2019
● A subcortical excitatory circuit for sensory-triggered predatory hunting in mice
Congping Shang , Aixue Liu, Dapeng Li , Zhiyong Xie, Zijun Chen , Meizhu Huang, Yang Li , Yi Wang , Wei L. Shen and Peng Cao
DOI：1038/s41593-019-0405-4 Nature neuroscience , » PDF
2018
● Divergent midbrain circuits orchestrate escape and freezing responses to looming stimuli in mice
Congping Shang , Zijun Chen , Aixue Liu , Yang Li , Jiajing Zhang , Baole Qu , Fei Yan , Yaning Zhang , Weixiu Liu , Zhihui Liu , Xiaofei Guo , Dapeng Li , Yi Wang & Peng Cao
DOI：1038/s41593-019-0405-4 Nature neuroscience , » PDF
● An Excitatory Neural Assembly Encodes Short-Term Memory in the Prefrontal Cortex
Yonglu Tian, Chaojuan Yang, Yaxuan Cui, Feng Su, Yongjie Wang, Yangzhen Wang, Peijiang Yuan, Shujiang Shang, Hao Li, Jizong Zhao, Desheng Zhu, Shiming Tang, Peng Cao
DOI：/10.1016/j.celrep.2018.01.050 Cell Reports » PDF
2017
● IGF1-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity of Mitral Cells in Olfactory Memory during Social Learning
ZhihuiLiu , ZijunChen , CongpingShang , FeiYan , YingchaoShi , JiajingZhang , BaoleQu , HailinHan, YanyingWang , DapengLi , ThomasC.Südhof , PengCao
DOI：/10.1016/j.neuron.2017.06.015 Neuron » PDF
● Activity-Dependent IGF-1 Exocytosis Is Controlled by the Ca2+ -Sensor Synaptotagmin-10
Zheng-Dong Zhao , Zongming Chen , Xinkuan Xiang , Mengna Hu , Hengchang Xie , Xiaoning Jia , Fang Cai , Yuting Cui , Zijun Chen , Lechen Qian , Jiashu Liu , Congping Shang , Yiqing Yang , Xinyan Ni , Wenzhi Sun , Ji Hu , Peng Cao ，Haohong Li , Wei L Shen ,
DOI: 10.1038/s41593-019-0404-5 Nature neuroscience » PDF
2015
● A parvalbumin-positive excitatory visual pathway to trigger fear responses in mice
Congping Shang , Zhihui Liu , Zijun Chen , Yingchao Shi , Qian Wang , Su Liu , Dapeng Li , PengCao
DOI：10.1126/science.aaa8694 Science » PDF
2013
● Complexin Activates Exocytosis of Distinct Secretory Vesicles Controlled by Different Synaptotagmins
PengCao , Xiaofei Yang, and Thomas C. Su¨dhof
DOI：10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4087-12.2013 The Journal of Neuroscience » PDF
● Deconstructing complexin function in activating and clamping Ca2+ -triggered exocytosis by comparing knockout and knockdown phenotypes
Xiaofei Yang , PengCao , and Thomas C. Südhof
DOI：10.1073/pnas.1321367110 Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences U S A » PDF
2011
● Activity-Dependent IGF-1 Exocytosis Is Controlled by the Ca2+ -Sensor Synaptotagmin-10
PengCao , Anton Maximov , and Thomas C. Su¨dhof
DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2011.03.034 Cell » PDF
2010
● Calmodulin Controls Synaptic Strength via Presynaptic Activation of Calmodulin Kinase II
Zhiping P. Pang , PengCao , Wei Xu , and Thomas C. Su¨dhof
DOI：10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3129-09.2010 The Journal of Neuroscience » PDF
2008
● Corollary discharge circuits for saccadic modulation of the pigeon visual system
Yan Yang , PengCao , Yang Yang & Shu-Rong Wang
DOI：10.1038/nn.2107 Nature Neuroscience » PDF
2007
● Hippocampal long-term potentiation, memory, and longevity in mice that overexpress mitochondrial superoxide dismutase
Daoying Hu , PengCao , Edda Thiels , Charleen T. Chu , Gang-yi Wu , Tim D. Oury , Eric Klann
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2006.10.003 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory » PDF
2006
● Differential modulation of thalamic neurons by optokinetic nuclei in the pigeon
PengCao , Yan Yang , Yang Yang , Shu-Rong Wang
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.11.063 Brain Research » PDF
2004
● Visual Neurons in the Pigeon Brain Encode the Acceleration of Stimulus Motion
PengCao , Yong Gu , and Shu-Rong Wang
DOI:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2384-04.2004 The Journal of Neuroscience » PDF
2001
● Visual Responses of Neurons in the Pretectal Nucleus lentiformis mesencephali to Moving Patterns Within and Beyond Receptive Fields in Pigeons
Quan Xiao , PengCao , Yong Gu，Shu-Rong Wang
DOI: 10.1159/000047227 Brain Behavior and Evolution » PDF