Ruey-Kuang Cheng, Graduate Student    Edit

Ruey-Kuang Cheng

Graduate Student
PhD, Duke University, 2010
office: 3083 GSRB 2
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phone: (919) 660-5626

research interests | publications

Research Summary:
 1. Exploration of the pharmacological and electrophysiological properties of timing and time perception with emphasis on cortico-striatal circuits and brain oscillatory processes. 2. Investigation of the effects of prenatal choline supplementation on memory consolidation in adults during SWS and REM sleep.

Representative Publications:   (More Publications)

  1. *Cheng, R.K., & Meck, W.H. (October 17, 2009). Distinct ensemble unit activity and oscillatory patterns in the dorsal striatum during discrete-trial interval timing procedures. (Poster presentation given at the 39th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, Ill.).
  2. Meck, W.H., Williams, C.L., & *Cheng, R.K. (October 21, 2009). Oscillatory changes in the hippocampus during exploration of novel objects as a function of prenatal choline availability and subsequent sleep states. (Poster presentation given at the 39th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, Ill.).
  3. *Cheng, R. K., Williams, C. L., & Meck, W. H. (2009). Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation and its Facilitation by Prenatal Choline Supplementation. Chinese Journal of Physiology, 52(4), 223-235. [PDF] [abs]
  4. *Cheng, R. K., Williams, C. L., & Meck, W. H. (2008). Oscillatory bands, neuronal synchrony and hippocampal function: Implications of the effects of prenatal choline supplementation for sleep-dependent memory consolidation. Brain Research, 1237, 176-194.  [abs]
  5. *Cheng, R. K., MacDonald, C. J., Williams, C. L.,, & Meck, W. H. (2008). Prenatal choline availability alters timing, emotion, and memory performance (TEMP) of adult male and female rats as indexed by the differential reinforcement of low-rate schedule behavior. Learning and Memory, 15, 153-162.  [abs]