Min Wang, PhD
Senior Research Scientist in NeuroscienceCards
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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, 1-11. PMID: 41413200, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-03425-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigher cognitive deficitsCognitive deficitsPrimate dlPFCKAT IIKynurenic acidNeuronal firingDorsolateral prefrontal cortexAged macaquesPlasma kynurenine/tryptophan ratioSystemic administration of agentsSystemic administrationHuman dlPFCPrefrontal cortexWorking memoryDlPFC neuronsAged monkeysKynurenic acid productionCognitive performanceDLPFCCognitive functionMental illnessKynurenine/tryptophan ratioNonhuman primatesDeficitsApplication of kynurenic acidPrefrontal 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 ResearchConceptsNR2B-containing NMDA receptorsPrefrontal cortexSpatial working memoryWorking memoryN-methyl-D-aspartateNMDA receptorsNon-human primatesPattern discriminationWorking memory performanceSubunit of N-methyl-D-aspartateN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsGluR2 subunitVisual cortexLayer III pyramidal cellsMemory performanceNeuropharmacological evidenceNR2B-containing receptorsCell firingExpression ratioCortexMemoryNR2BHippocampusPost-synapsePyramidal cellsDysregulated 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 Original ResearchTau pathologyEtiology of sporadic ADCalcium signalingAlzheimer's diseaseCalpain-2Calcium dysregulationDisease neuropathologyRegulation of calcium signalingAutophagic degenerationAPOE-e4 carriersOnset formAlzheimer's disease neuropathologyTau hyperphosphorylationActivation of calpain-2Sporadic ADAD pathologySynapse lossAmyloid pathologyCalpain-2 inhibitorDysregulated calciumTauAssociation cortexHigh-resolution nanoscale imagingTherapeutic targetAged macaques472. Role of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels in Vulnerable Pyramidal Neurons in Primate Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex: Elucidating the Role of Cav3.1 and Cav1.2 in Higher-Order Cognition
Datta D, Yang S, Gonzalez-Burgos G, Enwright J, Arion D, Lewis D, Wang M, Arnsten A. 472. Role of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels in Vulnerable Pyramidal Neurons in Primate Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex: Elucidating the Role of Cav3.1 and Cav1.2 in Higher-Order Cognition. Biological Psychiatry 2025, 97: s291-s292. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.02.710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSUSCEPTIBLE PYRAMIDAL NEURONS IN PRIMATE DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX EXPRESS AN ENRICHED CALCIUM INTERACTOME: CRITICAL ROLE OF CALBINDIN AND CAV1.2 IN HIGHER-ORDER COGNITION
Datta *, Yang S, Joyce M, Woo E, McCarroll S, Gonzalez-Burgos G, Perone I, Uchendu S, Ling E, Goldman R, 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. SUSCEPTIBLE PYRAMIDAL NEURONS IN PRIMATE DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX EXPRESS AN ENRICHED CALCIUM INTERACTOME: CRITICAL ROLE OF CALBINDIN AND CAV1.2 IN HIGHER-ORDER COGNITION. The International Journal Of Neuropsychopharmacology 2025, 28: i57-i58. PMCID: PMC11814899, DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyae059.100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDorsolateral prefrontal cortexMacaque dlPFCPrefrontal cortexWorking memoryLayer 3 pyramidal cellsAlzheimer s diseasePrefrontal cortex dysfunctionExpression of Grin2bPyramidal cellsHigher-order cognitionIncreased risk of mental disordersRisk of neuropsychiatric disordersDendritic spine pathologyRisk of mental disordersIncreased risk of neuropsychiatric disordersL-type calcium channel Cav1.2Primate dlPFCDLPFC functionCognitive deficitsLayer III pyramidal cellsMemory impairmentPsychiatric disordersBrain circuitryNeuropsychiatric disordersMental representations
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 ResearchDorsolateral prefrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexLayer III pyramidal cellsWorking memoryCognitive disordersNeuronal firingPrimate dorsolateral prefrontal cortexPyramidal cellsSpatial working memoryWorking memory performanceRisk of mental disordersCalcium-related proteinsReduced neuronal firingL-type calcium channel Cav1.2GluN2B-NMDA receptorsL-type calcium channel activityPrefrontal neuronsL-type calcium channel blockerMemory performanceL-type calcium channelsMental disordersRisk of cognitive disordersCognitive behaviorProtein expressionAssociated with increased riskβ1-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 Original ResearchDorsolateral prefrontal cortexPrefrontal cortexStress-induced cognitive dysfunctionTreat stress-related disordersPrimate dorsolateral prefrontal cortexImpaired working memoryWorking Memory DeficitsWorking Memory TaskCalcium-binding proteins calbindinStress-related disordersClasses of inhibitory neuronsLevels of norepinephrineFast-spikingMemory taskDopamine releaseWorking memoryMemory deficitsInhibitory neuronsCognitive dysfunctionPV interneuronsGABAergic interneuronsDLPFCBehavior analysisCortexPyramidal cellsDynamic 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 Original ResearchDynamic network connectivityFunctional MRIFunctional connectivityHuman brain imaging researchDorsolateral prefrontal cortexNMDA receptor neurotransmissionBrain imaging researchHuman fMRI studiesPrefrontal cortexReceptor neurotransmissionWorking memoryFMRI studyBrain regionsPersistent neuronal firingNeuromodulator acetylcholineCognitive disordersCortical regionsDLPFCPost-synaptic densityArousal stateStrength of synaptic connectionsNeuronal firingCognitive statesImaging researchDendritic spines
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 Original ResearchLong COVIDGlutamate carboxypeptidase IIKynurenic acidNicotinic alpha 7 receptorCognitive deficitsProduction of KYNACOVID-19 infectionDorsolateral prefrontal cortexAgonist guanfacineNeuronal firingCognitive symptomsAcetyl cysteineCognitive functionPrefrontal cortexScientific rationaleCarboxypeptidase IIPFC functionCOVIDDeficitsReceptorsTreatmentExecutive functioningNMDAGuanfacineNeurotransmission
2020
Biochemical characterization of age‐related calcium‐cAMP‐PKA signaling dysregulation and its effect on tau pathology in rhesus monkey cortex
Leslie S, Datta D, Wang M, van Dyck C, Arnsten A, Nairn A. Biochemical characterization of age‐related calcium‐cAMP‐PKA signaling dysregulation and its effect on tau pathology in rhesus monkey cortex. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2020, 16 DOI: 10.1002/alz.042017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTau pathologyAge-related dysregulationAlzheimer's diseaseIntracellular calciumTau phosphorylationRhesus monkeysRat primary cortical culturesHuman post-mortem samplesVulnerable brain regionsSporadic Alzheimer's diseaseAmyloid-beta plaquesPrimary cortical culturesMain pathological hallmarksRhesus monkey cortexTau neurofibrillary tanglesYears of ageEarly-onset formAge-related vulnerabilityDorsolateral prefrontal cortexAge-related changesMonkey DLPFCPost-mortem samplesAD pathologyAmyloid pathologyUnknown etiology
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