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Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Ming Li
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Curriculum Vitae

Current Position: Associate Professor of Psychology
Area Director: Neuroscience and Behavior program
Address:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jxpWKGAAAAAJ&hl=en

Areas of Research Interests:
Psychopharmacology of Antipsychotic Drugs, Animal Models of Schizophrenia, Anxiety and
Depression, Co-morbidity of Substance Use and Schizophrenia, Neurobiology of Rodent Maternal
Behavior

Positions and Employment
2011 – Present
Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
1991 – 1993
Lecturer in Psychology at Leshan Teachers College, China
Education

2002-July, 2005
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada Supervisors: Professor Shitij Kapur, and Dr. Paul J. Fletcher Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Ming Li
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Awards and Honors

2004
D. G. Marquis Behavioral Neuroscience Award for the best paper published in Behavioral Neuroscience. Ontario Mental Health Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship the UNL Parents Association “Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students” Fellow, American Psychological Association Div. 6.
Extramural Grants
1. Title:
“Serotonin, Maternal Behavior and Postpartum Depression” Principal Investigator
R01MH097718
Period: 06/01/2013-03/31/2018 Total cost: $1,497,476 “Behavioral mechanisms of antipsychotic action” Principal Investigator
R01MH085635
Period: 03/22/2010-01/31/2015 Total cost: $1,447,532 “Mechanisms of Synaptic Alterations in a Neuroinflammation Model of Autism” Department of Defense (DoD) FY12 Autism Research Program AR120096
Period: 09/30/2013-09/29/2016 Total cost: $$579,822.00 “Iptakalim for nicotine use in schizophrenia: A preclinical test” Principal Investigator
Research grant
Period: 07/01/2010-06/30/2011 Total cost: $40,000 “Anxiolytic Property of Atypical Antipsychotics” Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Ming Li
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Principal Investigator
R21 MH079894
Period: 01/01/2008-12/31/2010 Total cost: $362,145 “Antipsychotic Drugs and Maternal Behavior: A Preclinical Investigation” Principal Investigator
R03 MH080822
Period: 09/15/2007-07/31/2010 Total cost: $132,750 “Iptakalim: A Potential Antipsychotic Drug with Novel Mechanisms” Principal Investigator
Research grant
Period: 08/2007-07/2010 Total cost: $150,000 “Behavioral Mechanisms of Action of Atypical Antipsychotics: A Preclinical Principal Investigator
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) Young Investigator Award
Period: 07/2007-06/2010 Total cost: $60,000 “Nicotine Effects in Adolescent and Adult Rats” Principal Investigator
Research grant (2008-03B)
Period: 07/01/2008-06/30/2009 Total cost: $40,000
Intramural Grants

1. UNL Layman New Direction award (role: PI, June 2012-May 2013): Central Receptor Mechanisms
of Antipsychotic Drugs: A Central Infusion Study, $16,108
2. NU Nebraska Research Initiative Grant (role: co-I, PI: Anna Dunaevsky, 7/1/12- 6/30/13):
Nanotherapeutics in Neuroinflammation Model of Autism, $100,000

3. UNL Life Sciences Competitive Grants (Role: co-I: 07/2011-06/2013): Gene Therapy Against
Neurodegenerative Disorders Associated with Pesticide Exposure, $72,000
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4. Faculty seed grant (role: PI, 2008-2009): Characterizing Reconsolidation of Persistent
Avoidance Responding, $9,943
5. Faculty seed grant (role: PI, 2006-2007): How Antipsychotic Drugs Work Psychologically?------
An Animal Behavioral Investigation, $9,980
6. UNL Layman award (role: PI, co-I: Dr. Bevins, June 2006-May 2007): Persistent Avoidance
Responding as an Animal Model of Schizophrenia, $9,995

Sponsored NIH Fellowships
1.
Natashia Swalve:
“Novel hypothesis for the comorbidity of schizophrenia and nicotine abuse in rats”; NIH 1 F31 DA034407-01; Dates: 09/01/2012 - 08/13/2014 2. Sergios Charntikov:
“Role of dmCPu in acquisition and expression of nicotine CS
evoked CR”; NIH 1F31DA034449-01A1; Dates: 04/01/2013-03/31/2015


