1. Li LH, Yao HY, Mo RF, Xu LH, Chen P, Chen YC, Hu JJ, Xie W, Song XJ*. Blocking proteinase-activated receptor 2 signaling relieves pain, suppresses nerve sprouting, improves tissue repair, and enhances analgesic effect of B vitamins in rats with Achilles tendon injury. Pain 2024 Apr 9; Epub ahead of print.
2. Song XJ*, Hu JJ. Neurobiological basis of emergence from anesthesia. Trends in Neurosciences 2024 March 14; DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2024.02.005.
3. Hu JJ, Liu YX, Yao HY, Cao BX, Liao HB, Yang RD, Chen P, Song XJ*. Emergence of consciousness from anesthesia through ubiquitin degradation of KCC2 in the ventral posteromedial nucleus of the thalamus. Nature Neuroscience 2023 May;26(5):751-764.
4. Ma P, Mo R, Liao H, Qiu C, Wu G, Yang C, Zhang Y, Zhao Y, Song XJ*. Gut microbiota depletion by antibiotics ameliorates somatic neuropathic pain induced by nerve injury, chemotherapy, and diabetes in mice. Journal of Neuroinflammation 2022 Jun 28;19(1):169.
5. Deng X, Ma P, Wu M, Liao H, Song XJ*. Role of matrix metalloproteinases in myelin abnormalities and mechanical allodynia in rodents with diabetic neuropathy. Aging and Disease 2021 Oct 1;12(7):1808-1820.
6. Wu MZ, Li ZH, Liang L, Ma PC, Cui D, Chen P, Wu GH, Song XJ*. Wnt signaling contributes to withdrawal symptoms from opioid receptor activation induced by morphine exposure or chronic inflammation. Pain 2020 Mar;161(3):532-544.
7. Ma PC, Chen P, Zhou ZL, Wu MZ, Song XJ*. Activation of EphB receptors contributes to primary sensory neuron excitability by facilitating Ca2+ influx directly or through Src kinase-mediated N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor phosphorylation. Pain 2020 Feb 27. PMID: 32149862.
8. Xu N, Wu MZ, Deng XT, Ma PC, Li ZH, Liang L, Song XJ*. Inhibition of YAP/TAZ Activity in Spinal Cord Suppresses Neuropathic Pain. The Journal of Neuroscience 2016; 36(39):10128-40.
9. Liu S, Liu YP, Huang ZJ, Zhang YK, Song AA, Ma PC, Song XJ*. Wnt/Ryk signaling contributes to neuropathic pain by regulating sensory neuron excitability and spinal synaptic plasticity in rats. Pain 2015; 156(12):2572-84.
10. Liu S, Liu YP, Song WB, Song XJ*. EphrinB-EphB receptor signaling contributes to bone cancer pain via Toll-like receptor and proinflammatory cytokines in rat spinal cord. Pain 2013;154(12):2823-35.
11. Zhang YK, Huang ZJ, Liu S, Liu YP, Song AA, Song XJ*. WNT signaling underlies the pathogenesis of neuropathic pain in rodents. Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) 2013; 123(5):2268-86.
12. Huang ZJ, Li HC, Cowan AA, Zhang YK, Song XJ*. Chronic compression or acute dissociation of dorsal root ganglion induces cAMP-dependent neuronal hyperexcitability through activation of PAR2. Pain 2012; 153:1426-1437.
13. Wu XF, Liu WT, Liu YP, Huang ZJ, Zhang YK, Song XJ*. Reopening of ATP-sensitive potassium channels reduces neuropathic pain and regulates astroglial gap junctions in the rat spinal cord. Pain 2011;152:2605-2613.
14. Liu S, Liu WT, Liu YP, Dong HL, Henkemeyer M, Song XJ*. Blocking EphB1 receptor forward signaling in spinal cord relieves bone cancer pain and rescues analgesic effect of morphine treatment. Cancer Research 2011;71(13):4392-402.
15. Liu WT, Han Y, Liu YP, Song AA, Barnes B, Song XJ*. Spinal matrix metalloproteinase-9 contributes to physical dependence on morphine in mice. The Journal of Neuroscience 2010; 30: 7613-7623.