Name: Neuroscience Research Institute, Peking University

Founded：2001

Research fields

Pain and analgesia

Drug abuse and acupuncture treatment for drug addiction

Neurological degenerative disorders

Research directions

Pain mechanisms and pain control

–Chronic pain mechanisms

–Acupuncture analgesia

Heroin addiction

–Mechanisms of heroin addiction

–Acupuncture treatment for heroin addiction

Neurodegenerative disorders

–Parkinson’s disease: pathogenesis, gene therapy, neuroprotection and treatment

–Alzheimer’s disease: Abphosphorylation

Glia cell activation

–Glial cell activation and their roles in chronic pain, acupuncture analgesia and Parkinson’s disease

Ion channel (potassium channel)

–Structure and role in pain, addiction and neurodegenerative diseases

Director: Prof. Wan You, MD, Ph.D

Contact: Wang Rongli

Email: wangrongli@bjmu.edu.cn

Tel: 010-82801151

Address: Neuroscience Research Institute, Room 1002, Central Experimental Building, Peking University Health Science Center, 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China.

Website: http://nri.bjmu.edu.cn