Teaching Experience
Psyc 465/865, Bio 419/819 Behavioral Neuroscience
Psyc 464
Graduate Seminar on Physiological Psychology Mentor of Dr. Jun Gao (Postdoctoral fellow) Mentor of Dr. Nathan Sparkman (Research assistant professor) Mentor of Dr. Changjiu Zhao (Postdoctoral fellow) Wei He, Katherine Heupel, Alex Mayhan, Kyle Brummet Justin Schulte, Ashley Rappana, Rhiannon Sorenson, Katherine Heupel, Laura Olsen, Alex Mayhan, Kyle Brummet, Heidi Gonzalez, Nick Volf, Taylor Vaiskunas, Collin Davis, Sean Jones
Grant Review Service:

MARSDEN FUND Economics and Human and Behavioural Sciences Panel (2012) Air Force Office of Scientific Research (2012) Institute for Mental Health (Arizona, 2010 and 2013) NIH DBD panel ad hoc reviewer (Feb, 2014)
Editorial Service:

Board member of “Advances in Psychological Science” (China)
Journal Review Services:
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Neuropsychopharmacology; Neuropharmacology; Biological Psychiatry; Psychopharmacology;
Hormone and Behavior; Developmental Psychobiology; Physiology and Behavior; Pharmacology,
Biochemistry, & Behavior; Behavioural Pharmacology; Hippocampus; Neuroscience Letters; Brain
Research, Biochemical Pharmacology; Behavioural Brain Research; Pharmacological Research;
Journal of Neural Transmission; Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology;
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics; Clinical
Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience; Pharmacological Reports; PLOS one; Brain and
Cognition; Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology; British Journal of Pharmacology

Professional Societal Services
Awards Committee Chair (APA Div 6) (2013-2014)
Liaison of Div 28 of APA to the Committee on International Relations (2012-)
Organizer of “Symposium on Psychopharmacology of Antipsychotic Drugs” (APA Div 28 Annul
meeting, August, 2012)
Professional Membership

Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN) American Psychological Association (APA) Faculty Association of Chinese in Translational Neuroscience (FACT)
University and Department Services

University Level:
2007-present
Member of Department of Psychology Fellowship Committee Member of Colloquium Committee, UNL Psychology Department Kate Wilson (2007), Amanda Struthers (2006), Petra Kleinlein (2007), Mark Shepherd (2008), Scott Barrett (2010), Sergios Charntikov (2010), Nathashia Swalve (2009), Steve Pittenger (2011) Undergraduate thesis supervisor: Rebecca Munro (2006), Ashley Rappana (2007), Justine Schulte (2008), Laura Olsen (2010) Chair of Colloquium Committee, UNL Psychology Department Student Representative to the Animal Care Committee, University of Toronto at Mississauga
International Collaborations
2007-2010:
PhD supervisor for Tao Sun (Nanjing Medical University) Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Ming Li
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PhD supervisor for Jing Chen and Chen Zhang (Shanghai Jiaotong University) PhD supervisor for Min Feng (Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Graduate student supervisor for Qing Shu (Nanjing Medical University) and Jing Qiao (Southwest University) Graduate student supervisor for Ronyin Qin (Yangzhou Medical
Invited Talks

1. Li, M: Tuesday Night Neuroscience, Omaha, April 17, 2007
2. Li, M: Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, May 1 - 3, 2008, Chicago.
3. Li, M: Ecology, Evolution & Behavior seminar at the School of Biological Sciences, University
4. Li, M: Barrow Neurological Institute, April 13, 2010.
5. Li, M: Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, July 1, 2010.
6. Li, M: Shanghai Institute of Mental Health, Jan 27, 2011.
7. Li, M: Rosaline Franklin University of Medicine and Science, April 6, 2011
8. Li, M: Cognitive Science Beijing Symposium, Beijing June 17-18, 2011
9. Li, M: Institute of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, June 28, 2011
10. Li, M: City College of New York, CUNY, March 19, 2012
11. Li, M: American Psychological Association Annual Convention, August 4, 2012, Orlando.
12. Li, M: Annual Conference of Chinese Physiological Psychology Association, September, 25,
13. Li, M: Tongji University, May 27, 2013
14. Li, M: Cognitive Science Beijing Symposium, Beijing, China, July 15-16, 2013
15. Li, M: Department of Developmental Neuroscience, UNMC, August 19, 2013

