Nanyin Zhang
Director of the Center for Neurotechnology in Mental Health Research; Huck Chair in Brain Imaging; Professor of Bioengineering

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W341 Millennium Science Building
University Park, PA - nuz2@psu.edu
- 814-867-4791
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Investigate the pathophysiology of brain disorders using neuroimaging, behavioral and optogenetic methods.
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Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Animals Rodentia Prefrontal Cortex Animal Models Post Traumatic Stress Disorders Neuronal Plasticity Schizophrenia Oxygen Gyrus Cinguli Unconscious (Psychology) Optogenetics Therapeutics Odorants Tobacco Use Disorder Consciousness Parietal Lobe Psychology Unconscious Neurovascular Coupling Deficit Amygdala Neuroimaging Fluctuation AnesthesiaMost Recent Publications
A splitting mind: imbalanced internal and external worlds in schizophrenia
M Li, W Deng, Z He, Q Wang, C Huang, L Jiang, Q Gong, D Ziedonis, J King, X Ma, Nanyin Zhang, Tao Li, on p. 145-153
Genetic influences of resting-state neural networks: a twin study
Y Fu, Z Ma, C Hamilton, Z Liang, X Hou, X Ma, X Hu, H Meng, Q He, W Deng, Y Wang, L Zhao, T Li, Nanyin Zhang, Human Brain Mapping on p. 3959–3972
Relationship of mindful awareness to neural processing of anger stimuli and impact of mindfulness training
A Lee, D Gansler, Nanyin Zhang, M Jerram, J King, C Fulwiler, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging on p. 22-28
An open database of resting-state fMRI in awake rats
Yikang Liu, Pablo Perez, Zilu Ma, Zhiwei Ma, David Dopfel, Samuel Cramer, Wenyu Tu, Nanyin Zhang, NeuroImage on p. 1170942
Arousal state transitions occlude sensory-evoked neurovascular coupling in neonatal mice
Kyle W. Gheres, Hayreddin S. Ünsal, Xu Han, Qingguang Zhang, Kevin L. Turner, Nanyin Zhang, Patrick J. Drew, 2023, Communications Biology
Neuroimaging of opioid exposure: a review of preclinical animal models to inform addiction research
Helen M. Kamens, Samuel Cramer, Rachel N. Hanley, Spencer Chase, Anna Wickenheisser, William J. Horton, Nanyin Zhang, 2023, Psychopharmacology on p. 2459-2482
Sex differences in resting-state functional networks in awake rats
Qiong Li, Nanyin Zhang, 2023, Brain Structure and Function on p. 1411-1423
Author Correction: A consensus protocol for functional connectivity analysis in the rat brain (Nature Neuroscience, (2023), 26, 4, (673-681), 10.1038/s41593-023-01286-8)
Joanes Grandjean, Gabriel Desrosiers-Gregoire, Cynthia Anckaerts, Diego Angeles-Valdez, Fadi Ayad, David A. Barrière, Ines Blockx, Aleksandra Bortel, Margaret Broadwater, Beatriz M. Cardoso, Marina Célestine, Jorge E. Chavez-Negrete, Sangcheon Choi, Emma Christiaen, Perrin Clavijo, Luis Colon-Perez, Samuel Cramer, Tolomeo Daniele, Elaine Dempsey, Yujian Diao, Arno Doelemeyer, David Dopfel, Lenka Dvořáková, Claudia Falfán-Melgoza, Francisca F. Fernandes, Caitlin F. Fowler, Antonio Fuentes-Ibañez, Clément M. Garin, Eveline Gelderman, Carla E.M. Golden, Chao C.G. Guo, Marloes J.A.G. Henckens, Lauren A. Hennessy, Peter Herman, Nita Hofwijks, Corey Horien, Tudor M. Ionescu, Jolyon Jones, Johannes Kaesser, Eugene Kim, Henriette Lambers, Alberto Lazari, Sung Ho Lee, Amanda Lillywhite, Yikang Liu, Yanyan Y. Liu, Alejandra López-Castro, Xavier López-Gil, Zilu Ma, Eilidh MacNicol, Dan Madularu, Francesca