Zhao Ling

Name： Zhao Ling

Professional title: Associate Professor

E-mail： lingzhao@ncu.edu.cn

Main Research Areas and Directions

• Neuroanatomy

• Receptor Autoradiography

• Neuroimaging

• Gene

Educational and Work Experience

• Juelich Research Centre (Postdoc)

• RWTH Aachen University (Ph.D.)

• South China Normal University (M.S.)

Major Academic Achievements

•Funded Research Projects (Principal Investigator)

 Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of the Ministry of Education of China (Grant No.: 25YJC190030), 2025-2027

 Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Grant No.: 20252BAC240703), 2025-2027

•Journal Articles

1. 1. Zhao, L., Witter, M.P., Palomero-Gallagher, N., 2025. Cyto-, gene, and multireceptor architecture of the early postnatal mouse hippocampal complex. Progress in Neurobiology 245, 102704.

2. 2. Zhao, L., Palomero-Gallagher, N, 2025. Hippocampal architecture viewed through the eyes of methodological development. Anatomical Science International.

3. 3. Zhao, L., Mühleisen, T.W., Pelzer, D.I., et al., 2023. Relationships between neurotransmitter receptor densities and expression levels of their corresponding genes in the human hippocampus. NeuroImage 273, 120095.

4. 4. Zhao, L., Tu, L., Zhang, M., et al., 2023. The effects of second-language age of acquisition on brain structural networks: A DTI study of high-proficient bilinguals. Journal of Neurolinguistics 68, 101155.

5. 5. Wei, Q.*, Zhao, L.*, Zou, Y., et al., 2020. The role of altered brain structural connectivity in resilience, vulnerability, and disease expression to schizophrenia. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 101, 109917.

6. 6. Froudist-Walsh, S., Xu, T., Niu, M., Rapan, L., Zhao, L., et al., 2023. Gradients of neurotransmitter receptor expression in the macaque cortex. Nature Neuroscience 26, 1281-1294.

7. 7. Kuckertz, A., Zhao, L., Kedo, O., Amunts, K., & PalomeroGallagher, N., 2025. Serotonin Receptors in Areas of the Emotion Regulation Network in Human and Rat Brains—A Comparative Autoradiographic Study. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 533(7), e70068.

8. 8. Rapan, L., Froudist-Walsh, S., Niu, M., Xu, T., Zhao, L., et al., 2023. Cytoarchitectonic, receptor distribution and functional connectivity analyses of the macaque frontal lobe. eLife 12, e82850.

9. 9. Niu, M., Rapan, L., Froudist-Walsh, S., Zhao, L., Funck, T., Amunts, K., Palomero-Gallagher, N., 2024. Multimodal mapping of macaque monkey somatosensory cortex. Progress in Neurobiology 239, 102633.