Sung Han

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Sung Han is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Sung Han has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 8 papers in Social Psychology and 8 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Sung Han's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (8 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (5 papers). Sung Han is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (8 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (5 papers). Sung Han collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Jordan. Sung Han's co-authors include Richard D. Palmiter, William A. Catterall, Chao Tai, Todd Scheuer, Larry S. Zweifel, Marta E. Soden, Matthew Soleiman, Ruth E. Westenbroek, Horacio O. de la Iglesia and Frank H. Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sung Han

20 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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.

Autistic-like behaviour in Scn1a+/− mice and rescue by enhanced GABA-mediated neurotransmission

2012 500 citations Sung Han, Chao Tai et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sung Han United States	13	932	780	477	427	345	21	1.9k
Nikolai Lazarov Bulgaria	25	628 0.7×	277 0.4×	297 0.6×	435 1.0×	328 1.0×	100	1.6k
Richard W. Clough United States	22	986 1.1×	518 0.7×	543 1.1×	355 0.8×	392 1.1×	41	2.5k
Marta E. Soden United States	18	1.1k 1.2×	757 1.0×	562 1.2×	516 1.2×	379 1.1×	26	2.0k
Sachiko Chikahisa Japan	18	553 0.6×	856 1.1×	572 1.2×	484 1.1×	254 0.7×	40	1.9k
Brianne A. Kent United States	23	563 0.6×	747 1.0×	278 0.6×	292 0.7×	316 0.9×	39	1.6k
Fusao Kato Japan	26	1.2k 1.2×	683 0.9×	523 1.1×	536 1.3×	782 2.3×	84	2.6k
Davor Stanić Australia	22	895 1.0×	218 0.3×	369 0.8×	347 0.8×	193 0.6×	47	1.6k
Siobhan Robinson United States	17	975 1.0×	516 0.7×	454 1.0×	122 0.3×	120 0.3×	33	1.6k
Ramon Tasan Austria	22	856 0.9×	338 0.4×	446 0.9×	324 0.8×	186 0.5×	43	1.4k
Jonathan Biag United States	7	581 0.6×	479 0.6×	310 0.6×	202 0.5×	181 0.5×	8	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sung Han

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sung Han. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sung Han 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 Sung Han. Sung Han is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Kang, SukJae Joshua, Shijia Liu, Jong‐Hyun Kim, et al.. (2025). Thalamic CGRP neurons define a spinothalamic pathway for affective pain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(28). e2505889122–e2505889122.

Cramer, Nathan, Jason Bondoc Alipio, Yadong Ji, et al.. (2024). Sex Differences in Central Amygdala Glutamate Responses to Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide. Journal of Neuroscience. 45(2). e1898242024–e1898242024. 1 indexed citations

Jhang, Jinho, S. Park, Shijia Liu, David D. O’Keefe, & Sung Han. (2024). A top-down slow breathing circuit that alleviates negative affect in mice. Nature Neuroscience. 27(12). 2455–2465. 7 indexed citations

Kim, Dongil, S. Park, Mao Ye, et al.. (2024). Presynaptic sensor and silencer of peptidergic transmission reveal neuropeptides as primary transmitters in pontine fear circuit. Cell. 187(18). 5102–5117.e16. 15 indexed citations

Kang, SukJae Joshua, et al.. (2024). A pontomesencephalic PACAPergic pathway underlying panic-like behavioral and somatic symptoms in mice. Nature Neuroscience. 27(1). 90–101. 3 indexed citations

Ren, Xiangyu, Shijia Liu, Amandine Virlogeux, et al.. (2023). Identification of an essential spinoparabrachial pathway for mechanical itch. Neuron. 111(11). 1812–1829.e6. 19 indexed citations

Kang, SukJae Joshua, Shijia Liu, Mao Ye, et al.. (2022). A central alarm system that gates multi-sensory innate threat cues to the amygdala. Cell Reports. 40(7). 111222–111222. 47 indexed citations

Liu, Shijia & Sung Han. (2022). Simultaneous recording of breathing and neural activity in awake behaving mice. STAR Protocols. 3(2). 101412–101412. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Shijia, Dong‐Il Kim, Tae Gyu Oh, et al.. (2021). Neural basis of opioid-induced respiratory depression and its rescue. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(23). 55 indexed citations

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Liu, Shijia, Mao Ye, Gerald M. Pao, et al.. (2021). Divergent brainstem opioidergic pathways that coordinate breathing with pain and emotions. Neuron. 110(5). 857–873.e9. 64 indexed citations

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Duffield, Giles E., Sung Han, Tim Y. Hou, et al.. (2020). Inhibitor of DNA binding 2 (Id2) Regulates Photic Entrainment Responses in Mice: Differential Responses of the Id2-/- Mouse Circadian System Are Dependent on Circadian Phase and on Duration and Intensity of Light. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 35(6). 555–575. 3 indexed citations

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Campos, Carlos, Anna J. Bowen, Sung Han, et al.. (2017). Cancer-induced anorexia and malaise are mediated by CGRP neurons in the parabrachial nucleus. Nature Neuroscience. 20(7). 934–942. 95 indexed citations

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Carter, Matthew E., Sung Han, & Richard D. Palmiter. (2015). Parabrachial Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Neurons Mediate Conditioned Taste Aversion. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(11). 4582–4586. 132 indexed citations

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Rubinstein, Moran, Sung Han, Chao Tai, et al.. (2015). Dissecting the phenotypes of Dravet syndrome by gene deletion. Brain. 138(8). 2219–2233. 92 indexed citations

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Han, Sung, Matthew Soleiman, Marta E. Soden, Larry S. Zweifel, & Richard D. Palmiter. (2015). Elucidating an Affective Pain Circuit that Creates a Threat Memory. Cell. 162(2). 363–374. 319 indexed citations

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Han, Sung, Chao Tai, Christina Jones, Todd Scheuer, & William A. Catterall. (2014). Enhancement of Inhibitory Neurotransmission by GABA A Receptors Having α 2,3 -Subunits Ameliorates Behavioral Deficits in a Mouse Model of Autism. Neuron. 81(6). 1282–1289. 181 indexed citations

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Han, Sung, Chao Tai, Ruth E. Westenbroek, et al.. (2012). Autistic-like behaviour in Scn1a+/− mice and rescue by enhanced GABA-mediated neurotransmission. Nature. 489(7416). 385–390. 500 indexed citations breakdown →

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Han, Sung, Frank H. Yu, Michael D. Schwartz, et al.. (2012). Na _V 1.1 channels are critical for intercellular communication in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and for normal circadian rhythms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(6). E368–77. 81 indexed citations

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Han, Sung, Kwangok Jeong, Andrew B. Kahng, & Jingwei Lu. (2011). Stability and scalability in global routing. 1–6. 2 indexed citations

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Eckel‐Mahan, Kristin, Trongha Phan, Sung Han, et al.. (2008). Circadian oscillation of hippocampal MAPK activity and cAMP: implications for memory persistence. Nature Neuroscience. 11(9). 1074–1082. 277 indexed citations

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