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SELECT PUBLICATIONS

* co-first authors

2020

A multi-brain framework for social interaction (Review)
Kingsbury L, Hong W
Trends in Neurosciences 43, 651-666

Cortical representations of conspecific sex shape social behavior
​Kingsbury L*, Huang S*, Raam T, Ye LS, Wei D, Hu RK, Ye L, Hong W
Neuron 107, 941-953

2019

​Correlated neural activity and encoding of behavior across brains of socially interacting animals
Kingsbury L*, Huang S*, Wang J, Gu K, Golshani P, Wu YE, Hong W
Cell 178, 429-446. [ Cell Press News | UCLA News | ​​​ScienceNews ]
- Featured by Omer, Zilkha, and Kimchi. C​ell. (2019) 178, 272-274

​Sexually dimorphic control of parenting behavior by the medial amygdala
Chen PB*, Hu RK*, Wu YE*, Pan L, Huang S, Micevych PE, Hong W 
Cell 176, 1206-1221. [ ​​​​UCLA News ]
- Featured by Whalley. Nature Reviews Neuroscience (2019) 20, 190-191

2018

Understanding social behavior -- Setting the stage for the next generation of neuroscience (Neuron Voices)
Hong W
Neuron 99, 11-12

Neural circuit mechanisms of social behavior (Review)
Chen P, Hong W
Neuron 98, 16-30

2017

Detecting activated cell populations using single-cell RNA-seq
Wu YE*, Pan L*, Zuo Y, Li X, Hong W
Neuron 96, 313-329. [ UCLA News ]
- Featured by Jones and Reijmers. Neuron (2017) 96, 248-249​​​​

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2015

Automated measurement of mouse social behaviors using depth sensing, video tracking, and machine learning
Hong W, Kennedy A, Burgos-Artizzu X, Zelikowsky M, Navonne S, Perona P, Anderson DJ
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112, E5351-5360. [ PDF ]​

​Toll receptors instruct axon and dendrite targeting and participate in synaptic partner matching in a Drosophila olfactory circuit 
Ward A*, Hong W*, Favaloro V, Luo L
Neuron 85, 1013-1028. [ PDF ]

2014

Antagonistic control of social versus repetitive self-grooming behaviors by separable amygdala neuronal subsets
Hong W, Kim DW, Anderson DJ
Cell 158, 1348-1361. [ PDF | Caltech News ]
- Featured by Welberg. Nature Reviews Neuroscience (2014) 15, 700-701

​Genetic control of wiring specificity in the fly olfactory system (Review)
Hong W, Luo L
Genetics 196, 17-29. [ PDF ]

2013

Assembly of A Neural Circuit (Review)
Hong W
Science 342, 1186. (doi: 10.1126/science.1247568) [ PDF ]

2012

Teneurins instruct synaptic partner matching in an olfactory map
Hong W, Mosca TJ, Luo L
Nature 2012. 484, 201-207. [ PDF ]

Trans-synaptic Teneurin signaling in neuromuscular synapse organization and target choice
Mosca TJ*, Hong W*, Dani VS, Favaloro V, Luo L
Nature 2012. 484, 237-241. [ PDF ]

​Chaperone-dependent mechanisms for acid resistance in enteric bacteria (Review)
Hong W*, Wu YE*, Fu X, Chang Z
Trends in Microbiology 2012. 20, 328-335. [ PDF ]

2011

Role of leucine-rich repeat proteins in the development and function of neural circuits
de Wit J*, Hong W*, Luo L, Ghosh A
Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 27, 697-729. [ PDF ]

2009

Leucine-rich repeat transmembrane proteins instruct discrete dendrite targeting in an olfactory map
Hong W, Zhu H, Potter CJ, Barsh G, Kuruzu M, Zinn K, Luo L
Nature Neuroscience 12, 2542-2550. [ PDF ]

2008

Conserved amphiphilic feature is essential for periplasmic chaperone HdeA to support acid resistance in enteric bacteria 
​Wu YE*, Hong W*, Zhang L, Liu C, Chang Z
Biochemical Journal 412, 389-397.

2005

Periplasmic protein HdeA exhibits chaperone-like activity exclusively within stomach pH range by transforming into disordered conformation
Hong W, Jiao W, Hu J, Zhang J, Liu C, Fu X, Shen D, Xia B, Chang Z
Journal of Biological Chemistry 280, 27029-27034.