CHENG XIANG LI, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology

The University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Address

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

875 Monroe Avenue, Suite 515

Memphis, TN 38163

Tel: (901) 448-6933; Fax: (901) 448-7193;

Lab: 224A Wittenborg Anatomy Building

Education

M.D. Institution: China Medical University

Residency: China Medical University Hospital

Research Interests

My research interest centers on understanding the mechanisms that underline rapid and delayed somatosensory reorganization. I also study the effects of fetal alcohol exposure on the development and organization of barrel cortex in rodents. Other areas of research investigation include the study of gustatory processing.

Techniques used in my research include in-vivo extracellular recording and mapping, in-vivo intracellular recording and labeling on cortex, thalamus, and brain stem, and immunocytochemistry.

Recent Publications

• Reiner DJ, Jan TA, Boughter JD Jr, Li CX, Lu L, Williams RW, Waters RS. Genetic analysis of tongue size and taste papillae number and size in recombinant inbred strains of mice. Chem Senses. 2008 Oct;33(8):693-707. Epub 2008 Jul 24. PMID: 18653645
• Jan TA, Lu L, Li CX, Williams RW, Waters RS. Genetic analysis of posterior medial barrel subfield (PMBSF) size in somatosensory cortex (SI) in recombinant inbred strains of mice. BMC Neurosci. 2008 Jan 7;9:3. PMID: 18179704
• Oladehin A, Margret CP, Maier SE, Li CX, Jan TA, Chappell TD, Waters RS. Early postnatal alcohol exposure reduced the size of vibrissal barrel field in rat somatosensory cortex (SI) but did not disrupt barrel field organization. Alcohol. 2007 Jun;41(4):253-61. PMID: 17630086
• Chappell TD, Margret CP, Li CX, Waters RS. Long-term effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the size of the whisker representation in juvenile and adult rat barrel cortex. Alcohol. 2007 Jun;41(4):239-51. PMID: 17630085
• Margret CP, Li CX, Chappell TD, Elberger AJ, Matta SG, Waters RS. Prenatal alcohol exposure delays the development of the cortical barrel field in neonatal rats. Exp Brain Res. 2006 Jun;172(1):1-13. Epub 2006 Feb 28. PMID: 16506013
• Margret CP, Chappell TD, Li CX, Jan TA, Matta SG, Elberger AJ, Waters RS. Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) reduces the size of the forepaw representation in forepaw barrel subfield (FBS) cortex in neonatal rats: relationship between periphery and central representation. Exp Brain Res. 2006 Jul;172(3):387-96. Epub 2006 Jan 20. PMID: 16424976

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