Xiaolei Xu (Rabby)

     

School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

      

No.2006, Xiyuan Ave, West Hi-Tech Zone, 611731 

RI :Neural biomarkers of depression and anxiety - task and resting state fMRI

                                   Oxytocin effect on social exclusion

E-mail : rabby_uestc@outlook.com

Address: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

                  No.2006, Xiyuan Ave, West Hi-Tech Zone, 611731

   

  

Education

   

2019.11 - present                             Postdoc, Work with Prof. Benjamin Becker, Majored in Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science 

                                                                        and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC). 

2015.09 - 2019.11                                   PhD, Supervisor: Prof. Keith Kendrick, Majored in Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science 

                                                                            and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC).  

2011.09 - 2014.06                                                             MS, Supervisor: Prof. Yong Zheng, Majored in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology 

                                                                                                                              Southwest University (SWU).  

2007.09 - 2011.06                                                          BS Majored in Psychology, School of Psychology and Education, Ludong University

   

 

Publications (first author)

1.   X. Xu#, J. Dai#, C. Liu, Y. Chen, F. Xin, F. Zhou, X. Zhou, Y. Huang, J. Wang, Z. Zou, J. Li, R. P. Ebstein, K. M. Kendrick, B. Zhou*, B. Becker*. Common and disorder-specific neurofunctional markers of dysregulated empathic reactivity in Major Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2020, 89(2), 114-116.

2.   X. Xu#, J. Dai#, Y. Chen, C. Liu, F. Xin, X. Zhou, F. Zhou, E. A. Stamatakis, S. Yao, L. Luo, Y. Huang, J. Wang, Z. Zou, D. Vatansever, K. M. Kendrick, B. Zhou*, B. Becker*. Intrinsic connectivity of the prefrontal cortex and striato-limbic system respectively differentiate Major Depressive from Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2020 (doi:10.1038/s41386-020-00868-5).

3.   X. Xu#, J. Li#, Z. Chen, K. M. Kendrick, B. Becker*. Oxytocin reduces top-down control of attention by increasing bottom-up attention allocation to social but not non-social stimuli - a randomized controlled trial. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2019, 108: 62-69.

4.   X. Xu, C. Liu, X. Zhou, Y. Chen, Z. Gao, F. Zhou, J. Kou, B. Becker, K. M. Kendrick*. Oxytocin facilitates self-serving rather than altruistic tendencies in competitive social interactions via orbitofrontal cortex. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2019, 22(8): 501-512.

5.   X. Xu, S. Yao, L. Xu, Y. Geng, W Zhao, X. Ma, J. Kou, R. Luo, K. M. Kendrick*. Oxytocin biases men but not women to restore social connections with individuals who socially exclude them. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7: 40589.