长期从事学习和记忆的神经机制研究。目前掌握技能包括生化、组化、电生理、在体特定脑区埋置光纤及埋管给药、注射病毒及多种行为学技术，能够从分子（蛋白表达）、细胞（电生理）、组织（免疫组化）、环路（光遗传、化学遗传、脑区给药等方法）及整体水平（行为学技术）进行学习记忆的神经机制研究。发表文章：1. 第一作者论文(1) Wei-Guang Li*, Ming-Gang Liu,*, Shining Deng,*, Yan-Mei Liu, Lin Shang, Jing Ding, Tsan-Ting Hsu, Qin Jiang, Ying Li, Fei Li, Michael Xi Zhu & Tian-Le Xu. ASIC1a regulates insular long-term depression and is required for the extinction of conditioned taste aversion.NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 7:13770(2) Deng, Shining(#)，Zhang, Lingli，Zhu, Tailin，Liu, Yan-Mei，Zhang, Hailong，Shen, Yiping，Li, Wei-Guang，Li, Fei，A behavioral defect of temporal association memory in mice that partly lack dopamine reuptake transporter，Sci Rep，2015，5：17461-17461。(3) Deng, Shining(#)，Li, Wei-Guang，Ding, Jing，Wu, Jinlin，Zhang, Yuanyuan，Li, Fei，Shen, Xiaoming，Understanding the mechanisms of cognitive impairments in developmental coordination disorder，Pediatr Res，2014，75（1-2）：210-216。2. 既非第一作者又非通讯作者论文(1) Wu, Ting(#)，Deng, Shining，Li, Wei-Guang，Yu, Yongguo，Li, Fei，Mao, Meng，Maternal obesity caused by overnutrition exposure leads to reversal learning deficits and striatal disturbance in rats，PLoS One，2013，8（11）：e78876-e78876。(2) Ding, Jing(#)，Huang, Chen，Peng, Zhong，Xie, Yuxuan，Deng, Shining，Nie, Yan-Zhen，Xu, Tian-Le，Ge, Wei-Hong，Li, Wei-Guang，Li, Fei，Electrophysiological characterization of ethyleugenol: a novel agonist of GABA(A) receptors，ACS Chemical Neuroscience，2014，9：803-811。(3) Ding, Jing(#)，Wang, Jing-Jing，Huang, Chen，Wang, Li，Deng, Shining，Xu, Tian-Le，Ge, Wei-Hong，Li, Wei-Guang(*)，Li, Fei(*)，Curcumol from Rhizoma Curcumae suppresses epileptic seizure by facilitation of GABA(A) receptors，Neuropharmacology，2014，81：244-255。(4) Li, Fei(#)，Zhou, Ying-Chun，Tong, Shi-Lu，Li, Sheng-Hui，Jiang, Fan，Jin, Xing-Ming，Yan, Chong-Huai，Tian, Ying，Deng, Shi-Ning，Shen, Xiao-Ming，Environmental risk factor ssessment: a multilevel analysis of childhood asthma in China.，World J Pediatr，2013，9（2）：120-126。