Bo Duan

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Bo Duan is a scholar working on Physiology, Sensory Systems and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bo Duan has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Physiology, 11 papers in Sensory Systems and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Bo Duan's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (13 papers), Ion Channels and Receptors (10 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (8 papers). Bo Duan is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (13 papers), Ion Channels and Receptors (10 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (8 papers). Bo Duan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Bo Duan's co-authors include Qiufu Ma, Longzhen Cheng, Bradford B. Lowell, Martyn Goulding, Olivier Britz, Lidia García‐Campmany, Steeve Bourane, Xiangyu Ren, Yun Wang and Linh Vong and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Bo Duan

29 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Identification of Spinal Circuits Transmitting and Gating... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Identification of Spinal Circuits Transmitting and Gating Mechanical Pain
    2014 405 citations Bo Duan, Longzhen Cheng et al. Cell profile →

Peers

Bo Duan
Richard W. Carr Germany
Xianyu Liu United States
Joao Bráz United States
Rita Bardoni Italy
Derek C. Molliver United States
Sabrina L. McIlwrath United States
Ajay Dhaka United States
Amaury François France
Pradipta Ray United States
Laiche Djouhri United Kingdom
Richard W. Carr Germany
Bo Duan
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Countries citing papers authored by Bo Duan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bo Duan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bo Duan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bo Duan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bo Duan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bo Duan. Bo Duan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lempka, Scott F., et al.. (2025). Mechanisms for dysregulation of excitatory-inhibitory balance underlying allodynia in dorsal horn neural subcircuits. PLoS Computational Biology. 21(1). e1012234–e1012234.
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Cai, Wei, Wenwen Zhang, Zheng Qin, et al.. (2024). The kainate receptor GluK2 mediates cold sensing in mice. Nature Neuroscience. 27(4). 679–688. 8 indexed citations
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Lee, Han Kyu, et al.. (2022). Lateral hypothalamic neuronal ensembles regulate pre-sleep nest-building behavior. Current Biology. 32(4). 806–822.e7. 25 indexed citations
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Graham, Robert, Tim M. Bruns, Bo Duan, & Scott F. Lempka. (2020). The Effect of Clinically Controllable Factors on Neural Activation During Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation. Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface. 24(4). 655–671. 10 indexed citations
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Pan, Haili, Mahar Fatima, Alan Li, et al.. (2019). Identification of a Spinal Circuit for Mechanical and Persistent Spontaneous Itch. Neuron. 103(6). 1135–1149.e6. 88 indexed citations
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Gong, Jianke, Elizabeth A. Ronan, Wei Cai, et al.. (2019). A Cold-Sensing Receptor Encoded by a Glutamate Receptor Gene. Cell. 178(6). 1375–1386.e11. 59 indexed citations
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Graham, Robert, Tim M. Bruns, Bo Duan, & Scott F. Lempka. (2019). Dorsal root ganglion stimulation for chronic pain modulates Aβ-fiber activity but not C-fiber activity: A computational modeling study. Clinical Neurophysiology. 130(6). 941–951. 37 indexed citations
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Fatima, Mahar, et al.. (2019). Spinal somatostatin-positive interneurons transmit chemical itch. Pain. 160(5). 1166–1174. 24 indexed citations
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Cheng, Longzhen, Bo Duan, Tianwen Huang, et al.. (2017). Identification of spinal circuits involved in touch-evoked dynamic mechanical pain. Nature Neuroscience. 20(6). 804–814. 149 indexed citations
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Duan, Bo, Longzhen Cheng, & Qiufu Ma. (2017). Spinal Circuits Transmitting Mechanical Pain and Itch. Neuroscience Bulletin. 34(1). 186–193. 88 indexed citations
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Bourane, Steeve, Bo Duan, Stephanie C. Koch, et al.. (2015). Gate control of mechanical itch by a subpopulation of spinal cord interneurons. Science. 350(6260). 550–554. 211 indexed citations
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Lou, Shan, Tianwen Huang, Bo Duan, et al.. (2015). Incoherent Feed-Forward Regulatory Loops Control Segregation of C-Mechanoreceptors, Nociceptors, and Pruriceptors. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(13). 5317–5329. 29 indexed citations
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Duan, Bo, Longzhen Cheng, Steeve Bourane, et al.. (2014). Identification of Spinal Circuits Transmitting and Gating Mechanical Pain. Cell. 159(6). 1417–1432. 405 indexed citations breakdown →
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Duan, Bo, Yu Huang, Wei-Zheng Zeng, et al.. (2012). PI3-kinase/Akt Pathway-Regulated Membrane Insertion of Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 1a Underlies BDNF-Induced Pain Hypersensitivity. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(18). 6351–6363. 82 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, Omar Abdel Samad, Ling Zhang, et al.. (2010). VGLUT2-Dependent Glutamate Release from Nociceptors Is Required to Sense Pain and Suppress Itch. Neuron. 68(3). 543–556. 209 indexed citations
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Du, Wanlu, Junbo Huang, Hailan Yao, et al.. (2010). Inhibition of TRPC6 degradation suppresses ischemic brain damage in rats. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 120(10). 3480–3492. 112 indexed citations
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Tong, Zhiqian, Wenhong Luo, Yan-Qing Wang, et al.. (2010). Tumor Tissue-Derived Formaldehyde and Acidic Microenvironment Synergistically Induce Bone Cancer Pain. PLoS ONE. 5(4). e10234–e10234. 109 indexed citations
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Xu, Tian-Le & Bo Duan. (2009). Calcium-permeable acid-sensing ion channel in nociceptive plasticity: A new target for pain control. Progress in Neurobiology. 87(3). 171–180. 30 indexed citations
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Duan, Bo, Long‐Jun Wu, Yao‐Qing Yu, et al.. (2007). Upregulation of Acid-Sensing Ion Channel ASIC1a in Spinal Dorsal Horn Neurons Contributes to Inflammatory Pain Hypersensitivity. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(41). 11139–11148. 142 indexed citations

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