Education
Ph.D, Peking University/Neuroscience, China, 2013
Current position
Postdoc, Anesthesiology, NYU School of Medicine, US
Publications
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Sun, L., Zhao, J. Y., Gu, X., Liang, L., Wu, S., Mo, K., Feng, J., Guo, W., Zhang, J., Bekker, A., Zhao, X., Nestler, E. J. and Tao, Y. X. (2017). Nerve injury-induced epigenetic silencing of opioid receptors controlled by DNMT3a in primary afferent neurons. Pain 158(6): 1153-1165.
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Sun, L., Lutz B. M., and Tao Y. X., (2016). Contribution of Spinal Cord mTORC1 to Chronic Opioid Tolerance and Hyperalgesia. Book: Neuropathology of Drug Addictions and Substance Misuse: 482-489.
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Sun, L., Lutz, B. M. and Tao, Y. X. (2016). The CRISPR/Cas9 system for gene editing and its potential application in pain research. Transl Perioper Pain Med 1(3): 22-33.
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Sun, L., Hu, L., Li, Y. and Cui, C. (2014). Mesoaccumbens dopamine signaling alteration underlies behavioral transition from tolerance to sensitization to morphine rewarding properties during morphine withdrawal. Brain Struct Funct 219(5): 1755-1771.
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Li, Z., Gu, X., Sun, L., Wu, S., Liang, L., Cao, J., Lutz, B. M., Bekker, A., Zhang, W. and Tao, Y. X. (2015). Dorsal root ganglion myeloid zinc finger protein 1 contributes to neuropathic pain after peripheral nerve trauma. Pain 156(4): 711-721.
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Wang, N., Ge, F., Cui, C., Li, Y., Sun, X., Sun, L., Wang, X., Liu, S., Zhang, H., Liu, Y., Jia, M. and Yang, M. (2017). Role of Glutamatergic Projections from the Ventral CA1 to Infralimbic Cortex in Context-Induced Reinstatement of Heroin Seeking. Neuropsychopharmacology.
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Zhao, J. Y., Liang, L., Gu, X., Li, Z., Wu, S., Sun, L., Atianjoh, F. E., Feng, J., Mo, K., Jia, S., Lutz, B. M., Bekker, A., Nestler, E. J. and Tao, Y. X. (2017). DNA methyltransferase DNMT3a contributes to neuropathic pain by repressing Kcna2 in primary afferent neurons. Nat Commun 8: 14712.
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Xu, J. T., Sun, L., Lutz, B. M., Bekker, A. and Tao, Y. X. (2015). Intrathecal rapamycin attenuates morphine-induced analgesic tolerance and hyperalgesia in rats with neuropathic pain. Transl Perioper Pain Med 2(2): 27-34.
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Li, Y. J., Ping, X. J., Qi, C., Shen, F., Sun, L. L., Sun, X. W., Ge, F. F., Xing, G. G. and Cui, C. L. (2017). Re-exposure to morphine-associated context facilitated long-term potentiation in the vSUB-NAc glutamatergic pathway via GluN2B-containing receptor activation. Addict Biol 22(2): 435-445.
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Lv, X. F., Sun, L. L., Cui, C. L. and Han, J. S. (2015). NAc Shell Arc/Arg3.1 Protein Mediates Reconsolidation of Morphine CPP by Increased GluR1 Cell Surface Expression: Activation of ERK-Coupled CREB is Required. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 18(9).
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Hu, L., Chu, N. N., Sun, L. L., Zhang, R., Han, J. S. and Cui, C. L. (2009). Electroacupuncture treatment reverses morphine-induced physiological changes in dopaminergic neurons within the ventral tegmental area. Addict Biol 14(4): 431-437.