Jun Wang

Staff Research Investigator, Gallo Center
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurology, UCSF

Phone: (510) 985-3193
Email: jwang@gallo.ucsf.edu

Publications

Chen G, Cuzon Carlson VC, Wang J, Beck A, Heinz A, Ron D, Lovinger DM, Buck KJ. Striatal Involvement in Human Alcoholism and Alcohol Consumption, and Withdrawal in Animal Models. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 Oct;35(10):1739-1748. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01520.x. Epub 2011 May 25.

Gang Chen, Verginia C. Cuzon Carlson, Jun Wang, Anne Beck, Andreas Heinz, Dorit Ron, David M. Lovinger, and Kari J. Buck. Striatal Involvement in Human Alcoholism and Alcohol Consumption, and Withdrawal in Animal Models. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research, Accepted.

Jun Wang*, Maria Fe Lanfranco*, Stuart L. Gibb, and Dorit Ron. Ethanol-Mediated Long-Lasting Adaptations of the NR2B-Containing NMDA Receptors in the Dorsal Striatum. Channels 5(4): 1-5 (2011).* (*Equal contribution)

Jun Wang, Sebastien Carnicella, Dao-Yao He, Somayeh Ahmadiantehrani, Segev Barak, Sami Ben Hamida, Viktor Kharazia, Agustin Zapata, Toni S. Shippenberg, and Dorit Ron. Nucleus Accumbens-Derived GDNF Is a Retrograde Enhancer of Dopaminergic Tone in the Mesocorticolimbic System. The Journal of Neuroscience 30: 14502-14512, (2010).

Jun Wang, Maria Fe Lanfranco, Stuart L. Gibb, Quinn V. Yowell, Sebastien Carnicella, and Dorit Ron. Long-Lasting Adaptations of the NR2B-Containing NMDA Receptors in the Dorsomedial Striatum Play a Crucial Role in Alcohol Consumption and Relapse. The Journal of Neuroscience 30:10187-10198 (2010).

Dorit Ron and Jun Wang. The NMDA Receptor and Alcohol Addiction. Chapter 4, pp 59-77. In: VanDongen AMJ, ed. Biology of the NMDA Receptor. Taylor and Francis/CRC Press, Boca Raton, (2008).

Rachel Jurd, Claire Thornton, Jun Wang, Ken Luong, Khanhky Phamluong, Viktor Kharazia, Stuart L. Gibb, and Dorit Ron. Mind Bomb-2 Is an E3 Ligase That Ubiquitinates the N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor NR2B Subunit in a Phosphorylation-dependent Manner. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 283:301-310 (2008).

Jun Wang, Sebastien Carnicella, Khanhky Phamluong, Jerome Jeanblanc, Jennifer A. Ronesi, Nadia Chaudhri, Patricia H. Janak, David M. Lovinger, and Dorit Ron. Ethanol Induces Long-Term Facilitation of NR2B-NMDA Receptor Activity in the Dorsal Striatum: Implications for Alcohol Drinking Behavior. The Journal of Neuroscience 27:3593-3602 (2007). (Faculty of 1000 Biology: http://www.f1000biology.com/article/id/1085799, factor 6 “must read” category).

Neesha Suvarna, Stephanie L. Borgland*, Jun Wang*, Khanhky Phamluong, Yves P. Auberson, Antonello Bonci, and Dorit Ron. Ethanol Alters Trafficking and Functional N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor NR2 Subunit Ratio via H-Ras. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 280: 31450–31459 (2005). (*Equal contribution)