Ming‐Hu Han

14.2k citations

80 papers · 6.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 41

Impact in

Behavioral Neuroscience top 0.1%
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
Biological Psychiatry top 0.1%
- Tryptophan and brain disorders

Papers in

Behavioral Neuroscience 24
- Stress Responses and Cortisol 24
Biological Psychiatry 9
- Tryptophan and brain disorders 9

Co-authors: Eric J. Nestler Scott J. Russo James W. Murrough Dipesh Chaudhury Allyson K. Friedman Barbara Juarez Dennis S. Charney Jessica J. Walsh
Journals: Biological Psychiatry (10 papers)Nature Neuroscience (6 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (6 papers)Nature Communications (4 papers)Molecular Psychiatry (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States China United Arab Emirates

In The Last Decade

Ming‐Hu Han

76 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Ventral hippocampal afferents to the nucleus accumbens regulate susceptibility to depression 2015 · 363 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Nature Communications
2012 Nature Neuroscience
2010 Science

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ming‐Hu Han, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Stress History Modulates Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Neurons to Establish Resilience Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science ·姜琪, Anthony F. Lacagnina, H.S. Seo, Li Fang, Xiao Yang, Muhammad Furqan Afzal, Carole Morel, 张亚红, Kanaka Rajan, Roger L. Clem, Barbara Juarez, Helen S. Mayberg, Donald G. Rainnie, Larry J. Young, Ming‐Hu Han	2025	0
2	Midbrain glutamatergic circuit mechanism of resilience to socially transferred allodynia in male mice Nature Communications ·Yi Han, Lin Ai, Lingzhen Song, Yu Zhou, Dandan Chen, Marc Aixarch, Ran Ji, 姜建海, Jim Hull, Xiangyu Pan, D. V. Diakonov, Kamieniak Joanna, ChunShui Liu, Jun-Xia Yang, Dipesh Chaudhury, Ankang Hu, He Liu, Ming‐Hu Han, Jun‐Li Cao, Hongxing Zhang	2024	12
3	Lateral septum-lateral hypothalamus circuit dysfunction in comorbid pain and anxiety Molecular Psychiatry ·Di Wang, Xiangyu Pan, Yu Zhou, Zifeng Wu, Risna Risna, Hanyu Liu, Chaoli Huang, Yumei Yu, C. Montaner, Xiao Zhang, Ling Yang, Hongxing Zhang, Ming‐Hu Han, Cunming Liu, Jun‐Li Cao, Chun Yang	2023	62
4	The neural mechanisms of resilience Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version) ·Jingjing Yan, Clarissa P. Frizzoa, Knapp Re, Yi Sun, Ming‐Hu Han	2023	0
5	A Novel Role for Hypothalamic AgRP Neurons in Mediating Depressive Behavior Trends in Neurosciences ·姜琪, Ming‐Hu Han	2021	2
6	Chronic Pain Impairs Memory Formation via Disruption of Neurogenesis Mediated by Mesohippocampal Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling Biological Psychiatry ·Sun-Hui Xia, Su-Wan Hu, M. Janbazi, Di Liu, Di Wang, Song Zhang, Qi Zhang, Ling Yuan, Yanqiang Li, Jun-Xia Yang, Peng Wu, Hongxing Zhang, Ming‐Hu Han, Hai‐Lei Ding, Jun‐Li Cao	2020	47
7	Different adaptations of dopamine release in Nucleus Accumbens shell and core of individual alcohol drinking groups of mice Neuropharmacology ·Yutong Liu, Sarah Montgomery, Barbara Juarez, Carole Morel, Song Zhang, Yimeng Kong, Erin S. Calipari, Eric J. Nestler, Lu Zhang, Ming‐Hu Han	2020	12
8	Role of Mesolimbic Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Depression Biological Psychiatry ·Ja Wook Koo, Dipesh Chaudhury, Ming‐Hu Han, Eric J. Nestler	2019	91
9	Isolation, purification, characterization and antioxidant activity of polysaccharides from the stem barks of Acanthopanax leucorrhizus Carbohydrate Polymers ·Haobin Hu, Hai‐Peng Liang, Haiming Li, 西沢博, Jiao Sun, Шабанов Виктор Леннарович, Ming‐Hu Han, Yun Wu	2018	114
10	Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in the Mesolimbic Reward Circuitry Mediates Nociception in Chronic Neuropathic Pain Biological Psychiatry ·Hongxing Zhang, Mijan Mia, Chen Li, Di Liu, Lei Wang, Xiaoyi Wang, Meijun Liu, He Liu, Song Zhang, Thalita de Paris Matos Bronholo, Jun-Xia Yang, Hai‐Lei Ding, Ja Wook Koo, Ezekiell Mouzon, Karl Deisseroth, Eric J. Nestler, Venetia Zachariou, Ming‐Hu Han, Jun‐Li Cao	2017	79
