Peng Li
Research Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Institute
Assistant Professor of Dentistry, Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, School of Dentistry
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
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Available to mentor
Peng Li
Research Assistant Professor
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  • Recent Publications
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    • Center Member
      Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design
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    • Journal Article
      A vagal-brainstem interoceptive circuit for cough-like defensive behaviors in mice.
      Gannot N, Li X, Phillips CD, Ozel AB, Uchima Koecklin KH, Lloyd JP, Zhang L, Emery K, Stern T, Li JZ, Li P. Nat Neurosci, 2024 Sep; 27 (9): 1734 - 1744. DOI:10.1038/s41593-024-01712-5
      PMID: 38977887
    • Journal Article
      SH2B1 Defends Against Energy Imbalance, Obesity, and Metabolic Disease via a Paraventricular Hypothalamus→Dorsal Raphe Nucleus Neurocircuit.
      Li Y, Kim M-H, Jiang L, Baron L, Faulkner LD, Olson DP, Li X, Gannot N, Li P, Rui L. Adv Sci (Weinh), 2024 Aug; 11 (31): e2400437 DOI:10.1002/advs.202400437
      PMID: 38885417
    • Preprint
      Intradental mechano-nociceptors serve as sentinels that prevent tooth damage.
      Ronan EA, Gandhi AR, Constantinescu BSC, Uchima Koecklin KH, Guenther ME, Nagel M, Blumberg KJ, Stern T, Li P, Emrick JJ. 2024 May 12; DOI:10.1101/2024.05.11.593684
      PMID: 38765985
    • Journal Article
      Single-chain fluorescent integrators for mapping G-protein-coupled receptor agonists.
      Kroning K, Gannot N, Li X, Putansu A, Zhou G, Sescil J, Shen J, Wilson A, Fiel H, Li P, Wang W. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2024 Apr 30; 121 (18): e2307090121 DOI:10.1073/pnas.2307090121
      PMID: 38648487
    • Journal Article
      The neural substrates of bruxism: current knowledge and clinical implications.
      Uchima Koecklin KH, Aliaga-Del Castillo A, Li P. Front Neurol, 2024 15: 1451183 DOI:10.3389/fneur.2024.1451183
      PMID: 39410996
    • Journal Article
      Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy and Respiratory Defects in a Mouse Model of DEPDC5-Related Epilepsy.
      Kao H-Y, Yao Y, Yang T, Ziobro J, Zylinski M, Mir MY, Hu S, Cao R, Borna NN, Banerjee R, Parent JM, Wang S, Leventhal DK, Li P, Wang Y. Ann Neurol, 2023 Nov; 94 (5): 812 - 824. DOI:10.1002/ana.26773
      PMID: 37606181
    • Preprint
      Single-chain fluorescent integrators for mapping G-protein-coupled receptor agonists.
      Kroning K, Gannot N, Li X, Zhou G, Sescil J, Putansu A, Shen J, Wilson A, Fiel H, Li P, Wang W. 2023 Jun 4; DOI:10.1101/2023.05.31.543062
      PMID: 37398137
    • Journal Article
      Control of Emotion and Wakefulness by Neurotensinergic Neurons in the Parabrachial Nucleus.
      Chen J, Gannot N, Li X, Zhu R, Zhang C, Li P. Neurosci Bull, 2023 Apr; 39 (4): 589 - 601. DOI:10.1007/s12264-022-00994-8
      PMID: 36522525