Yu Qiang Ding

Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Yu Qiang Ding

Date of Birth: November 6, 1966  

Nationality: P. R. China

E-mail Address: dingyq@morpheus.wustl.edu or yuqianding@yahoo.com



EDUCATION

1996.8-199.7, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

1994.2-1996.8, Ph.D., Department of Morphological Brain Science, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

1991-8-1993.7, Master in Neuroscience, Department of Anatomy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China (one year in advance)

1983.8-1989.7 M.D., Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China



POSITIONS

2001.3-present: Research Associate, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

2000.2-2001.2: Research Associate, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1999.7-2002.12: Associate Professor, Institute of Neurosciences, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

1994.8-1999.7 Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

1989.8-1994.7 Teaching assistant, Department of Anatomy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China



MEMBERSHIPS

International Brain Research Organization, 1993-1998

Japanese Association of Anatomy, 1994-1996

Japanese Society for Neuroscience, 1994-1996

Society for Neuroscience, USA, 1997-



Grant Supports

National Nature Science Foundation of China (39600045),
 “The localization of neurokinin B receptor in the central nervous system”

Principal Investigator: Yu Qiang Ding

Period: 01/01/1997-12/31/1999



National Nature Science Foundation of China (39970377),
     “Afferent pathway of the pontine micturition reflex---morphological and physiological basis”

Principal Investigator: Yu Qiang Ding

Period: 01/01/2000-12/31/2002



Grant for University Key Teachers from the Ministry of Education of China

“Neurokinin 3 receptor and vasopressin”

Principal Investigator: Yu Qiang Ding

Period: 07/2000-7/2002



INVITED LECTURE

Morphological study of μ opioid receptor and neurokinin B receptor

Shanghai Institute of Neuroscience, China Academy of Science, Shanghai, China. Feb, 14, 2000.



PUBLICATIONS

1、Ding Yu-Qiang, Wang Ya-Qi, Qin Bing-Zhi, Li Ji-Shuo (1993) The major pelvic ganglion is the main source of nitric oxide synthase-containing nerve fibers in penile erectile tissue of the rat. Neurosci. Lett., 164:187-189.

2、Lu Yan, Ding Yu-Qiang, Qin Bing-Zhi, Li Ji-Shuo (1994) The distribution and origin of axon terminals with NADPH diaphorase acitivity in the nucleus of the solitary tract of the rat. Neurosci. Lett., 171:70-72.

3、Ding Yu-Qiang, Qin Bing-Zhi, Li Ji-Shuo, Mizuno Noboru (1994) Induction of c-fos-like protein in the spinoparabrachial tract-neurons locating in the sacral parasympathetic nucleus in the rat. Brain Res., 659:283-286.

4、Ding Yu-Qiang, Takada Masahiko, Kaneko Takeshi, Mizuno Noboru (1995) Colocalization of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and nitric oxide in penis-innervating neurons in the major pelvic ganglion of the rat. Neurosci. Res., 22:129-131.

5、Ding Yu-Qiang, Takada Masahiko, Shigemoto Ryuichi, Mizuno Noboru (1995) Spinoparabrachial tract neurons showing substance P receptor-like immunoreactivity in the lumbar spinal cord of the rat. Brain Res., 674:336-340.

6、Ding Yu-Qiang, Takada Masahiko, Shigemoto Ryuichi, Mizuno Noboru (1995) Trigemninoparabrachial tract neurons showing substance P receptor-like immunoreactivity in the rat Neurosci. Res., 23:415-418.

7、Lu Yan, Jin Sha-Xue, Xu Tian-Le, Qin Bing-Zhi, Li Ji-Shuo, Ding Yu-Qiang, Shigemoto Ryuichi, Mizuno Noboru (1995) Expression of c-fos protein in substance P receptor-like immunoreactive neurons in response to noxious stimuli on the urinary bladder: an observation in the lumbosacral cord segment of the rat. Neurosci. Lett., 198:139-142.

8、Ding Yu-Qiang, Nomura Sakashi, Kaneko Takeshi, Mizuno Noboru (1995) Presynaptic localization of -opioid receptor-like immunoreactivity in retinal axon terminals within the terminal nuclei of the accessory optic tract: a light and electron microscope study in the rat. Neurosci. Lett., 199:139-142.

9、Ding Yu-Qiang, Nomura Sakashi, Kaneko Takeshi, Mizuno Noboru (1995) Co-localization of -opioid receptor-like and substance P-like immunoreactivities in axonal terminals within the superficial layers of the medullary and spinal dorsal horns of the rat. Neurosci. Lett., 198:45-48.

10、Ding Yu-Qiang, Takada Masahiko, Tokuno Hironobu, Mizuno Noboru (1995) Direct projections from the dorsolateral potine tegmentum to pudendal motoneurons innervating the exteranl urethral sphincter muscle in the rat. J. Comp. Neurol., 357:318-330.

