1. Zhou, F. C. and Azmitia, E.C. (1983) Effect of 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine on HRP transport from hippocampus to Midbrain raphe nuclei. Brain Res. Bull. 4(10)445-451.

2. Zhou, F.C. and Azmitia, E.C. (1984) Induced homotypic collateral sprouting of serotonergic fibers in hippocampus. Brain Res., 308,53-62.

3. Zhou, F.C. and Azmitia, E.C. (1985) Effect of adrenalectomy and corticosterone on the sprouting of serotonergic fibers in hippocampus. Neurosci. Lett., 54, 111 - 116.

4. Auerbach, S., Zhou, F.C., Jacobs, B.L., and Azmitia, E.C. (1985) Serotonin turnover in raphe neurons transplanted into rat hippocampus. Neurosci. Lett., 61,147-152.

5. Zhou, F.C. and Azmitia, E.C. (1986) Induced homotypic sprouting of serotonergic fibers in hippocampus: II, An immunocytochemical study. Brain Res., 373,337-348.

6. Zhou, F.C., Auerbach, S., Azmitia, E.C. (1987) Injury of serotonergic fibers induces a factor which promotes the maturation of serotonergic neurons but not norepinephrine neurons. J. Neurosci. Res. 17,235-246.

7. Walsh, J.P., Zhou, F.C., Hull, C.D., Fisher, R.S., Levine, M.S. and Buchwald, N.A. (1988) Physiological and morphological characterization of striatal neurons transplanted into the striatum of adult rats. Synapsis, 2,37-44.

8. Zhou, F.C., Auerbach, S., Azmitia, E.C. (1988) Transplanted raphe and hippocampal fetal neurons do not displace the afferent inputs to the dorsal hippocampus from serotonergic neurons on the median raphe nucleus of the rat. Brain Res. 450,51-59.

9. Yirmiya, R., Zhou, F.C., Holder, M.D., Deems D. (1988) Partial recovery of gustatory function after neural tissue transplantation to the lesioned gustatory neocortex. Brain Res. Bull., 20,619-625.

10. Zhou, F.C., Azmitia, E.C (1988) Laminin facilitates the fiber growth of ransplanted neurons in adult brain. J. Chem. Neuranat. 1:131-146.

11. Zhou, F.C., Buchwald, N. and Hull, C.D., Towel, A.(1989) Neuronal and glial elements of the striatal transplants in the striatum. Neurosci. 30:19-31.

12. Zhou, F.C., Buchwald, N. (1989) Connectivities of striatal grafts in the adult rat brain: A rich afference and scant nigrostriatal efference, Brain Res. 504:15-30.

13. Zhou, F.C., Azmitia, E.C (1990) Neurotrophic factor for serotonergic neurons prevents degeneration of grafted raphe neurons in the cerebellum, Brain Res., 507:301-308.

14. Zhou, F.C. (1990): Four patterns of immunostained laminin structure in developing rat brain, Develop. Brain Res, 55:191-201.

15. Engleman E. A., Hintgen J. N., Zhou, F. C. Murphy, J. M., and Aprison M. H.(1991) Potentiated 5-hydroxytryptophan response suppression following 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine raphe lesion in an animal model of depression. Biol. Psychiatry, 30:317-320.

16. Zhou, F. C., Bledsoe, S., and Murphy, J. M. (1991) Serotonergic sprouting is induced by dopamine-lesion in substantia nigra of adult rat brain, Brain Res., 556:108-116.

17. Zhou, F. C., Bledsoe, S., Lumeng, L., and Li, T.-K. (1991) Immunostained serotonergic fibers are decreased in selected brain regions of alcohol-preferring rats. Alcohol, 8:425-431.

18. Zhou, F. C., Pu, F., and Finger, S. (1991) Nimodipine-Enhanced Survival of Suboptimal Neural Grafts. Restor. Neurol. Neurosci., 3:211-215.

19. Azmitia, E.C., Lama, P., Segal, M., Whitaker-Azmitia, P.M., Murphy, R. B. and Zhou, F. C. (1991) Activity of hippocampal extract on [3H]5-HT high affinity uptake in dissociated microcultures. Int. J. Develop. Neurosci., 9:251-258.

