Wei‐Lun Sun

983 total citations
38 papers, 759 citations indexed

About

Wei‐Lun Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei‐Lun Sun has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 759 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Wei‐Lun Sun's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (14 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (13 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (10 papers). Wei‐Lun Sun is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (14 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (13 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (10 papers). Wei‐Lun Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Wei‐Lun Sun's co-authors include Jun Zhu, Pamela M. Quizon, Jacqueline F. McGinty, Luyi Zhou, Shirzad Jenab, Vanya Quiñones-Jenab, Chang‐Guo Zhan, Yaxia Yuan, Timothy W. Whitfield and Narasimha M. Midde and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Wei‐Lun Sun

38 papers receiving 751 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei‐Lun Sun United States 17 403 290 109 108 93 38 759
Elizabeth I. Sypek United States 10 485 1.2× 307 1.1× 106 1.0× 101 0.9× 117 1.3× 12 903
Adrian M. Gomez United States 14 516 1.3× 302 1.0× 62 0.6× 125 1.2× 215 2.3× 20 857
Michael R. Weed United States 17 415 1.0× 221 0.8× 129 1.2× 220 2.0× 309 3.3× 38 960
Sean P. Farris United States 17 355 0.9× 408 1.4× 208 1.9× 62 0.6× 95 1.0× 32 878
Mervi Pitkänen United Kingdom 11 358 0.9× 103 0.4× 64 0.6× 122 1.1× 138 1.5× 18 638
A. Rory McQuiston United States 18 655 1.6× 410 1.4× 132 1.2× 114 1.1× 340 3.7× 40 944
Mohitkumar R. Gangwani United States 11 363 0.9× 202 0.7× 337 3.1× 112 1.0× 98 1.1× 13 756
Laura Jaeger United States 9 151 0.4× 222 0.8× 306 2.8× 74 0.7× 162 1.7× 11 1.4k
Victoria C. J. Wallace United Kingdom 13 407 1.0× 230 0.8× 71 0.7× 79 0.7× 39 0.4× 13 972
Ulla Hasselrot United States 10 180 0.4× 214 0.7× 113 1.0× 227 2.1× 40 0.4× 14 494

Countries citing papers authored by Wei‐Lun Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei‐Lun Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei‐Lun Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei‐Lun Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei‐Lun Sun 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 Wei‐Lun Sun. Wei‐Lun Sun 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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Sun, Wei‐Lun, et al.. (2024). Integrity of neural extracellular matrix is required for microglia‐mediated synaptic remodeling. Glia. 72(10). 1874–1892. 11 indexed citations
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Müller, Franziska E., Wei‐Lun Sun, Seulgi Shin, et al.. (2023). Amisulpride as a potential disease‐modifying drug in the treatment of tauopathies. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(12). 5482–5497. 15 indexed citations
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Wegmann, Susanne, Wei‐Lun Sun, Lisa Diez, et al.. (2023). Real-time mechanisms of exacerbated synaptic remodeling by microglia in acute models of systemic inflammation and tauopathy. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 110. 245–259. 23 indexed citations
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Kochlamazashvili, Gaga, Subhrajit Bhattacharya, Manal Buabeid, et al.. (2023). Rescue of synaptic and cognitive functions in polysialic acid-deficient mice and dementia models by short polysialic acid fragments. Neurobiology of Disease. 180. 106079–106079. 11 indexed citations
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Quizon, Pamela M., Sarah E. Davis, Yaxia Yuan, et al.. (2022). Mutations of tyrosine 467 in the human norepinephrine transporter attenuate HIV-1 Tat-induced inhibition of dopamine transport while retaining physiological function. PLoS ONE. 17(9). e0275182–e0275182. 5 indexed citations
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Quizon, Pamela M., Yaxia Yuan, Yi Zhou, et al.. (2021). Mutations of Human DopamineTransporter at Tyrosine88, Aspartic Acid206, and Histidine547 Influence Basal and HIV-1 Tat‐inhibited Dopamine Transport. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 16(4). 854–869. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Wei‐Lun, Stoyan Stoyanov, Oleg Senkov, et al.. (2021). Context value updating and multidimensional neuronal encoding in the retrosplenial cortex. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6045–6045. 13 indexed citations
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Sun, Wei‐Lun, Pamela M. Quizon, Yaxia Yuan, et al.. (2017). Allosteric modulatory effects of SRI-20041 and SRI-30827 on cocaine and HIV-1 Tat protein binding to human dopamine transporter. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 3694–3694. 11 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yaxia, et al.. (2016). Role of Histidine 547 of Human Dopamine Transporter in Molecular Interaction with HIV-1 Tat and Dopamine Uptake. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 27314–27314. 13 indexed citations
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Zhou, Luyi, et al.. (2016). Sex differences in behavioral and PKA cascade responses to repeated cocaine administration. Psychopharmacology. 233(19-20). 3527–3536. 6 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jun, Narasimha M. Midde, Adrian M. Gomez, Wei‐Lun Sun, & Steven B. Harrod. (2015). Intra-ventral tegmental area HIV-1 Tat1–86 attenuates nicotine-mediated locomotor sensitization and alters mesocorticolimbic ERK and CREB signaling in rats. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 540–540. 13 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jun, Yaxia Yuan, Narasimha M. Midde, et al.. (2015). HIV-1 transgenic rats display an increase in [3H]dopamine uptake in the prefrontal cortex and striatum. Journal of NeuroVirology. 22(3). 282–292. 16 indexed citations
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Gomez, Adrian M., Diego Altomare, Wei‐Lun Sun, et al.. (2015). Prefrontal microRNA-221 Mediates Environmental Enrichment-Induced Increase of Locomotor Sensitivity to Nicotine. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 19(1). pyv090–pyv090. 12 indexed citations
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McGinty, Jacqueline F., Agnieszka Zelek-Molik, & Wei‐Lun Sun. (2014). Cocaine self-administration causes signaling deficits in corticostriatal circuitry that are reversed by BDNF in early withdrawal. Brain Research. 1628(Pt A). 82–87. 18 indexed citations
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Sun, Wei‐Lun, Agnieszka Zelek-Molik, & Jacqueline F. McGinty. (2013). Short and long access to cocaine self-administration activates tyrosine phosphatase STEP and attenuates GluN expression but differentially regulates GluA expression in the prefrontal cortex. Psychopharmacology. 229(4). 603–613. 31 indexed citations
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Contet, Candice, Amanda J. Roberts, Steven N. Treistman, et al.. (2011). Poster Session III. Neuropsychopharmacology. 36(S1). S324–S449. 6 indexed citations
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McGinty, Jacqueline F., et al.. (2011). The Role of BDNF/TrkB Signaling in Acute Amphetamine-Induced Locomotor Activity and Opioid Peptide Gene Expression in the Rat Dorsal Striatum. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 5. 60–60. 14 indexed citations
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Sun, Wei‐Lun, et al.. (2008). Effects of dopamine and NMDA receptors on cocaine-induced Fos expression in the striatum of Fischer rats. Brain Research. 1243. 1–9. 23 indexed citations
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Zhou, Luyi, Arbi Nazarian, Wei‐Lun Sun, Shirzad Jenab, & Vanya Quiñones-Jenab. (2008). Basal and cocaine-induced sex differences in the DARPP-32-mediated signaling pathway. Psychopharmacology. 203(1). 175–183. 14 indexed citations
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Sun, Wei‐Lun, et al.. (2007). Effects of acute cocaine on ERK and DARPP-32 phosphorylation pathways in the caudate-putamen of Fischer rats. Brain Research. 1178. 12–19. 35 indexed citations

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