Name: Yu-Feng Shao

Professional Title: Associate Professor, Master’s Supervisor.

Office: 720 (A), ?? Building, Lanzhou University

E-mail: shaoyf@lzu.edu.cn

Research Interests: Olfactory neurobiology; The central regulatory mechanism of sleep and wakefulness.

Education/Training: 2008, Gansu college of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bachelor in Medicine; 2014, Lanzhou University, Ph.D. in Science.

Awards & Honors: 2018, Young teachers’ talent award in Gansu universities; 2018, The 4^th youth teachers’ teaching competition in Gansu, second-class award; 2017, The 4^th conference on sleep physiology, time biology and neuropharmacology of the Chinese Sleep Research Society, English speech, first prize; 2017, The 4^th teaching competition of the school of basic medical sciences, first prize; 2016, The 6^th young teachers’ teaching competition of Chinese Medical Association, second-class award; 2016, The 3^rd young teachers’ teaching competition of Lanzhou University School of Medicine, first prize; 2016, Excellent paper report of the Chinese Sleep Research Society, second-class award; 2015, The 3^rd teaching competition of the school of basic medical sciences, second-class award; 2014, Youth excellent paper award of Chinese Sleep Research society. 

Projects: National Natural Science Foundation of China, The arousal effects and neural circuits of alarm pheromones (31500853), 2016.01-2018.12; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, The sleep-wake regulation effects of the Grueneberg ganglion (lzujbky-2015-167), 2015.01-2015.06; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Endogenous neuropeptide S regulates olfactory spatial memory (lzujbky-2015-277), 2015.07-2016.12; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, The mechanisms and neural circuits of main olfactory system stimulation promoting sleep (lzujbky-2017-135), 2017.01-2018.12.

[1]    Xie JF, Shao YF, Wang HL, Wang C, Cui GF, Kong XP, Wang LX, Chen YN, Cong CY, Chen HL, Hou YP. Neuropeptide S counteracts paradoxical sleep deprivation-induced anxiety-like behavior and sleep disturbances. Front Cell Neurosci 2018; 12:64. (Co-first author)

[2]    Xie JF, Fan K, Wang C, Xie P, Hou M, Xin L, Cui GF, Wang LX, Shao YF, Hou YP. Inactivation of the tuberomammillary nucleus by GABAA receptor agonist promotes slow wave sleep in freely moving rats and histamine-treated rats. Neurochem Res 2017; 42(8):2314-2325. (Corresponding author)

[3]    Kong XP, Wang C, Xie JF, Zhao P, Dai LR, Shao YF, Lin JS, Hou YP. Neuropeptide S reduces propofol- or ketamine-induced slow wave states through activation of cognate receptors in the rat. Neuropeptides 2017; 63:59-66. (Corresponding author)

[4]    Shao YF, Wang C, Xie JF, Kong XP, Xin L, Dong CY, Li J, Ren WT, Hou YP. Neuropeptide S ameliorates olfactory spatial memory impairment induced by scopolamine and MK801 through activation of cognate receptor-expressing neurons in the subiculum complex. Brain Struct Funct 2016; 221:3327-3336.

[5]    Hou M, Xie JF, Kong XP, Zhang Y, Shao YF, Wang C, Ren WT, Cui GF, Xin L, Hou YP. Acupoint injection of onabotulinumtoxin A for migraines. Toxins 2015; 7(11): 4442-4454.

[6]    Shao YF, Xie JF, Ren YX, Wang C, Kong XP, Zong XJ, Fan LL, Hou YP. The inhibitory effect of botulinum toxin type A on rat pyloric smooth muscle contractile response to substance P in vitro. Toxins 2015; 7(10): 4143-4156.

[7]    Shao YF, Zhao P, Dong CY, Li J, Kong XP, Wang HL, Dai LR, Hou YP. Neuropeptide S facilitates mice olfactory function through activation of cognate receptor-expressing neurons in the olfactory cortex. PLoS One 2013; 8:e62089.

[8]    Shao YF, Zhang Y, Zhao P, Yan WJ, Kong XP, Fan LL, Hou YP. Botulinum toxin type A therapy migraine: Preclinical and clinical trials. Iran Red Crescent Med J 2013; 15(10): e7704.

[9]    Zhao P, Shao YF, Zhang M, Fan K, Kong XP, Wang R, Hou YP. Neuropeptide S promotes wakefulness through activation of the posterior hypothalamic histaminergic and orexinergic neurons. Neuroscience 2012; 207:218-226. (Co-first author)

[10] Hou YP, Gu JY, Shao YF, Song YF, Jing YH, Wu WS, Pu S. The characteristics of placental transfer and tissue concentrations of nickel in late gestational rats and fetuses. Placenta 2011; 32:277-282.