20. Engleman E. A., Zhou, F. C. Murphy, J. M., and Hintgen J. N. (1992) Response suppression induced with selective 5-HT agonists can be differentially blocked with LY53857 in an animal model of depression. Neurochem. Res. 17:483-488.

21. Zhou, F.C., Cheng, C., and Bledsoe, S.(1993) Establishment of a stable glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) expressing cell-line by transfection, Cell Transplantation. 2, 193-205.

22. Lin, R.C., Zhou, F.C., Fillenwarth, M.J., Lumeng, L. (1993) Zonal Distribution of protein acetaldehyde adducts in the liver of rats fed alcohol for long periods, Hepatology 18, 864-869.

23. Zhou, F. C., Pu, C., Bledsoe, S., Lumeng, L., and Li, T.-K. (1994) Reduced serotonergic Immunostaining fibers in forebrain of alcohol-preferring rats. Alcoholism, Clinic &Exp. Res., 18, 571-579.

24. Zhou, F. C. Pu , C.F., Murphy, J., Lumeng, L., and Li, T.-K. (1994) Serotonergic neurons in the alcohol-preferring rats. Alcohol, 11, 397-403. PubMed Link

25. Silani, V., Borasio, G. D., Zhou, F. C., Bernasconi, S., Pizzuti, A., Sampeitro, A., and Scarlato, G. (1994) NGF-response of EGF-dependent progenitor cells obtained from human sympathetic ganglia. NeuroReport, 5, 2085-2089. PubMed Link

26. Branch, W., Ducat, L., A. Fantel, Low, W., Zhou, F. C., Dayton, D. H., and Gill, T. J. (1995) Suitability of fetal tissues from spontaneous abortions and ectopic pregnancies for transplantation. J. American Med. Assoc, 273,66-68. PubMed Link

27. Zhou, F. C. and Chiang, Y. S. (1995) Excitochemical-induced trophic bridging directs axonal growth of transplanted neurons to distal target. Cell Transplantation. 4, 103-112. PubMed Link

28. Zhou, F. C. , Azmitia, E. C. , Bledsoe, S. (1995) Rapid serotonergic fiber sprouting in response to ibotenic acid lesion in the striatum and hippocampus. Develop. Brain Res. 80,89 98. PubMed Link

29. Zhou, F. C., Lumeng, L., and Li, T.-K. (1995) Quantitative immunocytochemical evaluation of serotonergic innervation in alcoholic rat brain. Neurochem. International, 26,135-143. PubMed Link

30. Hainline, B.E., Padilla, L-M., Chong, S. K. F. Heifetz, S. A. Palmer, C. and F.C. Zhou (1995) Lack of suitability of fetal tissue derived from spontaneous pregnancy losses for human transplantation. Obstetrics Gynecol. 85,619-624.

31. Zhou, F. C., Zhang, J. K., Lumeng, L., and Li, T.-K. (1995) Mesolimbic dopamine system in alcohol-preferring rats, Alcohol, 12, 403-412. PubMed Link

32. Rivkees, S. A. Price, S. L., Zhou, F. C. (1995) Immunohistochemical detection of A1 adenosine receptors in rat brain with emphasis on cellular localization in the hippocampal formation, cerebral cortex, cerebellum, and basal ganglia. Brain Res, 677:193-203. PubMed Link

33. Engleman E. A., Murphy, J. M., Zhou, F. C., Aprison M. H. and Hintgen J. N., (1995) Operant response suppression induced with systemic administration of 5-hydroxytryptophan is centrally mediated. Pharm. Biochem. Behav. 52:525-529. PubMed Link

34. Wang, Y., Lin, J. C. Chiu, A. L., Liu, J. Y., Liu, J. C. and. Zhou, F. C. (1995) Human ventromesencephalic grafts restore dopamine release and clearance in hemiparkinsonian rats, Exp. Neurology, 136:98-106. PubMed Link

35. Patel, D.T. Azmitia, E. C. and Zhou, F.C., (1996) Increased 5-HT1a receptor immunoreactivity in the rat hippocampus following 5,7-DHT lesions in the cingulum bundle and fimbria-fornix. Behavioral Brain. Res. 73:319-323.

