1979年7月生，安徽医科大学学术副校长、基础医学院院长，中国科学技术大学讲席教授。海外高层次引进人才，国家杰出青年基金获得者（延续资助），科技创新2030-脑科学与类脑研究（中国脑计划）首席科学家（2021-2026、2026-2030），国家重点研发计划首席科学家；兼任安徽省神经科学学会理事长、中国神经科学学会理事等。

张智课题组长期从事脑科学与脑疾病研究，研究成果近5年以最后通讯作者发表于 Science（2篇）、Nature Neuroscience（3篇）、Nature Metabolism（2篇）等期刊，入选中国神经科学重大进展（2次）和Cell出版社年度中国最佳论文。获得教育部自然科学研究优秀成果奖（第一完成人）、安徽省自然科学一等奖（第一完成人）、安徽省创新争先奖章、中国科学院优秀导师奖（2次）等。

1.   2021.12-2026.12 感知觉与情绪相互作用的神经环路机制，科技创新2030—重大项目，3500万，主持；

2.   2023.08-2026.08 基于针灸治疗胃系症候的临床评价研究及其现代生物学机制，安徽省科技厅专项项目，1940万，主持；

3.   2021.01-2025.12 感觉与行为的神经环路机制，基金委杰出青年科学基金，400万，主持；

4.   2023.01-2025.12 神经-内分泌-免疫环路调控慢性疼痛的机制研究，基金委专项项目，250万，主持；

5.   2014.01-2019.12 表观遗传调控的中央杏仁核GABA神经环路与慢性神经痛，科技部973计划，462万，主持；

6.    2018.01-2019.12 基于精准靶向神经环路的非药物治疗难治性抑郁症的基础与临床研究，基金委重大研究计划集成项目，200万，主持；

7.   2019.12-2021.12 衰老进程中小胶质细胞调控的神经可塑性与老年疼痛，基金委重大研究计划培育项目，60万，主持；

8.   2014.01-2016.12 表观遗传学调控的中央杏仁核GABA神经环路参与慢性疼痛并发的抑郁症，基金委重大研究计划培育项目，70万，主持；

9.    2019.01-2022.12 MeCP2调控的神经环路适应性与慢性疼痛遗传，基金委面上项目，56万，主持。

代表性论文

2024年

1. Xia Zhu¹; Ji-Ye Huang¹; Wan-Ying Dong¹; Hao-Di Tang¹; Si Xu, Qielan Wu; Huimin Zhang; Ping-Kai Cheng; Yuxin Jin; Meng-Yu Zhu; Wan Zhao; Yu Mao; Haitao Wang; Yan Zhang; Hao Wang; Wenjuan Tao*; Yanghua Tian*; Li Bai*; Zhi Zhang*; Somatosensory cortex and central amygdala regulate neuropathic pain-mediated peripheral immune response via vagal projections to the spleen. Nature Neuroscience, 2024, 27(3): 471-483.

2. Danyang Chen¹; Qianqian Lou¹; Xiang-Jie Song¹; Fang Kang; An Liu; Changjian Zheng; Yanhua Li; Di Wang; Sen Qun; Zhi Zhang*; Peng Cao*; Yan Jin*; Microglia govern the extinction of acute stress-induced anxiety-[like] behaviors in male mice, Nature Communications, 2024, 15(1): 449.

2023年

1. Wan-Ying Dong¹; Xia Zhu¹; Hao-Di Tang¹; Ji-Ye Huang¹; Meng-Yu Zhu; Ping-Kai Cheng; Hao Wang; Xi-Yang Wang; Haitao Wang; Yu Mao; Wan Zhao; Yan Zhang; Wen-Juan Tao*; Zhi Zhang*; Brain regulation of gastric dysfunction induced by stress, Nature Metabolism, 2023, 5(9): 1494-1505. 

2022年

1. Wenjie Zhou¹; Chonghuan Ye¹; Haitao Wang¹; Yu Mao¹; Weijia Zhang; An Liu; Chen-Ling Yang; Tianming Li; Lauren Hayashi; Wan Zhao; Lin Chen; Yuanyuan Liu*; Wenjuan Tao*; Zhi Zhang*; Sound induces analgesia via corticothalamic circuits, Science, 2022, 377, 198–204.

2. Hao-Di Tang¹; Wan-Ying Dong¹; Rui Hu¹; Ji-Ye Huang; Zhao-Huan Huang; Wei Xiong; Tian Xue; Ji Liu*; Jun-Ma Yu*; Xia Zhu*; Zhi Zhang*; A neural circuit for the suppression of feeding under persistent pain, Nature Metabolism, 2022, 4(12): 1746-1755.

2021年

1. Peng Cao¹; An Liu¹; Changmao Chen¹; Qinghong Shan; Xia Zhu; Chunhui Jia; Xiaoqi Peng; Mingjun Zhang; Zahra Farzinpour; Wenjie Zhou; Haitao Wang; Jiang-Ning Zhou; Xiaoyuan Song; Liecheng Wang; Wenjuan Tao; Changjian Zheng; Yan Zhang; Yu-Qiang Ding; Yan Jin*; Lin Xu*; Zhi Zhang*; Early-life inflammation promotes depressive symptoms in adolescence via microglial engulfment of dendritic spines, Neuron, 2021, 109(16):2573-2589.e9.

