1. Zhou Y*, Su Y*, Li S*, Kennedy BC, Zhang DY, Bond AM, Sun Y, Jacob F, Lu L, Hu P, Viaene AN, Helbig I, Kessler SK, Lucas T, Salinas RD, Gu X, Chen HI, Wu H, Kleinman JE, Hyde TM, Nauen DW, Weinberger DR, Ming GL#, Song H#. Molecular landscapes of human hippocampal immature neurons across lifespan. Nature 607, 527-533 (2022). PMID: 35794479.

2. Zhou Y*,#, Su Y*, Yang Q*, Li J*, Hong Y, Gao T, Zhong Y, Ma X, Jin M, Liu X, Yuan N, Kennedy BC, Wang L, Yan L, Viaene AN, Helbig I, Kessler SK, Kleinman JE, Hyde TM, Nauen DW, Liu C, Liu Z, Shen Z, Li C, Xu S, He J, Weinberger DR, Ming GL#, Song H#. Cross-species analysis of adult hippocampal neurogenesis reveals human-specific gene expression but convergent biological processes. Nature Neuroscience 28, 1820-9 (2025). PMID: 40790267. 

3. Zhou Y, Song H, Ming GL#. Genetics of human brain development. Nature Reviews Genetics, 25, 26–45 (2024). PMID: 37507490.

4. Su Y*,#, Zhou Y*, Bennett ML, Li S, Carceles-Cordon M, Lu L, Huh S, Jimenez-Cyrus D, Kennedy BC, Kessler SK, Viaene AN, Helbig I, Gu X, Kleinman JE, Hyde TM, Weinberger DR, Nauen DW, Song H#, Ming GL#. A single-cell transcriptome atlas of glia diversity in the human hippocampus across the postnatal lifespan. Cell Stem Cell 29, 1594-1610 (2022). PMID: 36332572.

5. Zhou Y, Bond AM, Shade JE, Zhu Y, Davis CHO, Wang X, Su Y, Yoon KJ, Phan AT, Chen WJ, Oh JH, Marsh-Armstrong N, Atabai K, Ming GL, Song H#. Autocrine Mfge8 Signaling Prevents Developmental Exhaustion of the Adult Neural Stem Cell Pool. Cell Stem Cell 23, 444-452 (2018). PMID: 30174295.

6. Sun GJ, Zhou Y, Ito S, Bonaguidi MA, Stein-O'Brien G, Kawasaki NK, Modak N, Zhu Y, Ming GL#, Song H#. Latent tri-lineage potential of adult hippocampal neural stem cells revealed by Nf1 inactivation. Nature Neuroscience 18, 1722-4 (2015). PMID: 26523645.

7. Sun GJ*, Zhou Y*, Stadel RP*, Moss J, Yong JH, Ito S, Kawasaki NK, Phan AT, Oh JH, Modak N, Reed RR, Toni N, Song H#, Ming GL#. Tangential migration of neuronal precursors of glutamatergic neurons in the adult mammalian brain. PNAS 112, 9484-9 (2015). PMID: 26170290.

1. Zhou Y, Ming GL, Song H. Cross-species analysis of adult hippocampal neurogenesis reveals human-specific traits. Nature Neuroscience 28, 1816-7 (2025). PMID: 40796667.

2. Gao T*, Fujita Y*, Chen Y*, Wang Z*, Lu Y*, Shen J*, Yan L, Wang Y, Li P, Fang X, Hrabovszky E, Xu C, Su Y#, Li Y#, Zhang L#, Zhou Y#. From seq-ing to modeling: towards a molecular understanding of special properties of immature neurons in the human hippocampus. Life Medicine (2025; accepted)

3. Chen ZH*, Pan TB*, Zhang YH*, Wang B*, Sun XL*, Gao M*, Sun Y, Xu M, Han S, Shi X, Correa-da-Silva F, Yang C, Guo J, Wu H, Li YZ, Liu XQ, Gao F, Xu Z, Xu S, Liu X, Zhu Y, Deng Z, Liu S, Zhou Y, Yi CX, Liu L#, Wu QF#. Transcriptional conservation and evolutionary divergence of cell types across mammalian hypothalamus development. Developmental Cell 60, 1916-30 (2025). PMID: 40203835.

4. Zhou Y, Su Y, Ming GL, Song H#. Special properties of adult neurogenesis in the human hippocampus: implications for its clinical applications. Clinical and Translational Medicine 13(2), e1196 (2023). PMID: 36740454.

5. Davis CHO, Kim KY, Bushong EA, Mills EA, Boassa D, Shih T, Kinebuchi M, Phan S, Zhou Y, Bihlmeyer NA, Nguyen JV, Jin Y, Ellisman MH, Marsh-Armstrong N#. Transcellular degradation of axonal mitochondria. PNAS 111, 9633-8 (2014). PMID: 24979790.