Bang H. Hwang

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Bang H. Hwang is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bang H. Hwang has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 21 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Bang H. Hwang's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (17 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (14 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (13 papers). Bang H. Hwang is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (17 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (14 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (13 papers). Bang H. Hwang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Sweden. Bang H. Hwang's co-authors include Denis G. Baskin, Michael W. Schwartz, Gregory J. Morton, Joshua P. Thaler, Stephan J. Guyenet, Nguyễn Thị Hồng, David A. Sarruf, Brent E. Wisse, Chun‐Xia Yi and Matthias H. Tschöp and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Brain Research and Endocrinology.

In The Last Decade

Bang H. Hwang

48 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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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.

Obesity is associated with hypothalamic injury in rodents and humans

2011 1.4k citations Joshua P. Thaler, Chun‐Xia Yi et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bang H. Hwang United States	21	1.2k	891	782	632	380	49	2.6k
Mieko Kurosawa Japan	29	698 0.6×	732 0.8×	593 0.8×	401 0.6×	127 0.3×	78	2.9k
Xin‐Yun Lu United States	36	1.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	913 1.4×	579 1.5×	72	4.6k
Stephan J. Guyenet United States	20	1.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	513 0.7×	818 1.3×	612 1.6×	23	3.5k
Dianne P. Figlewicz United States	37	2.6k 2.2×	1.7k 1.9×	1.2k 1.5×	851 1.3×	388 1.0×	65	4.9k
Cristina García‐Cáceres Germany	30	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	282 0.4×	397 0.6×	548 1.4×	55	3.0k
Ruiqian Wan United States	31	559 0.5×	2.2k 2.5×	779 1.0×	1.1k 1.8×	418 1.1×	42	4.2k
D.P. Figlewicz United States	24	1.7k 1.5×	1.1k 1.3×	712 0.9×	486 0.8×	180 0.5×	40	2.8k
J. M. Overton United States	32	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	448 0.6×	568 0.9×	224 0.6×	74	3.3k
William T. Talman United States	35	2.0k 1.7×	1.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.6×	814 1.3×	104 0.3×	109	3.6k
Kate L. J. Ellacott United Kingdom	29	1.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.5×	416 0.5×	477 0.8×	501 1.3×	47	3.1k

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Thaler, Joshua P., Chun‐Xia Yi, Ellen A. Schur, et al.. (2011). Obesity is associated with hypothalamic injury in rodents and humans. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(1). 153–162. 1409 indexed citations breakdown →

Hwang, Bang H., Jason Katner, & Smriti Iyengar. (2005). Corticotropin-Releasing Factor mRNA and Substance P Receptor Binding in the Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus, Central Nucleus of the Amygdala, and Locus Coeruleus of Sprague-Dawley Rats Following Restraint-Induced Stress. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 25(3). 239–250. 19 indexed citations

Hwang, Bang H., et al.. (2004). Innate differences in neuropeptide Y (NPY) mRNA expression in discrete brain regions between alcohol-preferring (P) and -nonpreferring (NP) rats: a significantly low level of NPY mRNA in dentate gyrus of the hippocampus and absence of NPY mRNA in the medial habenular nucleus of P rats. Neuropeptides. 38(6). 359–368. 21 indexed citations

Hwang, Bang H., et al.. (2004). Corticotropin-releasing factor gene expression is down-regulated in the central nucleus of the amygdala of alcohol-preferring rats which exhibit high anxiety: a comparison between rat lines selectively bred for high and low alcohol preference. Brain Research. 1026(1). 143–150. 40 indexed citations

Hwang, Bang H., et al.. (2004). Angiotensin II receptor binding in the locus ceruleus of spontaneously hypertensive rats and Wistar-Kyoto rats: A quantitative autoradiographic study with references to hypertension and cardiac/testicular hypertrophy. Journal of Biomedical Science. 11(3). 331–338.