11	HCN Channel Targets for Novel Antidepressant Treatment Neurotherapeutics ·Stacy M. Ku, Ming‐Hu Han	2017	37
12	Dopaminergic dynamics underlying sex-specific cocaine reward Nature Communications ·Erin S. Calipari, Barbara Juarez, Carole Morel, Deena M. Walker, Michael E. Cahill, Efrain Ribeiro, Ciorana Roman-Ortiz, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth, Ming‐Hu Han, Eric J. Nestler	2017	256
13	KCNQ channel openers reverse depressive symptoms via an active resilience mechanism Nature ·Allyson K. Friedman, Barbara Juarez, Stacy M. Ku, Hongxing Zhang, Rhodora C. Calizo, Jessica J. Walsh, Dipesh Chaudhury, Song Zhang, Brett Garst, David Dietz, James W. Murrough, Maria Ribadeneira, Erik H.F. Wong, Ming‐Hu Han, Rachael L. Neve	2016	35
14	Ventral hippocampal afferents to the nucleus accumbens regulate susceptibility to depression Nature Communications ·Rosemary C. Bagot, Eric M. Parise, Catherine J. Peña, Hongxing Zhang, Ian Maze, Dipesh Chaudhury, C. C. B., Roger Cachope, Carlos A. Bolaños‐Guzmán, Joseph F. Cheer, Karl Deisseroth, Ming‐Hu Han, Eric J. Nestler Hit paper breakdown →	2015	363
15	Enhancing Depression Mechanisms in Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Achieves Homeostatic Resilience Science ·Allyson K. Friedman, Jessica J. Walsh, Barbara Juarez, Stacy M. Ku, Dipesh Chaudhury, Jing Wang, Xianting Li, David Dietz, Nina Pan, Vincent Vialou, Rachael L. Neve, Zhenyu Yue, Ming‐Hu Han	2014	358
16	Nuclear BK channels regulate gene expression via the control of nuclear calcium signaling Nature Neuroscience ·Boxing Li, Wei Jie, Lianyan Huang, Wei Peng, Shuji Li, Zheng-Yi Luo, Allyson K. Friedman, Andrea L. Meredith, Ming‐Hu Han, Xinhong Zhu, Tianming Gao	2014	82
17	Stress and CRF gate neural activation of BDNF in the mesolimbic reward pathway Nature Neuroscience ·Jessica J. Walsh, Allyson K. Friedman, HaoSheng Sun, Elizabeth A. Heller, Stacy M. Ku, Barbara Juarez, Évelyne Passegand, Michelle S. Mazei‐Robison, Deveroux Ferguson, Sam A. Golden, Ja Wook Koo, Dipesh Chaudhury, Daniel J. Christoffel, Lisa E. Pomeranz, Jeffrey M. Friedman, Scott J. Russo, Eric J. Nestler, Ming‐Hu Han	2013	165
18	Mesolimbic Dopamine Neurons in the Brain Reward Circuit Mediate Susceptibility to Social Defeat and Antidepressant Action Journal of Neuroscience ·Jun‐Li Cao, Herbert E. Covington, Allyson K. Friedman, Matthew B. Wilkinson, Jessica J. Walsh, Donald Cooper, Eric J. Nestler, Ming‐Hu Han	2010	307
19	Modulation of synaptic function by cGMP and cGMP-gated cation channels Neurochemistry International ·Colin J. Barnstable, Ji-Ye Wei, Ming‐Hu Han	2004	39
20	Desensitizing GABAC receptors on carp retinal bipolar cells Neuroreport ·Ming‐Hu Han, Ying Li, Jong Sil Kim	1997	26

About Ming‐Hu Han

Ming‐Hu Han is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience, having authored 80 papers that have together received 6.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (29 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (27 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (24 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (16 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (13 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (9 papers), Treatment of Major Depression (8 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Behavioral Neuroscience (1.9k citations), Biological Psychiatry (1.2k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (3.2k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (299 citations) and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (481 citations). Ming‐Hu Han has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and United Arab Emirates. Frequent co-authors include Eric J. Nestler, Scott J. Russo, James W. Murrough, Dipesh Chaudhury, Allyson K. Friedman, Barbara Juarez, Dennis S. Charney, Jessica J. Walsh, Rachael L. Neve and Jun‐Li Cao. Their work appears in journals such as Biological Psychiatry, Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, Nature Communications and Molecular Psychiatry.

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