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   Publication(s) - Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

1. Wang HH, Cai M, Wang HN, Chen YC, Zhang RG, Wang Y, McAlonan GM, Bai YH, Wu WJ, Guo L, Zhang YH, Tan QR, Zhang ZJ*. (2016) An assessor-blinded, randomized comparison of efficacy and tolerability of switching from olanzapine to ziprasidone and the combination of both in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 85: 59-65.
2. Zhang ZJ*, Wang D, Man SC, Ng R, McAlonan GM, Wong HK, Wong W, Lee J, Tan QR. (2014) Platelet 5-HT1A receptor correlates with major depressive disorder in drug-free patients. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 53: 74-79.
3. Wang XM, Walitt B, Saligan LN, Brell JM, Tiwari A, Zhang ZJ. (2015) Chemobrain: a critical review and causal hypothesis of link between cytokines and epigenetic reprogramming associated with chemotherapy. Cytokine, 72: 86–96.
4. Zhang ZJ, Chen YC, Wang HN, Wang HH, Xue YY, Feng SF, Tan QR. (2012) Electroconvulsive therapy improves antipsychotic and somnographic responses in adolescents with first-episode psychosis – a case-controlled study. Schizophrenia Research, 137: 97-103.
5. Wang HH, Zhang ZJ*, Tan QR, Yin H, Chen YC, Wang HN, Zhang RG, Wang ZZ, Guo L, Tang LH, Li LJ. (2010) Psychopathological, biological, and neuroimaging characterization of posttraumatic stress disorder in survivors of a severe coalmining disaster in China. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 44: 385-392.
6. Wang HN, Peng Y, Tan QR, Chen YC, Zhang RG, Qiao YT, Wang HH, Liu L, Kuang F, Wang BR, Zhang ZJ*. (2010) Quetiapine ameliorates PTSD-like behavior and cognitive impairments in stressed rats: implications for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. Physiological Research, 59: 263-271.
7. Zhang ZJ*, Tan QR, Tong Y, Kang WH, Li Q, Zhen XC, Post RM. (2008) The effectiveness of carbamazepine in unipolar depression: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 109: 91-97.
8. Yu Y, Wang JR, Sun PH, Guo Y, Zhang ZJ, Jin GZ, Zhen X. (2007) Neuroprotective effects of atypical D1 receptor agonist SKF83959 are mediated via D1 receptor-dependent inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3beta and a receptor-independent anti-oxidative action. Journal of Neurochemistry, 104: 946-956.
9. Tan QR, Wang XZ, Wang CY, Liu XJ, Chen YC, Wang HH, Zhang RG, Zhen XC, Tong Y, Zhang ZJ*. (2007) Differential effects of classical and atypical antipsychotic drugs on rotenone-induced neurotoxicity in PC12 cells. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 17: 768-773.
10. Zhang ZJ*, Kang WH, Li Q, Wang XY, Yao SM, Ma AQ. (2006) Beneficial effects of ondansetron as an adjunct to haloperidol for chronic, treatment-resistant schizophrenia: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. Schizophrenia Research, 88: 102-110.
11. Xu JH, Hu HT, Liu Y, Qian YH, Liu ZH, Zhang ZJ*. (2006) Neuroprotective effects ebselen are associated with alterations in the expression of Bcl-2 and Bax in cultured rat cortical neurons. Neuroscience Letters, 399: 210-214.
12. Xiang YQ, Zhang ZJ*, Weng YZ, Zhai YM, Li WB, Cai ZJ, Tan QR, Wang CY. (2006) Serum concentrations of clozapine and norclozapine in the prediction of relapse of patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 83: 201-210.
13. Zhang ZJ*, Li Q, Kang WH, Tan QR, Gao CG, Zhang FG, Wang HH, Ma XC, Chen C, Wang W, Guo L, Zhang YH, Yang XB, Zhang RG. (2006) Differences in hypothyroidism between lithium-free and –treated patients with bipolar disorders. Life Sciences, 78: 771-776.
14. Zhang ZJ*, Jiang XL, Zhang SE, Zhang Y, Li H, Chen JG, Zhen XC. (2005) The paradoxical effects of SKF83959, a novel dopamine D1-like receptor agonist, in the rat acoustic startle reflex test. Neuroscience Letters, 382: 134-138.
15. Wang CY, Zhang ZJ*, Li WB, Zhai YM, Cai ZJ, Weng YZ, Zhu RH, Zhao JP, Zhou HH. (2004) The differential effects of steady-State fluvoxamine on pharmacokinetics of olanzapine and clozapine in healthy volunteers. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 44: 785-792.
16. Zhang ZJ*, Xing GQ, Russell S, Obeng K, Post RM. (2003) Unidirectional cross-tolerance from levetiracetam to carbamazepine in amygdala-kindled seizures. Epilepsia, 44: 1487-1493.
17. Zhang ZJ*, Russell S, Postma T, Obeng K, Obrocea G, Weiss SR, Post RM. (2003) Coadministration of gabapentin or MK-801 with lamotrigine slows tolerance to its anticonvulsant effects on kindled seizures. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 74: 565-571.
18. Zhang ZJ*, Postma T, Obeng K, Russell S, Weiss SR, Post RM. (2002) The Benzodiazepine partial inverse agonist Ro15-4513 alters anticonvulsant and lethal effects of carbamazepine in amygdala-kindled rats. Neuroscience Letters, 329: 253-256.
