title: Some recent advances in basic neuroscience research in China.
abstract: Neuroscience as a distinct discipline or research programme has been a rather recent event in most Chinese universities and in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. However, the last few years have witnessed increased funding and an improved research environment for neuroscience, both of which facilitated an influx of Chinese neuroscientists trained abroad. In this review, we have highlighted some recent research advances made by neuroscientists in China. Based on our own expertise, this review is focused mainly on findings that have contributed to our understanding of the mechanisms underlying brain development, neural plasticity and cognitive processes, and neural degeneration.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuroscience and Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, Peoples's Republic of China. mpoo@uclink.berkeley.edu
authors.forename: Mu-ming
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Poo
authors.forename: Aike
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002681:China; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*