Wenzhen Duan

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Wenzhen Duan is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenzhen Duan has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 39 papers in Molecular Biology and 28 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Wenzhen Duan's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (40 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (31 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (18 papers). Wenzhen Duan is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (40 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (31 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (18 papers). Wenzhen Duan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Wenzhen Duan's co-authors include Mark P. Mattson, Jaewon Lee, Zhihong Guo, Sic L. Chan, Christopher A. Ross, Haiyang Jiang, Peng Qi, Carsten Culmsee, Ward A. Pedersen and Mali Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Wenzhen Duan

90 papers receiving 7.6k 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.

Evidence that brain‐derived neurotrophic factor is required for basal neurogenesis and mediates, in part, the enhancement of neurogenesis by dietary restriction in the hippocampus of adult mice

2002 814 citations Jaewon Lee, Wenzhen Duan et al. Journal of Neurochemistry profile →

Peers

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Sic L. Chan United States

Mercè Pallàs Spain

Roy G. Cutler United States

Paula C. Bickford United States

Eva Carro Spain

Nibaldo C. Inestrosa Chile

Ichiro Akiguchi Japan

Emmanuel Planel Canada

Thomas van Groen United States

Paul A. Adlard Australia

Sic L. Chan United States

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Citations per year, relative to Wenzhen Duan Wenzhen Duan (= 1×) peers Sic L. Chan

Countries citing papers authored by Wenzhen Duan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wenzhen Duan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenzhen Duan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wenzhen Duan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wenzhen Duan 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 Wenzhen Duan. Wenzhen Duan 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

Duan, Wenzhen, et al.. (2025). Distinguishing microgliosis and tau deposition in the mouse brain using paramagnetic and diamagnetic susceptibility source separation. Imaging Neuroscience. 3.

Duan, Wenzhen. (2025). Alzheimers Disease: Pathological Mechanism and Treatment. Theoretical and Natural Science. 73(1). 53–63. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Xiuli, Yuguo Li, Adnan Bibic, et al.. (2025). Vascular Microbleeds Without Brain Atrophy: A Microvascular Signature of Mid-Stage 5xFAD Pathology. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Wu, Qian, Hongshuai Liu, Chang Liu, et al.. (2025). Progressively reduced cerebral oxygen metabolism and elevated plasma NfL levels in the zQ175DN mouse model of Huntington's disease. Experimental Neurology. 394. 115461–115461.

Duan, Wenzhen, et al.. (2025). The glymphatic system in Huntington's disease. Journal of Huntington s Disease. 14(3). 279–290.

Wei, Zhiliang, Lida Du, Ruoxuan Li, et al.. (2024). Senolytic therapy preserves blood-brain barrier integrity and promotes microglia homeostasis in a tauopathy model. Neurobiology of Disease. 202. 106711–106711. 12 indexed citations

Liu, Hongshuai, Andrea K. McCollum, Tamara Ratovitski, et al.. (2024). Roscovitine, a CDK Inhibitor, Reduced Neuronal Toxicity of mHTT by Targeting HTT Phosphorylation at S1181 and S1201 In Vitro. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(22). 12315–12315. 1 indexed citations

Li, Mingyue, Xueping Yu, Yuet Wai Kan, et al.. (2024). Baihui‐Penetrating‐Qubin Acupuncture Attenuates Neurological Deficits Through SIRT1/FOXO1 Reducing Oxidative Stress and Neuronal Apoptosis in Intracerebral Hemorrhage Rats. Brain and Behavior. 14(12). e70095–e70095. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Edward J., Kirupa Sathasivam, Christian Landles, et al.. (2022). Early detection of exon 1 huntingtin aggregation in zQ175 brains by molecular and histological approaches. Brain Communications. 5(1). fcad010–fcad010. 19 indexed citations

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Morelli, Kathryn H., Qian Wu, Maya L. Gosztyla, et al.. (2022). An RNA-targeting CRISPR–Cas13d system alleviates disease-related phenotypes in Huntington’s disease models. Nature Neuroscience. 26(1). 27–38. 60 indexed citations

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Jiang, Mali, Peng Qi, Xinfeng Liu, et al.. (2013). Small-molecule TrkB receptor agonists improve motor function and extend survival in a mouse model of Huntington's disease. Human Molecular Genetics. 22(12). 2462–2470. 105 indexed citations

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Duan, Wenzhen. (2013). Sirtuins: from metabolic regulation to brain aging. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 5. 36–36. 78 indexed citations

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Ratovitski, Tamara, Xiaofang Wang, Mali Jiang, et al.. (2012). Transgenic Mouse Model Expressing the Caspase 6 Fragment of Mutant Huntingtin. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(1). 183–193. 45 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiang, Marta Valenza, Lei Cui, et al.. (2011). Peroxisome-Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1 Contributes to Dysmyelination in Experimental Models of Huntington's Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(26). 9544–9553. 110 indexed citations

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Jiang, Mali, Zhong Pei, Yong Cheng, et al.. (2010). Baicalein reduces E46K α‐synuclein aggregation in vitro and protects cells against E46K α‐synuclein toxicity in cell models of familiar Parkinsonism. Journal of Neurochemistry. 114(2). 419–429. 70 indexed citations

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Xu, X.Z. Shawn, Ming Zhan, Wenzhen Duan, et al.. (2007). Gene expression atlas of the mouse central nervous system: impact and interactions of age, energy intake and gender. Genome biology. 8(11). R234–R234. 80 indexed citations

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Mattson, Mark P., Wenzhen Duan, Jaewon Lee, et al.. (2001). Progress in the Development of Caloric Restriction Mimetic Dietary Supplements. 4(3). 225–232. 14 indexed citations

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Mattson, Mark P., Wenzhen Duan, Ward A. Pedersen, & Carsten Culmsee. (2001). Neurodegenerative disorders and ischemic brain diseases. APOPTOSIS. 6(1-2). 69–81. 260 indexed citations

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Begley, James G., Wenzhen Duan, Sic L. Chan, Karen Duff, & Mark P. Mattson. (1999). Altered Calcium Homeostasis and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Cortical Synaptic Compartments of Presenilin‐1 Mutant Mice. Journal of Neurochemistry. 72(3). 1030–1039. 132 indexed citations

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Mattson, Mark P., Wenzhen Duan, Sic L. Chan, & Simonetta Camandola. (1999). Par-4: An Emerging Pivotal Player in Neuronal Apoptosis and Neurodegenerative Disorders. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 13(1-2). 17–30. 49 indexed citations

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