Xia Liang

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Xia Liang is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Xia Liang has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Xia Liang's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (25 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (14 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Xia Liang is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (25 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (14 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Xia Liang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Russia. Xia Liang's co-authors include Yong He, Yihong Yang, Qihong Zou, Ilya Bezprozvanny, Jinhui Wang, Polina A. Egorova, Chao‐Gan Yan, Hong Gu, Elliot A. Stein and Ni Shu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Xia Liang

40 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Coupling of functional connectivity and regional cerebral blood flow reveals a physiological basis for network hubs of the human brain

2013 550 citations Xia Liang, Qihong Zou et al. profile →

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Ian H. Harding Australia

Tommaso Scarabino Italy

Binbin Nie China

Chunming Xie China

Marcel A. de Reus Netherlands

Rafael Romero-García United Kingdom

Hao Yang Tan United States

Casey Paquola Canada

Lars Ersland Norway

Baoci Shan China

Ian H. Harding Australia

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Liang, Zhi Yang, Liwen Li, et al.. (2025). Long Non-coding RNA CRNDE Promotes the Development of Glioma by Inducing Polarization of M2-Type Macrophages. Molecular Neurobiology. 62(9). 11769–11783. 1 indexed citations

Bao, Hongbo, Shuai Wang, Yinyan Wang, et al.. (2024). Multi‐scale brain attributes contribute to the distribution of diffuse glioma subtypes. International Journal of Cancer. 155(9). 1670–1683. 4 indexed citations

Ren, Peng, et al.. (2023). Structural atrophy and functional dysconnectivity patterns in the cerebellum relate to cerebral networks in svMCI. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 16. 1006231–1006231. 7 indexed citations

Hsu, Li‐Ming, Jen‐Tsung Yang, Xuyun Wen, et al.. (2022). Human thirst behavior requires transformation of sensory inputs by intrinsic brain networks. BMC Biology. 20(1). 255–255. 3 indexed citations

Ren, Peng, Guiyou Liu, Meng Luo, et al.. (2022). Regional transcriptional vulnerability to basal forebrain functional dysconnectivity in mild cognitive impairment patients. Neurobiology of Disease. 177. 105983–105983. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Xiongfei, Yuguang Guan, Jian Zhou, et al.. (2021). The correspondence between morphometric MRI and metabolic profile in Rasmussen’s encephalitis. NeuroImage Clinical. 33. 102918–102918. 14 indexed citations

Hsu, Li‐Ming, Robin J. Keeley, Xia Liang, et al.. (2019). Intrinsic Insular-Frontal Networks Predict Future Nicotine Dependence Severity. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(25). 5028–5037. 16 indexed citations

Tsai, Yuan‐Hsiung, Xia Liang, Jen‐Tsung Yang, & Li‐Ming Hsu. (2019). Modular organization of brain resting state networks in patients with classical trigeminal neuralgia. NeuroImage Clinical. 24. 102027–102027. 17 indexed citations

Liang, Xia, et al.. (2019). White Matter Hyperintensities Relate to Basal Ganglia Functional Connectivity and Memory Performance in aMCI and SVMCI. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 13. 1204–1204. 14 indexed citations

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Caparelli, Elisabeth C., Thomas J. Ross, Hong Gu, et al.. (2017). Graph theory reveals amygdala modules consistent with its anatomical subdivisions. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 14392–14392. 14 indexed citations

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Cui, Ying, Xia Liang, Hong Gu, et al.. (2016). Cerebral perfusion alterations in type 2 diabetes and its relation to insulin resistance and cognitive dysfunction. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 11(5). 1248–1257. 81 indexed citations

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Wu, Jun, Daniel A. Ryskamp, Xia Liang, et al.. (2016). Enhanced Store-Operated Calcium Entry Leads to Striatal Synaptic Loss in a Huntington's Disease Mouse Model. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(1). 125–141. 114 indexed citations

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Liang, Xia, Yong He, Betty Jo Salmeron, et al.. (2015). Interactions between the Salience and Default-Mode Networks Are Disrupted in Cocaine Addiction. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(21). 8081–8090. 104 indexed citations

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Liang, Xia, Qihong Zou, Yong He, & Yihong Yang. (2015). Topologically Reorganized Connectivity Architecture of Default-Mode, Executive-Control, and Salience Networks across Working Memory Task Loads. Cerebral Cortex. 26(4). 1501–1511. 195 indexed citations

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Cui, Yonghua, et al.. (2014). Abnormal baseline brain activity in drug-naïve patients with Tourette syndrome: a resting-state fMRI study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 913–913. 37 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhiqun, Mingrui Xia, Zhengjia Dai, et al.. (2013). Differentially disrupted functional connectivity of the subregions of the inferior parietal lobule in Alzheimer’s disease. Brain Structure and Function. 220(2). 745–762. 62 indexed citations

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Wei, Tao, Xia Liang, Yong He, et al.. (2012). Predicting Conceptual Processing Capacity from Spontaneous Neuronal Activity of the Left Middle Temporal Gyrus. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(2). 481–489. 153 indexed citations

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Hougaard, Charlotte, Frederik Rode, Jean‐Marc Sabatier, et al.. (2012). Selective Positive Modulator of Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels Exerts Beneficial Effects in a Mouse Model of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2. Chemistry & Biology. 19(10). 1340–1353. 112 indexed citations

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Chen, Xuesong, Jun Wu, Yuan Luo, et al.. (2011). Expanded Polyglutamine-Binding Peptoid as a Novel Therapeutic Agent for Treatment of Huntington's Disease. Chemistry & Biology. 18(9). 1113–1125. 39 indexed citations

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Kang, Jin-Gu, Liang Wang, Chao‐Gan Yan, et al.. (2011). Characterizing dynamic functional connectivity in the resting brain using variable parameter regression and Kalman filtering approaches. NeuroImage. 56(3). 1222–1234. 98 indexed citations

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