36. Chiang, Y.H., Silani, V., and Zhou, F. C. (1996) Morphological differentiation of astroglial progenitor cells from EGF-responsive neurospheres in response to fetal calf serum, basic fibroblast growth factor, and retinol. Cell Transplantation, 5:179-189. PubMed

37. Zhou, F. C. and Bledsoe, S. (1996) Methamphetamine causes rapid varicosis, perforation and definitive degeneration of serotonin fibers: an immunocytochemical study of serotonin transporter, Neuroscience-Net, V.1, Article 10009. Link

38. Zhou, F. C., Chiang, Y. H., and Wang, Y. (1996) Constructing a new nigrostriatal pathway in the parkinsonian model with bridged neural transplantation in substantia nigra. J. Neurosci. 16:6965-6974. Link

39. Zhou F. C. , Xu, Yi , Bledsoe, S. , Lin, R. , and Kelley, M. R. (1996) Serotonin transporter antibodies: production, characterization, and localization in the brain, Molecular Brain Res. 43: 267-278. PubMed Link

40. Wang,Y. Chiou, A.L. Wang, S.D., Chen, L.-K. Chen, J.F., and Zhou ,F.C. (1997) Transplantation of microencapsulated PC12 cells provides long-term improvement of dopaminergic functions. Chinese Journal of Physiology, 40:12-129. PubMed Link

41. Zhou, F.c., Makinzie, D.L., Patel, T.D., Lumeng, L., and Li. T.-K. (1998) Additive reduction of alcohol drinking by 5-HT1A antagonist WAY100635 and serotonin uptake blocker fluoxetine in alcohol-preferring P rats. Alcoholism: Clin. Exp. Res. 22: 266-269. PubMed Link

42. Tang, F.Y., Zhou ,F.C., Chiou, A.L. Chen, L.-K. Wang,Y. (1998) Intranigral ventral mesencephalic grafts and nigrostriatal injection of GDNF restore dopamine in the striatum of 6 OHDA -lesioned rats. Exp Brain Res. 119(3):287-296. PubMed Link

43. Silani, V., Brioschi, A. Braga, M., Ciammola, A., Zhou, F.C., Bonifati, C., Rattu, A., Pizzuti., A., Buscaglia, M., and Scarlato, G. (1998) Immunomagnetic isolation of human developing motor neurons. NeuroReport, Neuroreport. 9(6):1143-1147. PubMed Link

44. Zhou, F. C., and Chiang, Y. H. (1998)  Long-term non-passaged EGF-responsive neural precursor cells are stem cells.  Wound Repair & Regeneration, 6:337-348. PubMed Link

45. Zhou, F. C., Tao-Cheng, J.-H.,  Segu, L.,  Patel, T., and  Wang, Y. (1998)  Serotonin transporters are located on the axons beyond the synaptic junctions: anatomical and functional evidence.  Brain Res.  805:241-254. PubMed Link

46.  Shearman L.P., McReynolds A.M., Zhou F.C,. Meyer J.S. (1998) Relationship between [125I] RTI-55-labeled cocanine binding sites and the serotonin transporter in rat placenta. Amer. J. Physil.: Cell Physiology. 275:1621-9. PubMed Link

47.  Zhou, F.C., Patel, T. D., Swartz1, D., Xu, Y. and Kelley, M.R. (1999) Production and characterization of an anti-serotonin 1A receptor antibody which detects functional 5-HT1A binding sites. Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 69:186-201. PubMed Link

48.  Tao-Cheng J.-H. and F. C. Zhou (1999) Differential polarization of serotonin transporters in axons versus soma-dendrites: an immunogold electron microscopy study, Neurosci. 94:821 830. PubMed Link

49.  Zhou F.C., Sari Y., Zhang J.K. (2000) Expression of serotonin transporter protein in developing rat brain. Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 119(1):33-45 PubMed Link

50. Zhou FC, Kelley MR, Chiang YH, Young P (2000) Three to Four-Year-Old Nonpassaged EGF-Responsive Neural Progenitor Cells: Proliferation, Apoptosis, and DNA Repair. Exp Neurol. Jul;164(1):200-208. PubMed Link

51. Whitaker-Azmitia P, Zhou F, Hobin J, Borella A. (2000 ) Isolation-rearing of rats produces deficits as adults in the serotonergic innervation of hippocampus. Peptides. ;21:1755-9. PubMed Link

