Hong Wei Dong
Professor, Neurobiology, University of California Los Angeles
hongweid@mednet.ucla.edu
Interests
Neural circuits, brain architecture, Connctome, Hippocampus, Basal ganglia, Neuroanatomy
Publications
- Jeong M, Baek S, Wang Q, Yao L, Lee EJ, Marroquin Rivera A, Lee JJ, Jang H, Bambah-Mukku D, Mun CH, Boesen T, Nanda S, Ku CR, Dong HW, Labonté B, Paik SB, Lim BK. Distinct interneuronal dynamics selectively gate target-specific cortical projections in drug seeking.. Neuron, 2026.
- Park CS, Yan M, Zhu M, Akram MA, Foster NN, Bennecke A, Choi C, Marrett K, Moradi K, Zhang JY, Magat G, Nanda S, Vaca R, Wijaya K, Zablan JR, Lee S, Song C, Lara MJ, Louie M, Cong J, Kim Y, Ascoli GA, Langfelder P, Tward D, Dong HW, Yang XW. Dendritome mapping reveals the spatial organization of striatal neuron morphology.. Nature neuroscience, 2025.
- Hintiryan H, Zhu M, Zhao P, Zhang M, Barry J, Nanda S, Rudd M, Wong A, Miller S, Gou L, Wei J, Zingg B, Sun J, Gutierrez A, Mun HS, Han YE, Bowman I, Garcia L, Lo D, Boesen T, Cao C, Zhao Q, Foster NN, Moradi K, Yamashita S, Estrada C, Dev A, Gonzalez J, Xu H, Yang G, Park CS, Yang XW, Levine MS, Zhang LI, Micevych P, Cepeda C, Golshani P, Hong W, Dong HW. Neural networks of the mouse visceromotor cortex.. Nature, 2025.
- Feng Z, Li X, Luo Y, Liu X, Long B, Jiang T, Jia X, Chen X, Luo J, Chai X, Wang Z, Ren M, Lu X, Yao G, Zhao M, Li Y, Liu Z, Ni H, Dou C, Bao S, Yang S, Zhang Z, Zhou J, Cai L, Zhang Q, Tudi A, Tan C, Xu Z, Chen S, Ding W, Shi W, Li A, Dong HW, Gong H, Luo Q. A mouse brain stereotaxic topographic atlas with isotropic 1-μm resolution.. Nature, 2025.
- Hintiryan H, Rudd M, Nanda S, Gutierrez AE, Lo D, Boesen T, Garcia L, Sun J, Estrada C, Mun HS, Yamashita S, Han YE, Bowman I, Gou L, Cao C, Gonzalez J, Moradi K, Zhao Q, Yenokian I, Dev A, Zingg B, Xu H, Xue Q, Zhu M, Liu L, Chen X, Yun Z, Peng H, Foster NN, Dong HW. Distinct subnetworks of the mouse anterior thalamic nuclei.. Nature communications, 2025.
- Liu L, Yun Z, Manubens-Gil L, Chen H, Xiong F, Dong H, Zeng H, Hawrylycz M, Ascoli GA, Peng H. Connectivity of single neurons classifies cell subtypes in mouse brains.. Nature methods, 2025.
- Xue Q, Xu H, Zhu M, Qian B, Gao L, Gou L, Hintiryan H, Shih JC, Dong HW. Early Postnatal Pharmacological Intervention Rescues the Disruption of Developmental Connectivity in MAO-A KO Mice.. Neuroscience bulletin, 2024.
- Muñoz-Castañeda R, Zingg B, Matho KS, Chen X, Wang Q, Foster NN, Li A, Narasimhan A, Hirokawa KE, Huo B, Bannerjee S, Korobkova L, Park CS, Park YG, Bienkowski MS, Chon U, Wheeler DW, Li X, Wang Y, Naeemi M, Xie P, Liu L, Kelly K, An X, Attili SM, Bowman I, Bludova A, Cetin A, Ding L, Drewes R, D'Orazi F, Elowsky C, Fischer S, Galbavy W, Gao L, Gillis J, Groblewski PA, Gou L, Hahn JD, Hatfield JT, Hintiryan H, Huang JJ, Kondo H, Kuang X, Lesnar P, Li X, Li Y, Lin M, Lo D, Mizrachi J, Mok S, Nicovich PR, Palaniswamy R, Palmer J, Qi X, Shen E, Sun YC, Tao HW, Wakemen W, Wang Y, Yao S, Yuan J, Zhan H, Zhu M, Ng L, Zhang LI, Lim BK, Hawrylycz M, Gong H, Gee JC, Kim Y, Chung K, Yang XW, Peng H, Luo Q, Mitra PP, Zador AM, Zeng H, Ascoli GA, Josh Huang Z, Osten P, Harris JA, Dong HW. Cellular anatomy of the mouse primary motor cortex.. Nature, 2021.
- Foster NN, Barry J, Korobkova L, Garcia L, Gao L, Becerra M, Sherafat Y, Peng B, Li X, Choi JH, Gou L, Zingg B, Azam S, Lo D, Khanjani N, Zhang B, Stanis J, Bowman I, Cotter K, Cao C, Yamashita S, Tugangui A, Li A, Jiang T, Jia X, Feng Z, Aquino S, Mun HS, Zhu M, Santarelli A, Benavidez NL, Song M, Dan G, Fayzullina M, Ustrell S, Boesen T, Johnson DL, Xu H, Bienkowski MS, Yang XW, Gong H, Levine MS, Wickersham I, Luo Q, Hahn JD, Lim BK, Zhang LI, Cepeda C, Hintiryan H, Dong HW. The mouse cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic network.. Nature, 2021.
- Benavidez NL, Bienkowski MS, Zhu M, Garcia LH, Fayzullina M, Gao L, Bowman I, Gou L, Khanjani N, Cotter KR, Korobkova L, Becerra M, Cao C, Song MY, Zhang B, Yamashita S, Tugangui AJ, Zingg B, Rose K, Lo D, Foster NN, Boesen T, Mun HS, Aquino S, Wickersham IR, Ascoli GA, Hintiryan H, Dong HW. Organization of the inputs and outputs of the mouse superior colliculus.. Nature communications, 2021.
- Hintiryan H, Bowman I, Johnson DL, Korobkova L, Zhu M, Khanjani N, Gou L, Gao L, Yamashita S, Bienkowski MS, Garcia L, Foster NN, Benavidez NL, Song MY, Lo D, Cotter KR, Becerra M, Aquino S, Cao C, Cabeen RP, Stanis J, Fayzullina M, Ustrell SA, Boesen T, Tugangui AJ, Zhang ZG, Peng B, Fanselow MS, Golshani P, Hahn JD, Wickersham IR, Ascoli GA, Zhang LI, Dong HW. Connectivity characterization of the mouse basolateral amygdalar complex.. Nature communications, 2021.
- Bienkowski MS, Sepehrband F, Kurniawan ND, Stanis J, Korobkova L, Khanjani N, Clark K, Hintiryan H, Miller CA, Dong HW. Homologous laminar organization of the mouse and human subiculum.. Scientific reports, 2021.