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Qi Yuan
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Research
Latest papers
Shifting focus to preclinical stages: Locus coeruleus tau pathology as a driver and therapeutic target in Alzheimer's disease.
Neural regeneration research · 2026 · first author
Sex differences in neuromodulatory subcortical systems and their implications for Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
Sex and life experience shape locus coeruleus pretangle tau pathology.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $967,725
Defining Sex- and Experience-Dependent Mechanisms of Early Tau Pathology in the Locus Coeruleus
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
- $837,675
Investigating the Impact of Probiotic Supplementation on Tau Pathology and Cognitive Impairment: A Novel Approach Using a Pretangle Tau Rat Model
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
- $6,000
Locus Coeruleus Modulation of Emotional Memory in a Pre-tangle Tau Animal Model Mimicking Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
48 publications.
Shifting focus to preclinical stages: Locus coeruleus tau pathology as a driver and therapeutic target in Alzheimer's disease.
Yuan Q, Omoluabi T, Hannam BF
Sex differences in neuromodulatory subcortical systems and their implications for Alzheimer's disease.
Rae RJ, Alberhasky JMH, Baillet M, Bangasser DA, Belloy ME, Berry AS, Berteotti C, Bow H, Buckley R, Caldwell JZK, Carpi M, Clark BJ, Ciampa CJ, Conley AC, Dahl MJ, Donaldson ZR, Ehrenberg AJ, Einstein G, Falgàs N, Fenlon HA, Fitzhugh MC, Froemke RC, Gallay C, Grinberg LT, Hamilton DA, Hasan Z, Huarte OU, Jabeen S, Jacobs HIL, Kolling LJ, Koops EA, Lenzoni S, Liguori C, Manca R, Marcinkiewcz CA, Omoluabi T, Oria R, Orsini CA, Ortega NE, Pa J, Pentkowski NS, Pereira JB, Ramos R, Sargin D, Satpati A, Selles MC, Seto M, Shaik SM, Sindi S, Son G, Ucheagwu V, Van Egroo M, Yuan Q, Kelberman MA
Sex and life experience shape locus coeruleus pretangle tau pathology.
Hasan Z, Torraville SE, Omoluabi T, Maziar A, Belolise ON, MacGowan LA, Flynn CM, Reinhardt C, Walling SG, Benoukraf T, Yuan Q
Sex-dependent locus coeruleus vulnerability in Alzheimer's disease: gut dysbiosis as a driver and probiotic intervention as rescue.
Stapleton HM, Borges DS, Trindade EBSM, Yuan Q
Vitamin B-6 Deficiency Induces Anxiety-Like Behavior in Sprague-Dawley Rats by Disrupting Gut Homeostasis.
Amarasena S, Hossain KS, Rasouli A, Bertolo RF, Yuan Q, Mayengbam S
Synaptic potentiation of engram cells is necessary and sufficient for context fear memory.
M Cardozo L, de Sousa AF, Dillingham BC, Dang W, Job N, Yoo EJ, Ranamukhaarachchi SK, Yuan Q, Mayford M
Second-order threat conditioning in the amygdala-posterior piriform cortex network.
Sepahvand T, Qin T, Hasan Z, Power KD, Carew SJ, Nazari N, Janes AM, Salman A, Xia Y, Benoukraf T, Yuan Q
Probiotic supplementation prevents stress-impaired spatial learning and enhances the effects of environmental enrichment.
Flynn CM, Blackburn LM, Yuan Q
Locus coeruleus vulnerability to tau hyperphosphorylation in a rat model.
Omoluabi T, Hasan Z, Piche JE, Flynn ARS, Doré JJE, Walling SG, Weeks ACW, Benoukraf T, Yuan Q
Targeting early tau pathology: probiotic diet enhances cognitive function and reduces inflammation in a preclinical Alzheimer's model.
Flynn CM, Omoluabi T, Janes AM, Rodgers EJ, Torraville SE, Negandhi BL, Nobel TE, Mayengbam S, Yuan Q
Defining Sex- and Experience-Dependent Mechanisms of Early Tau Pathology in the Locus Coeruleus
Principal investigators: Yuan, Qi
Keywords: Enrichment; Locus Coeruleus; Sex; Single Nucleus Rna Sequencing; Stress; Tau Pathology
Investigating the Impact of Probiotic Supplementation on Tau Pathology and Cognitive Impairment: A Novel Approach Using a Pretangle Tau Rat Model
Principal investigators: Yuan, Qi
Keywords: 16s Rrna Sequencing; Alzheimer'S Disease; Gut Microbiome; Inflammation; Locus Coeruleus; Olfactory Learning; Pretangle Tau; Probiotic; Single Nuclei Rna Sequencing; Spatial Learning
Locus Coeruleus Modulation of Emotional Memory in a Pre-tangle Tau Animal Model Mimicking Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease
Principal investigators: Hannam, Brandon F
Keywords: Alzheimer’S Disease; Brain; Emotional Memory; Locus Coeruleus; Norepinephrine; Pre-Tangle Tau; Preclinical Stage
Understanding what pretangle tau does to neurons and testing potential damage control by an anti-cis-ptau treatment
Principal investigators: Yuan, Qi; Benoukraf, Touati
Keywords: Electrophysiology; Hippocampus; Locus Coeruleus; Neuronal Excitability; Odor Learning; Piriform Cortex; Pretangle Tau; Rnaseq; Spatial Learning; Synaptic Properties
L-type calcium channels in memory
Principal investigators: Yuan, Qi
Locus coeruleus NE modulation in learning and Alzheimer's disease
Principal investigators: Yuan, Qi
Keywords: Alzheimer'S Disease; Locus Coeruleus; Norepinephrine; Olfactory Learning; Pattern Separation; Tau
The Engram of Odor Learning in the Piriform Cortex of the Rat
Principal investigators: Yuan, Qi
A beta-adrenoceptor-mediated memory circuitry in rats
Principal investigators: Yuan, Qi
Keywords: Beta-Adrenoceptor; Electrophysiology; Imaging; Memory; Olfactory Learning; Synaptic Plasticity
A beta-adrenoceptor-mediated memory circuitry in rats
Principal investigators: Yuan, Qi
Keywords: Beta-Adrenoceptor; Electrophysiology; Imaging; Memory; Olfactory Learning; Synaptic Plasticity
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Gillian Einstein and Gillian Einstein: 84 shared papers
- Touati Benoukraf and Qi Yuan: 3 shared papers
- Gillian Einstein and Qi Yuan: 1 shared paper
- Gillian Einstein and Derya Sargin: 1 shared paper
- Qi Yuan and Derya Sargin: 1 shared paper
- Qi Yuan and Gillian Einstein: 1 shared paper
- Derya Sargin and Gillian Einstein: 1 shared paper
- Biomedical Sciences
- Psychology
- Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
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