Xiaoqun Zhang
Researcher
E-mail: xiaoqun.zhang@ki.se
Visiting address: BioClinicum J5:20, Akademiska Stråket 1, Universitetssjukhuset Solna, 17176 Stockholm
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 Neuro Svenningsson Zhang, 171 77 Stockholm
Part of:
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience
- Division of Neuro
- Neuropharmacology - Movement Disorders – Per Svenningsson's research group
- Basal pharmacology studying behavior, neurochemistry and electrophysiology – Xiaoqun Zhang's team
About me
- * 2008, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Student
Abroad
* FENS award to young scientists, Barcelona, Spain, 2012.
2003: Medical Degree, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
2008: Ph.D in Medical Science and in the field of Neuropharmacology,
Karolinska Institutet
Research
- The main focus of my research is to study the function of some GPCRs that
are mainly affected in PD and the progressive loss of nigrostriatal
dopaminergic neurons in PD can be influenced by therapeutic approaches that
target those GPCRs. A battery of complementary techniques which include
brain slice electrophysiology and electrochemistry, pharmacology,
biochemistry, histochemistry and behavioral testing in different genetic and
toxic animal models for PD have been used to address all the issues raised
in the projects.
Articles
- Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE. 2026;223:107372He Y; Kaya I; Zhang X; Nilsson A; Cao L; Andren PE; Svenningsson P
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL NEURODEGENERATION. 2026;15(1):10Dautan D; Paslawski W; Montejo SG; Doyon DC; Brioschi VI; Marongiu R; Kaplitt MG; Chen R; Dawson VL; Zhang X; Dawson TM; Svenningsson P
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2026;31(3):1785-1798Dautan D; Camargo A; Branzell N; Brioschi VI; Doyon D; Covatta E; Marongiu R; Kaplitt M; Chergui K; Zhang X; Svenningsson P
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2025;17(1):129Cabeza De Vaca I; Trapkov B; Shen L; Vo DD; Zhang X; Yang Y; Pezeshki M; Zhang X; Ballgren F; Saleh A; Tarnovskiy AV; Radchenko DS; Moroz YS; Brauner-Osborne H; Svenningsson P; Kihlberg J; Liu Z-J; Hauser AS; Carlsson J
- Article: CELL DEATH & DISEASE. 2025;16(1):693Gerlach J; Pireddu P; Zhang X; Wetzel S; Mennuni M; Milenkovic D; Nolte H; da Silva Rodrigues F; Branzell N; Kaya I; Villegas RG; Rubalcava-Gracia D; Alsina D; Feederle R; Andren PE; Langer T; Svenningsson P; Filograna R
- Article: JCI INSIGHT. 2025;10(13):e188413Nuber S; Hsiang H; Keewan E; Moors TE; Reitz SJ; Tiwari A; Ho GPH; Su E; Hahn W; Adom M-A; Pathak R; Blizzard M; Kim S; Ko HS; Zhang X; Svenningsson P; Selkoe DJ; Fanning S
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2025;30(6):2504-2516Camargo A; Nilsson A; Shariatgorji R; Appleton E; Branzell N; Doyon D; Giovenzana M; Zhang X; Dautan D; Andren PE; Svenningsson P
- Article: NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2025;50(5):721-730Mantas I; Flais I; Branzell N; Ionescu TM; Kim E; Zhang X; Cash D; Hengerer B; Svenningsson P
- Article: ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. 2025;97(2):1338-1346Lee Y-R; Kaya I; Wik E; Baijnath S; Loden H; Nilsson A; Zhang X; Sehlin D; Syvanen S; Svenningsson P; Andren PE
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;15(1):8176Mantas I; Flais I; Masarapu Y; Ionescu T; Frapard S; Jung F; Le Merre P; Saarinen M; Tiklova K; Salmani BY; Gillberg L; Zhang X; Chergui K; Carlen M; Giacomello S; Hengerer B; Perlmann T; Svenningsson P
- Article: NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE. 2024;199:106593Adom MA; Hahn WN; Mccaffery TD; Moors TE; Zhang X; Svenningsson P; Selkoe DJ; Fanning S; Nuber S
- Article: NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY. 2024;42(7):1046-1050Vicari M; Mirzazadeh R; Nilsson A; Shariatgorji R; Bjaerterot P; Larsson L; Lee H; Nilsson M; Foyer J; Ekvall M; Czarnewski P; Zhang X; Svenningsson P; Kaell L; Andren PE; Lundeberg J
- Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2024;349:286-296Dorovic D; Lazarevic V; Delovic JA; Stevanovic V; Paslawski W; Zhang X; Velimirovic M; Petronijevic N; Puskas L; Savic MM; Svenningsson P
- Article: NPJ PARKINSONS DISEASE. 2024;10(1):47Nuber S; Zhang X; Mccaffery TD; Moors TE; Adom M-A; Hahn WN; Martin D; Ericsson M; Tripathi A; Dettmer U; Svenningsson P; Selkoe DJ
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2024;25(1):683Kojima R; Paslawski W; Lyu G; Arenas E; Zhang X; Svenningsson P
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;14(1):5804He Y; Kaya I; Shariatgorji R; Lundkvist J; Wahlberg LU; Nilsson A; Mamula D; Kehr J; Zareba-Paslawska J; Biverstal H; Chergui K; Zhang X; Andren PE; Svenningsson P
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY. 2023;34(5):836-846Kaya I; Schembri LS; Nilsson A; Shariatgorji R; Baijnath S; Zhang X; Bezard E; Svenningsson P; Odell LR; Andren PE
- Article: NPJ PARKINSONS DISEASE. 2023;9(1):56Skiteva O; Yao N; Mantas I; Zhang X; Perlmann T; Svenningsson P; Chergui K
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2022;23(22):14290Veenit V; Zhang X; Paslawski W; Mantas I; Svenningsson P
- Article: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE. 2022;72(11):2313-2325Kojima R; Zurbruegg M; Li T; Paslawski W; Zhang X; Svenningsson P
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All other publications
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2024;BIORXIVDautan D; Paslawski W; Montejo SG; Doyon DC; Marangiu R; Kaplitt MG; Chen R; Dawson VL; Zhang X; Dawson TM; Svenningsson P
- Letter: MOVEMENT DISORDERS. 2021;36(5):1278-1280Paslawski W; Bergstrom S; Zhang X; Remnestal J; He Y; Boxer A; Manberg A; Nilsson P; Svenningsson P
- Published conference paper: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY. 2020;31(12):2553-2557Shariatgorji R; Nilsson A; Strittmatter N; Vallianatou T; Zhang X; Svenningsson P; Goodwin RJA; Andren PE
- Review: JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE. 2012;2(2):87-106Schintu N; Zhang X; Svenningsson P
- Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2011;21:S14-S15Zhang X; Chergui K
- Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2009;19:S181Egeland M; Zhang X; Svenningsson P
- Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2009;19:S9-S10Egeland M; Zhang X; Svenningsson P
- Doctoral thesis: 2008Zhang X
Employments
- Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2020-
Degrees and Education
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 2008