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Xiang Yang Chen

Xiang Yang Chen

Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, Neural Injury & Repair
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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  • Wolpaw J.R., Chen X.Y. Operant Conditioning of Reflexes. In: Squire LR (ed.) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, Oxford: Academic Press, volume 7, pp. 225-233, 2009.
  • Wang, Y., Pillai, S., Wolpaw J.R., Chen, X.Y. H-reflex down-conditioning greatly increases the number of identifiable GABAergic interneurons in rat ventral horn. Neuroscience Letters, 452: 124-129, 2009.
  • Carp, J.S., Tennissen, A.M., Mongeluzi, D.L., Dudek, C., Chen, X.Y., Wolpaw, J.R. An in vitro protocol for recording from spinal motoneurons of adult rats. Journal of Neurophysiolog, 100: 478-481, 2008.
  • Pillai, S., Wang, Y., Wolpaw, J.R., Chen, X.Y. Effects of H-reflex up-conditioning on GABAergic terminals on rat soleus motorneurons. European Journal of Neuroscience, 28:668-674, 2008.
  • English, A., Chen, Y., Carp, J.S., Wolpaw, J.R., 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, 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, 98:878-887, 2007.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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., Tennissen, A.M., Wolpaw, J.R. Corticospinal tract transection permanently abolishes H-reflex down-conditioning in rats. Journal of Neurotrauma, 23: 1743-1750, 2006.
  • 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., Wolpaw, J.R. Ablation of cerebellar nuclei prevents H-reflex down-conditioning in rats. Learning & Memory, 12: 248-254, 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.
  • 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.

Contact Information

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