Ao Dong

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 823 citations indexed

About

Ao Dong is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ao Dong has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 823 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 9 papers in Pharmacology and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ao Dong's work include Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (6 papers). Ao Dong is often cited by papers focused on Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (6 papers). Ao Dong collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Ao Dong's co-authors include Yulong Li, Hao Wu, Miao Jing, Zhaofa Wu, Jiulin Du, Weiyu Chen, Dayu Lin, Julieta E. Lischinsky, Jiesi Feng and Huan Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Ao Dong

17 papers receiving 810 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Sensor for Rapid and Specific In Vivo Detection of Norepinephrine

2019 357 citations Jiesi Feng, Changmei Zhang et al. Neuron profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ao Dong China	11	434	248	191	127	85	18	823
Maxime Cazorla France	13	765 1.8×	408 1.6×	145 0.8×	55 0.4×	9 0.1×	16	1.1k
Enrica Maria Petrini Italy	16	792 1.8×	521 2.1×	210 1.1×	18 0.1×	18 0.2×	27	1.1k
Natalya Korogod Switzerland	7	461 1.1×	327 1.3×	122 0.6×	22 0.2×	15 0.2×	13	713
Torsten Bullmann Germany	13	635 1.5×	222 0.9×	294 1.5×	25 0.2×	6 0.1×	21	1.0k
Jun-Hyeong Cho United States	13	768 1.8×	385 1.6×	589 3.1×	34 0.3×	23 0.3×	15	1.3k
Udo Kraushaar Germany	20	1.1k 2.6×	516 2.1×	737 3.9×	27 0.2×	13 0.2×	43	1.9k
Jong‐Cheol Rah South Korea	18	571 1.3×	725 2.9×	153 0.8×	80 0.6×	3 0.0×	45	1.4k
José L. Valdés Chile	24	200 0.5×	216 0.9×	217 1.1×	18 0.1×	22 0.3×	50	1.3k
Namsoo Kim South Korea	24	598 1.4×	562 2.3×	495 2.6×	19 0.1×	7 0.1×	73	1.6k
M. Bret Schneider United States	11	1.1k 2.6×	188 0.8×	532 2.8×	20 0.2×	7 0.1×	23	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ao Dong

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18 of 18 papers shown

Dong, Ao, et al.. (2025). Association Between Cumulative Body Mass Index Exposure and the Risk of Incident Cardiac Conduction Block. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(8). e039522–e039522.

Singh, Simar, Dale Whittington, Ao Dong, et al.. (2024). P2X₇ receptor‐dependent increase in endocannabinoid 2‐arachidonoyl glycerol production by neuronal cells in culture: Dynamics and mechanism. British Journal of Pharmacology. 181(15). 2459–2477. 2 indexed citations

Dong, Ao, Yan Xu, Qinghua Wu, et al.. (2024). Regulatory effects of high concentrate diet synergistically fermented with cellulase and lactic acid bacteria: In vitro ruminal fermentation, methane production, and rumen microbiome. Animal Feed Science and Technology. 319. 116194–116194. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Peipei, Xiaofu Zhang, Zihao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Association of changes in metabolic syndrome with new-onset and progression of chronic kidney disease. Endocrine. 88(1). 99–109. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Pianpian, Zhimin Ying, Ao Dong, et al.. (2024). Shared genetic architecture highlights the bidirectional association between major depressive disorder and fracture risk. General Psychiatry. 37(3). e101418–e101418. 5 indexed citations

Wu, Zhaofa, Yuting Cui, Huan Wang, et al.. (2023). Neuronal activity-induced, equilibrative nucleoside transporter-dependent, somatodendritic adenosine release revealed by a GRAB sensor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(14). e2212387120–e2212387120. 39 indexed citations

Kondev, Veronika, Farhana Yasmin, Amanda Morgan, et al.. (2023). Endocannabinoid release at ventral hippocampal-amygdala synapses regulates stress-induced behavioral adaptation. Cell Reports. 42(9). 113027–113027. 11 indexed citations

Albarran, Eddy, Yue Sun, Karthik Raju, et al.. (2023). Postsynaptic synucleins mediate endocannabinoid signaling. Nature Neuroscience. 26(6). 997–1007. 23 indexed citations

Singh, Simar, Ao Dong, Larry S. Zweifel, et al.. (2023). Pharmacological Characterization of the Endocannabinoid Sensor GRAB _eCB2.0. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. 9(5). 1250–1266. 6 indexed citations

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Gunduz‐Cinar, Ozge, Emma T. Brockway, Farhana Yasmin, et al.. (2023). A cortico-amygdala neural substrate for endocannabinoid modulation of fear extinction. Neuron. 111(19). 3053–3067.e10. 26 indexed citations

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Dong, Ao, et al.. (2022). A Complete Endocannabinoid Signaling System Modulates Synaptic Transmission between Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell–Derived Neurons. Molecular Pharmacology. 103(2). 100–112. 5 indexed citations

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Farrell, Jordan S., Roberto Colangeli, Ao Dong, et al.. (2021). In vivo endocannabinoid dynamics at the timescale of physiological and pathological neural activity. Neuron. 109(15). 2398–2403.e4. 46 indexed citations

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Liput, Daniel J., Henry L. Puhl, Ao Dong, et al.. (2021). 2-Arachidonoylglycerol mobilization following brief synaptic stimulation in the dorsal lateral striatum requires glutamatergic and cholinergic neurotransmission. Neuropharmacology. 205. 108916–108916. 14 indexed citations

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Dong, Ao, Kaikai He, Barna Dudok, et al.. (2021). A fluorescent sensor for spatiotemporally resolved imaging of endocannabinoid dynamics in vivo. Nature Biotechnology. 40(5). 787–798. 112 indexed citations

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Xiang, Yaolei, Shenglin Huang, Tian‐Yun Huang, et al.. (2020). Superrepellency of underwater hierarchical structures on Salvinia leaf. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(5). 2282–2287. 120 indexed citations

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Dong, Ao, et al.. (2019). PARIS, an optogenetic method for functionally mapping gap junctions. eLife. 8. 24 indexed citations

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Feng, Jiesi, Changmei Zhang, Julieta E. Lischinsky, et al.. (2019). A Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Sensor for Rapid and Specific In Vivo Detection of Norepinephrine. Neuron. 102(4). 745–761.e8. 357 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dong, Ao, Simin Liu, & Yulong Li. (2018). Gap Junctions in the Nervous System: Probing Functional Connections Using New Imaging Approaches. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 12. 320–320. 24 indexed citations

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