Publications (Note: “*” denotes the corresponding author)
Peer reviewed:
1.
Shu, Q, Hu, G and Li, M* (accepted): Adult Response to Olanzapine or Clozapine
Treatment is altered by Adolescent Antipsychotic Exposure: A Preclinical Test in the Phencyclidine Hyperlocomotion Model, Journal of Psychopharmacology. Li, M* and He, W (2013): An automatic recording system for the study of escape from fear
in rats, Behavioral Processes, 2013 Jul 30. doi:pii: S0376-6357(13)00148-4. 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.07.015. 3. Gao J, Li M* (2013) Time-dependence of risperidone and asenapine sensitization and
associated D receptor mechanism. Behav Brain Res. 2013 Oct 5. doi:pii: S0166-4328(13)00608-6. 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.09.050. Qiao, J, Zhang, QL, Li M* (2013) Long-term impacts of adolescent risperidone treatment on behavioral responsiveness to olanzapine and clozapine in adulthood, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.10.005 Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Ming Li
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S. Charntikov, N. Swalve, S. Pittenger, K. Fink, S. Schepers, G. C. Hadlock, A. E. Fleckenstein, G. Hu, M. Li, & R. A. Bevins (accepted): Iptakalim attenuates self-administration
and acquired goal-tracking behavior controlled by nicotine, Neuropharmacology
6.
Qin, Chen and Li, M* (2013): Repeated Asenapine Treatment Produces a Sensitization
Effect in Two Preclinical Tests of Antipsychotic Activity, Neuropharmacology, Aug 14;75C:356-364. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.05.031 7. Shu, Q, Hu, G and Li, M* (2013): Is Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor a Possible
Mechanism Underlying Risperidone Sensitization in Adolescent Rats? Biochem & Pharmacol S1: 004. doi:10.4172/2167-0501.S1-004, [Open Access] 8. Qiao J, Li H, Li, M* (2013) Olanzapine sensitization and clozapine tolerance: from
adolescence to adulthood in the conditioned avoidance response model. Neuropsychopharmacology 38: 513-24. 9. Feng, M, Sui, N and Li, M* (2012): Environmental and behavioral controls of the
expression of clozapine tolerance: Evidence from a novel across-model transfer paradigm, Behavioural brain research, 2012 Oct 23. doi:pii: S0166-4328(12)00648-1. 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.10.009. 10. Feng, M, Sui, N and Li, M* (2012): Avoidance disruptive effect of clozapine and
olanzapine is potentiated by increasing the test trials: Further test of the motivational salience, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2012 Sep 28. pii: S0091-3057(12)00271-7. 11. Zhao, CJ and Li, M* (2012): Neuroanatomical substrates of the disruptive effect of
olanzapine on rat maternal behavior as revealed by c-Fos immunoreactivity, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2012 Aug 31;103(2):174-180. 12. Sparkam, N and Li, M* (2012): Drug-drug conditioning between citalopram and
haloperidol or olanzapine in a conditioned avoidance response model: Implications for polypharmacy in schizophrenia, Behavioural Pharmacology, 2012 Oct;23(7):658-68. 13. Volf, N, Hu, G and Li, M* (2012): Iptakalim preferentially decreases nicotine-induced
hyperlocomotion in phencyclidine-sensitized rats: A potential dual action against nicotine addiction and psychosis, Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience, Dec;10(3):168-79. 14. Swalve and Li, M* (2012): Parametric studies of antipsychotic-induced sensitization in the
conditioned avoidance response model: Roles of number of drug exposure, drug dose, and test-retest interval, Behavioural Pharmacology, 2012 Aug;23(4):380-91 15. Li, M*, He, W, and Munro, R (2012): Differential effects of acute amphetamine and
phencyclidine treatment and withdrawal from repeated amphetamine or phencyclidine treatment on social interaction and social memory in rats, PsyCh Journal, June 2012, 1(1), 56-68. 16. Zhao, CJ, Sun, T and Li, M* (2012): Neural basis of the potentiated inhibition of repeated
haloperidol and clozapine treatment on the phencyclidine-induced hyperlocomotion, Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 2012 Aug 7;38(2):175-82. Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Ming Li
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Zhang, C and Li, M* (2012): Contextual and behavioral control of antipsychotic
