LINE-PUBLICATION-PAPERS '06-'12

1.Liu, Y.H., Lai, W.S., Tsay, H.J., Wang, T.W., Yu, J.Y.* Effects of maternal immune activation on adult neurogenesis in the subventricular zone-olfactory bulb pathway and olfactory discrimination. Schizophrenia Research, 151, 1-11, 2013 (DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.09.007; SSCI/SCI, 14/124 in Psychiatry).
2.Shih, D.F., Hsiao, C.D., Min, M.Y., Lai, W.S., Lee, W.T., Lee, S.J.* Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) is crucial for brain development and motor functions. PLOS One, August 2013, volume 8, issue 8, e71741 (SCI, 8/55 in multidisciplinary Sciences).
3.Ha , C. W., Lai, W. S., Ho, C. T., Sheen, L. Y. Antidepressant-like effect of lemon essential oil is through a modulation in the levels of norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin in mice: use of the tail suspension test. Journal of Functional Foods, 5, 370-379, 2013.

3. Chen, Y.C., Chen, Y.W., Hus, Y.F., Chang, W.T., Hsiao C.K., Min, M.Y., Lai, W.S. AKT1
deficiency modulates reward learning and reward prediction error in Mice. Genes, Brain
and Behavior, 11, 157-169, 2012.

4. Ono, Y., Lin, H.C., Tzen, K.Y., Chen, H.H., Yang, P.F., Lai, W.S., Chen, J.H., Onozuka, M.,
Yen, C.T. Active coping with stress suppresses glucose metabolism in the rat
hypothalamus. Stress, 15(2), 207-217, 2012.

5. Chen, Y.W., Lai, W.S. Behavioral phenotyping of v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene
    homolog 1-deficient mice reveals a sex-specific prepulse inhibition deficit in females that
    can be partially alleviated by glycogen synthase kinase-3 inhibitors but not by
    antipsychotics. Neuroscience, 174, 178-189, 2011 (The cover art of this issue).

6. Kuo, M.T., Jong, D.S., Lai, W.S. A biological validation procedure for the measurements of
fecal outputs and fecal cortisol metabolites in male Syrian hamsters. The Chinese Journal
of Physiology, 54(5), 45-53, 2011.

7. Huang, C.H., Kuo, M.T., Lai, W.S. Characterization of behavioural responses in different test
contexts after a single social defeat in male golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).
Behavioural Processes, 86, 94-101, 2011.

8. Chen, Y.C., Lai, W.S. Behavioural phenotyping of dopamine transporter knockdown mice using
local small interference RNA. Behavioural Brain Research, 214(2), 475-479, 2010.

9. Liao, C.C., Chen, R.F., Lai, W.S., Lin, R.C.S, Yen, C.T. Distribution of large terminal inputs
from the primary and secondary somatosensory cortices to the dorsal thalamus in the
rodent. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 518(13), 2592-2611, 2010.

10. Stark, K.L., Xu, B., Bagchi, A., Lai, W.S., Liu, H., Hsu, R., Wan, X., Pavlidis, P., Mills, A.A.,
Karayiorgou, M., Gogos, J.A. Altered brain microRNA biogenesis contributes to phenotypic
deficits in a 22q11-deletion mouse model. Nature Genetics, 40(6), 751-760, 2008.

11. Hsu, R., Woodroffe, A., Lai, W.S., Cook, M.N., Mukai, J., Dunning, J.P., Swanson, D.J., Roos,
    J.L., Abecasis, G.R., Karayiorgou, M., Gogos, J.A. Nogo Receptor 1 (RTN4R) as a
    Candidate Gene for Schizophrenia: Analysis Using Human and Mouse Genetic Approaches.
    PLoS ONE. 2007 Nov 28;2(11):e1234.

12. Lai, W.S., Xu, B., Westphal, K.G.C., Paterlini, M., Olivier, B., Pavlidis, P., Karayriorgou, M.,
    & Gogos, J.A. Akt1 deficiency predisposes to abnormalities in prefrontal cortex
    functioning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 103, 16906-16911,
    2006.