Lihua Sun
PhD (Hons), System Neuroscience and Neuroendocrinology
lihua.sun@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9931-9497 |
Areas of expertise
Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Neuroendocrinology, Neurotransmission, Brain Metabolism
Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Neuroendocrinology, Neurotransmission, Brain Metabolism
Biography
- PhD (Hons) in Behavioral Neurology, 2016
- Postdoctoral Researcher, TCSMT, 2018
- Associate Professor, Fudan University, 2022
- Adjunct Professor, Turku PET Centre, 2023
- Collegium Researcher, TCSMT, 2025
Research
Publications
- [11C]carfentanil PET imaging for studying the peripheral opioid system in vivo: effect of photoperiod on mu-opioid receptor availability in brown adipose tissue (2023)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Decoding brain basis of laughter and crying in natural scenes (2023)
- NeuroImage
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Functional organization of social perception networks in the human brain (2023)
- NeuroImage
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Neural responses to biological motion distinguish autistic and schizotypal traits (2023)
- Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pattern recognition reveals sex-dependent neural substrates of sexual perception (2023)
- Human Brain Mapping
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Secretin modulates appetite via brown adipose tissue-brain axis (2023)
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Aberrant motor contagion of emotions in psychopathy and high-functioning autism (2022)
- Cerebral Cortex
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Brain structural alterations in autism and criminal psychopathy (2022)
- NeuroImage: clinical
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Mu-opioid receptor system modulates responses to vocal bonding and distress signals in humans (2022)
- Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Novel Effects of the Gastrointestinal Hormone Secretin on Cardiac Metabolism and Renal Function (2022)
- American Journal of Physiology : Endocrinology and Metabolism
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