19. Wang XM, Zhang ZJ, Flores CA, Mokha SS. (2002) Antisense knockdown of the 2A-adrenoceptor reduces the antinociceptive effect of clonidine on the NMDA-induced nociceptive behavioral responses. Pain, 98: 27-35.
20. Zhang ZJ, Trivedi BL, de Paulis T, Mack JL, Schmidt DE, Hewlett WA (2002) Discrimination in 5-HT-3 receptor binding in murine brain and cultured cell preparations. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 365: 23-132.
21. Zhang ZJ, Schmidt DE, de Paulis T, Trivedi BL, Onaivi ES, Ebert MH, Hewlett WA. (2001) Anxiolytic-like effects of DAIZAC, a selective high-affinity 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, in the mouse elevated plus-maze. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 69: 571-578.
22. Hewlett WA, Trivedi BL, Zhang ZJ, de Paulis T, Schmidt DE, Lovinger DM, Ansari MS, Ebert MH (1999) Characterization of (S)-des-4-amino-3-[125I]iodozacopride ([125I]DAIZAC), a selective high-affinity radioligand for 5-hydroxytryptamine3 receptors. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 288: 221-231.
23. Zhang ZJ, Lappi DA, Wrenn CC, Milner TA,Wiley RG. (1998) Selective lesion of the cholinergic basal forebrain causes a loss of cortical neuropeptide Y and somatostatin neurons. Brain Research, 800: 198-206.
24. Yang J, Qian YH, Hu HT, Zhang ZJ, Wang WX, Hu XD. (1998) Effect of vitamin E on Alzheimer’s disease model rat. Chinese Journal of Gerontology (Chin)1998: 95-97.
25. Hewlett WA, de Paulis T, Mason NS, Schmidt DE, Trivedi BL, Zhang ZJ, Ebert MH. (1997) Synthesis and radiolabeling of (S)-4-amino-5-iodo-2-methoxy-N-(1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl)benzamide, the active enantiomer of [125I]iodozacopride, and re-evaluation of its 5-HT3 receptor affinity. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 45: 2079-2084.
26. Hu HT, Qian YH, Yang J, Zhang ZJ, Wang WX, Fang XY. (1997) Expression of amyloid precursor protein in dorsal hippocampal formation of dementia model in rat. Chinese Journal of Anatomy (Chin), 20: 444-447.
27. Qian YH, Hu HT, Yang J, Wang WX, Niu YD, Zhang ZJ, Hu XD. (1997) A study on the aluminum content analysis of rats brain and the change of memory. Studies of Trace Elements and Health (Chin),14: 1-2.  
28. Zhang ZJ, Berbos TG, Wrenn CC, Wiley RG. (1996) Loss of nucleus basalis magnocellularis, but not septal, cholinergic neurons correlates with passive avoidance impairment in rats treated with 192-saporin. Neuroscience Letters, 203: 214-218.
29. de Paulis T, Trivedi BL, Zhang ZJ, Schmidt DE, Mason NS, Ebert MH, Hewlett WA. (1996) (S)-4-amino-5- chloro-3-iodo-2-methoxy-N-(1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl)benzamide (TRIZAC), a high affinity ligand for the 5-HT3 receptor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 6: 2657-2662.
30. Zhang ZJ, Ren, H.M., Hu, H.T., Ling, F.D. (1994) Age-related alterations in LHRH neuronal system in the male rat hypothalamus. Sinica Anatomia Acta (Chin), 25: 22-27.
31. Zhang ZJ, Ren HM, Hu HT, Ling FD (1994) Effects of excess and deficiency of  growth hormone on the hypothalamic somatostatin in the aged male rat. Journal of Xi'an Medical University (Chin), 6: 78-81.
32. Zhang ZJ. (1992) Age-related changes in somatostatinergic neurons in rat hypothalamus --- a quantitative electron microscopic immunocytochemical study. Proceedings of youth Satellite Symposium on Life Sci. & Biotech. Academic Annual Meeting of Youth Scientists (Chin), Shanghai Sci. & Tech. Press, Shanghai, 1992, pp 615-618.
33. Zhang ZJ, Ren HM, Hu HT, Ling FD. (1992) Effects of castration and testosterone-replacement on hypothalamic and plasma LHRH levels in the aged male rat. Sinica Physiological Acta (Chin), 44: 275-281.
34. Zhang ZJ, Wang XM (1991) Hypothalamic aging (review). Prog Physiol Sci (Chin), 22: 285-287.
35. Zhang ZJ, Ren HM, Hu HT, Ling FD (1991) Age-related alterations in acetylcholinesterase-positive neurons in the rat globus pallidus. Sinica Anatomical Acta (Chin), 22: 380-384.
36. Zhang ZJ, Zhang KR, Wang GM. (1990) Age-related alteration in serotonin immunoreactive neurons in the rat raphe nuclei. Chinese Journal of Neuroanatomy (Chin), 6: 53-56.
37. Zhang ZJ, Zhang KR, Wang GM, Ma JF. (1989) Age-related changes in somatostatin immunoreactive neurons in the rat hippocampal formation --- immunogold-silver staining and quantitative image analytical studies. Sinica Anatomical Acta (Chin), 20: 387-390.