Education
 
Ph.D. University of Florida, Gainesville
  M.S. National Taiwan University
  B.S. Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
Academic and Professional appointments
2002-present Associate Professor Institute of Neuroscience , National Yang-Ming University
1993-2002 Associate Professor Institute of Physiology,National Yang-Ming University
1991-1993 Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Biological Sciences ,Stanford University
Publication

1. Chou, Y.-C. and Luttge, W.G. (1988) Activated Type II receptors in brain cannot rebind glucocorticoids: relationship to progesterone's antiglucocorticoid actions. Brain Res. 440:67-78.

2. Densmore, C.L., Luttge, W.G. and Chou, Y.-C. (1988) Activation of glucocorticoid-Type II receptor complexes in brain cytosol leads to an increase in surface hydrophobicity as determined by hydrophobic interaction chromatography. J. Neurochem. 50:1263-1271.

3. Richards, E.M., Sumners, C., Chou, Y.-C., Raizada, M.K. and Phillips, M.I. (1989) a2-Adrenergic receptors in neuronal and glial cultures: characterization and comparison. J. Neurochem. 53:287-296.

4. Chou, Y.-C., Luttge, W.G, and Sumners, C. (1990) Characterization of glucocorticoid Type II receptors in neuronal and glial cultures from rat brain. J. Neuroendocrinology 2:29-38.

5. Chou, Y.-C., Luttge, W.G. and Sumners, C. (1991) Expression of mineralocorticoid Type I and glucocorticoid Type II receptors in astrocyte glia as a function of time in culture. Dev. Brain Res. 61:55-61.

6. Chou, Y.-C., Lin, W.J. and Sapolsky, R.M. (1994) Glucocorticoids increase extracellular [3H]D-aspartate overflow in hippocampal cultures during cyanide- induced ischemia. Brain Res. 654:8-14.

7. Chou, Y.-C. (1997) Corticosterone exacerbates cyanide-induced cell death in hippocampal cultures: Role of astrocytes. Neurochem. Int. 32:219-226.

8. Yang, J.J., Chou, Y.C., Lin, M.T. and Chiu, T.H. (1997) Hypoxia-induced differential electrophysiological changes in rat locus coeruleus neurons. Life Sci. 61:1763-1773.

9. Chiang, A.-N., Chang, C.-P., Chou, Y.-C., Huang, K.-Y. and Hu, H.-H. (1999) Differentiatial distribution of apolipoprotein E in young and aged spontaneously hypertensive and stroke-prone rats. J. Hypertension. 17:793-800.

10. In, Y.-C., Huang, R.H., Jan, I.-S., Yeh, C.-C., Wu, H.-J., Chou, Y.-C. and Chang, Y.-C. (2002) Development of excitatory synapses in cultured neurons dissociated from the cortices of rat embryos and rat pups at birth. J. Neurosci. Res. (in press)

Abstracts and Meetings:

1. Chen, S.-C. G., Chu, W.-C. and Chou, Y.-C. (1982) Inhibitory effect of aflatoxical on RNA synthesis. Proceedings of 5th International IUPAC Symposium on Mycotoxins and Phytoxins, Vienna, Austria, Sept. 1-3, 1982.

2. Densmore, C.L., Luttge, W.G. and Chou, Y.-C. (1986) Glucocorticoid receptor activation leads to changes in surface hydrophobicity as determined by hydrophobic interaction chromatography. Endocrinology 118 (suppl.):264.

3. Densmore, C.L., Chou, Y.-C. and Luttge, W.G. (1986) Biochemical nature of a potentially down-regulated form of the glucocorticoid receptor in brain cytosol. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 12(1):615.

4. Densmore, C.L., Chou, Y.-C. and Luttge, W.G. (1986) Hydrophobic characteristics of Type II receptors for adrenocorticosteroids in mouse brain. Sixth Florida Neuroendocrine Symposium, Florida, U.S.A., Mar. 1, 1986.

5. Chou, Y.-C. and Luttge, W.G. (1987) Activated Type II receptors cannot rebind glucocorticoids: relationship to progesterone's antiglucocorticoid actions. Florida Graduate Student Symposium, Florida, U.S.A., Apr. 11, 1987. (Winner of second place award in poster competition.)

6. Chou, Y.-C. and Luttge, W.G. (1987) Glucocorticoids do not rebind to activated Type II receptors: relationship to progesterone's antiglucocorticoid actions. Endocrinology 120 (Suppl.):209.

7. Chou, Y.-C., Luttge, W.G. and Sumners, C. (1988) Characterization of glucocorticoid Type II receptors in brain cell cultures. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 14(2):1322.

8. Chou, Y.-C., Luttge, W.G. and Sumners, C. (1988) Glucocorticoid type II receptors in brain neuronal and glial cultures. Fourth International Symposium on Cellular Endocrinology, Lake Placid, New York, U.S.A., Aug. 24-27, 1988.

9. Chou, Y.-C., Luttge, W.G. and Sumners, C. (1989) Characterization of mineralocorticoid Type I receptors in astrocyte cultures from rat brain. Endocrinology 122 (Suppl.):382.

10. Chou, Y.-C., Krozowski, Z.S., Luttge, W.G. and Sumners, C. (1990) Immunocytochemical demonstration of mineralocorticoid Type I receptors in primary brain cell cultures. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 16(2):1071.

11. Chou, Y.-C., and Yu, S. (1996) Corticosterone exacerbates the overflow of extracellular [3H]D-aspartate in hippocampal cultures during cyanide-induced ischemia. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 22:1668.

12. Chou, Y.-C., Yu, S. and Wu, C.L. (1997) Heat shock protein 70 prevents corticosterone from aggravating ischemic cell death. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 23:2184.

13. Fann, M.J., Chou, Y.-C. and Lin, S.-D. (1997) Molecular cloning and expression pattern of a novel protein kinase, EMK3, in the nervous system. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 23:1142.

14. Chou, Y.-C., Yu, Su and Lin, S.B. (1999) Cholesterol depletion exacerbates glutamate-induced cell death in hippocampal cultures. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 23:1142.

15. In, Y.-C., Huang, R.H., Jan, I.-S., Yeh, C.-C., Wu, H.-J., Chou, Y.-C. and Chang, Y.-C. (2002) Development of excitatory synapses in cultured neurons dissociated from the cortices of rat embryos and rat pups at birth. J. Neurosci. Res. 67:484-493.

16. Chou,Y.-C., Lin, S.-B., Tsai, L.H., Tsai, H.-I. and Lin, C.M. (2003) Cholesterol deficiency increases the vulnerability of hippocampal glia in primary culture to glutamate-induced excitotoxicity. Neurochem. Int. (in press).