Basic Sciences of Medicine

Basic Sciences of Medicine is a peer reviewed international basic medical sciences journal, which is aimed to promote research and information in basic medical sciences. It can improve health, health care and health education, internationally by elevating the quality of medical care, disease prevention, and research.

p-ISSN: 2167-7344
e-ISSN: 2167-7352
Website: http://journal.sapub.org/medicine

Xu-Feng Huang

Editorial Board Member of Basic Sciences of Medicine

Professor, Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Australia

Research Areas

Schizophrenia, Obesity, Diabetes, Neuroscience

Education

1994-1995	Post-doc	Pathology, University of New South Wales, Australia
1993-1994	Post-doc	Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia
1989-1993	Ph.D	Neuroscience, University of New South Wales, Australia
1977-1982	MBBS	Medicine, China

Experience

2006-present	Professor, School of Health Sciences, UoW, Australia Associate
2002-2005	Professor, Department of Biomedical Science, UoW
1997-2001	Senior Lecturer, Department of Biomedical Science, UoW
1995-1997	Lecturer, Department of Biomedical Science, UoW
1994-1995	Research Officer (RO2 & 3), NHMRC, School of Pathology, UNSW
1993-1994	Research Officer (RO1), NHMRC, School of Psychology, UNSW
1989-1991	Tutor (Part time), School of Anatomy, UNSW
1989-1991	Research Assistant (Part time), School of Anatomy, UNSW
1983-1987	Associate/Lecturer, XuZhou Medical College, China

Academic Achievement

1994-1995 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Postdoctoral Award, RO2 & RO3

1993-1994 NHMRC Postdoctoral Award, RO1

1989-1993 NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship

2009 Vice chancellor UoW, Australia, Excellence in Research Supervision (Highly commended)

2010 Vice chancellor,UoW, Excellence in Research Supervision

Membership

Member of NHMRC Grant Review Panel, GRP-5E, 2010, Psychology, Psychiatry and Cognitive Sciences, 2010

Member of the Research Evaluation Committee for ERA Cluster 7 (BCH), Excellence in Research in Australia, Australia Research Council, 2010

Member of External Advisory Board, Australia Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), 2010

