Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · NeuroscienceSocial Cognition Lab
Xiaoting Wu · New York, New York
Research Focus
Dr. Xiaoting Wu's lab at the Icahn School of Medicine focuses on understanding how the brain processes social information and forms memories related to social interactions, especially in relation to neuropsychiatric disorders like autism and schizophrenia. The research uses advanced techniques to explore the neural circuits involved in positive and negative social memories, aiming to uncover potential therapeutic approaches for these conditions.
social memoryneuromodulationhippocampusneuropsychiatric disorderssocial cognitionoptogeneticsfiber photometrycell type interactions
Research Aims
3AIM 01Identify how the ventral CA1 region of the hippocampus influences positive social memory.
AIM 02Investigate the neural circuits mediating negative social memories in the ventral CA1.
AIM 03Explore the neural coding of social familiarity and hierarchy in the dorsal CA2 region.
Skills the Lab Values
optogeneticsfiber photometryin vivo imagingelectrophysiologyconditional knockout techniquesRNA sequencingmouse modelsbehavioral assaysdata analysiscomputational modeling
Output against the department
Publications301top 22% of dept.148th of 671
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Citations6.5kbottom 45% of dept.370th of 671
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