Basic Information

• Final Academic Degree

  Behavioral Neuroscience

• Office

  Old Law Building Room 115A, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea

• Home Page

  http://choilab409.wixsite.com/choilab

• E-mail

  ysjo@korea.ac.kr

• Phone Number

  02-3290-2064

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Educational Background

• 2014. Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Washington, Seattle
• 2007. M.A. in Biopsychology, Korea University
• 2005. B.A. in Psychology, Korea University

Career and Awards

• 2019. 12. ~ present / Assistant Professor, School of Psychology, Korea University
• 2014. 10. ~ 2019. 12. / Senior research fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences & Pharmachology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Undergraduate and Graduate Courses

• Biological Psychology
• Behavioral Neuroscience of Motivation
• Behavioral Neuroscience of Emotion
• Advanced Biopsychology
• Psychopharmachology
• Drugs and human social sustainability

Research Papers

• YS Jo, VMK Namboodiri, GD Stuber, and LS Zweifel (2020). Persistent activation of central amygdala CRF neurons helps drive the immediate fear extinction deficit. Nature Communications 11 (1), 1-10
• G Heymann, YS Jo, KL Reichard, N McFarland, C Chavkin, RD Palmiter, ME soden, and LS Zweifel (2020). Synergy of distinct dopamine projection populations in behavioral reinforcement. Neuron 105 (5), 909-920
• YS Jo, G Heymann, and LS Zweifel (2018). Dopamine neurons reflect the uncertainty in fear generalization. Neuron 100 (4), 916-925
• YS Jo and SJY Mizumori (2016). Prefrontal regulation of neuronal activity in the ventral tegmental area. Cerebral Cortex 26 (10), 4057-4068
• YS Jo and JS Choi (2014). Memory retrieval in response to partial cues requires NMDA receptor-dependent neurotransmission in the medial prefrontal cortex. Neurobiology of learning and memory 109, 20-26