Council Member of Schizophrenia Research Institute, Australia, 2007-present

Member of Developmental Neurobiology Panel, SRI, Australia, 1999-present

Scientific Director of IHMRI Metabolic Theme, 2009-present

North American Association for the Study of Obesity 1999-present

Australian Society for the Study of Obesity 1998-present

American Association for the Advancement of Science 1996-present

Neuroscience, USA 1991-present

Australian Neuroscience Society 1989-present

Publications: Journals

[1]	Huang, XF, Yinghua Yu, Eleanor Beck, Tim South, Yulin Li, Marijka, Batterham, Linda C, Tapsell and Jiezhong Chen Diet high in oat β-glucan activates the gut-hypothalamic (PYY3-36-NPY) axis and increases satiety in diet-induced obesity in mice, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, accepted 3/5/2011 (ERA Journal Ranking: A).
[2]	Handayani, D, Chen,JZ, Meyer B, Huang, XF, (2011) Dietary Shiitake mushroom (Lentinus edodes) prevents fat deposition and lowers triglyceride in rats fed a high-fat diet, accepted 14/08/2011.
[3]	Yan J, Xu Y, Zhu, C Zhang L, Wu A, Xiong Z, C Deng, Huang XF, Yenari MA, Yang Y, Ying W, Wang Q, (2011) Simvastatin prevents dopaminergic neurodegeneration in experimental parkinsonian models: the association with anti-inflammatory responses, accepted 13/5/2011. (ERA Journal Ranking: A).
[4]	Charlotte K, Emily K, Adena S, Alexander W, Jerrah S, Thanh H, Nathan K, Tim K, Leonora L, Huang XF, Liu K, Jonathan A, Iain M (2011) Cannabidiol potentiates THC behavioural effects and alters THC pharmacokinetics during acute and chronic treatment in adolescent rats, Psychopharmacology (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1701) accepted 29/4/2011. Impact Factor=4.263.
[5]	Yang F, Wang X, Liu X, Zhao K, Fu W, Hao X, Zhang X, Huang G, Qu S, Bai J, Huang XF, Kosten T and Zhang X (2011). Sex difference in QTc prolongation in chronic institutionalized patients with schizophrenia on long-term treatment with typical and atypical antipsychotics. Psychopharmacology, accepted for publication (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1701; Impact Factor=4.263).
[6]	Pan B, Huang XF, Deng C (2011) Antipsychotic treatment and neuregulin 1 ErbB4 signalling in schizophrenia. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, in press (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=17).
[7]	Dawson AE, Newell KA and Huang XF (2011). Reciprocal signalling between NR2 subunits of the NMDA receptor and Neuregulin1 and their role in schizophrenia. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, accepted for publication (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=17).
[8]	Frank E, Newell K and Huang XF (2011). Density of metabotropic glutamate receptors 2 and 3 (mGluR2/3) in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex does not differ with schizophrenia diagnosis but decreases with age. Schizophrenia Research, accepted for publication (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=4.945).
[9]	Weston-Green K, Huang XF and Deng C (2011). Dosage response of metabolic dysfunction to olanzapine treatment in female Sprague Dawley rats. Behavioural Brain research 217:337-346. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.206).
[10]	Boucher AA, Hunt GE, Micheau J, Huang XF, McGregor IS, Karl T, Arnold JC (2011). The schizophrenia susceptibility gene neuregulin 1 modulates tolerance to the effects of cannabinoids. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 12:1-13. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=17; Impact Factor=4.640).
[11]	Beck E, Tapsell L, Batterham M and Huang XF (2010). Oat β-glucan supplementation does not enhance the effectiveness of an energy-restricted diet in overweight women. British Journal of Nutrition 103:1212-22. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1111; Impact Factor=3.569).
[12]	Deng C, Weston-Green K and Huang XF (2010). The role of histaminergic H1 and H3 receptors in food intake: A mechanism for antipsychotic-induced weight gain? Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 34:1-4. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=17; Impact Factor=2.891).
[13]	Hu CH, Deng C, Mackovski N, Long L, Yang Y, Zhu C, Wang Y, Chen J, Huang XF and Wang Q (2010). Effects of simvastatin and 6-hydroxydopamine on histaminergic H1 receptor binding density in rat brains. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 34:1419-25. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=17; Impact Factor=2.891).
[14]	Long LE, Chesworth R, Huang XF, McGregor IS, Arnold JC and Karl T (2010). A behavioural comparison of acute and chronic delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol in C57Bl/6Arc mice. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 13:861-876. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=17; Impact Factor=4.640).
[15]	Li Y, Huang XF, Deng C, Meyer B and Wang Q (2010). Alterations in 5-HT2A receptor binding in various brain regions among 6-hydroxydopamine-induced Parkinsonian rats. Synapse 63:224-230. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.584).
[16]	Magee CA, Huang XF, Iverson DC and Caputi P (2010). Examining the pathways linking chronic sleep restriction to obesity. Journal of Obesity 2010:1-8.
