Jun Wang-TAMU

Associate professor studying striatal circuit mechanisms underlying alcohol/drug use disorders and Alzheimer's disease

[Texas A&M University @TAMU]

What if Alzheimer's disease could be detected before memory loss begins?

New research from Dr. Jun Wang at @TAMUMedicine found that the brain's ability to adapt may decline months before memory problems appear, opening the door to earlier intervention.

Read more: https://t.co/nzWqBwETP0

#TAMU #AggieResearch #TAMUMedicine

[nature @Nature]

A journal trialled paying their reviewers and found it led to faster first editorial decisions – and increased review quality

https://t.co/0FMC9NJHM4

[Jason Shepherd @JasonSynaptic]

Very excited for our new paper, now out in @CellCellPress! /🧵The protein Tau forms intracellular toxic tangles in neurons in Alzheimer’s disease and Tauopathies. Tau pathology slowly spreads from cell-to-cell but the mechanisms of Tau transmission are not clear. /1

[Decision Neuroscience and Neuroeconomics Papers @decisionneurop]

Striatal pathways dissociably control action counting and goal-directed steering https://t.co/JuvQTpXWyw

[Jun Wang-TAMU @jwang311]

@YanfengNeuro Congrats

[Jun Wang-TAMU @jwang311]

Proud of my team and deeply grateful for all the hard work that made this study possible.

[Neuron @NeuroCellPress]

Online now: Dual-engram architecture within a single striatal cell type distinctly controls alcohol relapse and extinction https://t.co/uwjoFuipbL

[Neuron @NeuroCellPress]

Online now: Dual-engram architecture within a single striatal cell type distinctly controls alcohol relapse and extinction https://t.co/uwjoFuipbL

[Jun Wang-TAMU @jwang311]

Excited to share our new paper in Neuron.

We show that opposing alcohol memories are stored in distinct engram ensembles within the same striatal cell type (dMSNs): one promotes relapse, while another supports extinction. We further identify persistent corticostriatal potentiation as a key substrate of relapse memory.

https://t.co/EpH1Gh1C8i

[Texas A&M Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine @TAMUmedicine]

How does a traumatic brain injury reshape the brain and why does it increase vulnerability to addiction?

Find out at https://t.co/JyvRn20XEN

#AggieMedicine #AdvancingMedicine #AggieResearch

[Jun Wang-TAMU @jwang311]

@zppang @ChinjRutgers @RWJMS Congrats

[Jun Wang-TAMU @jwang311]

Congrats to Yufei, my talented student who’s studies Alzheimer’s disease!

[Yufei-TAMU @bxgttneuron]

Thrilled to share that my poster was selected for a Poster Award at the 2025 CNCM Annual Conference: The Changing Brain! 🧠✨

Thank you to the CMVM and judges for my work. Excited for what comes next! #2025CNCM @UCI_NeurCircuit @jwang311

[Yufei-TAMU @bxgttneuron]

Thrilled to share that my poster was selected for a Poster Award at the 2025 CNCM Annual Conference: The Changing Brain! 🧠✨

Thank you to the CMVM and judges for my work. Excited for what comes next! #2025CNCM @UCI_NeurCircuit @jwang311

[Wang Lab @WangLabTAMHSC]

Excited to share our new paper in Neuropharmacology: "Perinatal and Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Impairs Striatal Cholinergic Function and Cognitive Flexibility in Adult Offspring." It shows PAE impairs striatal cholinergic activity and promotes compulsive alcohol drinking.

[Jun Wang-TAMU @jwang311]

Dopamine encodes deep network teaching signals for individual learning trajectories: Cell https://t.co/A9AzJ9L4ol

[Jun Wang-TAMU @jwang311]

@QingchunTong @WhoIsMarkRossi @kuldeepshrivas3 @NatureComms Congrats