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Name  
 Yuan-Ye Ma
Title  
  
Highest Education 
   Professor
Address  
 Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences No. 32 Jiaochang Donglu, Kunming, Yunnan, 650223, P.R.China
Phone  
   +86 871 5193083
Zip Code  
   650223
Fax  
   +86 871 5193083
E-mail  
   yuanma0716@vip.sina.com

Education and Appointments：
Yuanye Ma is the PI of the Laboratory of Primate Cognitive Neuroscience. After graduating from Yunnan University in 1982, he worked in the Kunming Institute of Zoology as a junior faculty member. From 1987 to 1988, he attended Yale University in the United States as a postdoctoral fellow, researching the prefrontal function of the brain by electrophysiology with famous American neuroscientist Dr. Goldman-Rakic. From 1995 to 1996, he spent one year in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University, UK as a visiting scientist and performed research on the “Brain Cognition Map” in the laboratory of the famous neuropsychologist Dr. D. Gaffan. He then joined the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Arizona in the United States from 1996 to 1999. At present, he holds posts in many academic groups such as the International Brain Research Organization, the American Association of Neuroscience, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  He is also a visiting professor at the Institute of Psychology, CAS.

Research Interest：
Our lab focuses on the cognitive function of the prefrontal cortex and the prefrontal mechanisms of some related mental disorders, such as depression, schizophrenia, and autism. Some of our specific objectives are:
1. The function of the prefrontal cortex in attention, egocentric, and allocentric spatial systems in monkeys;
2. Using non-human primate models to study depression, addiction, and other diseases of the nervous system;
3. The effects of aging on the visual system in monkeys;
4. Human addiction, attention switching, and topological approaches to perceptual organisation.
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Honors：
Selected Publication：
1.Wang J, Wu X, Li C, Wei J, Jiang H, Liu C, Yu C, Carlson S, Hu X, Ma H, Duan W, Ma Y (2011) Effect of morphine on conditioned place preference in rhesus monkeys. Addict Biol [Epub ahead of print]
2.Fu Y, Wang XS, Wang YC, Zhang J, Liang Z, Zhou YF, Ma YY* (2010) The effects of aging on the strength of surround suppression of receptive field of V1 cells in monkeys. Neuroscience 169: 874-81.
3.Chen YM, Mao Y, Zhou DM, Hu XT, Wang JH, Ma YY* (2010) Environmental enrichment and chronic restraint stress in ICR mice: Effects on prepulse inhibition of startle and Y-maze spatial recognition memory. Behavioural Brain Research 212: 49-55.
4.Sun H, Che Y, Liu X, Ma Y* (2010) Detour behavior changes associated with prenatal morphine exposure in 11-day-old chicks. Int J Dev Neurosci 28: 239-43
5.Zhao X, Sun H, Tang Z, Flandersd J, Zhang S, Ma Y* (2010) Characterization of the sleep architecture in two species of fruit bat. Behavior Brain Research 208: 497-501.
6.Meng, Z., Liu, C., Hu, X., and Ma, Y (2009) Somatosensory cortices are required for the acquisition of morphine-induced conditioned place preference. PLoS One 4, e7742
7.Sun H, Che Y, Liu X, Zhou D, Miao Y, Ma Y* (2009) Effects of prenatal exposure to a 50-Hz magnetic field on one-trial passive avoidance learning in 1-day-old chicks. Bioelectromagnetics 31: 150-55.
8.Zhang J, Tan H, Niu HC, Wang JH, Tang XD, Sanford LD, Ma YY* (2008)  Pentylenetetrazole-induced status epilepticus following training does not impair expression of morphine-induced conditioned  place preference. Addict Biol 14: 174-84.
9.Zhang J, Wang X, Wang Y, Fu Y, Liang Z, Ma Y*, Leventhal AG (2008) Spatial and temporal sensitivity degradation of primary visual cortical cells in senescent rhesus monkeys. Eur J Neurosci 28: 201-7
10.Zhang J, He J, Chen YM, Wang JH*, Ma YY* (2008) Morphine and propranolol co-administration impair consolidation of Y-maze spatial recognition memory. Brain Research 1230: 150-7.
11.Fu Y, Wang C, Wang J, Lei Y, Ma Y* (2008) Long-term exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields impairs spatial recognition memory in mice. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 35: 797-800
12.Zhou DM, Ma YY*, Liu N, Chen L*, He Min，Miao YD. Influence of physical parameter of sound on the sensory gating effects of N40 in rats. Neuroscience Letters, 2008, 432: 100-4.

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