52. Sari, Y, Powrozek, T, and Zhou, F.C. (2001) Alcohol Deters the outgrowth of serotonergic neurons at midgestation. J. Biomed Sci., 8:119-125. PubMed Link

53. Chiang Y, Morales M, Zhou FC, Borlongan C, Hoffer BJ, Wang Y. (2001) Fetal intra-nigral ventral mesencephalon and kidney tissue bridge transplantation restores the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway in hemi-parkinsonian rats.Brain Res.889(1-2):200-7. PubMed Link

54. Zhou FC, Sari Y, Zhang JK, Goodlett CR, Li T. (2001) Prenatal alcohol exposure retards the migration and development of serotonin neurons in fetal C57BL mice.Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 2001 Feb 28;126(2):147-55. PubMed Link

55. Borlongan, C.V., Zhou, F.C., Hayashi, T., Su, T.P.,Hoffer, B.J., and Wang, Y. (2001) Involvement of GDNF in neuronal protection against 6-OHDA -induced Parkinsonism following intracerebral transplantation of fetal kidney tissues in adult rats. Neurobiology of Disease. Neurobiol Dis. 8:636-46. PubMed Link

56. Riley EP, Thomas JD, Goodlett CR, Klintsova AY, Greenough WT, Hungund BL, Zhou F, Sari Y, Powrozek T, Li TK.(2001) Fetal alcohol effects: mechanisms and treatment. Alcohol Clin Exp Res., 25(5 Suppl ISBRA):110S-116S. PubMed Link

57. Zhou, FC. and Wei, L-N. (2001) Expression of cellular retinoc acid-binding protein I is specific to neurons in adult transgenic mouse brain. Brain Res. Gene Expression Patterns I1:67-72, 2001. PubMed Link

58. Bi, J., Hu, X., Zhou, FC and Wei, L-N. (2001) Upregulation of cellular retinoic acid-binding protein I expression by ethanol. Develop Growth & Differentiation, 43(5):553-561. PubMed Link

59. Zhou, F C., Duguid, JR., Edenberg, HJ., McClintick, J, Young, P, and Nelson, P. (2001) DNA microarray analysis of differential gene expression of 6-year-old rat neural Striatal Progenitor cells during early differentiation . Restorative Neurology Neurosci, 18:95-104. PubMed Link

60. Lim HY, Kim KK, Zhou FC, Yoon JW, Hill JM, Kwon BS. (2002) 4-1bb-like molecule is expressed in islet-infiltrating mononuclear cells and in the gray matter of the brain. Cell Biol Int., 26:271-8. PubMed Link

61. Zhou, FC. Lesch, K-P. and Murphy, DL (2002). Serotonin uptake into dopamine neuron through dopamine transporters: a compensatory alternative. Brain Res, 942:109-19. PubMed Link

62. Zhou FC, Sari Y, Zhang JK, Li, TK, Goodlett CR, and Azmitia, EC (2002). Deviations in brain early serotonergic development as a result of fetal alcohol exposure. Neurotoxicity Res. 4:337-342. PubMed Link

63. Zhou FC, Sari, Y, Powrozek, T, Goodlett, CR, and Li, T.-K. (2003) Moderate alcohol exposure compromises neural tube midline development in prenatal brain. Develop Brain Res. 144:43-55. PubMed Link

64. Lee CC, Lin SZ, Wang Y, Lin JJ, Liu JY, Chen GJ, Chiang YH, Liu JC and Zhou FC (2003) First human ventral mesencephalon and striatum cografting in a Parkinsonian patient. Acta Neurochir [suppl] 87:159-162. PubMed Link

65. Sari Y and Zhou FC (2003) Serotonin and its transporter on proliferation of fetal heart cells, International J. Develop. Neurosci., 21:417-24. PubMed Link

66. Powrozek TA, Sari Y, Singh RP, and Zhou FC (2004) Neurotransmitters and drugs of abuse: effects on adult neurogenesis, Current Neurovascular Res. Current Neurovascular Res. 1: 252-260. PubMed Link

