Yuqing Liu

yuqing@eye-hand.wustl.edu

Education

2002 - 2009                                       Ph.D., Neuroscience (defended thesis on February 24, 2009)
                                           Washington University, St. Louis, MO
                                           Thesis: “Inactivation reveals different roles of parietal areas in the macaque monkey.”
                                           Thesis Advisor: Lawrence H. Snyder, M.D., Ph.D.

 

1994 - 2001                                       M.D. Medicine / M.S. Clinical medical science (first in class)
                                           Nankai University School of Medicine, China

 

 

 

Awards and Honors

2007                                                    Gordon Research Conference Travel Award

1999                                                    Brilliance Foundation Scholarship (Nankai University)

1997-1998                                           Nankai University Scholarship

1994-1995                                           Medical Scientist Training Scholarship (Nankai University School of Medicine)

 

 

Research Experience

2002-2009                                           Ph.D. thesis: Develop muscimol + manganese-MRI technique to visualize reversible inactivation sites and

                                                                                  use it to examine the causal roles of LIPd, LIPv, and PRR in oculomotor, reaching, and

                                                                                  attentional processing.

2000-2001                                           Master thesis: The relationship between nitric oxide, nitric oxide synthase, excitatory amino acids and

                                                                                     cerebral hemodynamic phases following traumatic brain injury.
                                             Principle Investigator: Mu Li, M.D./Ph.D, Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin First Central Hospital.

 

  

 

Abstracts & Publications

Liu YQ, Yttri EA, and Snyder LH. Intention and Attention: Different functional roles for LIPd and LIPv. (in revision)

Liu YQ, Yttri EA, and Snyder LH. Specific involvement of LIPd and LIPv for saccadic eye movements. (in preparation)

Liu YQ, Yttri EA, Wang C, and Snyder LH. The causal evidence for reach-specificity and limb-specificity in the parietal reach region. (in preparation)

Liu YQ, Yttri EA, and Snyder LH. Reversible inactivation reveals that LIPv subserves general attention while LIPd subserves saccadic intention.

     Society for Neuroscience Abstract (Washington, DC), 2008.

Liu YQ and Snyder LH. Effect of reversible inactivation of Macaque lateral intraparietal area on saccades and search.

    Gordon Research Conferences, Oculomotor System Biology Abstract (Lewiston, ME), 2007