Editor Biography

Li Ying

University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Editorial Board

Biography

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&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hippocampal &ndash; Cortical &ldquo;mental schemas<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Brain target for chronic pain&minus; synaptic plasticity;<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pain related emotional disorders and cognitive deficits;<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Theta rhythms, synchronization, and phase locking in learningand memory recall, and decision making;<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sensory signal transduction in the vagal primary afferent neurons, and the role of vagus nerve in the modulation of pain and cognitive functions;<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pre-clinical animal disease models are used in our laboratory, e.g.<br />
Visceral pain; Oral-facial pain; Early life stress; Chronic pancreatitis; Neurotoxic action of Ciguatoxin; Chemotherapy induced emesis<br />
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