Shaowen Bao, PhD
Shaowen Bao, PhD
Hearing loss increases the risks of tinnitus, auditory processing deficit, dementia, anxiety and depression. We investigate the molecular, cellular, synaptic and circuit mechanisms underlying these hearing loss-related sensory and cognitive disorders.
Degree(s)
- 1990 BS Biology - Tsinghua University
- 1993 MS Biophysics - Tsinghua University
- 199 PhD Neuroscience - University of Southern California
- 2004 Post-Doctoral Neuroscience - UC-San Francisco
Masri S, Deng D, Wang W, Luo H, Zhang J, Bao S. Contributions of Hearing Loss and Traumatic BrainInjury to Blast-Induced Cortical Parvalbumin Neuron Loss and Auditory Processing Deficits. JNeurotrauma. 2023 Feb;40(3-4):395-407. doi: 10.1089/neu.2022.0179.
Masri S, Chan N, Marsh T, Zinsmaier A, Schaub D, Zhang L, Wang W, Bao S. Chemogenetic Activation ofCortical Parvalbumin-Positive Interneurons Reverses Noise-Induced Impairments in Gap Detection. JNeurosci. 2021 Oct 20;41(42):8848-8857. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2687-19.2021.
W, Zhang LS, Zinsmaier AK, Patterson G, Leptich EJ, Shoemaker SL, Yatskievych TA, Gibboni R, Pace E,Luo H, Zhang J, Yang S, Bao S. Neuroinflammation mediates noise-induced synaptic imbalance andtinnitus in rodent models. PLoS Biol. 2019 Jun;17(6):e3000307. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000307.