Mandino, Sabina Marciano, Matthew J. McAuslan, Patrick McCunn, Alison McIntosh, Xianzong Meng, Lisa Meyer-Baese, Stephan Missault, Federico Moro, Daphne M.P. Naessens, Laura J. Nava-Gomez, Hiroi Nonaka, Juan J. Ortiz, Jaakko Paasonen, Lore M. Peeters, Mickaël Pereira, Pablo D. Perez, Marjory Pompilus, Malcolm Prior, Rustam Rakhmatullin, Henning M. Reimann, Jonathan Reinwald, Rodrigo Triana Del Rio, Alejandro Rivera-Olvera, Daniel Ruiz-Pérez, Gabriele Russo, Tobias J. Rutten, Rie Ryoke, Markus Sack, Piergiorgio Salvan, Basavaraju G. Sanganahalli, Aileen Schroeter, Bhedita J. Seewoo, Erwan Selingue, Aline Seuwen, Bowen Shi, Nikoloz Sirmpilatze, Joanna A.B. Smith, Corrie Smith, Filip Sobczak, Petteri J. Stenroos, Milou Straathof, Sandra Strobelt, Akira Sumiyoshi, Kengo Takahashi, Maria E. Torres-García, Raul Tudela, Monica van den Berg, Kajo van der Marel, Aran T.B. van Hout, Roberta Vertullo, Benjamin Vidal, Roël M. Vrooman, Victora X. Wang, Isabel Wank, David J.G. Watson, Ting Yin, Yongzhi Zhang, Stefan Zurbruegg, Sophie Achard, Sarael Alcauter, Dorothee P. Auer, Emmanuel L. Barbier, Jürgen Baudewig, Christian F. Beckmann, Nicolau Beckmann, Guillaume J.P.C. Becq, Erwin L.A. Blezer, Radu Bolbos, Susann Boretius, Sandrine Bouvard, Eike Budinger, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Diana Cash, Victoria Chapman, Kai Hsiang Chuang, Luisa Ciobanu, Bram F. Coolen, Jeffrey W. Dalley, Marc Dhenain, Rick M. Dijkhuizen, Oscar Esteban, Cornelius Faber, Marcelo Febo, Kirk W. Feindel, Gianluigi Forloni, Jérémie Fouquet, Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal, Natalia Gass, Jeffrey C. Glennon, Alessandro Gozzi, Olli Gröhn, Andrew Harkin, Arend Heerschap, Xavier Helluy, Kristina Herfert, Arnd Heuser, Judith R. Homberg, Danielle J. Houwing, Fahmeed Hyder, Giovanna Diletta Ielacqua, Ileana O. Jelescu, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Gen Kaneko, Ryuta Kawashima, Shella D. Keilholz, Georgios A. Keliris, Clare Kelly, Christian Kerskens, Jibran Y. Khokhar, Peter C. Kind, Jean Baptiste Langlois, Jason P. Lerch, Monica A. López-Hidalgo, Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Fabien Marchand, Rogier B. Mars, Gerardo Marsella, Edoardo Micotti, Emma Muñoz-Moreno, Jamie Near, Thoralf Niendorf, Willem M. Otte, Patricia Pais-Roldán, Wen Ju Pan, Roberto A. Prado-Alcalá, Gina L. Quirarte, Jennifer Rodger, Tim Rosenow, Cassandra Sampaio-Baptista, Alexander Sartorius, Stephen J. Sawiak, Tom W.J. Scheenen, Noam Shemesh, Yen Yu Ian Shih, Amir Shmuel, Guadalupe Soria, Ron Stoop, Garth J. Thompson, Sally M. Till, Nick Todd, Annemie Van Der Linden, Annette van der Toorn, Geralda A.F. van Tilborg, Christian Vanhove, Andor Veltien, Marleen Verhoye, Lydia Wachsmuth, Wolfgang Weber-Fahr, Patricia Wenk, Xin Yu, Valerio Zerbi, Nanyin Zhang, Baogui B. Zhang, Luc Zimmer, Gabriel A. Devenyi, M. Mallar Chakravarty, Andreas Hess, 2023, Nature Neuroscience on p. 1127-1128
A consensus protocol for functional connectivity analysis in the rat brain
