Yalan Zhang, PhD
Senior Research Scientist in PharmacologyCards
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Senior Research Scientist in Pharmacology
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Pharmacology
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- PhD
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (1999)
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Yale Co-Authors
Frequent collaborators of Yalan Zhang's published research.
Leonard Kaczmarek, PhD
Akiko Iwasaki, PhD
Eric Hoyeon Song, MD, PhD
Imran Quraishi, MD, PhD
Milan Stoiljkovic, MD, PhD
Peter M. Glazer, MD, PhD
Publications
2024
Disease-causing Slack potassium channel mutations produce opposite effects on excitability of excitatory and inhibitory neurons
Wu J, Quraishi I, Zhang Y, Bromwich M, Kaczmarek L. Disease-causing Slack potassium channel mutations produce opposite effects on excitability of excitatory and inhibitory neurons. Cell Reports 2024, 43: 113904. PMID: 38457342, PMCID: PMC11013952, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113904.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsInhibitory neuronsRegulation of neuronal excitabilityPotassium channel mutationsVoltage-dependent sodiumInhibitory cortical neuronsGain-of-function mutationsAxon initial segmentKCNT1 geneNeuronal excitabilityChannel subunitsChannel mutationsNetwork hyperexcitabilityMouse modelNeuron typesCortical neuronsTreat epilepsyNeuronsExcitable neuronsNeurological disordersSevere intellectual disabilityMutationsInitial segmentKCNT1ExpressionHyperexcitability
2023
Interaction Between HCN and Slack Channels Regulates mPFC Pyramidal Cell Excitability in Working Memory Circuits
Wu J, El-Hassar L, Datta D, Thomas M, Zhang Y, Jenkins D, DeLuca N, Chatterjee M, Gribkoff V, Arnsten A, Kaczmarek L. Interaction Between HCN and Slack Channels Regulates mPFC Pyramidal Cell Excitability in Working Memory Circuits. Molecular Neurobiology 2023, 61: 2430-2445. PMID: 37889366, DOI: 10.1007/s12035-023-03719-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsPFC pyramidal neuronsPyramidal cellsHCN channelsPrefrontal cortexPyramidal neuronsNeuronal firingSlack channelsPyramidal cell excitabilityRat prefrontal cortexPFC pyramidal cellsCell linesNon-selective cation channelsRecurrent excitatory connectionsCortical extractsNeuronal depolarizationNeuronal excitabilityPharmacological blockersSpecific blockerDendritic spinesKNa channelsCell excitabilityPostsynaptic spinesPersistent firingExcitatory connectionsNeural circuitsResponse to: Elevated L1 expression in ataxia telangiectasia likely explained by an RNA-seq batch effect
Takahashi T, Stoiljkovic M, Song E, Gao X, Yasumoto Y, Kudo E, Carvalho F, Kong Y, Park A, Shanabrough M, Szigeti-Buck K, Liu Z, Kristant A, Zhang Y, Sulkowski P, Glazer P, Kaczmarek L, Horvath T, Iwasaki A. Response to: Elevated L1 expression in ataxia telangiectasia likely explained by an RNA-seq batch effect. Neuron 2023, 111: 612-613. PMID: 36863323, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords
2017
An ALS-Associated Mutant SOD1 Rapidly Suppresses KCNT1 (Slack) Na+-Activated K+ Channels in Aplysia Neurons
Zhang Y, Ni W, Horwich AL, Kaczmarek LK. An ALS-Associated Mutant SOD1 Rapidly Suppresses KCNT1 (Slack) Na+-Activated K+ Channels in Aplysia Neurons. Journal Of Neuroscience 2017, 37: 2258-2265. PMID: 28119399, PMCID: PMC5338764, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3102-16.2017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAplysiaBiophysicsCells, CulturedElectric StimulationEnzyme InhibitorsGanglia, InvertebrateHumansLuminescent ProteinsMembrane PotentialsMicroinjectionsMorpholinosMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesPotassium ChannelsPotassium Channels, Sodium-ActivatedRNA, Small InterferingSodiumSuperoxide Dismutase-1ConceptsAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisSuperoxide dismutase 1Mutant superoxide dismutase 1Potassium currentC-Jun N-terminal kinaseNeuronal excitabilityLateral sclerosisFatal adult-onset neurodegenerative diseaseN-terminal kinaseMutant human Cu/ZnNeuronal developmentDismutase 1Adult-onset neurodegenerative diseaseCurrent-clamp recordingsMotor neuron toxicityOutward potassium currentHuman Cu/ZnWild-type superoxide dismutase 1Neuron toxicityActivity of NaBag cell neuronsClamp recordingsNeuronal functionCell neuronsAction potentials
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