Steven S. Hou

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Steven S. Hou is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven S. Hou has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Physiology, 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Steven S. Hou's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (14 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (10 papers). Steven S. Hou is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (14 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (10 papers). Steven S. Hou collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Japan. Steven S. Hou's co-authors include Brian J. Bacskai, María Calvo-Rodríguez, Matthew P. Frosch, Austin Snyder, Michal Arbel‐Ornath, Eloïse Hudry, Steven M. Greenberg, Alberto Serrano‐Pozo, Susanne J. van Veluw and Alona Muzikansky and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Steven S. Hou

30 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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.

Increased mitochondrial calcium levels associated with neuronal death in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

2020 315 citations María Calvo-Rodríguez, Steven S. Hou et al. Nature Communications profile →
Vasomotion as a Driving Force for Paravascular Clearance in the Awake Mouse Brain

2019 291 citations Susanne J. van Veluw, Steven S. Hou et al. Neuron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven S. Hou United States	18	842	670	558	368	313	32	1.9k
João M. N. Duarte Switzerland	32	691 0.8×	793 1.2×	670 1.2×	318 0.9×	153 0.5×	85	2.5k
María Calvo-Rodríguez Spain	18	689 0.8×	516 0.8×	673 1.2×	356 1.0×	202 0.6×	30	1.7k
Amritpal Mudher United Kingdom	24	1.7k 2.0×	700 1.0×	1.1k 2.0×	405 1.1×	248 0.8×	53	2.8k
Manuela Polydoro United States	23	1.9k 2.3×	960 1.4×	926 1.7×	753 2.0×	514 1.6×	28	3.2k
Kishore V. Kuchibhotla United States	10	963 1.1×	1.0k 1.6×	651 1.2×	564 1.5×	129 0.4×	10	2.0k
Huei‐Sheng Vincent Chen United States	10	1.4k 1.7×	1.2k 1.8×	1.2k 2.2×	398 1.1×	242 0.8×	16	3.2k
Tariq Ahmed Belgium	26	863 1.0×	947 1.4×	902 1.6×	350 1.0×	210 0.7×	57	2.3k
Claudia Prada United States	10	1.2k 1.4×	375 0.6×	537 1.0×	577 1.6×	153 0.5×	10	1.7k
Mireille Bélanger Canada	17	930 1.1×	890 1.3×	1.3k 2.3×	926 2.5×	355 1.1×	17	3.4k
Vipan K. Parihar India	29	603 0.7×	316 0.5×	720 1.3×	452 1.2×	117 0.4×	67	3.1k

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Hou, Steven S., Joyce Yang, Qi Pian, et al.. (2025). Shallow-angle intracranial cannula for repeated infusion and in vivo imaging with multiphoton microscopy. Neurophotonics. 12(2). 25001–25001. 1 indexed citations

Hou, Steven S., et al.. (2024). Recording γ-secretase activity in living mouse brains. eLife. 13.

Calvo-Rodríguez, María, Austin Snyder, Steven S. Hou, et al.. (2024). Real-time imaging of mitochondrial redox reveals increased mitochondrial oxidative stress associated with amyloid β aggregates in vivo in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 19(1). 6–6. 51 indexed citations

Munting, Leon P., Mariel G. Kozberg, Corinne A. Auger, et al.. (2023). Spontaneous vasomotion propagates along pial arterioles in the awake mouse brain like stimulus-evoked vascular reactivity. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 43(10). 1752–1763. 11 indexed citations

Zhao, Qiuchen, Heng Zhou, Fang Zhang, et al.. (2023). Sleep restoration by optogenetic targeting of GABAergic neurons reprograms microglia and ameliorates pathological phenotypes in an Alzheimer’s disease model. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 18(1). 93–93. 19 indexed citations

Russ, Alyssa, Qiuchen Zhao, Steven S. Hou, et al.. (2023). Optogenetic targeting of astrocytes restores slow brain rhythm function and slows Alzheimer’s disease pathology. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 13075–13075. 10 indexed citations

Hou, Steven S., Joyce Yang, Jeong Heon Lee, et al.. (2023). Near-infrared fluorescence lifetime imaging of amyloid-β aggregates and tau fibrils through the intact skull of mice. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 7(3). 270–280. 49 indexed citations

Algamal, Moustafa, Alyssa Russ, Steven S. Hou, et al.. (2022). Reduced excitatory neuron activity and interneuron-type-specific deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1323–1323. 22 indexed citations

Calvo-Rodríguez, María, Steven S. Hou, Austin Snyder, et al.. (2020). Increased mitochondrial calcium levels associated with neuronal death in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2146–2146. 315 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hou, Steven S., et al.. (2020). A Novel NIR-FRET Biosensor for Reporting PS/γ-Secretase Activity in Live Cells. Sensors. 20(21). 5980–5980. 9 indexed citations

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Veluw, Susanne J. van, Steven S. Hou, María Calvo-Rodríguez, et al.. (2019). Vasomotion as a Driving Force for Paravascular Clearance in the Awake Mouse Brain. Neuron. 105(3). 549–561.e5. 291 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kastanenka, Ksenia V., María Calvo-Rodríguez, Steven S. Hou, et al.. (2019). Frequency-dependent exacerbation of Alzheimer’s disease neuropathophysiology. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8964–8964. 32 indexed citations

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Calvo-Rodríguez, María, Steven S. Hou, Austin Snyder, et al.. (2019). In vivo detection of tau fibrils and amyloid β aggregates with luminescent conjugated oligothiophenes and multiphoton microscopy. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 7(1). 171–171. 46 indexed citations

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Kelly, Patricia, Eloïse Hudry, Steven S. Hou, & Brian J. Bacskai. (2018). In Vivo Two Photon Imaging of Astrocytic Structure and Function in Alzheimer’s Disease. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 10. 219–219. 17 indexed citations

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Kumar, Anand T. N., Steven S. Hou, & William L. Rice. (2018). Tomographic fluorescence lifetime multiplexing in the spatial frequency domain. Optica. 5(5). 624–624. 1 indexed citations

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Arbel‐Ornath, Michal, Eloïse Hudry, Josiah R. Boivin, et al.. (2017). Soluble oligomeric amyloid-β induces calcium dyshomeostasis that precedes synapse loss in the living mouse brain. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 12(1). 27–27. 126 indexed citations

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Arbel‐Ornath, Michal, Eloïse Hudry, Katharina Eikermann‐Haerter, et al.. (2013). Interstitial fluid drainage is impaired in ischemic stroke and Alzheimer’s disease mouse models. Acta Neuropathologica. 126(3). 353–364. 212 indexed citations

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Hou, Steven S., William E. Klunk, Chester A. Mathis, et al.. (2013). Development and Screening of Contrast Agents for In Vivo Imaging of Parkinson’s Disease. Molecular Imaging and Biology. 15(5). 585–595. 20 indexed citations

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Rice, William L., Steven S. Hou, & Anand T. N. Kumar. (2013). Resolution below the point spread function for diffuse optical imaging using fluorescence lifetime multiplexing. Optics Letters. 38(12). 2038–2038. 11 indexed citations

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Koffie, Robert M., Tadafumi Hashimoto, Hwan‐Ching Tai, et al.. (2012). Apolipoprotein E4 effects in Alzheimer’s disease are mediated by synaptotoxic oligomeric amyloid-β. Brain. 135(7). 2155–2168. 253 indexed citations

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