Eduard Maier
About me:
I joined Valery's lab in September 2025 and am conducting research on positive emotions with Shimpei Ishiyama. I am particularly fascinated by the mysteries underlying play behavior—why engaging in play elicits feelings of joy, also the neural mechanisms that support this phenomenon, especially interested in the relationship between oxytocin and positive emotion. The potential to manipulate the play behavior by technique like optogenetics is also my interest.
Baolong completed his Master's degree through a joint neuroscience and neuroimaging program between the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Aarhus University in Denmark. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology from Beijing Forestry University.
Expertise:
| Immunohistochemistry | Behavioral cognitive experiments |
| In-vivo Electrophysiology | Electrode implantation |
Selected publications
- Shi Q, Ren B, Lu X, Zhang L, Wu L, Hu L, Zhang YQ. Neural mechanisms underlying reduced nocifensive sensitivity in autism-associated Shank3 mutant dogs. Mol Psychiatry. 2025 Aug;30(8):3640-3649. doi: 10.1038/s41380-025-02952-y. Epub 2025 Mar 17. PMID: 40097608.
- Shi Q, Wu L, Ren B, Guo K, Jiang YH, Zhang YQ, Hu L. Impaired tactile processing in autism-associated Shank3 mutant dogs: neural mechanism and intervention. Sci Bull (Beijing). 2025 Feb 26;70(4):483-487. doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2024.09.011. Epub 2024 Sep 10. PMID: 39294081.
- Guo S, Yang W, Chen D, Ren B, Guo L, Wang X, Xie W, Fan S, Artigas Ramirez MD, Han Y, Yuan Z, Zhang H, Weng Q. The effects of low ambient temperature on steroidogenesis and mitochondrial functions in the testes of wild ground squirrels (Spermophilus dauricus). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 2024 Apr;290:111585. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2024.111585. Epub 2024 Jan 14. PMID: 38228267.
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