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Xiang Yang Chen

Xiang Yang Chen

Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, Nervous System Disorders
Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences

Ph.D., Neurophysiology, University of Hong Kong (1990)
Postdoctoral training, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health and State University of New York at Albany

E-mail: chenx@wadsworth.org

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  • Chen, X.Y., Pillai, S., Chen, Y., Wang, Y., Chen, L., Carp, J.C., Wolpaw, J.R. Spinal and supraspinal effects of long-term stimulation of sensorimotor cortex in rats. Journal of Neurophysiology, in press.
  • Wolpaw, J.R., Chen, X.Y. Spinal cord: operant conditioning of reflexes. In: Squire L, Albright T, Bloom F, Gage F, Spitzer N, eds. New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, in press
  • English, A., Chen, Y., Carp, J.S., Wolpaw, J.R. and Chen, X.Y. Recovery of electromyographic activity after transection and surgical repair of the rat sciatic nerve. Journal of Neurophysiology, 97:1127-1134, 2007.
  • Chen, Y., Chen, X.Y., Jakeman, L.B., Chen, L., Stokes, B.T., Wolpaw, J.R. Operant conditioning of H-reflex improves locomotion after spinal cord injury in rats. Journal of Neuroscience, 26: 12537-12543, 2006.
  • Chen, X.Y., Chen, Y., Chen, L., Tennissen, A.M., Wolpaw, J.R. Corticospinal tract transection permanently abolishes H-reflex down-conditioning in rats. Journal of Neurotrauma, 23: 1743-1750, 2006.
  • Carp, J.S., Tennissen, A.M., Chen, X.Y., Wolpaw, J. R. H-reflex operant conditioning in mice. Journal of Neurophysiology, 96: 1718-1727, 2006.
  • Chen, X.Y., Chen, Y., Chen, L., Wolpaw, J.R. Operant conditioning of reciprocal inhibition in rat soleus muscle. Journal of Neurophysiology, 96: 2144-2150, 2006.
  • Chen, X.Y., Carp, J.S., Chen, L., Wolpaw, J.R. Sensorimotor cortex ablation prevents H-reflex up-conditioning and causes a paradoxical response to down-conditioning in rats. Journal of Neurophysiology, 96: 119-127, 2006.
  • Wolpaw, J.R., Chen, X.Y. The cerebellum in maintenance of a motor skill: a hierarchy of brain and spinal cord plasticity underlies H-reflex conditioning. Learning & Memory, 13: 208-215, 2006.
  • Wang, Y., Pillai, S., Wolpaw, J.R., Chen, X.Y. Motor learning changes GABAergic terminals on spinal motoneurons in normal rats. European Journal of Neuroscience, 23: 141-150, 2006.
  • Carp, J.S., Tennissen, A.M., Chen, X.Y., Wolpaw, J. R. Diurnal H-reflex variation in mice. Experimental Brain Research, 168: 517-528, 2006.
  • Carp, J.S., Tennissen, A.M., Chen, X.Y., Schalk G., Wolpaw, J. R. Long-term spinal reflex studies in awake behaving mice. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 149: 134-143, 2005.
  • Chen, Y., Chen, X.Y., Jakeman, L.B., Schalk, G., Stokes, B.T., Wolpaw, J.R. The interaction of a new motor skill and an old one: H-reflex conditioning and locomotion in rats. Journal of Neuroscience, 25: 6898-6906, 2005.
  • Chen, X.Y., Wolpaw, J.R. Ablation of cerebellar nuclei prevents H-reflex down-conditioning in rats. Learning & Memory, 12: 248-254, 2005.

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Phone: 518-486-4916
Fax: 518-486-4910
E-mail: chenx@wadsworth.org