[17]	Tapsell L, Batterham M, Huang XF, Tan SY, Teuss G, Charlton K, O'Shea J and Warensjo E (2010). Short term effects of energy restriction and dietary fat sub-type on weight loss and disease risk factors. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases 20:317-325. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1111; Impact Factor=3.296).
[18]	Beck E, Batterham M, Tapsell L, Tosh S and Huang XF (2009). Oat β-glucan increases postprandial cholecystokinin levels, decreases insulin response and extends subjective satiety in overweight subjects. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 53:1343–1351. (ERA Journal Ranking: A*; FoR1=0908; Impact Factor=4.247).
[19]	Beck E, Tapsell LC, Batterham MJ, Tosh SM and Huang XF (2009). Increase in PYY levels following oat beta-glucan ingestion is dose dependant in overweight adults. Nutrition Research 29:705–709. (ERA Journal Ranking: C; FoR1=1111; Impact Factor=1.177).
[20]	Chen J and Huang XF (2009). The effects of diets enriched in beta-glucans on blood lipoprotein concentrations. Journal of Clinical Lipidology 3:154–158.
[21]	Chen J and Huang XF (2009). The signal pathways in azoxymethane-induced colon cancer and preventive implications. Cancer Biology & Therapy 8:1313–1317. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1112; Impact Factor=3.049).
[22]	du Bois T, Deng C and Huang XF (2009). Excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission is chronically altered following perinatal NMDA receptor blockade. European Neuropsychopharmacology 19:256–265. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1701; Impact Factor=3.793).
[23]	du Bois T, Deng C, Newell K, Han M and Huang XF (2009). Perinatal PCP treatment alters the developmental expression of prefrontal and hippocampal muscarinic receptors. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 33:37–40. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=17; Impact Factor=2.891).
[24]	Han M, Huang XF and Deng C (2009). Aripiprazole differentially affects mesolimbic and nigrostriatal dopaminergic transmission: implications for long-term drug efficacy and low extrapyramidal side-effects. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 12:941–952. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=17; Impact Factor=4.640).
[25]	Han M, Huang XF, T du Bois and Deng C (2009). The effects of antipsychotic drugs administration on 5-HT1A receptor expression in the limbic system of the rat brain. Neuroscience 164:1754–1763. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.520).
[26]	Huang XF and Chen J (2009). Obesity, the PI3K/Akt signal pathway and colon cancer. Obesity Reviews 10:610–616. (ERA Journal Ranking: A*; FoR1=1111; Impact Factor=5.086).
[27]	Kang K and Huang XF (2009). Decreased density of serotonin 2A receptors in the superior temporal gyrus in schizophrenia—a post-mortem study. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 33:867–871. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=17 Impact Factor=2.891).
[28]	Li Y, South T, Han M, Chen JZ, Wang R and Huang XF (2009). High-fat diet decreases tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA expression irrespective of obesity susceptibility in mice. Brain Research 1268:181–189. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.551).
[29]	Magee C, Caputi P, Iverson D and Huang XF (2009). Acute sleep restriction alters neuroendocrine hormones and appetite in healthy male adults. Sleep and Biological Rhythms 7:125–127. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=0.812).
[30]	Wang Q, Zengin A, Deng C, Li Y, Newell K, Yang GY, Lu Y, Wilder-Smith E, Zhao H and Huang XF (2009). High dose of simvastatin induces hyperlocomotive and anxiolytic-like activities: the association with the up-regulation of NMDA receptor binding in the rat brain. Experimental Neurology 216:132–138. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1103; Impact Factor=4.144).
[31]	Yu YH, Deng C and Huang XF (2009). Obese reversal by a chronic energy restricted diet leaves an increased Arc NPY/AgRP, but no alteration in POMC/CART, mRNA expression in diet-induced obese mice. Behavioural Brain Research 205:50–56. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.206).
[32]	Yu YH, South T and Huang XF (2009). Inter-meal interval is increased in mice fed a high whey, as opposed to soy and gluten, protein diets. Appetite 52:372–379. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1701; Impact Factor=2.966).
[33]	Yu YH, Wang Q and Huang XF (2009). Energy restricted pair-feeding normalizes low levels of BDNF/TrkB mRNA expression in the hippocampus, but not VMH in diet-induced obese mice. Neuroscience 160:295–306. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.520).
[34]	du Bois T, Huang XF and Deng C (2008). Perinatal administration of PCP alters adult behaviour in female Sprague-Dawley rats. Behavioural Brain Research 188:416–419. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.206).
[35]	du Bois T, Hsu CW, Li YL, Han M, Tan YY, Deng C and Huang XF (2008). Altered dopamine receptor and dopamine transporter binding and tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA expression following perinatal NMDA receptor blockade. Neurochemical Research 33:1224–1231. (ERA Journal Ranking: C; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.392).
[36]	Han M, Deng C, Burne T, Newell K and Huang XF (2008). Short and long-term effects of antipsychotic drug treatment on weight gain and H1 receptor expression. Psychoneuroendocrinology 33:569–580. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1103; Impact Factor=4.959).
