Shun-Fat Lau, PhD

Enteric glia—intestine-resident glial cells—interweave with the enteric nervous system (ENS) to form an extensive cellular network spanning the entire gastrointestinal tract. However, their role in regulating non-neu... Read More

Blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction is increasingly recognized as a common central event in the progression of many neurological diseases, including Alzhei... Read More

My research introduces bat flight as a novel model to study how the mammalian brain controls complex, natural motor behaviors. Bat flight’s unique combination of high-dimensional complex control over hand like wings, w... Read More

Neuroinflammation—the inflammatory response within the central nervous system—plays a crucial role in protecting and repairing neural tissue. However, when dysregulated, neuroinflammation can severely impair neuronal... Read More

Neuromodulators such as dopamine and serotonin are fundamental to learning processes and central to a wide array of brain disorders, making them prime targets for neuropsychiatric drugs. However, we have a limited unders... Read More