11、Ohishi Hitoshi, Nomura Sakashi, Yu-Qiang Ding, Shigemoto Ryuichi, Wada Eiki, Kinoshita Ayae, Li Jin-Lian, Neki Akio, Nakanishi Shigetada, Mizuno Noboru (1995) Presynaptic localization of a metabotropic glutamate receptor, mGlu7, in the primary afferent neurons: an immunohistochemical study in the rat. Neurosci. Lett., 202:85-88.

12、Ding Yu-Qiang, Shigemoto Ryuichi, Tadada Masahiko, Ohishi Hitoshi, Nakanishi Shigetada, Mizuno Noboru (1996) Localization of neuromedin K receptor in the central nervous system of the rat. J. Comp. Neurol., 364:290-310.

13、Ding Yu-Qiang, Kaneko Takeshi, Nomura Sakashi, Mizuno Noboru (1996) Immunohistochemical localization of -opioid receptor in the central nervous system of the rat. J. Comp. Neurol., 367:375-402.

14、Nomura Sakashi, Ding Yu-Qiang, Kaneko Takeshi, Mizuno Noboru (1996) Localization of -opioid receptor-like immunoreactivity in the central components of the vagus nerve: a light and electron microscope study in the rat. Neuroscience, 73:277-286.

15、Li Jin-Lian, Ding Yu-Qiang, Shigemoto Ryrich, Mizuno Noboru (1996) Distribution of trigemnothalamic and spinothalamic-tract neurons showing substance P receptor-like immunoreactivity in the rat. Brain Res., 719:207-212.

16、Gong Liang-Wei, Yu-Qiang Ding, Wang Dan, Zheng Heng-Xing, Qin Bing-Zhi, Li Ji-Shuo, Kaneko Takeshi, Mizuno Noboru (1997) GABAergic synapses on -opioid receptor-expressing neurons in the superficial dorsal horn: an electron microscope study in the cat spinal cord. Neurosci. Lett., 277:33-36.

17、Lu Yan, Zheng Heng-Xing, Ding Yu-Qiang, Gong Liang-Wei, Qin Bing-Zhi, Li Ji-Shuo (1997) Coexistence of -opioid receptor-like and substance P-like immunoreactivities in the cat dorsal root ganglionic neurons. J. Brain Res., 38:243-246.

18、Mann Patrcia, Southwell Bridget, Ding Yu-Qiang, Shigemoto Ryuichi, Mizuno Noboru, Furness John (1997) Localization of neurokinin 3 (NK3) receptor immunoreactivity in the rat gastrointestinal tract. Cell Tissue Res., 289:1-9.

19、Chen Liang-Wei, Guan Zhen-Long, Ding Yu-Qiang (1997) Neurokinin B receptor (NK3)-positive neurons expressing c-fos after chemical noxious stimulation on the peritoneum: a double staining study in the nucleus tractus solitarius of the rat. J. Brain Res., 38:363-367.

20、Ding Yu-Qiang, Zheng Heng-Xing, Gong Liang-Wei, Lu Yan, Zhao Hua, Qin Bing-Zhi (1997) Direct projections from the lumbosacral spinal cord to Barrington’s nucleus in the rat: a special reference to micturition reflex. J. Comp. Neurol., 389:149-160.

21、Seybold V.S., Grkpvic I., Portbury A.I., Ding Yu-Qiang, Shigemoto R., Mizuno N., Furness J.B., Southwell B.R. (1997) Relationship of NK3 receptor-immunoreactivity to subpopulations of neurons in rat spinal cord. J. Comp. Neurol., 381:439-448.

22、Chen Liang-Wei, Guan Zhen-Long, Ding Yu-Qiang (1998) Mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons expressing neuromedin K receptor (NK3): a double immunocytochemical study in the rat. Brain Res., 780:150-154.

23、Li Jin-Lian, Ding Yu-Qiang, Xiong Kang-Hui, Li Ji-Shuo, Shigemoto Ryuichi, Mizuno Noboru (1998) Substance P receptor (NK1)-immunoreactive neurons projecting to the periaquedutal gray: distribution in the spinal cord and trigeminal nucleus of the rat. Neurosci. Res., 30:219-225.

24、Guan Zhen-Long, Ding Yu-Qiang, Li Jin-Lian, Lu Bao-Zhen (1998) Substance P receptor-expressing neurons in the medullary and spinal dorsal horns projecting to the nucleus of the solitary tract in the rat. Neurosci. Res., 30:213-218.

25、Ding Yu-Qiang, Wang Dan, Nie Hong, Guan Zhen-Long, Lu Bao-Zhen, Li Ji-Shuo (1998) Direct projections from the periaqueductal gray to pontine micturition center neurons projecting to the lumbosacral spinal cord segment: an electron microscope study in the rat. Neurosci. Lett., 242:97-100.

