Mu Yang

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Mu Yang is a scholar working on Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mu Yang has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Genetics, 21 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 13 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Mu Yang's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (20 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (19 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (13 papers). Mu Yang is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (20 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (19 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (13 papers). Mu Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and China. Mu Yang's co-authors include Jacqueline N. Crawley, Jill L. Silverman, Catherine Lord, Hewlet G. McFarlane, Valerie J. Bolivar, Adam M. Katz, Mark Harris, Roheeni Saxena, Ozlem Bozdagi and María Luisa Scattoni and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Nature reviews. Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Mu Yang

38 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Behavioural phenotyping assays for mouse models of autism

2010 1.1k citations Jill L. Silverman, Mu Yang et al. profile →
Autism‐like behavioral phenotypes in BTBR T+tf/J mice

2007 636 citations Mu Yang, Jacqueline N. Crawley et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mu Yang United States	26	2.6k	2.2k	1.6k	1.2k	1.1k	39	4.9k
María Luisa Scattoni Italy	38	2.7k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	119	5.7k
Jill L. Silverman United States	36	2.9k 1.1×	2.9k 1.3×	2.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	82	6.1k
Sheryl S. Moy United States	43	2.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	2.5k 1.6×	1.7k 1.5×	2.8k 2.6×	119	7.5k
Wim E. Crusio France	39	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	960 0.8×	1.8k 1.7×	138	5.7k
Valerie J. Bolivar United States	30	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	871 0.7×	924 0.8×	54	3.6k
Catalina Betancur France	40	3.2k 1.2×	3.1k 1.4×	2.6k 1.6×	396 0.3×	1.8k 1.6×	94	6.4k
Lawrence S. Wilkinson United Kingdom	42	1.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	499 0.4×	1.7k 1.6×	109	4.9k
F. Josef van der Staay Netherlands	40	1.0k 0.4×	745 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	766 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	141	5.2k
Jessica J. Nadler United States	11	1.3k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	852 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	727 0.7×	11	2.9k
Gene J. Blatt United States	34	2.8k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	922 0.6×	242 0.2×	1.2k 1.1×	55	4.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Wang, Aili, Hyun‐Suk Lim, Keren K. Griffiths, et al.. (2025). Effects of the Quinone Analog Ubiquinone-5 on Murine Mitochondria and Hypnosis. Anesthesiology. 143(3). 641–660.

Yang, Mu, et al.. (2023). Acute Symptomatic Seizures and Risk of Seizure Recurrence in Patients with Anti-NMDAR, Anti-LGI1, and Anti-GABABR Encephalitis. Neurological Sciences. 45(4). 1609–1617. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Mu, et al.. (2022). Recurrence of Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis: A Cohort Study in Central China. Frontiers in Neurology. 13. 832634–832634. 10 indexed citations

Yu, Tzong‐Shiue, et al.. (2021). Astrocytic ApoE underlies maturation of hippocampal neurons and cognitive recovery after traumatic brain injury in mice. Communications Biology. 4(1). 1303–1303. 20 indexed citations

Griffiths, Keren K., Aili Wang, Lifei Wang, et al.. (2020). Inefficient thermogenic mitochondrial respiration due to futile proton leak in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome. The FASEB Journal. 34(6). 7404–7426. 33 indexed citations

Shore, Amy N., Sophie Colombo, Sabrina Petri, et al.. (2020). Reduced GABAergic Neuron Excitability, Altered Synaptic Connectivity, and Seizures in a KCNT1 Gain-of-Function Mouse Model of Childhood Epilepsy. Cell Reports. 33(4). 108303–108303. 44 indexed citations

Petri, Sabrina, et al.. (2020). RNAi-Based Gene Therapy Rescues Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy in a Genetic Mouse Model. Molecular Therapy. 28(7). 1706–1716. 25 indexed citations

Shore, Amy N., et al.. (2020). Altered excitatory transmission onto hippocampal interneurons in the IQSEC2 mouse model of X-linked neurodevelopmental disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 137. 104758–104758. 16 indexed citations

Adhikari, Anna, Nycole A. Copping, Michael C. Pride, et al.. (2018). Cognitive deficits in the Snord116 deletion mouse model for Prader-Willi syndrome. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 165. 106874–106874. 45 indexed citations

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Copping, Nycole A., et al.. (2016). Touchscreen learning deficits and normal social approach behavior in the Shank3B model of Phelan–McDermid Syndrome and autism. Neuroscience. 345. 155–165. 41 indexed citations

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Kazdoba, Tatiana M., Prescott T. Leach, Mu Yang, et al.. (2015). Translational Mouse Models of Autism: Advancing Toward Pharmacological Therapeutics. Current topics in behavioral neurosciences. 28. 1–52. 116 indexed citations

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Yang, Mu, et al.. (2013). Male mice emit distinct ultrasonic vocalizations when the female leaves the social interaction arena. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 7. 159–159. 63 indexed citations

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Jones, Dorothy M., Mu Yang, Nathan Osbun, et al.. (2013). Quantitative Trait Loci for Interhemispheric Commissure Development and Social Behaviors in the BTBR T+ tf/J Mouse Model of Autism. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e61829–e61829. 46 indexed citations

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Babineau, Brooke A., Mu Yang, Robert F. Berman, & Jacqueline N. Crawley. (2013). Low home cage social behaviors in BTBR T+tf/J mice during juvenile development. Physiology & Behavior. 114-115. 49–54. 18 indexed citations

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Babineau, Brooke A., Mu Yang, & Jacqueline N. Crawley. (2011). Mainstreaming Mice. Neuropsychopharmacology. 37(1). 300–301. 2 indexed citations

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Silverman, Jill L., Mu Yang, Sarah M. Turner, et al.. (2010). Low stress reactivity and neuroendocrine factors in the BTBR T+tf/J mouse model of autism. Neuroscience. 171(4). 1197–1208. 114 indexed citations

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Yang, Mu, et al.. (2009). Postnatal lesion evidence against a primary role for the corpus callosum in mouse sociability. European Journal of Neuroscience. 29(8). 1663–1677. 102 indexed citations

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Chadman, Kathryn K., Mu Yang, & Jacqueline N. Crawley. (2008). Criteria for validating mouse models of psychiatric diseases. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 150B(1). 1–11. 89 indexed citations

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Yang, Mu. (2008). Light phase testing of social behaviors: not a problem. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2(2). 186–191. 49 indexed citations

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Yang, Mu, et al.. (2007). Social deficits in BTBR T + tf/J mice are unchanged by cross‐fostering with C57BL/6J mothers. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 25(8). 515–521. 114 indexed citations

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