Yuqing Liu
yuqing@eye-hand.wustl.edu
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
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)
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.
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