Joanes Grandjean, Gabriel Desrosiers-Gregoire, Cynthia Anckaerts, Diego Angeles-Valdez, Fadi Ayad, David A. Barrière, Ines Blockx, Aleksandra Bortel, Margaret Broadwater, Beatriz M. Cardoso, Marina Célestine, Jorge E. Chavez-Negrete, Sangcheon Choi, Emma Christiaen, Perrin Clavijo, Luis Colon-Perez, Samuel Cramer, Tolomeo Daniele, Elaine Dempsey, Yujian Diao, Arno Doelemeyer, David Dopfel, Lenka Dvořáková, Claudia Falfán-Melgoza, Francisca F. Fernandes, Caitlin F. Fowler, Antonio Fuentes-Ibañez, Clément Garin, Eveline Gelderman, Carla E.M. Golden, Chao C.G. Guo, Marloes J.A.G. Henckens, Lauren A. Hennessy, Peter Herman, Nita Hofwijks, Corey Horien, Tudor M. Ionescu, Jolyon Jones, Johannes Kaesser, Eugene Kim, Henriette Lambers, Alberto Lazari, Sung Ho Lee, Amanda Lillywhite, Yikang Liu, Yanyan Y. Liu, Alejandra López -Castro, Xavier López-Gil, Zilu Ma, Eilidh MacNicol, Dan Madularu, Francesca Mandino, Sabina Marciano, Matthew J. McAuslan, Patrick McCunn, Alison McIntosh, Xianzong Meng, Lisa Meyer-Baese, Stephan Missault, Federico Moro, Daphne M.P. Naessens, Laura J. Nava-Gomez, Hiroi Nonaka, Juan J. Ortiz, Jaakko Paasonen, Lore M. Peeters, Mickaël Pereira, Pablo D. Perez, Marjory Pompilus, Malcolm Prior, Rustam Rakhmatullin, Henning M. Reimann, Jonathan Reinwald, Rodrigo Triana Del Rio, Alejandro Rivera-Olvera, Daniel Ruiz-Pérez, Gabriele Russo, Tobias J. Rutten, Rie Ryoke, Markus Sack, Piergiorgio Salvan, Basavaraju G. Sanganahalli, Aileen Schroeter, Bhedita J. Seewoo, Erwan Selingue, Aline Seuwen, Bowen Shi, Nikoloz Sirmpilatze, Joanna A.B. Smith, Corrie Smith, Filip Sobczak, Petteri J. Stenroos, Milou Straathof, Sandra Strobelt, Akira Sumiyoshi, Kengo Takahashi, Maria E. Torres-García, Raul Tudela, Monica van den Berg, Kajo van der Marel, Aran T.B. van Hout, Roberta Vertullo, Benjamin Vidal, Roël M. Vrooman, Victora X. Wang, Isabel Wank, David J.G. Watson, Ting Yin, Yongzhi Zhang, Stefan Zurbruegg, Sophie Achard, Sarael Alcauter, Dorothee P. Auer, Emmanuel L. Barbier, Jürgen Baudewig, Christian F. Beckmann, Nicolau Beckmann, Guillaume J.P.C. Becq, Erwin L.A. Blezer, Radu Bolbos, Susann Boretius, Sandrine Bouvard, Eike Budinger, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Diana Cash, Victoria Chapman, Kai Hsiang Chuang, Luisa Ciobanu, Bram F. Coolen, Jeffrey W. Dalley, Marc Dhenain, Rick M. Dijkhuizen, Oscar Esteban, Cornelius Faber, Marcelo Febo, Kirk W. Feindel, Gianluigi Forloni, Jérémie Fouquet, Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal, Natalia Gass, Jeffrey C. Glennon, Alessandro Gozzi, Olli Gröhn, Andrew Harkin, Arend Heerschap, Xavier Helluy, Kristina Herfert, Arnd Heuser, Judith R. Homberg, Danielle J. Houwing, Fahmeed Hyder, Giovanna Diletta Ielacqua, Ileana O. Jelescu, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Gen Kaneko, Ryuta Kawashima, Shella D. Keilholz, Georgios A. Keliris, Clare Kelly, Christian Kerskens, Jibran Y. Khokhar, Peter C. Kind, Jean Baptiste Langlois, Jason P. Lerch, Monica A. López-Hidalgo, Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Fabien Marchand, Rogier B. Mars, Gerardo Marsella, Edoardo Micotti, Emma Muñoz-Moreno, Jamie Near, Thoralf Niendorf, Willem M. Otte, Patricia Pais-Roldán, Wen Ju Pan, Roberto A. Prado-Alcalá, Gina L. Quirarte, Jennifer Rodger, Tim Rosenow, Cassandra Sampaio-Baptista, Alexander Sartorius, Stephen J. Sawiak, Tom W.J. Scheenen, Noam Shemesh, Yen Yu Ian Shih, Amir Shmuel, Guadalupe Soria, Ron Stoop, Garth J. Thompson, Sally M. Till, Nick Todd, Annemie Van Der Linden, Annette van der Toorn, Geralda A.F. van Tilborg, Christian Vanhove, Andor Veltien, Marleen Verhoye, Lydia Wachsmuth, Wolfgang Weber-Fahr, Patricia Wenk, Xin Yu, Valerio Zerbi, Nanyin Zhang, Baogui B. Zhang, Luc Zimmer, Gabriel A. Devenyi, M. Mallar Chakravarty, Andreas Hess, 2023, Nature Neuroscience on p. 673-681
