Junda Zhu, Ph.D.

Junda Zhu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scientist | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Publications

643+
Total Citations
16
Publications
6
First Author
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Peer-Reviewed Publications

2026

Asynchronous firing and off states in working memory maintenance

Mozumder, R., Wang, Z., Dang, W., Zhu, J., Hammond, B.M., Machado, A., et al.

Cell Reports 45(1)

2025

Longitudinal measures of monkey brain structure and activity through adolescence predict cognitive maturation

Zhu, J., Garin, C.M., Qi, X.-L., Machado, A., Wang, Z., Ben Hamed, S., Stanford, T.R., Constantinidis, C., et al.

Nature Neuroscience

2024

Neural Circuits and Processes of Working Memory

Zhu, J., Constantinidis, C.

Encyclopedia of the Human Brain, 2nd ed.

2024

White Matter Microstructure and Working Memory of Macaques in Adolescence

Machado, A., Zhu, J., et al.

Journal of Vision 24(10):981

2024

Parallel signatures of cognitive maturation in primate antisaccade performance and prefrontal activity

Zhu, J., Zhou, X.M., et al.

iScience 27(8)

2023

Laminar pattern of adolescent development changes in working memory neuronal activity

Zhu, J., Hammond, B.M., Zhou, X.M., Constantinidis, C.

Journal of Neurophysiology 130(4):980-989

2022

Cbln1 regulates axon growth and guidance in multiple neural regions

Han, P., She, Y., Zhu, J., et al.

PLoS Biology 20(11):e3001853

2021

Emergence of prefrontal neuron maturation properties by training RNNs in cognitive tasks

Liu, Y.H., Zhu, J., et al.

iScience 24(10)

2021

Working Memory and Prefrontal Neural Activity of Macaques in Early Adolescence

Zhu, J., Lodish, A.W., et al.

Journal of Vision 21(9):2913

2019

The m6A reader YTHDF1 regulates axon guidance through translational control of Robo3.1 expression

Zhuang, M., Li, X., Zhu, J., et al.

Nucleic Acids Research 47(9):4765-4777

2018

Dynamic m6A modification regulates local translation of mRNA in axons

Yu, J., Chen, M., Huang, H., Zhu, J., et al.

Nucleic Acids Research 46(3):1412-1423

Preprints & Under Review

2026

Trajectories of Response Inhibition Development in Adolescence

Zhu, J., Smith, C.R., Garin, C.M., Zhou, X.M., Calabro, F., Luna, B., et al.

bioRxiv

2026

Prefrontal Mechanisms of Rule Learning

Jaffe, R., Dang, W., Gao, T., Zhu, J., Constantinidis, C.

bioRxiv

2025

Cross-species evidence for the refinement of intrinsic neural timescales supporting executive system maturation through adolescence

McKeon, S.D., Petrie, D., Sydnor, V.J., Wang, Z., Zhu, J., Famalette, A., Foran, W., et al.

bioRxiv

2024

Brain charts for the rhesus macaque lifespan

Alldritt, S., Ramirez, J.S.B., de Wael, R.V., Bethlehem, R., Seidlitz, J., Wang, Z., et al.

bioRxiv

2020

The validation of estradiol extraction and analysis from hair

Wang, W., van Dammen, L., Moody, S.N., Kiesner, J., Neiderhiser, J.M., Dismukes, A., Zhu, J., Constantinidis, C., Shirtcliff, E.A.

Preprint