PhD, Neuropharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine; Postdoctoral Fellowship, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Joined LLU in July, 2007.
Pharmacology and pathophysiology of CNS disorders including schizophrenia, drug addiction, ADHD, and Parkinson's disease.
Zhou Y, Bunney BS, Shi WX (2006) Differential effects of cocaine on firing rate and pattern of dopamine neurons: Role of α1 receptors and comparison with l-dopa and apomorphine. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 317(1):196-201.
Shi WX (2006) Neurobiology of psychostimulant addiction. Chin J Drug Depend 15 (3):168-172.
Shi WX (2007) The auditory cortex in schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry. 61(7):829-30.
Gu WH, Yang S, Shi WX, Zhen XC, Jin GZ (2007) Effects of (-)-stepholidine on NMDA receptors: comparison with haloperidol and clozapine. Acta Pharmacol Sin. 28(7):953-958.
Gu WH, Yang S, Shi WX, Jin GZ, Zhen XC (2007) Requirement of PSD-95 for dopamine D1 receptor to modulate glutamate NR1a/NR2B receptor function. Acta Pharmacol Sin. 28(6):756-62.
Gao M, Liu CL, Yang S, Jin GZ, Bunney BS, Shi WX (2007) Functional coupling between the prefrontal cortex and dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area. J Neurosci. 27(20):5414-21.
Shi WX, Zhang XY, Pun CL, Bunney BS (2007) Clozapine blocks D-amphetamine-induced excitation of dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area. Neuropsychopharmacology. 32(9):1922-8.
Zhang D, Yang S, Jin GZ, Bunney BS, Shi WX (2008) Oscillatory firing of dopamine neurons: Differences between cells in the substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area. Synapse. 62(3):169-75.
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Society of Neuroscience
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
RXPS 524 - Physiology (Physiology of Cells and Molecules, Neurophysiology)
IPDM IX - Psychiatry (Pathophysiology and Pharmacology of Schizophrenia)
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