sensitization induced by haloperidol and olanzapine, Behavioural Pharmacology, Feb;23(1):66-79. 18. Li, M*, Sun, T, and Mead, A (2012): Clozapine, but not olanzapine disrupts conditioned
avoidance response in rats by antagonizing 5-HT2A/2C receptors, Journal of Neural Transmission, 2012 Apr;119(4):497-505. Epub 2011 Oct 11. 19. Charntikov, S, Tracy, M, Zhao, CJ, Li, M, Bevins, R (2011): Conditioned response evoked
by nicotine conditioned stimulus preferentially induces c-Fos expression in medial regions of caudate-putamen, Neuropsychopharmacology, 2011 Nov 2. doi: 10.1038/npp.2011.263. 20. Grant, K, LeVan, T, Wells, S, Li, M, Stoltenberg, S, Gendelman, H, Carlo, G and Bevins, R
(2012): Methamphetamine-associated psychosis, J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 7: 113-39. 21. Li, M*, He, W, and Chen, J (2011): Time course of prepulse inhibition disruption induced
by dopamine agonists and NMDA antagonists: Effects of drug administration regimen, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 99(3), 509-518. 22. Li, M*, He, W, and Heupel, K (2011): Administration of clozapine to a mother rat
potentiates pup ultrasonic vocalization in response to separation and re-separation: Contrast with haloperidol, Behav Brain Res 222: 385-9. 23. Li, M*, He, W, and Volf, N (2011): Time course of the attenuation effect of repeated
antipsychotic treatment on prepulse inhibition disruption induced by repeated phencyclidine treatment, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2011 Mar 21;98(4):559-569. 24. Kathryn Wilson, David Hansen and Ming Li (2011): The Traumatic Stress Response in
Child Maltreatment and Resultant Neuropsychological Effects, Aggression and Violent Behavior, 16 (2011) 87–97. 25. Zhang, C, Fang, YR, and Li, M* (2011): Behavioral mechanisms of the disruptive effect of
olanzapine and risperidone in the rat conditioned avoidance response model: further evidence, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2011 Mar;98(1):155-60. Epub 2010 Dec 29. Chen, J, Wang, ZC, and Li, M* (2011): Multiple “hits” during postnatal and early
adulthood periods disrupt the normal development of sensorimotor gating ability in rats. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2011;25:379-92. 27. Li, M*, Sun, T, Zhang, C, Hu, G (2010): Distinct neural mechanisms underlying acute and
repeated administration of antipsychotic drugs in rat avoidance conditioning, Psychopharmacology, Sep;212(1):45-57. 28. Sun, T, He, W, Hu, G, Li, M* (2010): Anxiolytic property of risperidone and olanzapine as
examined in multiple measures of fear in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2010 May;95(3):298-307. 29. Sun, T, Zhao, CJ, Hu, G, Li, M* (2010): Iptakalim: A potential antipsychotic drug with
novel mechanisms? European Journal of Pharmacology, 2010 May 25;634(1-3):68-76. Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Ming Li
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Zhao, CJ, Li, M* (2010): C-FOS identification of neuroanatomical sites associated with
haloperidol and clozapine disruption of maternal behavior in the rat. Neuroscience, 2010 Apr 14;166(4):1043-55. 31. Zhao, CJ, Li, M* (2009): The receptor mechanisms underlying the disruptive effects of
haloperidol and clozapine on rat maternal behavior: A double dissociation between dopamine D2 and 5-HT2A/2C receptors. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2009 Oct;93(4):433-42. Epub 2009 Jun 17. 32. Li, M*, He, W, Mead, A (2009) An investigation of the behavioral mechanisms of
antipsychotic action using a drug-drug conditioning paradigm. Behavioural Pharmacology, 2009 Mar;20(2):184-94. 33. Mead A, Li M* (2010) Avoidance-Suppressing Effect of Antipsychotic Drugs is
Progressively Potentiated after Repeated Administration: an Interoceptive Drug State Mechanism. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2010 Jul;24(7):1045-53. Epub 2009 Mar 27. 34. Li, M*, He, W, Mead, A (2009) Olanzapine and risperidone disrupt conditioned
avoidance responding in phencyclidine or amphetamine pretreated rats by selectively weakening motivational salience of conditioned stimulus. Behavioural Pharmacology, 20: 84-98. 35. Sun, T, Hu, G, Li, M* (2009): Repeated antipsychotic treatment progressively potentiates
