Wei Zhou, MD, PhD

Associate Professor In Anesthesia
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What I do: 

Clinical: Neuroanesthesia and Obstetrical Anesthesia

Research: Zhou Lab​

Publications: 
Xiang X, Chen Y, Li KX, Fang J, Bickler PE, Guan Z, Zhou W. Neuroanatomical Basis for the Orexinergic Modulation of Anesthesia Arousal and Pain Control. Front Cell Neurosci. 2022; 16:891631.
Zhou W, Guan Z. Ion Channels in Anesthesia. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021; 1349:401-413.
Zhou W, Cheung K, Kyu S, Wang L, Guan Z, Kurien PA, Bickler PE, Jan LY. Activation of orexin system facilitates anesthesia emergence and pain control. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 11 06; 115(45):E10740-E10747.
Zhou W, Jan L. A twist on potassium channel gating. Cell. 2010 Jun 11; 141(6):920-2.
Gu C, Zhou W, Puthenveedu MA, Xu M, Jan YN, Jan LY. The microtubule plus-end tracking protein EB1 is required for Kv1 voltage-gated K+ channel axonal targeting. Neuron. 2006 Dec 07; 52(5):803-16.
Pegan S, Arrabit C, Zhou W, Kwiatkowski W, Collins A, Slesinger PA, Choe S. Cytoplasmic domain structures of Kir2.1 and Kir3.1 show sites for modulating gating and rectification. Nat Neurosci. 2005 Mar; 8(3):279-87.
Zhou W, Qian Y, Kunjilwar K, Pfaffinger PJ, Choe S. Structural insights into the functional interaction of KChIP1 with Shal-type K(+) channels. Neuron. 2004 Feb 19; 41(4):573-86.
Nanao MH, Zhou W, Pfaffinger PJ, Choe S. Determining the basis of channel-tetramerization specificity by x-ray crystallography and a sequence-comparison algorithm: Family Values (FamVal). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Jul 22; 100(15):8670-5.
Zhou W, Arrabit C, Choe S, Slesinger PA. Mechanism underlying bupivacaine inhibition of G protein-gated inwardly rectifying K+ channels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 May 22; 98(11):6482-7.