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Ji-Zeng Du,
Prof. Division of Neurobiology and Physiology, Dept. of Physiology
Institute of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Research Building C501-511
Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus
Hangzhou 310058, China
Or
Yuquan Campus, Teaching Building 8, Room 235
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Tel.: +86-571-88208182; Fax: +86-571-88208182
Email:dujz@zju.edu.cn


Scholarly and Professional Activities
Professor and Head
Division of Neurobiology and Physiology, Dept. of Physiology

Member of Chinese Association for Physiological Sciences
Committee Member of Chinese Association for Comparative Physiology
Member of Chinese Society for Neuroscience
International Hypoxia Advisory Committee Member
Editorial Board, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
Editorial Board, International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
Member of IUPS

Research Interesting:
1. Neurobiology
Molecular mechanism of neuro-endocrine-immune network; Mechanism of hypoxia related brain disease; Behavior of learning and memory and synapse plasticity; Central neuroimmune function; Stress: pivotal effects of neuropeptide CRF and its receptors family
2.Physiology
Hypoxia physiology; Comparative physiology of functional genome and Proteome; Physiological basis of development and aging; Environment adaptation and molecular evolution

Current Publications:
1. Lu XJ, Chen XQ, Weng J, Zhang HY, Pak DT, Luo JH, Du JZ (2009) Hippocampal spine-associated Rap-specific GTPase-activating protein induces enhancement of learning and memory in postnatally hypoxia-exposed mice. Neuroscience 162:404-414.
2. JM. Fan,XQ Chen, H. Jin, JZ. Du, Gestational hypoxia alone or combined with restraint sensitize the HPA axis and induce anxiety-like behavior in adult male rat offspring. Neuroscience 2009; 159:1363–1373.
3. Cao YB, Chen XQ, Wang S, Chen XC, Wang YX, Chang JP, Du JZ.Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor of naked carp (Gymnocypris przewalskii) in Lake Qinghai: Expression in different water environments. Gen Comp Endocrinol. General and Comparative Endocrinology 2009; 161:400–406.
4. Ji-Zeng Du, Yuxiang Wang, Colin Brauner, Jeffrey Richards, XueQun Chen, Diversity in a Changing Environment” - the International Conference of Comparative Physiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology and 6th Chinese Comparative Physiology Conference, 2007. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C, Toxicol Pharmacol. 2008;148:293-295.
5. Yipeng Cai and Ji-Zeng Du, Comparative Physiology in China 1984-2007. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C, Toxicol Pharmacol. 2008; 148: 296-304.
6. Yi-Bin Cao, Xue-Qun Chen, Shen Wang, Ji-Zeng Du, Yuxiang Wang, Molecular clone and evolution analysis of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha from naked carp (Gymnocypris przewalskii) in Lake Qinghai of China. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 2008; 67（5）570-580.
7. Victoria Matey, Jeffrey G. Richards, Yuxiang Wang, Chris M. Wood, Joe Rogers, Rhiannon Davies, Brent W. Murray, XQ. Chen, Ji-Zeng Du and Colin J. Brauner, The effect of hypoxia on gill morphology and ionoregulatory status in the Lake Qinghai scaleless carp, Gymnocypris przewalskii, The Journal of Experimental Biology 2008; 211, 1063-1074.
8. Jun-Jun He, Xue-Qun Chen, Li Wang, Jian-Fen Xu and Ji-Zeng Du，CRFR1 coexists with ET-1 and modulates its mRNA expression and release in rat paraventricular nucleus during hypoxia. Neuroscience 2008;152 （4） 1006-1014.
9. Chen XQ, Dong J, Niu CY, Fan JM, Du JZ.2007 Effects of hypoxia on glucose, insulin, glucagon and modulation by CRFR1 in the rat. Endocrinology 2007; 148(7), 3217-3278.
10. Chen XQ, Wang SJ, Du JZ, Chen XC. Diversities in hepatic HIF-1, IGF-I/IGFBP-1, LDH/ICD, and their mRNA expressions induced by CoCl(2) in Qinghai-Tibetan plateau mammals and sea level mice. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2007;292(1):R516-26.