[37]	Han M, Newell K, Zavitsanou K, Deng C and Huang XF (2008). Effects of Antipsychotic Medication on Muscarinic M1 Receptor mRNA Expression in the Rat Brain. Journal of Neuroscience Research 86:457–464. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.190).
[38]	Huang XF, Yu Y, Li Y, Deng C and Wang Q (2008). Ventromedial hypothalamic NPYY2 receptor in the maintenance of body weight in diet-induced obesity in mice. Neurochemical Research 33:1881–1888. (ERA Journal Ranking: C; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.392).
[39]	Huang XF, Liu Y, Rahardjo G, McLennan P, Tapsell L and Buttemer WA (2008). Effects of diets high in whey, soy, red meat and milk protein on body weight maintenance in diet-induced obesity in mice. Nutrition and Dietetics 65:53–59. (ERA Journal Ranking: C; FoR1=1111).
[40]	Magee CA, Caputi P, Iverson D and Huang XF (2008). An investigation of the dimensionality of the pittsburgh sleep quality index in australian adults. Sleep and Biological Rhythms 6:222–227. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=0.812).
[41]	Magee CA, Iverson D, Huang XF and Caputi P (2008). A Link between Chronic Sleep Restriction and Obesity: Methodological Considerations. Public Health 122:1373–1381. (ERA Journal Ranking: C; FoR1=1117; Impact Factor=1.423).
[42]	South T and Huang XF (2008). Temporal and site-specific brain alterations in CB1 receptor binding in high-fat diet-induced obesity in C57Bl/6 Mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 20:1288–1294. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1103; Impact Factor=3.281).
[43]	South T and Huang XF (2008). High-fat diet exposure increases dopamine D2 receptor and decreases dopamine transporter binding density in the nucleus accumbens and caudate putamen of mice. Neurochemical Research 33:598–605. (ERA Journal Ranking: C; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.392).
[44]	Wang Q, Zengin A, Ying W, Newell K, Wang P, Yeo W, Wong P, Yenari M and Huang XF (2008). Chronic treatment with simvastatin upregulates muscarinic M1/4 receptor binding in the rat brain. Neuroscience 154:1100–1106. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.520).
[45]	Wang Q and Huang XF (2008). Effects of chronic treatment of olanzapine and haloperidol on peptide YY binding densities in the rat brain. Experimental Neurology 209:261–267. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1103; Impact Factor=4.144).
[46]	Weston-Green K, Huang XF, Han M and Deng C (2008). The effects of antipsychotics on the density of cannabinoid receptors in the dorsal vagal complex of rats: Implications for olanzapine-induced weight gain. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 11:827–835. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=17; Impact Factor=4.640).
[47]	Yu YH, South T, Wang Q and Huang XF (2008). Differential expression of hypothalamic CART mRNA in response to body weight change following different dietary interventions. Neurochemistry International 52:1422–1430. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1101; Impact Factor=3.541).
[48]	Zavitsanou K, Nguyen V, Newell K and Huang XF (2008). Rapid cortico-limbic alterations in AMPA receptor densities after administration of PCP: implications for schizophrenia. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy 36:71–76. (Era Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=1.930).
[49]	Brown M, Wickham M, McAndrew DJ and Huang XF (2007). Muscles within muscles: coordination of 19 muscle segments within three shoulder muscles during isometric motor tasks. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 17:57–73. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1106; Impact Factor=2.373).
[50]	Deng C and Huang XF (2007). No changes in densities of cannabinoid receptors in the superior temporal gyrus in schizophrenia. Neuroscience Bulletin 23:341–347. (ERA Journal Ranking: C; FoR1=1109).
[51]	Deng C, Weston-Green KL, Han M and Huang XF (2007). Olanzapine treatment decreases the density of muscarinic M2 receptors in the dorsal vagal complex of rats. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 31:915–920. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=17; Impact Factor=2.891).
[52]	du Bois T and Huang XF (2007). Early brain development disruption from NMDA receptor hypofunction: Relevance to Schizophrenia. Brain Research Reviews 53:260–270. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=7.330).
[53]	Huang XF, Tan YY, Huang X and Wang Q (2007). Effect of chronic treatment with clozapine and haloperidol on 5-HT2A and 2C receptor mRNA expression in the rat brain. Neuroscience Research 59:314–321. (ERA Journal Ranking: C; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.372).
[54]	Newell K, Zavitsanou K and Huang XF (2007). Short and Long term changes in NMDA receptor binding in mouse brain following chronic phencyclidine treatment. Journal of Neural Transmission 114:995–1001. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.744).
[55]	Newell K, Zavitsanou K and Huang XF (2007). Opposing short-and long-term effects on muscarinic M1/M4 receptor binding following chronic phencyclidine treatment. Journal of Neuroscience Research 85:1358–1363. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.190).
