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Min Xu

Researcher at Chinese Academy of Sciences

Publications -  62
Citations -  4783

Min Xu is an academic researcher from Chinese Academy of Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Biology. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 44 publications receiving 3186 citations. Previous affiliations of Min Xu include Kunming Institute of Zoology & Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute.

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Long-range and local circuits for top-down modulation of visual cortex processing

TL;DR: It is found that the cingulate (Cg) region of the mouse frontal cortex powerfully influences sensory processing in the primary visual cortex (V1) through long-range projections that activate local γ-aminobutyric acid–ergic (GABAergic) circuits.
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Fast modulation of visual perception by basal forebrain cholinergic neurons

TL;DR: It is shown that basal forebrain cholinergic neurons rapidly regulate cortical activity and visual perception in awake, behaving mice, and optogenetic activation of the cholinergy neurons or their V1 axon terminals improved performance of a visual discrimination task on a trial-by-trial basis.
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Basal forebrain circuit for sleep-wake control

TL;DR: Recordings from channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2)-tagged neurons revealed that three BF cell types, cholinergic, glutamatergic and parvalbumin-positive (PV+) GABAergic neurons, were more active during wakefulness and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep than during non-REM sleep, and activation of each cell type rapidly induced wakefulness.