
(7): 1734-1744 (2018)
11. Xiaofei Yang, Peng Cao and Thomas Südhof, Deconstructing complexin
function in activating and clamping Ca2+-triggered exocytosis by comparing
knockout and knockdown phenotypes. Proceedings of National Academy
of Sciences U S A. 110, 20777-82 (2013)
12. Peng CaoCA, Xiaofei Yang, and Thomas SüdhofCA,
Complexin Activates Exocytosis of Distinct Secretory Vesicles Controlled by
Different Synaptotagmins. The Journal of Neuroscience 33,
1714-27 (2013)
13. Peng Cao, Anton Maximov, and Thomas Südhof,
Activity-dependent IGF1 exocytosis is controlled by the Ca2+-sensor
synaptotagmin 10. Cell 145, 300–311 (2011).
14. Zhiping Pang, Wei Xu, Peng Cao and Thomas Südhof. Calmodulin suppresses
synaptotagmin-2 transcription in cortical neurons. Journal of
Biological Chemistry. 285, 33930-9 (2010)
15. Zhiping Pang, Peng Cao,
Wei Xu and Thomas Südhof. Calmodulin controls synaptic strength via presynaptic
activation of calmodulin kinase II. The Journal of
Neuroscience 30, 4132-42 (2010)
16. Yan Yang, Peng Cao, Yang
Yang, and Shu-Rong Wang, Corollary discharge circuits for saccadic modulation
of the pigeon visual system. Nature Neuroscience 11,
595-602 (2008).
17. Daoying Hu, Peng Cao, Edda
Thiels, Charleen Chu, Gang-Yi Wu, Tim Oury, Eric Klann. Hippocampal long-term
potentiation, memory, and longevity in mice that overexpress mitochondrial superoxide
dismutase. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 87,
372-84 (2007)
18. Peng Cao, Yan Yang, Yang Yang and Shu-Rong Wang.
Differential modulation of thalamic neurons by optokinetic nuclei in the
pigeon. Brain Research 1069, 159-65 (2006)
19. Peng Cao, Yong Gu, and Shu-Rong Wang, Visual neurons
in the pigeon brain encode the acceleration of stimulus motion. The
Journal of Neuroscience 24, 7690–7698 (2004).
20. Quan Xiao, Peng Cao, Yong
Gu and Shu-Rong Wang Visual responses of neurons in the pretectal nucleus
lentiformis mesencephali to moving patterns within and beyond receptive fields
in pigeons. Brain Behavior and Evolution 57, 80-6
(2001)