Nanyin Zhang
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
Research Summary
Investigate the pathophysiology of brain disorders using neuroimaging, behavioral and optogenetic methods.
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Publication Tags
Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Animal Models Rodentia Prefrontal Cortex Amygdala Freezing Wounds And Injuries Post Traumatic Stress Disorders Anxiety Neuronal Plasticity Animals Therapeutics Rats Odorants Disorders Optogenetics Schizophrenia Gyrus Cinguli Parietal Lobe Anger Networks (Circuits) Vulnerability Tobacco Use Disorder CorticosteroneMost Recent Papers
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
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
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
Increased wiring cost during development is driven by long-range cortical, but not subcortical connections
Zilu Ma, Wenyu Tu, Nanyin Zhang, 2021, NeuroImage
An open database of resting-state fMRI in awake rats
Yikang Liu, Pablo D. Perez, Zilu Ma, Zhiwei Ma, David Dopfel, Samuel Cramer, Wenyu Tu, Nanyin Zhang, 2020, NeuroImage
Depth-dependent abnormal cortical myelination in first-episode treatment-naïve schizophrenia
Wei Wei, Yamin Zhang, Yinfei Li, Yajin Meng, Mingli Li, Qiang Wang, Wei Deng, Xiaohong Ma, Lena Palaniyappan, Nanyin Zhang, Tao Li, 2020, Human Brain Mapping on p. 2782-2793
Automatic Brain Extraction for Rodent MRI Images
Yikang Liu, Hayreddin Said Unsal, Yi Tao, Nanyin Zhang, 2020, Neuroinformatics on p. 395-406
Global brain signal in awake rats
Yuncong Ma, Zilu Ma, Zhifeng Liang, Thomas Neuberger, Nanyin Zhang, 2020, Brain Structure and Function on p. 227-240
Individual variability in behavior and functional networks predicts vulnerability using an animal model of PTSD
David Dopfel, Pablo D. Perez, Alexander Verbitsky, Hector Bravo-Rivera, Yuncong Ma, Gregory J. Quirk, Nanyin Zhang, 2019, Nature communications
Propagations of spontaneous brain activity in awake rats
Yikang Liu, Nanyin Zhang, 2019, NeuroImage
Most-Cited Papers
Uncovering intrinsic connectional architecture of functional networks in awake rat brain
Zhifeng Liang, Jean King, Nanyin Zhang, 2011, Journal of Neuroscience on p. 3776-3783
Intrinsic organization of the anesthetized brain
Zhifeng Liang, Jean King, Nanyin Zhang, 2012, Journal of Neuroscience on p. 10183-10191
Anticorrelated resting-state functional connectivity in awake rat brain
Zhifeng Liang, Jean King, Nanyin Zhang, 2012, NeuroImage on p. 1190-1199
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
Amygdala-orbitofrontal resting-state functional connectivity is associated with trait anger
Carl E. Fulwiler, Jean A. King, Nanyin Zhang, 2012, Neuroreport on p. 606-610
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
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
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