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Zicong Zhang

Neuroscience · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2013Rising activity

Publications

32

Citations

1,765

Est. group size

~6

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

13

Publishing since 2013

Research summary
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This researcher's work focuses on how neural circuits in the brain and spinal cord control movement, sensation, and memory, with particular attention to recovery after spinal cord injury. Studies span molecular signaling (like cholecystokinin and NMDA receptors in memory formation), circuit mapping of spinal-projecting neurons, and engineering approaches such as hydrogel microelectrodes for neural recording. The publication record also includes some unrelated papers on electrical engineering topics, which appear to be outside this core neuroscience focus.

Spinal cord injury and repairCorticospinal and propriospinal circuitsSynaptic mechanisms of learning and memoryNeural recording technologyNeurodevelopmental disorders (Williams syndrome, myelin)

Publication output was fairly steady from 2017-2019, dipped in 2020-2022, and then increased again in 2023-2024, suggesting a recent resurgence in activity.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.0/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication21222023: 4 publications232024: 5 publications5242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Cell×4
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
  • Nature×2
  • Nature Neuroscience×2
  • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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