Kechun Yang

1.1k total citations
27 papers, 825 citations indexed

About

Kechun Yang is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Kechun Yang has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 825 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Kechun Yang's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (14 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (9 papers). Kechun Yang is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (14 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (9 papers). Kechun Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Kechun Yang's co-authors include Jie Wu, John A. Dani, Guo-Zhang Jin, Ronald J. Lukas, Amber T. Levine, John I. Broussard, Qiang Liu, Ming Gao, Chao Zheng and Yu Jin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Kechun Yang

27 papers receiving 806 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kechun Yang United States 18 532 427 217 86 69 27 825
François Gastambide United Kingdom 16 511 1.0× 340 0.8× 281 1.3× 48 0.6× 93 1.3× 21 863
Rina Murai Japan 10 441 0.8× 373 0.9× 122 0.6× 75 0.9× 61 0.9× 10 780
Emilio J. Galván Mexico 17 524 1.0× 359 0.8× 234 1.1× 59 0.7× 32 0.5× 51 853
Jakob Koch Austria 17 256 0.5× 358 0.8× 256 1.2× 95 1.1× 47 0.7× 25 887
Victor V. Uteshev United States 20 420 0.8× 625 1.5× 180 0.8× 102 1.2× 106 1.5× 40 1000
Katsuya Harada Japan 16 325 0.6× 254 0.6× 128 0.6× 67 0.8× 59 0.9× 33 857
Alexander Kuzmin Sweden 17 672 1.3× 461 1.1× 114 0.5× 40 0.5× 57 0.8× 23 877
C. F. Zorumski United States 19 864 1.6× 597 1.4× 232 1.1× 85 1.0× 48 0.7× 28 1.1k
Ning Wu China 18 595 1.1× 354 0.8× 199 0.9× 32 0.4× 95 1.4× 43 858
Valerio Rizzo Italy 16 292 0.5× 227 0.5× 120 0.6× 62 0.7× 132 1.9× 30 634

Countries citing papers authored by Kechun Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kechun Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kechun Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kechun Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kechun Yang 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 Kechun Yang. Kechun Yang 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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Yun, Sanghee, et al.. (2025). Paradoxical Ventral Tegmental Area GABA Signaling Drives Enhanced Morphine Reward After Adolescent Nicotine. Biological Psychiatry. 99(6). 467–478. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Kechun, et al.. (2023). CHRNA5 gene variation affects the response of VTA dopaminergic neurons during chronic nicotine exposure and withdrawal. Neuropharmacology. 235. 109547–109547. 3 indexed citations
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Brynildsen, Julia K., et al.. (2022). A common SNP in Chrna5 enhances morphine reward in female mice. Neuropharmacology. 218. 109218–109218. 5 indexed citations
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Tsetsenis, Theodoros, Elizabeth N. Krizman, Manivannan Subramaniyan, et al.. (2021). Midbrain dopaminergic innervation of the hippocampus is sufficient to modulate formation of aversive memories. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(40). 46 indexed citations
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Broussard, John I., Kechun Yang, Amber T. Levine, et al.. (2016). Dopamine Regulates Aversive Contextual Learning and Associated In Vivo Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampus. Cell Reports. 14(8). 1930–1939. 121 indexed citations
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Nurulain, Syed M., Tatiana R. Prytkova, Dietrich E. Lorke, et al.. (2015). Inhibitory actions of bisabolol on α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Neuroscience. 306. 91–99. 17 indexed citations
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Yang, Kechun, et al.. (2014). Dopamine and norepinephrine receptors participate in methylphenidate enhancement of in vivo hippocampal synaptic plasticity. Neuropharmacology. 90. 23–32. 38 indexed citations
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Yang, Kechun, Lori M. Buhlman, Ghous M. Khan, et al.. (2011). Functional Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Containing α6 Subunits Are on GABAergic Neuronal Boutons Adherent to Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(7). 2537–2548. 67 indexed citations
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Li, Guohui, Kechun Yang, Chao Zheng, et al.. (2010). Functional rundown of gamma‐aminobutyric acidAreceptors in human hypothalamic hamartomas. Annals of Neurology. 69(4). 664–672. 25 indexed citations
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Gao, Ming, Yu Jin, Kechun Yang, et al.. (2010). Mechanisms Involved in Systemic Nicotine-Induced Glutamatergic Synaptic Plasticity on Dopamine Neurons in the Ventral Tegmental Area. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(41). 13814–13825. 77 indexed citations
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Jin, Yu, Kechun Yang, Hong Wang, & Jie Wu. (2010). Exposure of nicotine to ventral tegmental area slices induces glutamatergic synaptic plasticity on dopamine neurons. Synapse. 65(4). 332–338. 17 indexed citations
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Zheng, Chao, Kechun Yang, Qiang Liu, et al.. (2010). The Anticonvulsive Drug Lamotrigine Blocks Neuronal α4β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 335(2). 401–408. 33 indexed citations
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Yang, Kechun, Guo-Zhang Jin, & Jie Wu. (2009). Mysterious α6-containing nAChRs: function, pharmacology, and pathophysiology. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 30(6). 740–751. 56 indexed citations
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Leonard, Brian, Diego Mastroeni, Andrew Grover, et al.. (2009). Subventricular zone neural progenitors from rapid brain autopsies of elderly subjects with and without neurodegenerative disease. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 515(3). 269–294. 43 indexed citations
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Xiao, Cheng, Kechun Yang, Chunyi Zhou, et al.. (2009). Nicotine modulates GABAergic transmission to dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 30(6). 851–858. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Kui, Chao Zheng, Wu Chen, et al.. (2008). α-Chloralose diminishes γ oscillations in rat hippocampal slices. Neuroscience Letters. 441(1). 66–71. 14 indexed citations
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Wu, Jie, Yongchang Chang, Guohui Li, et al.. (2007). Electrophysiological Properties and Subunit Composition of GABAAReceptors in Patients With Gelastic Seizures and Hypothalamic Hamartoma. Journal of Neurophysiology. 98(1). 5–15. 18 indexed citations
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Yang, Kechun, et al.. (2007). The Neuropharmacology of (-)-Stepholidine and its Potential Applications. Current Neuropharmacology. 5(4). 289–294. 27 indexed citations

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