[56]	Newell K, Zavitsanou K, Jew SK and Huang XF (2007). Alterations of muscarinic and GABA receptor binding in the posterior cingulate cortex in schizophrenia. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 31:225–233. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=17; Impact Factor=2.891).
[57]	Rahardjo GL, Huang XF, Tan YY and Deng C (2007). Decreased plasma PYY accompanied by an elevated PYY and Y2 receptor binding sites in the medulla oblongata of diet-induced obese mice. Endocrinology 148:4704–4710. (ERA Journal Ranking: A*; FoR1=1103; Impact Factor=5.103).
[58]	South T, Deng C and Huang XF (2007). AM 251 and beta-Funaltrexamine reduce fat intake in a fat-preferring strain of mouse. Behavioural Brain Research 181:153–157. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.206).
[59]	Wang Q, Kannan KT, Erle C, Lim Y, Chan H, Deng C, Huang XF and Einar P (2007). A static handgrip method for distal quantitative sweat measurements. Neuroscience Letters 421:229–233. (ERA Journal Ranking: C; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.114).
[60]	Zavitsanou K, Nguyen V, Han M and Huang XF (2007). Effects of typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs on rat brain muscarinic receptors. Neurochemical Research 32:525–532. (ERA Journal Ranking: C; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.392).
[61]	Bjursell MA, Gerdin AK, Jonsson M, Surve VV, Svensson L, Huang XF, Tornell J and Bohlooly-Y M (2006). G protein-coupled receptor 12 deficiency results in decreased energy expenditure, dyslipidemia and obesity in mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 348:359–366. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=0601; Impact Factor=2.720).
[62]	Deng C and Huang XF (2006). Increased density of GABAa receptors in the superior temporal gyrus in schizophrenia. Experimental Brain Research 168:587–590. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.410).
[63]	du Bois T, Deng C and Huang XF (2006). Fatty acids differentially affect serotonin receptor and transporter transporter binding in the rat brain. Neuroscience 139:1397–1403. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.520).
[64]	Huang XF, Zavitsanou K, Huang X, Yu Y, Wang HQ, Chen F, Lawrence A and Deng C (2006). Dopamine transporter and D2 receptor densities in mice prone or resistant to chronic high-fat diet-induced obesity. Behavioural Brain Research 175:415–419. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.206).
[65]	Huang XF, Deng C and Zavitsanou K (2006). Neuropeptide Y mRNA expression levels following chronic olanzapine, clozapine and haloperidol administration in rats. Neuropeptides 40:213–219. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=0601; Impact Factor=2.176).
[66]	Huang XF, Zavitsanou K and Deng C (2006). Olanzapine differentially affects 5-HT2A and 2C receptor mRNA expression in the rat brain. Behavioural Brain Research 171:355–362. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.206).
[67]	Newell K, Deng C and Huang XF (2006). Increased cannabinoid receptor density in the posterior cingulated cortex in schizophrenia. Experimental Brain Research 172:556–560. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.410).
[68]	South T and Huang XF (2006). Phenotypic variations between a fat-preferring strain and a macronutrient non-preferring strain of mouse. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 8:302–310. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1103).
[69]	Weidenhofer J, Yip J, Zavitsanou K, Huang XF, Chahl LA and Tooney PA (2006). Immunohistochemical Localisation of the NK1 Receptor in the Human Amygdala. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 30:1313–1321. (ERA Journal Ranking:B; FoR1=17; Impact Factor=2.891).
[70]	Deng C and Huang XF (2005). Decreased density of muscarinic receptors in the superior temporal gyrus in schizophrenia. Journal of Neuroscience Research 81:883–890. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.190).
[71]	du Bois T, Bell W, Deng C and Huang XF (2005). A High n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid diet reduces muscarinic M2/M4 receptor binding in the rat brain. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy 29:282–288. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=1.930).
[72]	du Bois T, Deng C and Huang XF (2005). Membrane phospholipid composition, alterations in neurotransmitter systems and schizophrenia. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 29:879–889. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=17; Impact Factor=2.891).
[73]	Huang XF, Yu YH, Zavitsanou K, Han M and Storlien LH (2005) Differential expression of dopamine D2 and D4 receptor and TH mRNA expression in mice prone, or resistant, to chronic high-fat diet-induced obesity. Molecular Brain Research 135:150–161. (ERA Journal Ranking: B).
[74]	Newell K, Zavitsanou K and Huang XF (2005). Ionotropic glutamate receptor binding in the posterior cingulate cortex in schizophrenia. NeuroReport 16:1363–1367. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.260).
[75]	Storlien L, Huang XF, Tapsell LC, Karlsson C, Niklasson M and Carlsson BC (2005). Lifestyle-gene-drug interactions in relation to the metabolic syndrome. World Review of Nutrition and Diet 94:84–95.
[76]	Zavitsanou K, Katsifis A, Yu Y and Huang XF (2005). M2/M4 muscarinic receptor binding in the anterior cingulate cortex in schizophrenia and mood disorders. Brain Research Bulletin 65:397–403. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.193).