2. Xia Zhu¹; Hao-Di Tang¹; Wan-Ying Dong¹; Fang Kang¹; An Liu; Yu Mao; Wen Xie; Xulai Zhang; Peng Cao; Wenjie Zhou; Haitao Wang; Zahra Farzinpou; Wenjuan Tao; Xiaoyuan Song; Yan Zhang; Tian Xue; Yan Jin*; Juan Li*; Zhi Zhang*; Distinct thalamocortical circuits underlie allodynia induced by tissue injury and by depression-[like] states, Nature Neuroscience, 2021, 24(4): 542-553.

2020年

1. Wenjuan Tao¹; Changmao Chenb¹; Yuping Wang¹; Wenjie Zhou; Yan Jin; Yu Mao; Haitao Wang; Likui Wang; Wen Xie; Xulai Zhangd; Jie Li; Juan Li; Xiangyao Lie; Zhen-Quan Tang; Chenghua Zhoug; Zhizhong Z. Pang*; Zhi Zhang*; MeCP2 mediates transgenerational transmission of chronic pain,Progress in Neurobiology, 2020, 189:101790.

2. Yan Jin¹; Qian Meng¹; Lisheng Mei; Wenjie Zhou; Xia Zhu; Yu Mao; Wen Xie; Xulai Zhang; Min-Hua Luo; Wenjuan Tao; Haitao Wang; Jie Li; Juan Li; Xiangyao Li; Zhi Zhang*; A somatosensory cortex input to the caudal dorsolateral striatum controls comorbid anxiety in persistent pain, PAIN, 2020, 161(2): 416-428.

3.  Weiwei Yin¹; Lisheng Mei¹; Tingting Sun; Yuping Wang; Jie Li; Changmao Chen; Zahra Farzinpour; Yu Mao; Wenjuan Tao; Juan Li; Wen Xie; Zhi Zhang*; A central amygdala–ventrolateral periaqueductal gray matter pathway for pain in a mouse model of depression-[like] behavior, Anesthesiology, 2020, Jan 27.

2019年

1. Wenjie Zhou¹; Yan Jin¹; Qian Meng¹; Xia Zhu¹; Tongjian Bai; Yanghua Tian; Yu Mao; Likui Wang; Wen Xie; Hui Zhong; Na Zhang; Min-Hua Luo; Wenjuan Tao; Haitao Wang; Jie Li; Juan Li; Ben-Sheng Qiu; Jiang-Ning Zhou; Xiangyao Li; Han Xu; Kai Wang; Xiaochu Zhang; Yong Liu; Gal Richter-Levin; Lin Xu; Zhi Zhang*; A neural circuit for comorbid depressive symptoms in chronic pain, Nature Neuroscience, 2019, 22(10): 1649-1658.

2. Tingting Sun¹; Zihua Song¹; Yanghua Tian¹; Wenbo Tian; Chunyan Zhu; Gongjun Ji; Yudan Luo; Shi Chen; Likui Wang; Yu Mao; Wen Xie; Hui Zhong; Fei Zhao; Min-Hua Luo; Wenjuan Tao; Haitao Wang; Jie Li; Juan Li; Jiang-Ning Zhou; Kai Wang*; Zhi Zhang*; Basolateral amygdala input to the medial prefrontal cortex controls obsessive-compulsive disorder-[like] checking behavior, PNAS, 2019, 116(9): 3799-3804.

3. Xia Zhu¹; Wenjie Zhou¹; Yan Jin; Haodi Tang; Peng Cao; Yu Mao; Wen Xie; Xulai Zhang; Fei Zhao; Min-Hua Luo; Haitao Wang; Jie Li; Wenjuan Tao; Zahra Farzinpour; Likui Wang; Xiangyao Li; Juan Li; Zheng-Quan Tang; Chenghua Zhou; Zhizhong Z. Pan*; Zhi Zhang*; A central amygdala input to the parafascicular nucleus controls comorbid pain in depression, Cell Reports, 2019, 29(12): 3847-3858.

4.  Haitao Wang¹; Jiahui Chen¹; Xiaotong Xu; Wen-Jian Sun; Xi Chen; Fei Zhao; Min-Hua Luo; Chunhua Liu; Yiping Guo; Wen Xie; Hui Zhong; Tongjian Bai; Yanghua Tian; Yu Mao; Chonghuan Ye; Wenjuan Tao; Jie Li; Zahra Farzinpour; Juan Li; Jiang-Ning Zhou; Kai Wang; Jufang He; Lin Chen*; Zhi Zhang*; Direct auditory cortical input to the lateral periaqueductal gray controls sound-driven defensive behavior, PLoS Biology, 2019, 17(8): e3000417.

2008-2018年

1. Zhi Zhang; Wenjuan Tao; Yuan-Yuan Hou; Wei Wang; Paul J. Kenny; Zhizhong Z. Pan*; MeCP2 repression of G9a in regulation of pain and morphine reward, Journal of Neuroscience, 2014, 34(27): 9076-9087.

2. Zhi Zhang; You-Qing Cai; Fang Zou; Bihua Bie; Zhizhong Z. Pan*; Epigenetic suppression of GAD65 expression mediates persistent pain, Nature Medicine, 2011, 17(11): 1448-1455. Highlighted by Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (2011 Nov 18;10(12):900).

3. Zhi Zhang; Zhizhong Z. Pan*; Synaptic mechanism for functional synergism between delta- and mu-opioid receptors, Journal of Neuroscience, 2010, 30(13): 4735-4745. Highlighted by Nature Reviews Neuroscience (2010 May 12; 11:374-375).

4. Zhi Zhang; Neng Gong; Wei Wang; Lin Xu; Tian-Le Xu*; Bell-shaped D-serine actions on hippocampal long-term depression and spatial memory retrieval, Cerebral Cortex, 2008, 18(10): 2391-2401.