Baoji Xu

8.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Baoji Xu is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Baoji Xu has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Baoji Xu's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (30 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (19 papers). Baoji Xu is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (30 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (19 papers). Baoji Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Baoji Xu's co-authors include Bai Lu, Louis F. Reichardt, David A. Clayton, Juan Ji An, Emily G. Waterhouse, Kevin R. Jones, Keling Zang, Maryna Baydyuk, Guey‐Ying Liao and Barbara L. Hempstead and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Baoji Xu

65 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor regulates energy balance downstream of melanocortin-4 receptor

2003 678 citations Baoji Xu, Keling Zang et al. profile →
Distinct Role of Long 3′ UTR BDNF mRNA in Spine Morphology and Synaptic Plasticity in Hippocampal Neurons

2008 517 citations Juan Ji An, Kusumika Gharami et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Baoji Xu United States	44	3.4k	2.8k	1.5k	1.1k	927	65	7.1k
William A. Staines Canada	46	4.3k 1.3×	3.5k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	677 0.7×	118	7.8k
Atsuo Fukuda Japan	48	4.0k 1.2×	2.9k 1.0×	707 0.5×	661 0.6×	545 0.6×	156	6.7k
Matti S. Airaksinen Finland	47	5.3k 1.6×	4.2k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	860 0.8×	699 0.8×	94	9.0k
Natale Belluardo Italy	44	3.4k 1.0×	3.9k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	837 0.7×	331 0.4×	123	6.9k
Kim B. Seroogy United States	49	4.6k 1.3×	2.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	783 0.8×	107	7.2k
Matthias Klugmann Australia	43	3.3k 1.0×	3.6k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	878 0.8×	293 0.3×	99	7.4k
Richard E. Zigmond United States	50	4.8k 1.4×	2.8k 1.0×	756 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	765 0.8×	131	7.2k
David Russell United States	35	3.0k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	757 0.7×	318 0.3×	80	6.3k
Peter Gass Germany	40	2.9k 0.8×	3.0k 1.1×	941 0.6×	799 0.7×	420 0.5×	82	7.7k
Christoph Schwarzer Austria	42	4.7k 1.4×	3.2k 1.1×	418 0.3×	726 0.6×	694 0.7×	117	6.8k

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Tan, Ji‐Wei, et al.. (2024). Neurotrophin-3 from the dentate gyrus supports postsynaptic sites of mossy fiber-CA3 synapses and hippocampus-dependent cognitive functions. Molecular Psychiatry. 29(4). 1192–1204. 3 indexed citations

Liao, Guey‐Ying, et al.. (2023). High throughput assay for compounds that boost BDNF expression in neurons. SLAS DISCOVERY. 28(3). 88–94. 3 indexed citations

Liao, Guey‐Ying, et al.. (2021). Discrete TrkB-expressing neurons of the dorsomedial hypothalamus regulate feeding and thermogenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(4). 18 indexed citations

Xu, Zhi–Xiang, Gyu Hyun Kim, Ji‐Wei Tan, et al.. (2020). Elevated protein synthesis in microglia causes autism-like synaptic and behavioral aberrations. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1797–1797. 130 indexed citations

Sutton, Laurie P., Cesare Orlandi, Chenghui Song, et al.. (2018). Orphan receptor GPR158 controls stress-induced depression. eLife. 7. 63 indexed citations

Xu, Haifei, Juan Ji An, & Baoji Xu. (2017). Distinct cellular toxicity of two mutant huntingtin mRNA variants due to translation regulation. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0177610–e0177610. 10 indexed citations

Xie, Keqiang, Lesley A. Colgan, Maria Dao, et al.. (2016). NF1 Is a Direct G Protein Effector Essential for Opioid Signaling to Ras in the Striatum. Current Biology. 26(22). 2992–3003. 29 indexed citations

An, Juan Ji, et al.. (2015). Discrete BDNF Neurons in the Paraventricular Hypothalamus Control Feeding and Energy Expenditure. Cell Metabolism. 22(1). 175–188. 123 indexed citations

Kamitakahara, Anna, Baoji Xu, & Richard B. Simerly. (2015). Ventromedial hypothalamic expression of Bdnf is required to establish normal patterns of afferent GABAergic connectivity and responses to hypoglycemia. Molecular Metabolism. 5(2). 91–101. 19 indexed citations

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Waterhouse, Emily G. & Baoji Xu. (2013). The skinny on brain-derived neurotrophic factor: evidence from animal models to GWAS. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 91(11). 1241–1247. 15 indexed citations

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Baydyuk, Maryna, Yuxiang Xie, Lino Tessarollo, & Baoji Xu. (2013). Midbrain-Derived Neurotrophins Support Survival of Immature Striatal Projection Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(8). 3363–3369. 24 indexed citations

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Xu, Baoji, et al.. (2012). Sustained expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor is required for maintenance of dendritic spines and normal behavior. Neuroscience. 212. 1–18. 80 indexed citations

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Zheng, Kang, Juan Ji An, Feng Yang, et al.. (2011). TrkB signaling in parvalbumin-positive interneurons is critical for gamma-band network synchronization in hippocampus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(41). 17201–17206. 68 indexed citations

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Fu, Xiaoqin, Keling Zang, Zhiwei Zhou, Louis F. Reichardt, & Baoji Xu. (2009). Retrograde Neurotrophic Signaling Requires a Protein Interacting with Receptor Tyrosine Kinases via C₂H₂ Zinc Fingers. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 21(1). 36–49. 6 indexed citations

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An, Juan Ji, Kusumika Gharami, Newton H. Woo, et al.. (2008). Distinct Role of Long 3′ UTR BDNF mRNA in Spine Morphology and Synaptic Plasticity in Hippocampal Neurons. Cell. 134(1). 175–187. 517 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Xiaorong, Ruslan N. Grishanin, Ravi Tolwani, et al.. (2007). Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and TrkB Modulate Visual Experience-Dependent Refinement of Neuronal Pathways in Retina. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(27). 7256–7267. 68 indexed citations

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Hashimoto, Takanori, Sarah E. Bergen, Quyen Le Nguyen, et al.. (2005). Relationship of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Its Receptor TrkB to Altered Inhibitory Prefrontal Circuitry in Schizophrenia. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(2). 372–383. 322 indexed citations

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Paredes, Alfonso, Carmen Romero, Gregory A. Dissen, et al.. (2004). TrkB receptors are required for follicular growth and oocyte survival in the mammalian ovary. Developmental Biology. 267(2). 430–449. 104 indexed citations

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Xu, Baoji, Wolfram Gottschalk, Ana Chow, et al.. (2000). The Role of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Receptors in the Mature Hippocampus: Modulation of Long-Term Potentiation through a Presynaptic Mechanism involving TrkB. Journal of Neuroscience. 20(18). 6888–6897. 342 indexed citations

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Xu, Baoji, et al.. (2000). Cortical Degeneration in the Absence of Neurotrophin Signaling. Neuron. 26(1). 233–245. 240 indexed citations

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