[77]	Huang XF, Han M and Storlien LH (2004). Differential expression of 5-HT2a and 5-HT2c receptor mRNA in mice prone, or resistant, to high-fat diet-induced obesity. Molecular Brain Research 127:39–47. (ERA Journal Ranking: B).
[78]	Huang XF, Huang X, Han M, Chen F, Storlien LH and Lawrence A (2004). 5-HT2A/2C receptor and 5-HT transporter densities in mice prone or resistant to chronic high-fat diet-induced obesity: a quantitative autoradiography study. Brain Research 1018:227–235. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.551).
[79]	Huang XF, Xin X, McLennan P and Storlien LH (2004). Role of fat amount and type in ameliorating diet-induced obesity: insights at the level of hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, leptin receptor, neuropeptide Y and pro-opiomelanocortin mRNA expression. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 6:35–45. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1103).
[80]	Paxinos G, Chai SY, Christopoulos G, Huang XF, Toga AW, Wang HQ and Sexton PM (2004). In vitro autoradiographic localization of calcitonin and amylin binding sites in monkey brain. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy 27:217–236. (Era Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=1.930).
[81]	Zavitsanou K, Garrick T and Huang XF (2004). Selective antagonist [3H]SR141716A binding to cannabinoid CB1 receptors is increased in the anterior cingulate cortex in schizophrenia. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 28:355–360. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=17; Impact Factor=2.891).
[82]	Zavitsanou K, Andrew K, Filomena M and Huang XF (2004). Investigation of M1/M4 muscarinic receptors in the anterior cingulate cortex in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology 29:619–625. (ERA Journal Ranking: A*; FoR1=1115; Impact Factor=6.813).
[83]	Huang XF, Han M, South T and Storlien LH (2003). Altered levels of POMC, AgRP and MC4-R mRNA expression in the hypothalamus and other parts of the limbic system of mice prone or resistant to chronic high-energy diet-induced obesity. Brain Research 992:9–19. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.551).
[84]	Huang XF, Han M and Storlien LH (2003). The level of NPY receptor mRNA expression in diet-induced obese and resistant mice. Molecular Brain Research 115:21–28. (ERA Journal Ranking: B).
[85]	Zavitsanou K and Huang XF (2002). Selective alterations in ionotropic glutamate receptors in the cingulate cortex in schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology 27:826–833. (ERA Journal Ranking: A*; FoR1=1115; Impact Factor=6.813).
[86]	Zavitsanou K and Huang XF (2002). Decreased [3H]spiperone binding in the anterior cingulate cortex of schizophrenia: an autoradiographic study. Neuroscience 109:709–716. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.520).
[87]	Wang HQ, Storlien LH and Huang XF (2002). Effects of dietary fat types on body fatness, leptin, and ARC leptin receptor, NPY, and AgRP mRNA expression. American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism 282:E1352-E1359. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1116).
[88]	Lin S, Thomas TC, Storlien LH and Huang XF (2000). Development of obesity and central leptin resistance in high-fat diet induced obese mice. International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders 24639-24646. (ERA Journal Ranking: A).
[89]	Xin XG, Storlien LH and Huang XF (2000). Hypothalamic c-Fos-like immunoreactivity in high fat diet-induced obese and resistant mice. Brain Research Bulletin 52:235–242. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.193).
[90]	Lin S, Storlien L and Huang XF (2000). Leptin receptor, NPY, POMC mRNA expression in the diet-induced obese mouse brain. Brain Research 875:89–95. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.206).
[91]	Storlien LH, Higgins JA, Thomas TC, Brown MA, Wang HQ, Huang XF and Else P (2000). Diet composition and insulin action in animal models. British Journal of Nutrition 83:S85–S90. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1111; Impact Factor=3.569).
[92]	Wang HQ, Huang XF, Jenkins A and Storlien L (2000). Down-regulation of NPY and AgRP mRNA expression by high saturated fat diet is independent of plasma leptin in mice. Journal of Obesity Research 8:60S.
[93]	Wang HQ, Storlien L and Huang XF (1999). Influence of dietary fats on c-Fos-like immunoreactivity in mouse hypothalamus. Brain Research 843:184–192. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.206).
[94]	Lin S and Huang XF (1999). Altered hypothalamic c-fos expression in diet induced obese mice. Brain Research Bulletin 49:251–259. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.193).
[95]	Huang XF and Wang HQ (1998). Altered c-fos protein expression in the brain of obese (ob/ob) mice. Brain Research 799:307–310. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=3.206).
[96]	Xin XG and Huang XF (1998). Downregulated Y5 receptor gene expression in genetically obese mice. NeuroReport 4:737–741. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.260).
[97]	Lin S and Huang XF (1997). Fasting increases leptin receptor mRNA expression in lean but not obese (ob/ob) mouse brain. NeuroReport 8:3625–3629. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.260).
[98]	Lloyd A, Dixon G, Huang XF, Ward P, Catts S, Hickie I and Wakefield D (1997). Molecular biology and the major psychoses. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 31:12–16. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1103; Impact Factor=2.761).
