Min Wang, PhD
Senior Research Scientist in NeuroscienceCards
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2026
Inflammatory mechanisms underlying early Alzheimer’s disease pathology: evidence from the aging rhesus macaque brain
Datta D, Wang M, Arnsten A. Inflammatory mechanisms underlying early Alzheimer’s disease pathology: evidence from the aging rhesus macaque brain. Frontiers In Cellular Neuroscience 2026, 20: 1750092. PMID: 41767744, PMCID: PMC12935894, DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2026.1750092.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2025
Kynurenic acid signaling expands in human and nonhuman primates and impairs dorsolateral prefrontal cortical cognition that is key to mental illness
Yang S, Datta D, Krienen F, Woo E, May A, Anderson G, Galvin V, Gonzalez-Burgos G, Lewis D, Ling E, McCarroll S, Arnsten A, Wang M. Kynurenic acid signaling expands in human and nonhuman primates and impairs dorsolateral prefrontal cortical cognition that is key to mental illness. Molecular Psychiatry 2025, 31: 1190-1200. PMID: 41413200, PMCID: PMC12929064, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-03425-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrefrontal cortical NR2B-containing NMDA receptors are essential for spatial working memory performance
Peng J, Wang G, Han Y, Qu L, Wang M, Arnsten A, Cai J, Li B. Prefrontal cortical NR2B-containing NMDA receptors are essential for spatial working memory performance. Translational Psychiatry 2025, 15: 357. PMID: 41052993, PMCID: PMC12501000, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-025-03595-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDysregulated calcium signaling in the aged primate association cortices: vulnerability to Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology
Arnsten A, Perone I, Wang M, Yang S, Uchendu S, Bolat D, Datta D. Dysregulated calcium signaling in the aged primate association cortices: vulnerability to Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology. Frontiers In Aging Neuroscience 2025, 17: 1610350. PMID: 40735190, PMCID: PMC12303958, DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2025.1610350.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2024
Key Roles of CACNA1C/Cav1.2 and CALB1/Calbindin in Prefrontal Neurons Altered in Cognitive Disorders
Datta D, Yang S, Joyce M, Woo E, McCarroll S, Gonzalez-Burgos G, Perone I, Uchendu S, Ling E, Goldman M, Berretta S, Murray J, Morozov Y, Arellano J, Duque A, Rakic P, O’Dell R, van Dyck C, Lewis D, Wang M, Krienen F, Arnsten A. Key Roles of CACNA1C/Cav1.2 and CALB1/Calbindin in Prefrontal Neurons Altered in Cognitive Disorders. JAMA Psychiatry 2024, 81: 870-881. PMID: 38776078, PMCID: PMC11112502, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.1112.Peer-Reviewed Original Researchβ1-adrenoceptor expression on GABAergic interneurons in primate dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: potential role in stress-induced cognitive dysfunction
Joyce M, Yang S, Morin K, Duque A, Arellano J, Datta D, Wang M, Arnsten A. β1-adrenoceptor expression on GABAergic interneurons in primate dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: potential role in stress-induced cognitive dysfunction. Neurobiology Of Stress 2024, 30: 100628. PMID: 38550854, PMCID: PMC10973161, DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2024.100628.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsDynamic Network Connectivity: from monkeys to humans
Arnsten A, Wang M, D’Esposito M. Dynamic Network Connectivity: from monkeys to humans. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2024, 18: 1353043. PMID: 38384333, PMCID: PMC10879414, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1353043.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2023
Scientific Rationale for the Treatment of Cognitive Deficits from Long COVID
Zadeh A, Arnsten A, Wang M. Scientific Rationale for the Treatment of Cognitive Deficits from Long COVID. Neurology International 2023, 15: 725-742. PMID: 37368329, PMCID: PMC10303664, DOI: 10.3390/neurolint15020045.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2017
mGluR2/3 mechanisms in primate dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: evidence for both presynaptic and postsynaptic actions
Jin L, Wang M, Yang S, Yang Y, Galvin V, Lightbourne T, Ottenheimer D, Zhong Q, Stein J, Raja A, Paspalas C, Arnsten A. mGluR2/3 mechanisms in primate dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: evidence for both presynaptic and postsynaptic actions. Molecular Psychiatry 2017, 22: 1511-1511. DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.206.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Nicotinic α7 receptors enhance NMDA cognitive circuits in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
Yang Y, Paspalas CD, Jin LE, Picciotto MR, Arnsten AF, Wang M. Nicotinic α7 receptors enhance NMDA cognitive circuits in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 12078-12083. PMID: 23818597, PMCID: PMC3718126, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1307849110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcetylcholineAconitinealpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsBridged Bicyclo Compounds, HeterocyclicCholinergic AgonistsCholinergic AntagonistsCognitionFemaleIontophoresisMacaca mulattaMaleMecamylamineMicroscopy, ImmunoelectronN-MethylaspartatePhenolsPiperidinesPrefrontal CortexQuinuclidinesReceptors, NicotinicSpatial BehaviorSynapsesVisual Perception
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