Contact Information

UCLA School of Medicine - Division of Digestive Diseases
Box 951792, VA Greater LA Healthcare System Bldg 115, Rm 111
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1792
On-campus mail: 179247
Tel: (310) 478-3711 x41831
Fax:(310) 268-4963
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Biosketch

Dr Wang is a neuroanatomist. She received her MD, Master Degree and PhD at the Medical School of Beijing University, Beijing, China and became an Associate Professor with the institution in Department of Anatomy in 1990. She received two times of fellowships from the Wenner-Gren Foundation and worked as a visiting scientist in the Karoliska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden from 1989 to 1990 and 1992 to 1993. She has been working in CURE, Division of Digestive Diseases since 1993. Dr. Lixin Wang has been working on the pathways and chemical coding in the central and peripheral autonomic nervous system. Her present research interests are in the studies on stress-induced gastrointestinal function alterations, regulation of feeding behavior and the related signals between the periphery and central nervous system.

Selected References

Wang L, Martínez V, Barrachina MD, Taché Y (1998): Fos expression in the brain induced by peripheral injection of CCK or leptin plus CKK in fasted lean mice. Brain Res, 971:157-166.

Wang L, Martinez V, Rivier JE, Taché Y. Peripheral urocortin inhibits gastric emptying and food intake in mice: differential role of CRF receptor 2. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2001;281:R1401-10.

Wang L, Saint-Pierre DH, Taché Y. Peripheral ghrelin selectively increases Fos expression in neuropeptide Y (NPY)-synthesizing neurons in mouse hypothalamic arcuate nucleus. Neurosci Lett 2002;325:47-51.