Publications

Peer-reviewed publications and works in progress.

Selected Publications

2026

  1. A systematic review of pharmacological effects on human aversive memory
    Y. Xia, B. B. Quednow, and D. R. Bach
    Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2026
    DOI
  2. Effects of doxycycline on intrusive experimental trauma memory: A pre-registered, randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial
    L. Meister, A. Rosi-Andersen, F. Bavato, and 3 more authors
    Translational Psychiatry, 2026
    DOI

2025

  1. Measuring Human Pavlovian Reward Conditioning and Memory Retention After Consolidation
    Y. Xia, H. Liu, O. K. Kälin, and 2 more authors
    Psychophysiology, 2025
    co-first author
    DOI

2024

  1. Attenuating human fear memory retention with minocycline: A randomized placebo-controlled trial
    Y. Xia, J. Wehrli, A. Abivardi, and 3 more authors
    Translational Psychiatry, 2024
    co-first author
    DOI
  2. The impact of doxycycline on human contextual fear memory
    J. M. Wehrli, Y. Xia, A. Abivardi, and 2 more authors
    Psychopharmacology, 2024
    co-first author
    DOI
  3. Forget me not: The effect of doxycycline on human declarative memory
    J. M. Wehrli, Y. Xia, L. Meister, and 4 more authors
    European Neuropsychopharmacology, 2024
    DOI

2023

  1. Measuring human context fear conditioning and retention after consolidation
    Y. Xia, J. Wehrli, S. Gerster, and 3 more authors
    Learning & Memory, 2023
    DOI
  2. Effect of the Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitor Doxycycline on Human Trace Fear Memory
    J. M. Wehrli, Y. Xia, B. Offenhammer, and 3 more authors
    eNeuro, 2023
    co-first author
    DOI

2022

  1. Measuring human trace fear conditioning
    J. M. Wehrli, Y. Xia, S. Gerster, and 1 more author
    Psychophysiology, 2022
    DOI

2020

  1. Saccadic scanpath length: An index for human threat conditioning
    Y. Xia, F. Melinscak, and D. R. Bach
    Behavior Research Methods, 2020
    DOI

2019

  1. Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer after human threat conditioning
    Y. Xia, A. Gurkina, and D. R. Bach
    Learning & Memory, 2019
    co-first author; Master’s thesis included
    DOI

Other Publications

2020

  1. MeCP2 in cholinergic interneurons of nucleus accumbens regulates fear learning
    Y. Zhang, Y. Zhu, S.-X. Cao, and 12 more authors
    eLife, 2020
    Bachelor thesis included
    DOI

2019

  1. Experimental Cannabinoid 2 Receptor Activation by Phyto-Derived and Synthetic Cannabinoid Ligands in LPS-Induced Interstitial Cystitis in Mice
    G. Berger, N. Arora, I. Burkovskiy, and 8 more authors
    Molecules, 2019
    Mitacs Globalink Research internship in Canada included
    DOI

2017

  1. Optical Brain Imaging: A Powerful Tool for Neuroscience
    X. Zhu, Y. Xia, X. Wang, and 2 more authors
    Neuroscience Bulletin, 2017
    co-first author
    DOI

2016

  1. Therapeutic iron restriction in sepsis
    Y. Xia, N. Farah, A. Maxan, and 2 more authors
    Medical Hypotheses, 2016
    co-first author; Mitacs Globalink Research internship in Canada included
    DOI