Efferent Projections from Paraventricular Thalamic Nucleus related to Chronic Pain Comorbid with Anxiety and Depression
Yun-Qing Li
Professor
Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology & KK Leung Brain Research Centre
The Fourth Military Medical University
China
Yun-Qing Li is the Professor of the Fourth Military Medical University of China, the President of Chinese Society for Anatomical Sciences (CSAS), and the Director of KK Leung Brain Research Centre. Dr. Li received his MD in clinical medicine from his university, China, in 1984, and PhD in neuroanatomy from his university, China, in 1989, and Kyoto University, Japan, in 1990, respectively. Dr. Li's research interests mainly focus on nociceptive sensory information transmission and modulation. His research work has made significant progress in central endogenous pain control system, chronic pain, and new neural pathways that interact with emotion and cognition, providing new anatomic basis for more effective treatment of pain. As a first author or corresponding author, he has published more than 260 peer-reviewed articles in Neuron, JCI, Nature Communications, and so forth.