inhibition on phencyclidine-induced hyperlocomotion, but attenuates inhibition on amphetamine-induced hyperlocomotion: Relevance to animal models of antipsychotic drugs. European Journal of Pharmacology, 602:334-342. 36. Zhao, CJ, Li, M* (2009): Sedation and disruption of maternal motivation underlie the
disruptive effects of antipsychotic treatment on rat maternal behavior. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 92: 147-156. 37. Mead, A, Li, M*, Kapur, S (2008): Clozapine and Olanzapine Exhibit an Intrinsic
Anxiolytic Property in Two Conditioned Fear Paradigms: Contrast with Haloperidol and Chlordiazepoxide. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 90 (2008) 551–562 38. Li, M*, He, W and Munro, R (2008): Amphetamine Selectively Enhances Avoidance
Responding to a Less Salient Stimulus in Rats. Journal of Neural Transmission, 2008 May;115(5):773-6. 39. Parada, M, King, S, Li, M and Fleming, A (2008): The roles of accumbal dopamine D1 and
D2 receptors in maternal memory in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, Apr;122(2):368-76. 40. Li, M, Fletcher PJ, Kapur S (2007) Time Course of the Antipsychotic Effect and the
Underlying Behavioral Mechanisms. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2007, Feb;32(2):263-72. 41. Smith AJ, Li M, Becker S, Kapur S (2007) Linking Animal Models of Psychosis to
Computational Models of Dopamine Function. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2007 Jan;32(1):54-66 42. Smith A, Li, M, Becker S, Kapur S (2006) Dopamine, prediction error and associative
learning: A model-based account. Network 17:61-84. Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Ming Li
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Li, M, Budin, R, Fleming, A, and Kapur, S (2005) Effects of novel antipsychotics,
amisulpiride and aripiprazole, on maternal behavior in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2005, 181(3) 600-10. 44. Li, M., Budin, R, Fleming, A, and Kapur, S (2005) Effects of chronic typical and atypical
antipsychotic drug treatment on maternal behavior in rats. Schizophrenia Research, 75/2-3 pp 325-336. 45. Li, M. Parkes, J, Fletcher, PJ, and Kapur, S. (2004) Evaluation of the motor initiation
hypothesis of APD-induced conditioned avoidance decreases. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 78(4), 811-819. 46. Smith, A, Li, M, Becker, S and Kapur, S. (2004) A Model of Antipsychotic Action in
Conditioned Avoidance: A Computational Approach. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2004 Jun, 29(6) 1040-9. 47. Li, M., Davidson, P, Budin, R, Kapur, S and Fleming, A (2004) Effects of typical and
atypical antipsychotic drugs on maternal behavior in postpartum female rats. Schizophrenia Research, 2004 Sep 1;70(1):69-80. 48. Li, M. and A.S. Fleming (2003) The nucleus accumbens shell is critical for normal
expression of pup-retrieval in postpartum female rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 2003. 145(1-2): p. 99-111. 49. Li, M. and A.S. Fleming (2003) Differential involvement of nucleus accumbens shell and
core subregions in maternal memory in postpartum female rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 2003. 117(3): p. 426-45. 50. Lee, A., Li, M. Watchus, J, Fleming AS (1999) Neuroanatomical basis of maternal memory
in postpartum rats: selective role for the nucleus accumbens. Behavioral Neuroscience, 1999. 113(3): p. 523-38. Invited papers 51. Li, M*, Mead, A, Bevins, RA (2009) Individual Differences in Responding to Nicotine:
Tracking Changes from Adolescence to Adulthood. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2009, Jun; 30 (6): 868–878 52. Kapur, S, Agid, O, Mizrahi, R, and Li, M (2006) How antipsychotics work—From
receptors to reality. NeuroRx, 3 (1), 10-21. 53. Kapur, S, Mizrahi, R, and Li, M (2005) From dopamine to salience to psychosis - Linking
biology, pharmacology and phenomenology of psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 2005 Nov 1;79(1):59-68. Publications in Chinese 54. Shu, Q, Duan, ZG, Hu, G and Li, M* (2012): Psychological mechanisms of dopamine in
psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia: Recent theoretical and empirical advances, CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN. Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Ming Li
