Victor Zhou
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About
Victor Zhou is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of neuroscience and biomedical imaging, whose work has fundamentally advanced the study of brain function in awake, behaving animals. His primary research focuses on developing novel positron emission tomography (PET) methodologies that enable simultaneous brain functional imaging and behavioral response measurements in freely moving small animals—a breakthrough that eliminates the confounding effects of anesthesia. Zhou’s major contributions include the design and validation of motion-adaptive animal chambers and open-field PET systems, which allow researchers to capture real-time neural activity during naturalistic behaviors. His most cited work, “Open-field PET: Simultaneous brain functional imaging and behavioural response measurements in freely moving small animals” (33 citations), along with “A Motion Adaptive Animal Chamber for PET Imaging of Freely Moving Animals” (20 citations), has provided the scientific community with essential tools for investigating the molecular origins of debilitating brain disorders such as dementia, depression, and schizophrenia. By removing the need for anesthesia, Zhou’s innovations have opened new avenues for translational research, offering unprecedented insights into how brain activity drives behavior in health and disease.
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- 2A Motion Adaptive Animal Chamber for PET Imaging of Freely Moving Animals20 citations · 2013