High-frequency neuronal signal better explains multi-phase BOLD response
Q Zhang, S Cramer, K Turner, Thomas Neuberger, Patrick Drew, Nanyin Zhang, 2023, NeuroImage on p. 119887
Most-Cited Papers
Time to wake up: Studying neurovascular coupling and brain-wide circuit function in the un-anesthetized animal
Yu Rong Gao, Yuncong Ma, Qingguang Zhang, Aaron T. Winder, Zhifeng Liang, Lilith Antinori, Patrick J. Drew, Nanyin Zhang, 2017, NeuroImage on p. 382-398
Co-activation patterns in resting-state fMRI signals
Xiao Liu, Nanyin Zhang, Catie Chang, Jeff H. Duyn, 2018, NeuroImage on p. 485-494
Dynamic resting state functional connectivity in awake and anesthetized rodents
Zhifeng Liang, Xiao Liu, Nanyin Zhang, 2015, NeuroImage on p. 89-99
Aberrant intrinsic brain activity and cognitive deficit in first-episode treatment-naive patients with schizophrenia
Z. He, W. Deng, M. Li, Z. Chen, L. Jiang, Q. Wang, C. Huang, D. A. Collier, Q. Gong, X. Ma, N. Zhang, T. Li, 2013, Psychological Medicine on p. 769-780
Rodent models of post-traumatic stress disorder: behavioral assessment
Alexander Verbitsky, David Dopfel, Nanyin Zhang, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
Mapping the functional network of medial prefrontal cortex by combining optogenetics and fMRI in awake rats
Zhifeng Liang, Glenn D.R. Watson, Kevin D. Alloway, Gangchea Lee, Thomas Neuberger, Nanyin Zhang, 2015, NeuroImage on p. 114-123
The development and expression of physical nicotine dependence corresponds to structural and functional alterations in the anterior cingulate-precuneus pathway
Wei Huang, Jean A. King, W. W.Sanouri Ursprung, Shaokuan Zheng, Nanyin Zhang, David N. Kennedy, Douglas Ziedonis, Joseph R. DiFranza, 2014, Brain and Behavior on p. 408-417
Mapping thalamocortical networks in rat brain using resting-state functional connectivity
Zhifeng Liang, Tao Li, Jean King, Nanyin Zhang, 2013, NeuroImage on p. 237-244
Dynamic Connectivity Patterns in Conscious and Unconscious Brain
Yuncong Ma, Christina Hamilton, Nanyin Zhang, 2017, Brain Connectivity on p. 1-12
Neuroplasticity to a single-episode traumatic stress revealed by resting-state fMRI in awake rats
Zhifeng Liang, Jean King, Nanyin Zhang, 2014, NeuroImage on p. 485-491
News Articles Featuring Nanyin Zhang
Nov 10, 2022
Breathing may measurably modulate neural responses across brain, study finds
Mental health practitioners and meditation gurus have long credited intentional breathing with the ability to induce inner calm, but scientists do not fully understand how the brain is involved in the process.
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Nov 09, 2021
Penn State launches Center for Neurotechnology in Mental Health Research
Penn State is launching a University-wide center to bridge fundamental research to understand the brain and mind with potential clinical applications for diagnosing and treating mental health disorders.
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Jul 24, 2020
Researchers to examine relation of dysfunctional brain hubs to mental disorders
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Penn State researchers a $1.85 million grant to develop a new way to test if dysfunctions in certain areas of the brain lead to mental health complications and brain disorders. If successful, the research could lead to better mental health treatments.
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