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Book chapters
Fleming, A, and Li, M (2002). Psychobiology of maternal behavior in non-human mammals. Handbook of Parenting (second edition, eds. Marc H. Bornstein), Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.
Conference presentations
1. Li, M, Feng, M and Sui, N: Drug--Drug Conditioning Between Nicotine and Clozapine in a
Conditioned Avoidance Response Model, American Psychological Association Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 31-August 2, 2013 2. Chou, SY, Shu, Q, and Li, M: Sensitization and Tolerance to Antipsychotics in Rats Using the
Maternal Immune Activation Model, American Psychological Association Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 31-August 2, 2013 3. Swalve, N, Petracca, M and Li, M: Phencyclidine and Nicotine's Effects on Ultrasonic
Vocalizations Induced by a Visual Stimulus, American Psychological Association Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 31-August 2, 2013 4. Shu, Q, Chou, S, Li, M: Acute Antipsychotic Treatments Alter BDNF Levels in the Adolescent
Rat PCP Model, Society of Biological Psychiatry, 68th Annual Scientific Convention, May 16-18, 2013, San Francisco, California. 5. Li, M: Contextual and Behavioral Control of Antipsychotic-Induced Sensitization and
Tolerance, Winter Conference on Animal Learning, and Behavior, Winter Park, Colorado, February 2 - February 6, 2013. 6. Li, M: Neurobiological mechanisms of antipsychotic sensitization and tolerance: Some
preliminary findings, Winter Conference on Animal Learning, and Behavior, Winter Park, Colorado, February 2 - February 6, 2013. 7. Feng, M, Nan, Su and Li, M: Number of Testing Trials Affects the Avoidance Disruptive
Effect of Clozapine and Olanzapine, American Psychological Association Annual Convention, August 2-5, 2012, Orlando, FL. 8. Zhao, CJ and Li, M: The neural basis underlying the disruptive effect of olanzapine on rat
maternal behavior, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, June 15-18, 2012, Madison, WI. 9. Li, M, Feng, M and Sui, N: Asymmetrical across-model transfer of clozapine-induced
tolerance between the conditioned avoidance response model and phencyclidine hyperlocomotion model, Society for Neuroscience, November 12-16, 2011, Washington DC. 10. Li, M and Sparkman, N: Classical conditioning in polypharmacy: Drug-drug conditioning of
citalopram and haloperidol or olanzapine, November 12-16, 2011, Washington DC. 11. Li, M and He, W: Time course of the attenuation effect of repeated antipsychotic treatment
on prepulse inhibition disruption induced by repeated phencyclidine treatment, Society of Biological Psychiatry, May 11-14, 2011, San Francisco. 12. Zhang, C, Fang, YR, and Li M: Sensitization Induced by Haloperidol and Olanzapine is
Context-Dependent, Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, May 5-7, 2011, Chicago. 13. Swalve, N and Li, M: Characterization of the sensitization-like effect of antipsychotics using
the conditioned avoidance response model, Society for Neuroscience, November 13-17, 2010, San Diego. 14. Zhao, CJ, Sun, T, and Li, M: Neuroanatomical mechanisms underlying the inhibitory effect
of repeated antipsychotic treatment on repeated phencyclidine-induced hyperlocomotion, Society for Neuroscience, November 13-17, 2010, San Diego. Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Ming Li
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15. Li, M and Zhao, CJ: c-Fos identification of neuroanatomical sites associated with haloperidol
and clozapine disruption of maternal behavior in the rat, Society of Behavioral Endocrinology, July 18-21, 2010, Toronto, Canada. 16. Li, M, Sun, T, Zhao, CJ, and Hu, G: Distinct neural mechanisms underlying acute and
repeated administration of antipsychotic drugs in rat avoidance conditioning, Society of Biological Psychiatry, May 20-23, 2010, New Orleans. 17. Li, M, He, W, and Chen, J: Effects of different regimens of repeated amphetamine and
phencyclidine treatment on prepulse inhibition in rats, Society for Neuroscience, October 16-21, 2009, Chicago. 18. Zhao, CJ, and Li, M: The receptor mechanisms underlying the disruptive effects of
