Publications by authors named "Fangqi Shu"
Prolonged or excessive exposure to noise can lead to hearing loss, tinnitus and hypersensitivity to sound. The effects of noise exposure on main excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitter systems in auditory pathway have been extensively investigated. However, little is known about aberrant changes in neuromodulator systems caused by noise exposure.
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- Suspended particulate matter (SPM) is linked to the loss of reactive nitrogen in estuarine ecosystems, and its role in nitrogen transformations has been underexplored.
- Researchers used stable isotope measurements, metagenomics, and metatranscriptomics to identify dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) in SPM from the Pearl River Estuary, revealing unexpected abundance and expression of DNRA genes despite low potential rates.
- The study also found that assimilatory nitrate reduction (ANR) is more prevalent than denitrification and DNRA, led by diverse bacterial lineages, highlighting an important but previously ignored pathway for nitrogen transformation in estuaries.
Resveratrol, a naturally occurring stilbene found in red wine, is known to modulate the activity of several types of ion channels and membrane receptors, including Ca, K, and Na ion channels. However, little is known about the effects of resveratrol on some important receptors, such as glycine receptors and GABA receptors, in the central nervous system (CNS). In the present study, the effects of resveratrol on glycine receptor or GABA receptor-mediated currents in cultured rat inferior colliculus (IC) and auditory cortex (AC) neurons were studied using whole-cell voltage-clamp recordings.
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