Pei Zhang

2 papers in the library · 30 citations · publishing 2021-2024

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Ketamine ameliorates post-traumatic social avoidance by erasing the traumatic memory encoded in VTA-innervated BLA engram cells.

Neuron September 25, 2024 Ming Li, Xue-Ke Yang, Jian Yang et al. 30 citations

Erasing traumatic memory during memory reconsolidation is a promising retrieval-extinction strategy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Here, we developed an acute social defeat stress (SDS) mouse model with short-term and re-exposure-evoked long-term social avoidance. SDS-associated traumatic memories were identified to be stored in basolateral amygdala (BLA) engram cells. A single...

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.06.026 Full text Post-traumatic stress disorder Basolateral amygdala Dopamine d2 receptor Memory engram cells +7

Self-compassion and the Mitigation of Negative Affect in the Era of Social Distancing.

Mindfulness 2021 Fang Guan, Yun Wu, Wei Ren et al.

The outbreak of contagious diseases and their associated non-pharmaceutical interventions can lead to negative mental health consequences. This study aimed to investigate online self-compassion exercises' effectiveness in alleviating people's negative affect (anxiety and negative emotions) during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Study 1 examined the associations between self-compassion and...

DOI: 10.1007/s12671-021-01674-w Full text Anxiety Covid-19 Negative emotions Self-compassion +1