haloperidol and clozapine on rat maternal behavior: A double dissociation between dopamine D2 and 5-HT2A/2C Receptors, Society for Neuroscience, October 16-21, 2009, Chicago. 19. Li, M, Tao, S, and Hu, G: Repeated antipsychotic treatment progressively potentiates
inhibition on phencyclidine-induced hyperlocomotion, but attenuates inhibition on amphetamine-induced hyperlocomotion: Relevance to animal models of antipsychotic drugs, Society for Neuroscience, Nov. 14-18, 2008, Washington, DC. 20. Li, M, Munro, R, Mead, A, and He, W: Sensitization to amphetamine, but not phencyclidine,
enhances avoidance responding to a less salient stimulus but does not impair social interaction and social memory in rats, Society for Neuroscience, Nov. 3-7, 2007, San Diego. 21. Mead, A, and Li, M: Avoidance-suppressing effect of antipsychotic drugs is enhanced after
repeated administration: an interoceptive drug memory mechanism, Society for Neuroscience, Nov. 3-7, 2007, San Diego. 22. Munro R, He W, and Li M, “Amphetamine sensitization leads to abnormally heightened
response to a less salient stimulus but does not impair social interaction and social memory”, Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, May 3 - 5, 2007, Chicago. 23. Li, M, Mead, A, and Weishahn, Anxiolytic property of atypical antipsychotics: A preclinical
investigation, Colorado Springs, Mar. 28-April 1, 2007 24. Li, M, Fletcher, P, and Kapur, S. Examining the time course of antipsychotic treatment in
schizophrenia using conditioned avoidance response model, Program No. 453.17. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, Nov. 12-16, 2005. 25. Ni X, Li M, Han J, Lu Y, Dixon L, Kapur S, Kennedy JL. Investigation of correlations between
gene expression of gap junctions and acquisition and performance scores of conditioned avoidance response in rats. 60th Annual meeting of Society of Biological Psychiatry: Pathogenesis and Prevention of Major Mental Disorders, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, May 19-21, 2005. 26. Smith A., Li M, and Kapur, S. Understanding the Early-Onset of Antipsychotic Action: An
Animal and Computational Model, 10th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Savannah, Georgia, USA, April 2-6, 2005. 27. Li, M, Budin, R, Fleming, AS, and Kapur S. (2004) Effects of chronic typical and atypical
antipsychotic drug treatment on maternal behavior in rats, Society of Biological Psychiatry's 59th Annual Scientific Convention, New York, April 28-May 1, 2004. 28. Smith A. J, Becker S, Li M, et al. (2004) A computational model of dopamine in conditioned
avoidance and impulsivity, Society of Biological Psychiatry's 59th Annual Scientific Convention, New York, April 28-May 1, 2004. 29. Li, M, Fletcher, PJ, and Kapur, S. (2003) Antipsychotics suppress stimulus incentive salience:
Implications for their therapeutic actions in schizophrenia, 9th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Colorado Springs, March 29-April 2, 2003. 30. Budin R, Li, M, Davidson, P. Fleming, AS, and Kapur, S (2003) Effects of typical and atypical antipsychotics on maternal behavior in postpartum female rats, 9th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Colorado Springs, March 29-April 2, 2003. Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Ming Li
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31. Li. M, Davidson, P, Fleming, A, and Kapur, S (2002) Effects of typical and atypical
antipsychotic drugs on maternal behavior: implications for behavioral mechanisms of antipsychotics, Orlando, Society for Neuroscience Conference, Nov, 2-7. 32. Li, M, Smith, M-L, and Fleming, A. (2001) Nucleus accumbens shell mediates the
consolidation of maternal experiences, San Diego, Society for Neuroscience Conference, Nov, 9-15. 33. Li, M, Kapur, S, and Fleming, A (2001). Antipsychotics interfere with maternal and social
behaviors in rats: Differential effects of haloperidol and clozapine. 8th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Whistler Resort, British Columbia, Canada, April 28-May 2, 2001. 34. Li, M. and Fleming, A. (1999) Effects of lesions of two different subregions of the nucleus
accumbens on maternal experience in postpartum rats. Abstracts of Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, 236, 3rd annual meeting, University of Virgina, Charlottesville, Virginia.

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