Wen‐Biao Gan

18.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
90 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

Wen‐Biao Gan is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Wen‐Biao Gan has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 31 papers in Neurology and 26 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Wen‐Biao Gan's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (49 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (30 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers). Wen‐Biao Gan is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (49 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (30 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers). Wen‐Biao Gan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Wen‐Biao Gan's co-authors include Guang Yang, Jaime Grutzendler, Yi Zuo, Feng Pan, Michael L. Dustin, Dan R. Littman, Steffen Jung, Dimitrios Davalos, Jiyun V. Kim and Joseph Cichon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Wen‐Biao Gan

90 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

ATP mediates rapid microglial response to local brain injury in vivo

2005 3.0k citations Dimitrios Davalos, Jaime Grutzendler et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
The P2Y12 receptor regulates microglial activation by extracellular nucleotides

2006 1.1k citations Guang Yang, Wen‐Biao Gan et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Long-term dendritic spine stability in the adult cortex

2002 942 citations Jaime Grutzendler, Narayanan Kasthuri et al. Nature profile →
Stably maintained dendritic spines are associated with lifelong memories

2009 885 citations Guang Yang, Feng Pan et al. Nature profile →
Development of Long-Term Dendritic Spine Stability in Diverse Regions of Cerebral Cortex

2005 545 citations Yi Zuo, Wen‐Biao Gan et al. Neuron profile →
Sleep promotes branch-specific formation of dendritic spines after learning

2014 421 citations Guang Yang, Cora Sau Wan Lai et al. profile →
REM sleep selectively prunes and maintains new synapses in development and learning

2017 339 citations Lei Ma, Guang Yang et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Forty-hertz light stimulation does not entrain native gamma oscillations in Alzheimer’s disease model mice

2023 85 citations Wen‐Biao Gan et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wen‐Biao Gan

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sexually dimorphic control of affective state processing and empathic behaviors 2024 ·Neuron ·(unknown), Zheng-Yi Luo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hongyang Zhang, Jianhua Jin, Jiali Li, (unknown), (unknown), Yonglin Li, (unknown), Xiaodan Yu, (unknown), Wei Xiong, (unknown), Wen‐Biao Gan, Lianyan Huang, Boxing Li	21
2	Generalized extinction of fear memory depends on co-allocation of synaptic plasticity in dendrites 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Zhiwei Xu, Erez Geron, Luis Marı́a Pérez-Cuesta, Yang Bai, Wen‐Biao Gan	7
3	Selective Inhibition of Kinase Activity in Mammalian Cells by Bioorthogonal Ligand Tethering 2023 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Jinghao Chen, (unknown), Wen‐Biao Gan, Yu‐Hsuan Tsai	1
4	High resolution ultrasonic neural modulation observed via in vivo two-photon calcium imaging 2021 ·Brain stimulation ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wen‐Biao Gan, Qifa Zhou, Meng Cui	21
5	Fear extinction reverses dendritic spine formation induced by fear conditioning in the mouse auditory cortex 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Cora Sau Wan Lai, Avital Adler, Wen‐Biao Gan	57
6	Microglial phagocytosis of living photoreceptors contributes to inherited retinal degeneration 2015 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Matthew Zabel, Lian Zhao, Xu Wang, Wenxin Ma, Robert N. Fariss, Haohua Qian, Christopher N. Parkhurst, Wen‐Biao Gan, Wai T. Wong	12
7	Remodeling the Dendritic Spines in the Hindlimb Representation of the Sensory Cortex after Spinal Cord Hemisection in Mice 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Kexue Zhang, Jinhui Zhang, Yanmei Zhou, Chao Chen, Wei Li, Lei Ma, Licheng Zhang, (unknown), Jingxin Zhao, Wen‐Biao Gan, (unknown), (unknown), Peifu Tang	14
8	Branch-specific dendritic Ca2+ spikes cause persistent synaptic plasticity 2015 ·Nature ·Joseph Cichon, Wen‐Biao Gan	343
9	Imaging of Mitochondrial Dynamics in Motor and Sensory Axons of Living Mice 2014 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Irene Bolea, Wen‐Biao Gan, Giovanni Manfredi, Jordi Magrané	11
10	Opposite effects of fear conditioning and extinction on dendritic spine remodelling 2012 ·Nature ·Cora Sau Wan Lai, Thomas Franke, Wen‐Biao Gan	316
11	Dendritic spine instability and insensitivity to modulation by sensory experience in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Feng Pan, Georgina M. Aldridge, William T. Greenough, Wen‐Biao Gan	165
12	Ankyrin Repeat‐rich Membrane Spanning/Kidins220 protein regulates dendritic branching and spine stability in vivo 2009 ·Developmental Neurobiology ·Synphen H. Wu, Juan Carlos Arévalo, F Sarti, Lino Tessarollo, Wen‐Biao Gan, Moses V. Chao	46
13	Two‐photon imaging of dendritic spine development in the mouse cortex 2008 ·Developmental Neurobiology ·Feng Pan, Wen‐Biao Gan	58
14	Choice of cranial window type for in vivo imaging affects dendritic spine turnover in the cortex 2007 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Huatai Xu, Feng Pan, Guang Yang, Wen‐Biao Gan	332
15	Long-term sensory deprivation prevents dendritic spine loss in primary somatosensory cortex 2005 ·Nature ·Yi Zuo, Guang Yang, Elaine Kwon, Wen‐Biao Gan	347
16	ATP mediates rapid microglial response to local brain injury in vivo breakdown → 2005 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Dimitrios Davalos, Jaime Grutzendler, Guang Yang, Jiyun V. Kim, Yi Zuo, Steffen Jung, Dan R. Littman, Michael L. Dustin, Wen‐Biao Gan	3003
17	Axon Branch Removal at Developing Synapses by Axosome Shedding 2004 ·Neuron ·Derron L. Bishop, Thomas Misgeld, Mark K. Walsh, Wen‐Biao Gan, Jeff W. Lichtman	215
18	Apolipoprotein E isoform-specific regulation of dendritic spine morphology in apolipoprotein E transgenic mice and Alzheimer's disease patients 2003 ·Neuroscience ·Yong Ji, Yunhua Gong, Wen‐Biao Gan, Thomas G. Beach, David M. Holtzman, Thomas Wısnıewskı	156
19	Long-term dendritic spine stability in the adult cortex breakdown → 2002 ·Nature ·Jaime Grutzendler, Narayanan Kasthuri, Wen‐Biao Gan	942
20	TrkB Works at Postsynaptic Sites 1999 ·Neuron ·Wen‐Biao Gan	6

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