Yunming Wu
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
14 Papers
20 Citations
Yunming Wu is an academic researcher from Stowers Institute for Medical Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Odor. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 8 publications.
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Papers
A developmental switch of axon targeting in the continuously regenerating mouse olfactory system.
TL;DR: A critical period of olfactory sensory axon targeting during postnatal development in mouse is identified and a developmental switch in axon guidance and a mechanism of circuit integration of adult-born neurons are revealed.
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Regeneration and rewiring of rodent olfactory sensory neurons.
C. Ron Yu,C. Ron Yu,Yunming Wu +2 more
TL;DR: The molecular mechanisms that determine the regenerative capacity of stem cells, and the ability of newly generated neurons in directing their axons toward specific targets, remain elusive.
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A Population of Navigator Neurons Is Essential for Olfactory Map Formation during the Critical Period.
Yunming Wu,Limei Ma,Kyle Duyck,Carter C. Long,Andrea Moran,Hayley Scheerer,Jillian Blanck,Allison Peak,Andrew C. Box,Anoja Perera,C. Ron Yu,C. Ron Yu +11 more
TL;DR: This work identifies the "navigator" neurons, a group of perinatally born olfactory sensory neurons, as playing an essential role in establishing theOlfactory map during the critical period, and indicates that only thenavigators are endowed with the ability to establish a convergent map.
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Acquisition of innate odor preference depends on spontaneous and experiential activities during critical period.
Qiang Qiu,Yunming Wu,Limei Ma,Wenjing Xu,Max Hills,Vivekanandan Ramalingam,Vivekanandan Ramalingam,C. Ron Yu,C. Ron Yu +8 more
TL;DR: For example, this article found that exposure to innately recognized odors during the critical period abolishes the associated valence in adulthood in an odor-specific manner, and the changes are associated with broadened projection of olfactory sensory neurons and expression of axon guidance molecules.
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Encoding innately recognized odors via a generalized population code.
TL;DR: This article showed that mixing innately aversive or attractive odors with a neutral odor and, surprisingly, mixing two odores with the same valence, abolish the innate behavioral responses.
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