Hwang, Bang H., Guo‐Ming Wang, David T. Wong, Lawrence Lumeng, & T.-K. Li. (2000). Norepinephrine Uptake Sites in the Locus Coeruleus of Rat Lines Selectively Bred for High and Low Alcohol Preference: A Quantitative Autoradiographic Binding Study Using [3H]-Tomoxetine. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 24(5). 588–594. 3 indexed citations

Hwang, Bang H., et al.. (2000). Norepinephrine Uptake Sites in the Locus Coeruleus of Rat Lines Selectively Bred for High and Low Alcohol Preference: A Quantitative Autoradiographic Binding Study Using [³H]‐Tomoxetine. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 24(5). 588–594. 11 indexed citations

Narita, Minoru, Hirokazu Mizoguchi, Michiko Narita, et al.. (2000). G protein activation by endomorphins in the mouse periaqueductal gray matter. Journal of Biomedical Science. 7(3). 221–225. 24 indexed citations

Ehlers, Cindy L., Christine Somes, Ting‐Kai Li, et al.. (1999). Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) levels and alcohol. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 2(3). 173–179. 17 indexed citations

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Hwang, Bang H., et al.. (1999). Innate Differences of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) in Hypothalamic Nuclei and Central Nucleus of the Amygdala Between Selectively Bred Rats with High and Low Alcohol Preference. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 23(6). 1023–1023. 3 indexed citations

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Narita, Minoru, Hirokazu Mizoguchi, Michiko Narita, et al.. (1999). Identification of the G‐protein‐coupled ORL1 receptor in the mouse spinal cord by [³⁵S]‐GTPγS binding and immunohistochemistry. British Journal of Pharmacology. 128(6). 1300–1306. 36 indexed citations

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June, Harry L., et al.. (1998). The novel benzodiazepine inverse agonist RO19-4603 antagonizes ethanol motivated behaviors: neuropharmacological studies. Brain Research. 784(1-2). 256–275. 35 indexed citations

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Kunkler, Phillip E. & Bang H. Hwang. (1995). Lower GABAA receptor binding in the amygdala and hypothalamus of spontaneously hypertensive rats. Brain Research Bulletin. 36(1). 57–61. 44 indexed citations

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Kunkler, Phillip E., Guo‐Ming Wang, & Bang H. Hwang. (1994). Galanin-containing neurons in the solitary nucleus and locus coeruleus of spontaneously hypertensive rats are associated with genetic hypertension. Brain Research. 651(1-2). 349–352. 16 indexed citations

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Hwang, Bang H. & Guo‐Ming Wang. (1993). A rapid and sensitive radioimmunohistochemical assay for quantitation of vasopressin in discrete brain regions with an anatomical resolution. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 50(1). 37–44. 11 indexed citations

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Hwang, Bang H., et al.. (1990). Increased density of glutamic acid decarboxylase—containing terminals in the medial preoptic nucleus and the area surrounding the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus is associated with deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)‐salt hypertension. The Anatomical Record. 227(4). 518–522. 5 indexed citations

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Hwang, Bang H., Lawrence Lumeng, Jang‐Yen Wu, & Ting‐Kai Li. (1990). Increased Number of GABAergic Terminals in the Nucleus Accumbens Is Associated with Alcohol Preference in Rats. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 14(4). 503–507. 57 indexed citations

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Hwang, Bang H., Terence H. Williams, & Jean Y. Jew. (1986). Plasticity of catecholaminergic terminals in rat paraventicular hypothalamic nucleus after 6-Hydroxydopamine lesion: an emphasis on bouton sizes and synaptic frequency. Brain Research. 369(1-2). 267–274. 6 indexed citations

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Hwang, Bang H., Jang‐Yen Wu, Caroline Wieczorek, et al.. (1986). Different pharmacological anatomy in the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus, supraoptic nucleus, and suprachiasmatic nucleus of rats: Quantitative autoradiography on angiotensin II receptor binding sites. American Journal of Anatomy. 176(2). 243–247. 8 indexed citations

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Hwang, Bang H.. (1982). Fluorescence and electron microscopic study of the tree shrew pineal organ. Journal of Neural Transmission. 53(2-3). 193–212. 6 indexed citations

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