[99]	Huang XF, Lin S and Zhang R (1997). Upregulation of leptin receptor mRNA expression in obese mouse brain. NeuroReport 8:1035–1038. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.260).
[100]	Catts SV, Ward P, Lloyd A, Huang XF, Dixon G, Chahl L, Harper C and Wakefield D (1997). Molecular biological investigations into the role of the NMDA receptor in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 31:17–26. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1103; Impact Factor=2.761).
[101]	Huang XF, Koutcherov I, Lin S, Wang HQ and Storlien L (1996). Localisation of leptin receptor mRNA expression in mouse brain. NeuroReport, 7:2635–2638. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.260).
[102]	Sexton PM, Christopoulos G, Huang XF, Toga AW and Paxinos G (1995). In-Vitro Autoradiographic Localization of Calcitonin Receptors in Monkey Brain. Journal of Neurochemistry 65:S184. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=4.206).
[103]	Christopoulos G, Paxinos G, Huang XF, Toga A and Sexton PM (1995). Comparative distribution of receptors for amylin and the related peptides CGRP and calcitonin in rat and monkey brain. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 73:1037-1041. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1115; Impact Factor=1.596).
[104]	Huang XF and Paxinos G (1995). The human intermediate reticular zone: A cytoand chemoarchitectonic study. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 360:571–588. (ERA Journal Ranking: A*; FoR1=0608; Impact Factor=3.935).
[105]	Sexton PM, Paxinos G, Huang XF and Mendelsohn FAO (1994). In vitro autoradiographic localisation of calcitonin binding sites in human medulla oblongata. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 341:449-463. (ERA Journal Ranking: A*; FoR1=0608; Impact Factor=3.935).
[106]	Huang XF, Paxinos G, Halasz P, McRitchie D and Tork I (1993). Substance P-and tyrosine hydroxylase-containing neurons in the human dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 335:109-122. (ERA Journal Ranking: A*; FoR1=0608; Impact Factor=3.935).
[107]	Huang XF, Tork I and Paxinos G (1993). Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve: A cyto-and chemoarchitectonic study in the human. Journal of Comparative Neurology 330:158-182. (ERA Journal Ranking: A*; FoR1=0608; Impact Factor=3.935).
[108]	Huang XF, Tork I, Halliday GM and Paxinos G (1992). The dorsal, posterodorsal and ventral tegmental nuclei: A cyto-and chemoarchitectonic study in the human. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 318:117-137. (ERA Journal Ranking: A*; FoR1=0608; Impact Factor=3.935) Letters.
[109]	Hu CH, Pai N, Huang XF and Deng C (2011). Potential control of risperidone related cognitive deficits by adjunctive aripiprazole treamtment. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 30:480-481. (ERA journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1701; Impact Factor=4.716).
[110]	Chen J and Huang XF (2010). The PI3K/Akt pathway may play a key role in social isolation-caused schizophrenia, comment re: Increased dopamine D2(High) receptors in rats reared in social isolation. Synapse 64:486-487. (ERA journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=2.584).
[111]	Chen J, Huang XF and Katsifis A (2010). Activation of signal pathways and the resistance to anti-EGFR treatment in colorectal cancer. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 111:1082-1086. (ERA journal Ranking: B; FoR1=0601; Impact Factor=3.285).
[112]	Chen J, Gislette T and Huang XF (2010). The role of molecular weight and viscosity of oat β-glucan in hypocholesterolemic effect. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 92:1538; author reply 1539-40. (ERA journal Ranking: A*; FoR1=1114; Impact Factor=7.744).
[113]	Chen J and Huang XF (2010). Comment on: Dietary flavonoids suppress azoxymethane-induced colonic preneoplastic lesions in male C57BL/Ksj-db/db mice. Chemico-Biological Interactions 185:78; author reply 79-80. (ERA journal Ranking: C; FoR1=0601).
[114]	Chen J and Huang XF (2010). Comment on: Dietary flavonoids suppress azoxymethane-induced colonic preneoplastic lesions in male C57BL/Ksj-db/db mice. Chemico-Biological Interactions 183:276-283. (ERA Journal Ranking: C; FoR1=0601).
[115]	Chen J and Huang XF (2010). Beta-glucan may play an important role in algae hypocholesterolemia effect. European Journal of Nutrition 49:63-4. (ERA journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1111; Impact Factor=3.146).
[116]	Deng C, Chen J, Hu C-H and Huang XF (2010). What is the mechanism for aripiprazole's effect on reducing olanzapine-induced obesity? Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 30:480-481. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1701; Impact Factor=4.716).
[117]	Huang XF and Chen J (2010). Obesity and pancreatic cancer: possible role of the PI3K/Akt pathway. Surgery 147:596. (ERA journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1103; Impact Factor=3.793).
[118]	Lian J, Huang XF, Pai N and Deng C (2010). Potential control of antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemia and obesity in children and adolescents by aripiprazole. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 34:1157-1158. (ERA journal Ranking: B; FoR1=17; Impact Factor = 2.891).
