Date: March 10, 2022

Source: Guangdong-Hongkong-Macao Institute of CNS Regeneration

Author: Ren Chaoran

A research team led by Prof. Ren Chaoran of JNU's Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Institute of CNS Regeneration published a paper online on Neuron, an international journal of neuroscience, on March 9. The paper is titled “A Visual Circuit Related to the Periaqueductal Gray Area for the Antinociceptive Effects of Bright Light Treatment,” which illustrates in depth the neural loop mechanism under the antinociceptive effects of bright light intervention.

(Screenshot of the paper)

With Ren as the corresponding author, the first authors are Hu Zhengfang, a doctoral student; Mu Yiman, a postgraduate student, and Huang Lu, a researcher. The research received material and technological support from partners, including Su Guohui, an academician in the institute; Associate Prof. Tao Qian and Dr. Lin Song of JNU’s School of Medicine; Xu Fuqiang, a researcher in the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Prof. Li Haohong of Zhejiang University; Prof. Hu Ji of Shanghai Tech University; and Shang Congping, a researcher in the Guangzhou Bioland Lab. The research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; key research projects at the national, provincial and ministerial levels; and the Innovation and Talent-Introduction Plans in Institutions of Higher Learning and Advanced Disciplines on central nervous system injury and repair, initiated by the Ministry of Education.

Link to paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2022.02.009