Wen-Zhi Zhan

Cervical dorsal rhizotomy enhances serotonergic innervation of phrenic motoneurons and serotonin-dependent long-term facilitation of respiratory motor output in rats.

Effects of hypothyroidism on maximum specific force in rat diaphragm muscle fibers.

Denervation-induced changes in myosin heavy chain expression in the rat diaphragm muscle.

Myocardial contractility by strain echocardiography: comparison with physiological measurements in an in vitro model.

Regulation of neuromuscular transmission by neurotrophins.

Neurotrophins improve neuromuscular transmission in the adult rat diaphragm.

Synaptic vesicle cycling at type-identified diaphragm neuromuscular junctions.

Diaphragm dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Denervation effects on myonuclear domain size of rat diaphragm fibers.

Neuregulin-dependent protein synthesis in C2C12 myotubes and rat diaphragm muscle.

Mechanisms underlying myosin heavy chain expression during development of the rat diaphragm muscle.

Endovascular treatment of experimental aneurysms by use of fibroblast-coated platinum coils: an angiographic and histopathologic study.

Effect of denervation on ATP consumption rate of diaphragm muscle fibers.

EMG-based detection of inspiration in the rat diaphragm muscle.

Developmental effects on myonuclear domain size of rat diaphragm fibers.

The effect of denervation on protein synthesis and degradation in adult rat diaphragm muscle.

Retrograde labeling of phrenic motoneurons by intrapleural injection.

Effect of collagen digestion on the passive elastic properties of diaphragm muscle in rat.

Correlation of respiratory activity of contralateral diaphragm muscles for evaluation of recovery following hemiparesis.

Impairment of diaphragm muscle force and neuromuscular transmission after normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass: effect of low-dose inhaled CO.

Diaphragm motor unit recruitment in rats.

Neuregulin-1 at synapses on phrenic motoneurons.

Intracellular signaling pathways regulating net protein balance following diaphragm muscle denervation.

Chronic assessment of diaphragm muscle EMG activity across motor behaviors.

Structure-activity relationships in rodent diaphragm muscle fibers vs. neuromuscular junctions.

Inhaled carbon monoxide attenuates myocardial inflammatory cytokine expression in a rat model of cardiopulmonary bypass.

Phrenic motoneuron expression of serotonergic and glutamatergic receptors following upper cervical spinal cord injury.

Reduced ribosomal protein s6 phosphorylation after progressive resistance exercise in growing adolescent rats.

Non-stationarity and power spectral shifts in EMG activity reflect motor unit recruitment in rat diaphragm muscle.

Prolonged C2 spinal hemisection-induced inactivity reduces diaphragm muscle specific force with modest, selective atrophy of type IIx and/or IIb fibers.

Motoneuron BDNF/TrkB signaling enhances functional recovery after cervical spinal cord injury.

Targeted delivery of TrkB receptor to phrenic motoneurons enhances functional recovery of rhythmic phrenic activity after cervical spinal hemisection.

TrkB kinase activity is critical for recovery of respiratory function after cervical spinal cord hemisection.

Localized delivery of brain-derived neurotrophic factor-expressing mesenchymal stem cells enhances functional recovery following cervical spinal cord injury.

TrkB gene therapy by adeno-associated virus enhances recovery after cervical spinal cord injury.

Motoneuron glutamatergic receptor expression following recovery from cervical spinal hemisection.

BDNF effects on functional recovery across motor behaviors after cervical spinal cord injury.

Chronic TrkB agonist treatment in old age does not mitigate diaphragm neuromuscular dysfunction.

Impact of glutamatergic and serotonergic neurotransmission on diaphragm muscle activity after cervical spinal hemisection.

Diaphragm muscle activity across respiratory motor behaviors in awake and lightly anesthetized rats.

Phrenic motor neuron loss in aged rats.

Phrenic motoneuron structural plasticity across models of diaphragm muscle paralysis.

Diaphragm muscle sarcopenia into very old age in mice.

Disproportionate loss of excitatory inputs to smaller phrenic motor neurons following cervical spinal hemisection.

Acute intrathecal BDNF enhances functional recovery after cervical spinal cord injury in rats.

Cervical spinal hemisection alters phrenic motor neuron glutamatergic mRNA receptor expression.

Diaphragm muscle function in a mouse model of early-onset spasticity.

Novel regenerative drug, SPG302 promotes functional recovery of diaphragm muscle activity after cervical spinal cord injury.

Electrophysiological effects of BDNF and TrkB signaling at type-identified diaphragm neuromuscular junctions.

Cervical spinal cord hemisection impacts sigh and the respiratory reset in male rats.

Enhanced Diaphragm Muscle Function upon Satellite Cell Transplantation in Dystrophic Mice.

Postnatal survival of phrenic motor neurons is promoted by BDNF/TrkB.FL signaling.