[119]	Western-Green K, Huang XF and Deng C (2010). Sensitivity of the Female Rat to Olanzapine-Induced Weight Gain- Far From the Clinic? Schizophrenia Research 116:299-300. (ERA journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1109; Impact Factor=4.945).
[120]	Chen J and Huang XF (2009). Activation of p53 for the treatment of cancer. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 107:567–568. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=0601; Impact Factor=3.285).
[121]	Chen J and Huang XF (2009). Adiponectin in obesity-associated colon cancer and its preventive implication. Digestive Diseases and Sciences 54:1810–1811. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1103; Impact Factor=1.729).
[122]	Chen J and Huang XF (2009). Adiponectin is not effective against AOM-induced colon cancer but more evidences are required for its role in obesity-associated colon cancer. International Journal of Cancer 125:2483–2483. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1112; Impact Factor=4.558).
[123]	Chen J and Huang XF (2009). Beta-Catenin pathway in ulcerative colitisassociated colorectal cancer and therapeutic implication. Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer 40:64–65.
[124]	Chen J and Huang XF (2009). Comment on Effects of adipocyte-secreted factors on cell cycle progression in HT29 cell. European Journal of Nutrition 48:505–505. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1111; Impact Factor=3.146).
[125]	Chen J and Huang XF (2009). Interleukin-6 promotes carcinogenesis through multiple signal pathways. Digestive Diseases and Sciences 54:1373–1374. (ERA Journal Ranking: B; FoR1=1103; Impact Factor=1.729).
[126]	Chen J and Huang XF (2009). Obesity is a major factor for colon cancer prognosis. Colorectal Disease 11:538–539. (ERA Journal Ranking: C; FoR1=1103; Impact Factor=2.438).
[127]	Huang XF and Chen JZ (2009). Adiponectin and signal pathways in obesity-induced colon cancer. Gut: Journal of the British Society of Gastroenterology 58:1169. (ERA Journal Ranking: A*; FoR1=1103; Impact Factor=9.663).
[128]	Huang XF and Chen JZ (2009). Neuregulin 1, brain region specificity and PI3K/Akt in schizophrenia. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 259:307–308. (ERA Journal Ranking: C; FoR1= 103; Impact Factor=3.149).
[129]	Beck EJ, Tapsell LC, Tosh SM, Batterham MJ and Huang XF (2009). Dietary interventions with fibre ingredients-considerations, measurements and manipulations. Cereal Foods World, 54:16.
[130]	Beck EJ, Tosh SM, Tapsell LC, Batterham MJ and Huang XF (2008). Characterisation of a functional ingredient requires multiple assessments. Cereal Foods World, 54:A21.
[131]	Beck EJ, Tapsell LC, Huang XF and Batterham MJ (2008). Relationships between 24 hour recalls and fasting measures of hunger and satiety-subjective and biochemical indices. Nutrition and Dietetics, 65:A11.
[132]	Han M, Deng C, Newell KA and Huang XF (2007). Histamine H1 mRNA expression is decreased in the rat hypothalamus following olanzapine treatment. Schizophrenia Bulletin 33:317. (ERA Journal Ranking: A; FoR1=1701; Impact Factor=7.253).
[133]	Beck EJ, Norman JA, Batterham MJ, Huang XF and Tapsell LC (2007). Dietetic practice in appetite research- acute meal test studies. Nutrition and Dietetics, 64:S49-51.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]	Paxinos G, Huang XF, Petrides M and Toga A (2009). The Rhesus Monkey Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, 2nd Ed, Elsevier, Academic Press, San Diego. ISBN 978-0123736192. Cited 15 times.
[2]	Paxinos G, Huang XF and Toga A (2000). The Rhesus Monkey Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates. Academic Press, San Diego. ISBN 012-358255-5. Cited 510 times.
[3]	Paxinos G and Huang XF (1995). Atlas of the Human Brainstem. Academic Press, San Diego. ISBN 0-12-547615-9. Cited 178 times.
[4]	Paxinos G, Kayalioglu G, Huang XF and Watson (in press). The human brainstem nuclei.
[5]	Paxinos, G. Kayalioglu, Huang & Watson (2009). The Human Nervous System. Academic Press, San Diego; G Paxinos & JK Mai. ISBN 9780080495316.
[6]	du Bois TM and Huang XF (2009). Neurodevelopment, neurotransmitter imbalance and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. In 'New Frontiers in Neurological Research' Research Signpost. ISBN: 978-81-308-0284-8. 1:187-206.
[7]	Koutcherov Y, Huang XF, Halliday G and Paxinos G (2004). Organization of Human Stem Nuclei. The Human Nervous System. Academic Press, 2nd edition; G Paxinos & JK Mai 10: 267–276.
[8]	Storlien L, Huang XF, Lin S, Xin X, Wang HQ and Else P (2001). Dietary Fat Subtypes and Obesity, in Fatty Acids and Lipids. Karger: Besel. Hamazaki & H Okuyama. 1: 148–154.
[9]	Paxinos G, Huang XF and Toga A (2000). Photographic and diagrammatic atlas of the monkey brain. The Rhesus Monkey Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, Academic Press, San Diego; G Paxinos, XF Huang & AW Toga. 1–151.
[10]	Petrides M, Paxinos G, Huang XF, Morris R and Pandya DN (2000). The delineation of the rhesus monkey cortex on the basis of a neurofilament protein (SMI-32). The Rhesus Monkey Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates. Academic Press, G Paxinos, XF Huang & A Toga. 152–230.
[11]	Paxinos G, XF Huang, Carrive P, Wang HQ, and Toga AW (1995). Neurotransmitters as a tool for mapping the human brain. Neurotransmitters in the Human Nervous System. Raven Press, NY, D Tracy, J Stone & G Paxinos. 1–24.