主要科研領域與方向：從事離子通道、突觸發育形成、神經發育生物學、腦移植的理論基礎、發育中的基因表達等方面的研究工作。
Selected Publications:
■ Initial events in the formation of neuromuscular synapse: Rapid induction of acetylcholine release from embryonic neuron. Zuo-ping Xie and Mu-ming Poo. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.USA 83:7069-7073(1986).
■Nitric oxide mediates activity-dependent synaptic depression atdeveloping neuromuscular synapses. Ti Wang, Zuo-ping Xie, Bei Lu. Nature, 374:262-266(1995).
■ Intracellular Ca and Ca/Calmodulin-dependent kinaseII mediate acute potentiation of neurotransmitter release by Neurotrophin-3. Xiangping He, FenYang, Zuoping Xie, and Bai Lu. The Journalof Cell Biology,Vol.149,No 4: 783-791(2000).
■ Yalin Wang, Nicholas J. D. Wright, Hui-Fu Guo, Zuoping Xie, Karel. Karel Svoboda, Roberto Malinow, Dean P. Smith, and Yi Zhong. Genetic Manipulation of the Odor-Evoked Distributed Neural Activity in the Drosophila Mushroom Body. Neuron (2001) vol 29: 267-276.
■ Zhijun Liu, Lin Geng, Ruxin Li,Xiangping He,James Q Zheng and Zuoping Xie. Frequency modulation of synchronized Ca++ spike in cultured hippocampal networks through G-Protein-coupled receptors. The Journal. of Neuroscience, 2003. 23(10)4156-4163.
■ Xuecai Ge, Frances Hannan, Zuolei Xie, Chunhua Feng, Tim Tully, Haimeng Zhou, Zuoping Xie and Yi Zhong Notch signaling in Drosophila long-term memory formation. PNAS, July 6, vol. 101 no. 27 : 10172-10176 ,2004.
