1. Chen, Z. & Kenny, P. J. Endocannabinoid Signaling in the Habenula Regulates Adaptive Responses to Stress. Biol Psychiatry 84, 553-554
2. Passlick, S., Thapaliya, E. R., Chen, Z.., Richers, M. T. & Ellis-Davies, G. C. R. Optical probing of acetylcholine receptors on neurons in the medial habenula with a novel caged nicotine drug analogue. J Physiol 596, 5307-5318
3. Tuesta LM, Chen, Z., Duncan A, Fowler CD, Ishikawa M, Lee BR, Liu XA, Lu Q, Cameron M, Hayes MR, Kamenecka TM, Pletcher M, Kenny PJ. GLP-1 acts on habenular avoidance circuits to control nicotine intake. Nat Neurosci. 2017 Apr 3
4 . Chen, Z.. & Kenny, P. J. Running on Empty: Leptin Signaling in VTA Regulates Reward from Physical Activity. Cell Metab 22, 540-541
5 . Chen, Z., Das, B., Nakamura, Y., DiGregorio, D. A. & Young, S. M., Jr. Ca2+ channel to synaptic vesicle distance accounts for the readily releasable pool kinetics at a functionally mature auditory synapse. J Neurosci 35, 2083-2100
6. Chen, Z., Cooper, B., Kalla, S., Varoqueaux, F. & Young, S. M., Jr. The Munc13 proteins differentially regulate readily releasable pool dynamics and calcium-dependent recovery at a central synapse. J Neurosci 33, 8336-8351,
7. Montesinos, M. S., Chen, Z.. & Young, S. M., Jr. pUNISHER: a high-level expression cassette for use with recombinant viral vectors for rapid and long term in vivo neuronal expression in the CNS. J Neurophysiol 106, 3230-3244