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Fang Liu

ResearcherNeurosciencesUniversity of Toronto

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Fang Liu

Researcher

Neurosciences

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
34 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 18 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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118

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213

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Research

Interfering Peptide Fk506 Binding Protein 51 Glucocorticoid Receptor Neurotransmitter Receptors Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Receptor Trafficking Receptor-Receptor Interaction Protein-Protein Interaction

Latest papers

From Biomarkers to New Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Neuroscience bulletin · 2026 · senior author
Simvastatin rescues cognitive impairment in an Aβ1-42-induced model of Alzheimer's disease through the HDAC2-BDNF signaling pathway.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026 · senior author
Treatment effects on sphingosine-1-phosphate and its receptors in major depressive disorder: implications for biomarkers.
BMC psychiatry · 2026 · senior author

All 118 publications

Latest funding

Develop in vivo PET imaging probes for imaging AMPA receptor in multiple sclerosis
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$849,150
Development of in vivo PET imaging methods using SV2A PET to evaluate synapse damages in multiple sclerosis
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$711,450
Investigating a novel pathway regulating dendritic spine pruning in Fmr1 knock out mice
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$1,071,000

All 12 grants and awards

118 publications.

From Biomarkers to New Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Wong AHC, Wang L, Shen Y, Liu F

Neuroscience bulletin2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12264-026-01617-2 PMID: 41912864

Simvastatin rescues cognitive impairment in an Aβ1-42-induced model of Alzheimer's disease through the HDAC2-BDNF signaling pathway.

Cai C, Chong YS, Liang H, Hu Y, Hu Q, Chen J, Sajikumar S, Liu F

Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41386-026-02440-z PMID: 42141074

Treatment effects on sphingosine-1-phosphate and its receptors in major depressive disorder: implications for biomarkers.

Yang X, Wang L, Jiang A, Mu Z, Chen J, Hu M, Zhang F, Xu X, Zhao K, Liu F

BMC psychiatry2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-026-08367-5 PMID: 42527914

Circuit and molecular mechanisms underlying incubation of methamphetamine craving in the prelimbic cortex.

Shi S, Sun YW, Ding JJ, Cheng YJ, Wu MQ, Su H, Gong WK, Liu F, Yuan TF, Zhao M

Neuron2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2026.02.017 PMID: 41895270

A novel composite model of PTSD induced by social bullying: validation via multidimensional behavioral and molecular biomarkers.

Liu X, Jia YL, Wang JY, Yu SW, Cai CY, Li JX, Cheng D, Kang JH, Wu HT, Yuan TF, Liu F, Xu TL, Shen Y

Molecular psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41380-026-03680-7 PMID: 42297932

Maternal immune activation causes sex-specific impairment of microglial function during prefrontal cortex development.

Liu C, Li T, Ji JJ, Li Z, Samsom JN, Liu K, Lu Q, Zhu W, Liu F

Brain, behavior, and immunity2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2026.106770 PMID: 42013920

The Upregulation of NDUFB3 Is Implicated in Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Neuronal Apoptosis in Ischemic Stroke.

Cheng S, Mu Z, Zhang F, Song J, Shao J, Yan Y, Daskalakis AA, Wang Y, Zhang B, Jiang Y, Wang L, Liu F

Cells2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/cells15121071 PMID: 42346098

Neurovascular large artery dilatation increases the risk for Alzheimer's disease pathology.

Simpson D, Morrone CD, Wear D, Khani A, Liu F, Gutierrez J, Yu WH

Neurobiology of disease2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2026.107368 PMID: 41905544

Emerging Roles of GluN3B NMDA Receptor Subunit in the Central Nervous System.

Huang Y, Xie J, Chen J, Guo S, Li Y, Liu F

Neuroscience bulletin2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12264-025-01523-z PMID: 41139355

Sex-specific acceleration of Alzheimer's pathogenesis by chronic sleep-deprivation.

Wear D, Morrone CD, Simpson D, Liu F, Hussaini SA, Yu WH

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2026

DOI: 10.1002/alz.71099 PMID: 41618481

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Fang Liu

Research

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From Biomarkers to New Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Simvastatin rescues cognitive impairment in an A&#x3b2;1-42-induced model of Alzheimer's disease through the HDAC2-BDNF signaling pathway.

Treatment effects on sphingosine-1-phosphate and its receptors in major depressive disorder: implications for biomarkers.

Circuit and molecular mechanisms underlying incubation of methamphetamine craving in the prelimbic cortex.

A novel composite model of PTSD induced by social bullying: validation via multidimensional behavioral and molecular biomarkers.

Maternal immune activation causes sex-specific impairment of microglial function during prefrontal cortex development.

The Upregulation of NDUFB3 Is Implicated in Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Neuronal Apoptosis in Ischemic Stroke.

Neurovascular large artery dilatation increases the risk for Alzheimer's disease pathology.

Emerging Roles of GluN3B NMDA Receptor Subunit in the Central Nervous System.

Sex-specific acceleration of Alzheimer's pathogenesis by chronic sleep-deprivation.

Frequent collaborators

Andrea Kassner

Eric Bouffet

Neil Vasdev

Donald Mabbott

David Malkin

Zhengping Jia

Uri Tabori

Benoit Mulsant

Min Zhuo

Allison Crawford

Srinivas Murthy

George Tomlinson

Gillian Strudwick

Paul Kurdyak

Srinivas Murthy

Alex Abramovich

Shehzad Ali

Darren Courtney

Haibo Qiu

Ute Bartels

Andreea Diaconescu

Ying Wang

Gordon Guyatt

Brian Timmons

Stephen Michael Collins

Michael Surette

Elena Verdu

Premysl Bercik

Nick Persadie

Giada De Palma

Mei Zhen

Daniel Blumberger

Bernard Le Foll

Mark Loeb

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Bram Rochwerg

Simvastatin rescues cognitive impairment in an Aβ1-42-induced model of Alzheimer's disease through the HDAC2-BDNF signaling pathway.