Behavioral Neuroscience; Cognitive Sciences: fundamentals and applications; Psychology of Women
Behavioral Neuroscience; Cognitive Sciences: fundamentals and applications; Psychology of Women
2002-July, 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada, Supervisors: Professor Shitij Kapur, and Dr. Paul J. Fletcher
1996-2002 Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada, Supervisor: Professor Alison S. Fleming
1993-1996 M.S. Department of Psychology, Beijing University, Beijing, China, Supervisor: Professor Xiao Jian
1987-1991 B.S., Department of Psychology, Beijing University, Beijing, China
Research grant
2026-2029, National Science Foundation of China (32571263), Psychological mechanisms, receptor functions and neurocircuits underlying 5-HT-mediated maternal behavior
Behavioral Neuroscience; Cognitive Sciences: fundamentals and applications; Psychology of Women
1. Aya Dudin, Patrick McGowan, Ruiyong Wu, Alison S. Fleming, and Ming Li* (March, 2019): Psychobiology of Maternal Behavior in Nonhuman Mammals, Handbook of Parenting (Vol 2. 2019)
2. Fleming, A, and Li, M (2002) Psychobiology of maternal behavior in non-human mammals. Handbook of Parenting (second edition, eds. Marc H. Bornstein), Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.
3. Li, M and Spaulding, W (edited) The Neuropsychopathology of Schizophrenia: Molecules, Brain Systems, Motivation, and Cognition, © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
4. Li, M* (2026): Why Do Mood Disturbances Often Occur in Early Postpartum? An Integrative Neurobiological and Evolutionary Perspective, Hormones and Behavior.
5. Li, M*. (2024). Is melanin-concentrating hormone in the medial preoptic area a signal for the decline of maternal care in late postpartum? Front Neuroendocrinol, 75, 101155. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2024.101155
6. Wu, R., Chou, S., Li, M*., 2024. Continuous oral olanzapine or clozapine treatment initiated in adolescence has differential short- and long-term impacts on antipsychotic sensitivity than those initiated in adulthood. Eur J Pharmacol 972, 176567.
7. Chou, S., Wu, R., & Li, M*. (2023). Long-term impacts of prenatal maternal immune activation and postnatal maternal separation on maternal behavior in adult female rats: Relevance to postpartum mental disorders. Behav Brain Res, 461, 114831. //doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114831
8. Li, M*. (2023). The medial prefrontal regulation of maternal behavior across postpartum: A triadic model. Psychol Rev, 130(4), 873-895. //doi.org/10.1037/rev0000374
9. Li, M*. 2022. Lateral habenula neurocircuits mediate the maternal disruptive effect of maternal stress: A hypothesis, Zoological Research 43, 166-175.
10. Li, M* (2020). Psychological and Neurobiological Mechanisms Underlying the Decline of Maternal Behavior. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.06.009.
