Dr. Rong-Chi Huang

Appointment : Associate Professor

Lab：Circadian Neurophysiology

Education : Ph.D.

University/Nation：University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/USA

Tel: (03)2118800 ext. 5261

E-mail : rongchi@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Research website :

Research interests:

Membrane excitability/channels/transporters/ion homeostasis

energy metabolism/cholinergic modulation

Publications:

Lin HY, Huang RC (2021) Glycolytic metabolism and activation of Na⁺ pumping contribute to extracellular acidification in the central clock of the suprachiasmatic nucleus: Differential glucose sensitivity and utilization between oxidative and non-oxidative glycolytic pathways. Biomed J https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bj.2021.02.004.

Huang RC (2020) Molecular mechanisms in the circadian rhythm. eLS Vol 1:128--135.  DOI:10.1002/9780470015902.a0028836.

Cheng RC, Cheng PC, Wang YC,  Huang RC (2019) Role of Intracellular Na⁺ in the Regulation of [Ca²⁺]_i in the Rat Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Neurons. Int J Mol Sci 20:4868; doi:10.3390/ijms20194868.

Cheng PC, Lin HY, Chen YS, Cheng RC, Su HC,  Huang RC (2019) The Na⁺/H⁺-Exchanger NHE1 Regulates Extra- and Intracellular pH and Nimodipine-sensitive [Ca²⁺]_i in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus. Sci Rep 9:6430. DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-42872-w

Cheng PC, Wang YC, Chen YS, Yang JJ, Cheng RC, Huang RC (2018) Differential regulation of nimodipine-sensitive and -insensitive Ca²⁺ influx by the Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchanger and mitochondria in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons. J Biomed Sci 25:44. DOI: 10.1186/s12929-018-0447-z.

Huang RC (2018) The discoveries of molecular mechanisms for the circadian rhythm: The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Biomed J (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bj.2018.02.003.

Yang JJ, Cheng RC, Cheng PC, Wang YC, Huang RC (2017) K_ATP channels mediate differential metabolic responses to glucose shortage of the dorsomedial and ventrolateral oscillators in the central clock. Sci Rep 7:640. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-00699-3.

Cheng PC, Chen YS, Huang RC (2017) Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchanger 2 (NCX2) in the circadian clock of the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus: Colocalization with neuropeptides and daily profiles of gene expression and protein levels. Chin J Physiol 60:215–225.