Hui‐Chen Lu

7.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
57 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Hui‐Chen Lu is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Hui‐Chen Lu has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Hui‐Chen Lu's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (26 papers), Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (13 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (8 papers). Hui‐Chen Lu is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (26 papers), Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (13 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (8 papers). Hui‐Chen Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Hui‐Chen Lu's co-authors include Ken Mackie, Chia‐Shan Wu, Bertil Hille, Jill B. Jensen, Michael C. Crair, Yousuf Ali, Allysa Cole, Jennifer Rodriguez-Rivera, Lu Sun and Li Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Hui‐Chen Lu

56 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

An Introduction to the Endogenous Cannabinoid System

2015 829 citations Hui‐Chen Lu, Ken Mackie profile →
GPR55 is a cannabinoid receptor that increases intracellular calcium and inhibits M current

2008 562 citations Jill B. Jensen, Hui‐Chen Lu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
NFκB-Activated Astroglial Release of Complement C3 Compromises Neuronal Morphology and Function Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease

2014 523 citations Hong Lian, Li Yang et al. Neuron profile →
Review of the Endocannabinoid System

2020 311 citations Hui‐Chen Lu, Ken Mackie profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hui‐Chen Lu United States	33	2.2k	2.0k	1.5k	1.0k	635	57	5.1k
Tim Karl Australia	42	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	469 0.5×	985 1.6×	127	5.0k
José L. Lanciego Spain	49	3.5k 1.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	573 0.9×	143	7.1k
Silvia Rossi Italy	48	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	631 0.6×	505 0.8×	116	6.1k
Kerrie L. Thomas United Kingdom	31	5.1k 2.3×	3.9k 1.9×	1.9k 1.2×	3.1k 3.0×	668 1.1×	71	8.9k
Kuei‐Sen Hsu Taiwan	42	3.2k 1.4×	501 0.2×	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.5×	883 1.4×	148	6.0k
Jing Du United States	38	2.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	2.4k 1.6×	583 0.6×	550 0.9×	88	6.2k
Andrés Ozaita Spain	32	3.0k 1.4×	1.3k 0.6×	2.6k 1.7×	954 0.9×	354 0.6×	65	4.9k
Kazutaka Ikeda Japan	41	3.6k 1.6×	495 0.2×	3.1k 2.0×	848 0.8×	1.2k 1.9×	265	6.8k
Fernando Morgan de Aguiar Corrêa Brazil	42	2.6k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	1000 1.0×	1.1k 1.7×	288	7.2k
Fabio Fumagalli Italy	43	4.1k 1.9×	523 0.3×	2.3k 1.5×	731 0.7×	565 0.9×	175	6.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hui‐Chen Lu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hess, Michael W., et al.. (2025). From initial formation to developmental refinement: GABAergic inputs shape neuronal subnetworks in the primary somatosensory cortex. iScience. 28(3). 112104–112104.

Cai, Hongwei, et al.. (2024). Human brain organoids for understanding substance use disorders. Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics. 60. 101036–101036. 2 indexed citations

Pereira, Maurício dos Santos, Rita Raisman‐Vozari, Francisco Silveira Guimarães, et al.. (2024). 4′-fluorocannabidiol associated with capsazepine restrains L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in hemiparkinsonian mice: Contribution of anti-inflammatory and anti-glutamatergic mechanisms. Neuropharmacology. 251. 109926–109926. 4 indexed citations

Itami, Chiaki, Naofumi Uesaka, Hui‐Chen Lu, et al.. (2022). Endocannabinoid-dependent formation of columnar axonal projection in the mouse cerebral cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(37). e2122700119–e2122700119. 3 indexed citations

Wei, Qiong, Jong Han Lee, Chia‐Shan Wu, et al.. (2021). Metabolic and inflammatory functions of cannabinoid receptor type 1 are differentially modulated by adiponectin. World Journal of Diabetes. 12(10). 1750–1764. 5 indexed citations

Wu, Chia‐Shan, et al.. (2019). mGlu5 in GABAergic neurons modulates spontaneous and psychostimulant-induced locomotor activity. Psychopharmacology. 237(2). 345–361. 6 indexed citations

Ali, Yousuf, et al.. (2017). Screening with an NMNAT2-MSD platform identifies small molecules that modulate NMNAT2 levels in cortical neurons. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 43846–43846. 38 indexed citations

Sun, Hao, et al.. (2016). mGluR5 Exerts Cell-Autonomous Influences on the Functional and Anatomical Development of Layer IV Cortical Neurons in the Mouse Primary Somatosensory Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(34). 8802–8814. 22 indexed citations

Han, Kihoon, et al.. (2014). Fragile X-like behaviors and abnormal cortical dendritic spines in Cytoplasmic FMR1-interacting protein 2-mutant mice. Human Molecular Genetics. 24(7). 1813–1823. 49 indexed citations

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Ali, Yousuf, et al.. (2014). In vivo axonal transport deficits in a mouse model of fronto-temporal dementia. NeuroImage Clinical. 4. 711–717. 56 indexed citations

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Lian, Hong, Li Yang, Allysa Cole, et al.. (2014). NFκB-Activated Astroglial Release of Complement C3 Compromises Neuronal Morphology and Function Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease. Neuron. 85(1). 101–115. 523 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Baiping, Zilai Wang, Lu Sun, et al.. (2014). The Amyloid Precursor Protein Controls Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis through GABAergic Interneurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(40). 13314–13325. 83 indexed citations

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Ali, Yousuf, David Li‐Kroeger, Hugo J. Bellen, R. Grace Zhai, & Hui‐Chen Lu. (2013). NMNATs, evolutionarily conserved neuronal maintenance factors. Trends in Neurosciences. 36(11). 632–640. 64 indexed citations

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Lee, Bora, Chia‐Shan Wu, Tegy J. Vadakkan, et al.. (2011). LMO4 functions as a co-activator of neurogenin 2 in the developing cortex. Development. 138(13). 2823–2832. 32 indexed citations

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Albright, Michael J., Chia‐Shan Wu, Jie Zhu, et al.. (2010). mGluR5 in Cortical Excitatory Neurons Exerts Both Cell-Autonomous and -Nonautonomous Influences on Cortical Somatosensory Circuit Formation. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(50). 16896–16909. 57 indexed citations

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Wu, Chia‐Shan, Jie Zhu, Jim Wager‐Miller, et al.. (2010). Requirement of cannabinoid CB₁ receptors in cortical pyramidal neurons for appropriate development of corticothalamic and thalamocortical projections. European Journal of Neuroscience. 32(5). 693–706. 114 indexed citations

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Jensen, Jill B., et al.. (2008). GPR55 is a cannabinoid receptor that increases intracellular calcium and inhibits M current. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(7). 2699–2704. 562 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fan, Yuan, Ping Deng, Yu-Chi Wang, et al.. (2008). Transient cerebral ischemia increases CA1 pyramidal neuron excitability. Experimental Neurology. 212(2). 415–421. 30 indexed citations

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Carson, James P., Tao Ju, Hui‐Chen Lu, et al.. (2005). A Digital Atlas to Characterize the Mouse Brain Transcriptome. PLoS Computational Biology. 1(4). e41–e41. 50 indexed citations

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Lu, Hui‐Chen, Eric C. Swindell, Walter Sierralta, Gregor Eichele, & Christina Thaller. (2001). Evidence for a role of protein kinase C in FGF signal transduction in the developing chick limb bud. Development. 128(13). 2451–2460. 22 indexed citations

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