School of Biomedical Sciences
生物醫學學院
The Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大學

Dr WAI Sen Mun Maria

Senior Lecturer

Dr.rer.nat., M.Phil., M.Sc., B.Sc. (Hons), GradDip (Adult Education and Training), C.Biol., MSB, M.A.A.A.

telephone:  3943 5768

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Address:

 610I, Choh-Ming Li Basic Medical Sciences Building, CUHK

 

  1. Comparative Neurobiology
  2. Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration
  1. Wai MS, Lorke DE, Kung LS and Yew DT (2005), Morphogenesis of the different types of photoreceptors of the chicken (Gallus domesticus) retina and the effect of amblyopia in neonatal chicken, Microscopy Research and Technique 69: 99-107
  2. Lu G, Mak YT, Wai SM, Kwong WH, Fang MR, James A, Randall D and Yew DT (2005), Hypoxia-induced differential apoptosis in the central nervous system of the sturgeon (Acipenser shrenckii), Microscopy Research and Technique 68: 258-263
  3. Wai MS, Webb SE, Lorke DE and Yew DT (2006), The pattern of c-fos activation in the CNS is related to behavior in the mudskipper, Periophthalmus cantonensis Brain Behavioural Research 167: 318-327
  4. Wai MS, Rudd JA, Chan WY and Yew DT (2007), The effect of Ginkgo biloba on the cerebellum of aging SAMP mouse - a TUNEL, bcl-2 and fMRI study, Microscopy Research and Technique 70: 671-676
  5. Zhu YH, Lee CC, Lam WP, Wai MS, Rudd JA and Yew DT (2007), Cell death in the Purkinje cells of the cerebellum of senescence accelerated mouse (SAMP8), Biogerontology 8: 537-544
  6. Wai MS, Lorke DE, Zhang AQ, Kung HF and Yew DT (2007), Study of the spinal cords of the sturgeon Acipenser schrenckii, gar Lepisosteus oculatus and goldfish Carassius auratus by morphological, immunohistochemical and biochemical approaches, Microscopy Research and Technique 70: 1079-1090
  7. Xu J, Kwong WH, Wai MS, Forster EL, Jiang Y, Kung H and Yew DT (2008), Imaging of the developing central nervous system in the fetus, Neuroembryology and Aging 5: 32-38
  8. Wai MS, Shi C, Kwong WH, Zhang LH, Lam WP and Yew DT (2008), Development of the human insular cortex - diferentiation, proliferation, cell death and appearance of 5HT-2A receptors, Histochemistry and Cell biology 130: 1199-1204
  9. Wai MS, Liang Y, Shi C, Cho EY, Kung HF and Yew DT (2008), Co-localization of hyperphosphorylated tau and caspases in the brainstem of Alzheimer’s disease patients, Biogenrotology 10: 457-469
  10. Yew DT, Leung LY, Wai MS and Mak YT (2009), 5-HT 1A and 2A receptor positive cells in the cerebella of mice and human and their decline during aging, Microscopic Research Techniques 72: 684-689
  11. Yeung LY, Wai MS, Fan M, Mak YT, Lam WP, Lu ZL and Yew DT (2010), Hyperphosphorylated tau in the brains of mice and monkeys with long-term administration of ketamine, Toxicology Letter 193: 189-193
  12. Yeung LY, Wai MS and Yew DT (2010), Silver impregnation of the prefrontal cortices in the brains with long postmortem delay, International Journal of Neuroscience 120: 314-317
  13. Lorke DE, Wai MS, Liang Y and Yew DT (2010), TUNEL and growth factor expression in the prefrontal cortex of Alzheimer patients over 80 years old, International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology 23: 13-23
  14. Sun L, Lam WP, Wong YW, Lam LH, Tang HC, Wai MS, Mak YT, Pan F and Yew DT (2010), Permanent deficits in brain functions caused by long-term ketamine treatment in mice, Human Experimental Toxicology 30: 1287-1296
  15. Wai MS, Lorke DE, Kwong WH, Zhang L and Yew DT (2011), Profiles of serotonin receptors in the developing human thalamus, Psychiatry Research 185: 238-242
  16. Hung AS, Tsui TY, Lam JC, Wai MS, Chan WM and Yew DT (2011), Serotonin and its receptors in the human CNS with new findings - a mini review, Current Medical Chemistry 18: 5281-5288
  17. Wai MS, Chan WM, Zhang AQ, Wu Y and Yew DT (2012), Long-term ketamine and ketamine plus alcohol treatments produced damages in liver and kidney, Human and Experimental Toxicology 31: 877-886
  18. Chan WM, Xu J, Fan M, Jiang Y, Tsui TY, Wai MS, Lam WP and Yew DT (2012), Downregulation in the human and mice cerebella after ketamine versus ketamine plus ethanol treatment, Microscopy Research Technology 75: 258-264
  19. Wai MS, Luan P, Jiang Y, Chan WM, Tsui TY, Tang HC, Lam WP, Fan M and Yew DT (2013), Long term ketamine and ketamine plus alcohol toxicity - what can we learn from animal models? Mini Review in Medicinal Chemistry 13: 273-279
  20. Jiang YL, Tian W, Lu G, Rudd JA, Lai KF, Yeung LT, Wai MS, Li YY, Huang ML and Yew DT (2014), Patterns of cortical activation following motor tasks and psychological-inducing movie cues in heroin users: An fMRI study, International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 47: 25-40