（1）以果蝇为模型研究争斗和求偶行为相关的神经环路和感觉信息流传递机制。
（2）以埃及伊蚊为对象研究其求偶行为和吸血行为的神经机制。
（3）研究蚂蚁的真社会性行为，特别是社会分工和合作的神经机制。
代表性论著：
1. Baoxu Ma*, Rencong Wang*, Yaohua Liu*, Bowen Deng, Tao Wang, Fengming Wu#, Chuan Zhou# (2022). Serotonin Signaling Modulates Sexual Receptivity of Virgin Female Drosophila. Neuroscience Bulletin 2022 Jul 5. Online ahead of print.
2. Haonan Zhou*, Kai Shi*, Fengming Wu, Bingcai Wang, Jing Li, Bowen Deng and Chuan Zhou# (2022). Dual Effects of Light on Regulating Aedes aegypti Heat-Seeking Behavior. Neuroscience Bulletin 2022 May 24. Online ahead of print.
3. Tao Wang*, Biyang Jing*, Bowen Deng, Kai Shi, Jing Li, Baoxu Ma, Fengming Wu# and Chuan Zhou# (2022). Drosulfakinin signaling modulates female sexual receptivity in Drosophila. Elife 11:e76025.
(https://elifesciences.org/articles/76025)
4. Fengming Wu, Bowen Deng, Na Xiao, Tao Wang, Yining Li, Rencong Wang, Kai Shi, Dong-Gen Luo, Yi Rao and Chuan Zhou# (2020). A neuropeptide regulates fighting behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. Elife 9:e54229. (https://elifesciences.org/articles/54229)
5. Chuan Zhou#, Romain Franconville, Alexander G. Vaughan, Vivek Jayaraman and Bruce Baker# (2015). Central Neural Circuitry Mediating Courtship Song Perception in Male Drosophila. Elife 4:e08477 (#corresponding author)
6. Chuan Zhou, Carmen C. Robinett, Geoffrey W. Meissner, and Bruce S. Baker (2014). Central Brain Neurons Expressing doublesex Regulate Female Receptivity in Drosophila. Neuron 83:149-63.
(This work was highlighted by: Neuron 83: 3-5; Nature 512: 138-9, 2014; Nature Reviews Neuroscience 15: 496, 2014; Current Biology 24: R812-4, 2014)
7. Alexander G. Vaughan, Chuan Zhou, Devanand S. Manoli and Bruce S. Baker (2014). Neural Pathways for the Detection and Discrimination of Conspecific Song in D. melanogaster. Current Biology 24:1039–1049.
8. Xinhua Liang, Yi Rao and Chuan Zhou# (2014). The Neuronal Basis of How Sexual Experience Modulates Male Aggression. National Science Review 1: 473-474 (#corresponding author)
9. Chuan Zhou*, Hai Huang*, Susy M. Kim*, Hsuanwen Lin, Xianglan Meng, Kyung-An Han, Ann-Shyn Chiang, JingW. Wang, Renjie Jiao, and Yi Rao# (2012). Molecular Genetic Analysis of Sexual Rejection: Roles of Octopamine and Its Receptor OAMB in Drosophila Courtship Conditioning. Journal of Neuroscience 32:14281-14287 (*co-first authors)
10. Chuan Zhou, Yong Rao and Yi Rao# (2008). The Neurotransmitter Octopamine is Essential for Aggression in Drosophila. Nature Neuroscience 11:1059-67.
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