67. Xu Y, Sari Y, and Zhou FC (2004) Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor disrupts organization of thalamocortical somatosensory barrels during development. Develop Brain Res. 150:151-61. PubMed Link

68. Sari Y, Zhou FC (2004) Prenatal alcohol exposure causes long term Serotonin neuron deficit in mice. Alcohol Clin. Exp. Res., 28: 941-8. PubMed Link

69. Zhou FC, Sari, Y, Powrozek T, and Spong CY (2004) A neuroprotective peptide antagonizes fetal alcohol exposure compromised brain growth. J. Mole. Neurosci, 24:189-199. PubMed Link

70. Zhou FC, Sari Y, Powrozek TA (2005) Fetal alcohol exposure reduces serotonin innervation and compromises development of the forebrain along the serotonergic pathway. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 29: 141-9. PubMed Link

71. Powrozek TA and Zhou FC (2005) Effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the development of vibrissal somatosensory cortical barrel network. Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 2005 Mar 31;155(2):135-46. PubMed Link

Book Chapters

1. Azmitia, E.C., and Zhou, F.C. (1986): Induced homotypic collateral sprouting of hippocampal serotonergic fibers. In : Processes of Recovery from Neuronal Trauma, Gilad, G.M., Gorio A., Kieutzberg G.W. (eds), Elsevier, Netherlands, Exp. Brain Res, Suppl. 13, pp 129-141.

2. Zhou, F.C., Auerbach, S., and Azmitia, E.C., (1987): Stimulation of transplanted 5-HT neuronal maturation in the hippocampus by 5,7-DHT lesion in fornix-fimbria, and A. Bjorklund, Annals of New York Academy of Science, New York. 495,138-152.

3. Auerbach, S., Zhou, F.C., Jacobs, B.L., Azmitia, E.C., (1987): Serotonin metabolism in raphe neurons transplanted into rat hippocampus. In: Cell and Tissue Transplantation Into Adult Brain. Ed. E. Azmitia, and A. Bjorklund, Annals of New York Academy of Science, New York. 495,687-689.

4. Zhou, F.C., and Azmitia, E.C. (1988): Laminin directs and facilitates migration and fibers growth of transplanted serotonergic and norepinephrinergic neurons in adult brain. In: Transplantation into the Mammalian CNS, Eds. Gash., D., Sledek, J., Elsevier publishing, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Progress in Brain Research, 78,413-426.

5. Zhou, F.C. (1990) The connectivities of striatal transplant and the laminin guiding. Illrd International symposium on Neural Transplantation , Ed. Dunnett, S. and Richards, S.-J. Elsevier publishing, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Progress in Brain Res.
V.82, 441-458.

6. Azmitia, E.C.,Frankfurt, M., Davila, M, Whitker-Azmitia, P. and Zhou, F.C. (1990) in Plasticity of fetal and adult CNS serotonergic neurons: Role of growth-regulatory factors. In: The Neuropharmacology of Serotonin, Ed. P. Whitaker and J. Polluka, New York Academy of Science, 600:343-365.

7. Zhou, F. C. (1991) Neuronal transplantation in Mental Disease. Proceedings In 7th International conference on Advanced Science and Technology. PI 13-121. Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, IL.

8. Zhou, F.C. and Azmitia, E.C. (1991) A Neurotrophic factor--SNTF-- for serotonergic neurons, In Serotonin: Molecular Biology, Receptors and Functional Effects. Ed. J. R. Fozard, P.R. Saxena. pp50-69, Birkhauser Verlag Publishing, Basel, Switzerland.

9. Zhou, F. C. and Tam, R. Y. (1993) Eror in quantitation of nerve fibers in the brain using computer assisted image analysis. Proceedings in Computational Neuroscience Symp. 1992, CNS, Ed. M. Penna et al. P.151-156.

10. Zhou, F.C. and R P. Singh (2003) Regulation of Neural Stem Cells in the Adult mammalian brain, In Neuronal and Vascular Plasticity: Elucidating Basic Cellular Mechanisms for Future Therapeutic Discovery.  Kluwer Academic Publishers. New York.  Ed. Ken Maise. March, 2003.

11. Zhou F.C. Special Issue on Stem Cells: An Introduction from the Guest Editor. Current Neurovascular Research, July 2004, vol. 1, iss. 3, 195-196.