Haijiang Cai

Member of the Graduate Faculty | Associate Professor, Neuroscience - GIDP | Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute | Associate Professor, Neuroscience

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Haijiang Cai is a neuroscientist whose research aims to understand the neural circuit mechanisms of animal behaviors related to eating and emotions, both in health and disease.

Research Area

neuroscience, neural circuits, eating disorders, feeding behavior, microscopy, anorexia, regulation, central amygdala, behavioral psychology, amygdala

Neural Mechanism of Impaired Satiation After Magel2 Mutation
Active·2024·$223.4K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
neuroscience, genetics, hormonal regulation, obesity
Dissecting a Central Amygdala-Parasubthalamic Nucleus Circuitry Underlying Appetite Control
Active·2021·$1.5M·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
neuroscience, appetite, circuitry, amygdala, nucleus
Simultaneous Targeting of Specific Neurons for Anorexia Nervosa in Two Extended Amygdala Regions
Active·2019·$750K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
neuroscience, eating disorders, neuronal targeting, amygdala function, behavioral interventions
Alpha-Synuclein Driven Cellular Changes and Vocal Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease
2021·$8.6K / $415.5K·
External
Key Personnel (KP)
parkinson's disease, alpha-synuclein, cellular changes, vocal dysfunction, neurodegenerative diseases
Role of Central Amygdala Anorexia Neural Circuits in Prader-Willi Syndrome
2019·$64.8K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
neurobiology, eating disorders, genetic disorders, neural circuits, anorexia

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Recent

Neural circuits regulation of satiation

2024

neural circuits, regulation, satiation

Development of activity-based anorexia requires PKC-δ neurons in two central extended amygdala nuclei

2024

eating disorders, neuroscience, behavioral psychology, brain circuits, neuronal pathways

Motionless volumetric structured light sheet microscopy

2023

microscopy, volumetric imaging, structured light, motionless imaging, 3d imaging

Oligofructose improves small intestinal lipid-sensing mechanisms via alterations to the small intestinal microbiota

2023

oligofructose, intestinal microbiota, lipid-sensing mechanisms, small intestine, improvement

Dissecting a disynaptic central amygdala parasubthalamic nucleus neural circuit that mediates cholecystokinin-induced eating suppression

2022

neural circuits, eating suppression, amygdala, cholecystokinin, neural circuitry

Central extended amygdala neurons in the development of activity-based anorexia

2022

neuroscience, eating disorders, behavioral psychology, neuronal circuitry, anorexia nervosa

Wireless, battery-free subdermally implantable photometry systems for chronic recording of neural dynamics

2020

neuroscience, biomedical engineering, wireless technology, battery technology, photometry

Neural Circuit Mechanism Underlying the Feeding Controlled by Insula-Central Amygdala Pathway

2020

neural circuits, feeding behavior, insula, central amygdala, neural mechanisms

Internal states influence the representation and modulation of food intake by subthalamic neurons

2020

subthalamic neurons, food intake regulation, neuronal modulation, internal states, neuronal representation

Multi-wavelength quantitative polarization and phase microscope

2019

microscopy, polarization, quantitative imaging, wavelengths

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Undergrad Research Opp For Credit
Neural circuits and animal behaviors. Research tools: Electrophysiology, Optogenetics, Chemogenetics, Calcium imaging, and Mouse Behaviors Research topics: Eating, Emotion, Circadian Rhythm Related diseases: Eating disorders, Obesity, Anxiety, Depression Majors: Neuroscience, Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Systems Neuroscience
Fundamental Principles in Systems Neuroscience
Cellular Neurophysiology

Treating or Preventing Anorexia Nervosa via Precision Targeting of Neuronal Circuit
2022·Technology
Multi-Field Miniaturized Microscope
2017·Technology
Multi-Field Miniaturized Micro-Endoscope
1899·Patent

Haijiang Cai

About

Research Area

Grants(6)

Neural Mechanism of Impaired Satiation After Magel2 Mutation

Dissecting a Central Amygdala-Parasubthalamic Nucleus Circuitry Underlying Appetite Control

Simultaneous Targeting of Specific Neurons for Anorexia Nervosa in Two Extended Amygdala Regions

Alpha-Synuclein Driven Cellular Changes and Vocal Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease

Role of Central Amygdala Anorexia Neural Circuits in Prader-Willi Syndrome

Publications(23)

Neural circuits regulation of satiation

Development of activity-based anorexia requires PKC-δ neurons in two central extended amygdala nuclei

Motionless volumetric structured light sheet microscopy

Oligofructose improves small intestinal lipid-sensing mechanisms via alterations to the small intestinal microbiota

Dissecting a disynaptic central amygdala parasubthalamic nucleus neural circuit that mediates cholecystokinin-induced eating suppression

Central extended amygdala neurons in the development of activity-based anorexia

Wireless, battery-free subdermally implantable photometry systems for chronic recording of neural dynamics

Neural Circuit Mechanism Underlying the Feeding Controlled by Insula-Central Amygdala Pathway

Internal states influence the representation and modulation of food intake by subthalamic neurons

Multi-wavelength quantitative polarization and phase microscope

Collaborations(15)

Rongguang Liang

Carol Barnes

Stephen Cowen

Katalin Gothard

Jennifer Teske

Opportunities(1)

Undergrad Research Opp For Credit

News(2)

Researchers identify brain region associated with feeling full after eating

These Neurons Affect How Much You Do, or Don't, Want to Eat

Courses(3)

Systems Neuroscience

Fundamental Principles in Systems Neuroscience

Cellular Neurophysiology

Techs/Patents(3)

Treating or Preventing Anorexia Nervosa via Precision Targeting of Neuronal Circuit

Multi-Field Miniaturized Microscope

Multi-Field Miniaturized Micro-Endoscope