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2. Z Shen, B Feng, WL Lim, T Woo, Y Liu, S Vicenzi, J Wang, BK Kwon, Y Zou*. Astrocytic Ryk signaling coordinates scarring and wound healing after spinal cord injury. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2025 122 (15), e2417400122.
3. AE Freitas, B Feng, T Woo, S Galli, C Baker, Y Ban, J Truong, A Beyeler, andY Zou*. Planar cell polarity proteins mediate ketamine-induced restoration of glutamatergic synapses in prefrontal cortical neurons in a mouse model for chronic stress. Nature Communications, 2024 15 (1), 4945
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