Education

Ph.D. in Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 1997

Current position

Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, USA

Publications (since 2005)

1. Huang, A. Y. and Wu, S. Y. (2015). Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Reduces Taste-Evoked ATP Secretion from Mouse Taste Buds. J Neurosci 35(37): 12714-12724.
   
2. Huang, A. Y., Chen, M. H., Wu, S. Y. and Lu, K. S. (2015). Tight junctions in Gerbil von Ebner's gland: horseradish peroxidase and freeze-fracture studies. Microsc Res Tech 78(3): 213-219.
   
3. Rodriguez-Diaz, R., Dando, R., Huang, Y. A., Berggren, P. O., Roper, S. D. and Caicedo, A. (2012). Real-time detection of acetylcholine release from the human endocrine pancreas. Nat Protoc 7(6): 1015-1023.
   
4. Huang, Y. A., Grant, J., Roper, S. D. (2012). Glutamate may be an efferent transmitter that elicits inhibition in mouse taste buds. PLoS One 7(1):e30662.
   
5. Huang, Y. A., Pereira, E. and Roper, S. D. (2011). Acid stimulation (sour taste) elicits GABA and serotonin release from mouse taste cells. PLoS One 6(10): e25471.
   
6. Huang, Y. A., Stone, L. M., Pereira, E., Yang, R., Kinnamon, J. C., Dvoryanchikov, G., Chaudhari, N., Finger, T. E., Kinnamon, S. C. and Roper, S. D. (2011). Knocking out P2X receptors reduces transmitter secretion in taste buds. J Neurosci 31(38): 13654-13661.
   
7. Dvoryanchikov, G.*, Huang, Y. A.*, Barro-Soria, R., Chaudhari, N. and Roper, S. D. (2011). GABA, its receptors, and GABAergic inhibition in mouse taste buds. J Neurosci 31(15): 5782-5791. (*These authors contributed equally)
   
8. Huang, Y. A. and Roper, S. D. (2010). Intracellular Ca(2+) and TRPM5-mediated membrane depolarization produce ATP secretion from taste receptor cells. J Physiol 588(Pt 13): 2343-2350.
   
9. Huang, Y. A., Dando, R. and Roper, S. D. (2009). Autocrine and paracrine roles for ATP and serotonin in mouse taste buds. J Neurosci 29(44): 13909-13918.
   
10. Huang, Y. A., Maruyama, Y. and Roper, S. D. (2008). Norepinephrine is coreleased with serotonin in mouse taste buds. J Neurosci 28(49): 13088-13093.
    
11. Huang, Y. A., Maruyama, Y., Stimac, R. and Roper, S. D. (2008). Presynaptic (Type III) cells in mouse taste buds sense sour (acid) taste. J Physiol 586(12): 2903-2912.
    
12. Huang, Y. J., Maruyama, Y., Dvoryanchikov, G., Pereira, E., Chaudhari, N. and Roper, S. D. (2007). The role of pannexin 1 hemichannels in ATP release and cell-cell communication in mouse taste buds. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104(15): 6436-6441.
    
13. Huang, Y. J., Maruyama, Y., Lu, K. S., Pereira, E., Plonsky, I., Baur, J. E., Wu, D. and Roper, S. D. (2005). Mouse taste buds use serotonin as a neurotransmitter. J Neurosci 25(4): 843-847.
    
14. Huang, Y. J., Maruyama, Y., Lu, K. S., Pereira, E., Plonsky, I., Baur, J. E., Wu, D. and Roper, S. D. (2005). Using biosensors to detect the release of serotonin from taste buds during taste stimulation. Arch Ital Biol 143(2): 87-96.
    
15. Huang, Y. J., Maruyama, Y., Lu, K. S., Pereira, E. and Roper, S. D. (2005). Mouse taste buds release serotonin in response to taste stimuli. Chem Senses 30 Suppl 1: i39-40.