26、Ding Yu-Qiang, Li Jin-Lian, Lu Bao-Zhen, Wang Dan, Zhang Miao-Li, Li Ji-Shuo (1998) Co-localization of -opioid receptor-like immuoreactivity (-LI) with substance P-LI, calcitonin gene-related peptide-LI and nitric oxide synthase-LI in vagal and glossopharyngeal afferent neurons of the rat. Brain Res., 792:149-153.

27、Ding Yu-Qiang, Lu Bao-Zhen, Guan Zhen-Long, Wang Dian-Shi, Xu Jun-Qing Li Jian-Hong (1999) Neurokinin B receptor-containing neurons in the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei of the hypothalamus of the rat synthesize vasopressin and express Fos following intravenous injection of hypertonic saline. Neuroscience, 91:1077-1085.

28、Ding Yu-Qiang, Zheng Heng-Xing, Wang Dian-Shi, Xu Jun-Qing (1999) Localization of Barrington’s nucleus in the pontine dorsolateral tegmentum of the rabbit, J. Brain Res., 39:375-381.

29、Ding Yu-Qiang, Zheng Heng-Xing, Wang Dian-Shi, Xu Jun-Qing, Gong Liang-Wei, Lu Yan, Shi Juan, Li Hua-Lin, Li Ji-Shuo, Shigemoto Ryuichi, Kaneko Takeshi, Mizuno Noboru (1999) The distribution of substance P receptor (NK1)-like immunoreactive neurons in the newborn and adult human spinal cord, Neurosci. Lett., 266:133-136.

30、Ding Yu-Qiang, Shi Juan, Wang Dian-Shi, Xu Jun-Qing, Li Jin-Lian, Ju Gong (1999) Primary afferent fibers of the pelvic nerve terminate in the gracile nucleus of the rat, Neurosci. Lett., 272:211-214.

31、Ding Yu-Qiang, Wang Dan, Xu Jun-Qing, Ju Gong (1999) Direct projections from the medial preoptic area to spinall-projecting neurons in Barrington’s nucleus: an electron microscope study in the rat, Neurosci. Lett., 270:175-178.

32、Ding Yu-Qiang, Shi Juan, Su Ling-Yun, Xu Jun-Qing, Su Chang-Jun, Guo Xiu-E, Ju Gong (2000) Intracerebroventricular injection of senktide induced Fos expression in the vasopressin-containing hypothalamic neurons of the rat, Brain Res., 882:95-102.

33、Chen Liang-Wei, Wei L., Ding Yu-Qiang, Zhang H., Rao Zhi-Ren., Ju Gong (2001) Cholinergic neurons expressing neuromedin K receptor (NK(3) in the basal forebrain of the rat: a double immunofluorescence study. Neuroscience, 103(2):413-22.

34、Ding Yu-Qiang, Lu Chun-Rong, Wang Hong, Su Chang-Jun, Chen Liang-Wei, Zhang Yuan-Qiang, Ju Gong (2002) Two major distinct subpopulations of neurokinin-3 receptor-expressing neurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord. Eur. J. Neurosci., 16:551-556.

35、Wang Hong, Zhang Yuan-Qiang, Ding Yu-Qiang Ding, Zhang Jin-Shan Zhang (2002) Localization of neurokinin B receptor in mouse gastrointestinal tract. World. J. Gastroenterol.,  8:172-175.

36、Xu Zhen, Wang Bai-Ren, Ding Yu-Qiang, Kuang Fang, Wang Xi, Duan Xiao-Li, Jiao Xi-Ying and Gong Ju (2002) Extracellular signal-regulated kinases1/2 in neurons of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve and nucleus of the solitary tract are activated by noxious visceral stimulus in mice, Neurosci. Lett., 334:103-106.

37、Liu RongJian, Ding YuQiang, Aghajanian G (2002) Neurokinins activate local glutamatergic inputs to serotonergic neurons of the dorsal raphe nucleus. Neuropsychopharmacology 27:329-340.

38、Xi Wang, Bai-Ren Wang, Xiao-Li Duan, Ping Zhang, Yu-Qiang Ding, Yi Jia, Gong Ju (2002) Interleukin-1 reptor typeis strongly expressed in carotid body in the rat. J histochemistry & Cytochemistry, 50,1677-1684.

39、Ding Yu-Qiang, Yin Jun, Xu Hai-Ming, Jackquin M.F Jacquin, Chen Zhou-Feng (2003) Formation of whisker-related PrV-based lemniscal pathway requires a paired homeodomain transcription factor, Drg11. J Neurosci., in press.

40、Ding Yu-Qiang, Marklund Ulrika, Yuan Wenlin, Yin Jun, Wegman Lauren, Ericson Johan, Deneris Evan, Johson Randy L, Chen Zhou-Feng Chen Lmx1b is essential for the development of serotonergic neurons (2003). Nature Neurosci., in press.