Xiaoping Tong

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Xiaoping Tong is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaoping Tong has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 13 papers in Neurology and 12 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Xiaoping Tong's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (12 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (10 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers). Xiaoping Tong is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (12 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (10 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers). Xiaoping Tong collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Xiaoping Tong's co-authors include Baljit S. Khakh, Eiji Shigetomi, Martin D. Haustein, Ji Xu, Kelvin Y. Kwan, David P. Corey, Michael V. Sofroniew, Guido C. Faas, István Módy and Michelle L. Olsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Xiaoping Tong

25 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Astrocyte Kir4.1 ion channel deficits contribute to neuronal dysfunction in Huntington's disease model mice

2014 463 citations Xiaoping Tong, Yan Ao et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Interactions of glial cells with neuronal synapses, from astrocytes to microglia and oligodendrocyte lineage cells

2023 92 citations Yao Liu, Xi Shen et al. Glia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaoping Tong China	17	1.2k	896	725	454	304	25	2.2k
Kristen B. Casper United States	8	1.8k 1.4×	913 1.0×	1.0k 1.4×	424 0.9×	307 1.0×	10	2.6k
Valentina De Chiara Italy	27	1.0k 0.8×	737 0.8×	562 0.8×	269 0.6×	190 0.6×	43	2.7k
Ulrike Pannasch France	18	1.2k 1.0×	831 0.9×	765 1.1×	230 0.5×	281 0.9×	22	2.1k
Ditte Lovatt United States	12	1.2k 1.0×	718 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	259 0.6×	392 1.3×	13	2.6k
Anja Scheller Germany	23	717 0.6×	774 0.9×	683 0.9×	534 1.2×	212 0.7×	65	1.9k
Ulyana Lalo United Kingdom	27	1.4k 1.2×	939 1.0×	688 0.9×	322 0.7×	334 1.1×	49	2.5k
Jakob von Engelhardt Germany	25	1.5k 1.2×	352 0.4×	1.2k 1.7×	342 0.8×	311 1.0×	45	2.5k
Ronald Jabs Germany	24	1.2k 1.0×	774 0.9×	892 1.2×	551 1.2×	166 0.5×	38	2.1k
Matteo Bergami Germany	21	1.1k 0.9×	412 0.5×	967 1.3×	1.0k 2.3×	277 0.9×	31	2.3k
Alfonso Araque United States	4	1.4k 1.2×	696 0.8×	585 0.8×	339 0.7×	301 1.0×	6	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaoping Tong

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Liu, Mingdong, Sheng‐Yu Jin, Xin Fu, et al.. (2025). Activation of Kir4.1 Channels by 2‐D08 Promotes Myelin Repair in Multiple Sclerosis. Advanced Science. 12(34). e02032–e02032. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Bin, Xiaoping Tong, Hongxing Shen, et al.. (2023). Chronic stress hinders sensory axon regeneration via impairing mitochondrial cristae and OXPHOS. Science Advances. 9(40). eadh0183–eadh0183. 21 indexed citations

Chen, Lu, Zhuo Yu, Li Xie, et al.. (2023). ANGPTL2 binds MAG to efficiently enhance oligodendrocyte differentiation. Cell & Bioscience. 13(1). 42–42. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Yao, Xi Shen, Yuhan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Interactions of glial cells with neuronal synapses, from astrocytes to microglia and oligodendrocyte lineage cells. Glia. 71(6). 1383–1401. 92 indexed citations breakdown →

Hong, Xiaoqi, et al.. (2022). Kir4.1 channel activation in NG2 glia contributes to remyelination in ischemic stroke. EBioMedicine. 87. 104406–104406. 28 indexed citations

Yan, Yichen, Xiangyu Zheng, Guanghai Wang, et al.. (2022). Inattention and hyperactivity in children and adolescents with repaired D-transposition of the great arteries: Prevalence, perioperative risk factors, and clinical outcomes. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 9. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Huimin, Xiao Zhang, Xiaoqi Hong, & Xiaoping Tong. (2021). Homogeneity or heterogeneity, the paradox of neurovascular pericytes in the brain. Glia. 69(10). 2474–2487. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiao, Xiaoqi Hong, Xia Li, et al.. (2021). NG2 glia-derived GABA release tunes inhibitory synapses and contributes to stress-induced anxiety. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5740–5740. 69 indexed citations

Zhang, Kan, Lei Wu, Mazhong Zhang, et al.. (2021). Integrin-dependent microgliosis mediates ketamine-induced neuronal apoptosis during postnatal rat retinal development. Experimental Neurology. 340. 113659–113659. 8 indexed citations

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Wen, Wen, Xingrui Gong, Yanyan Yang, et al.. (2021). Dexmedetomidine Alleviates Microglia-Induced Spinal Inflammation and Hyperalgesia in Neonatal Rats by Systemic Lipopolysaccharide Exposure. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 15. 725267–725267. 3 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zhongqun, et al.. (2020). Oligodendrocyte lineage cells and depression. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(1). 103–117. 144 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiao, et al.. (2018). Potassium channel dysfunction in neurons and astrocytes in Huntington's disease. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 24(4). 311–318. 30 indexed citations

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Cao, Jiayu, Yong Lin, Yanfei Han, et al.. (2018). Expression of nerve growth factor carried by pseudotyped lentivirus improves neuron survival and cognitive functional recovery of post‐ischemia in rats. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 24(6). 508–518. 17 indexed citations

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Song, Feier, Xiaoqi Hong, Jiayu Cao, et al.. (2018). Kir4.1 channels in NG2-glia play a role in development, potassium signaling, and ischemia-related myelin loss. Communications Biology. 1(1). 80–80. 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Nianhui, Zechun Peng, Xiaoping Tong, et al.. (2017). Decreased surface expression of the δ subunit of the GABAA receptor contributes to reduced tonic inhibition in dentate granule cells in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome. Experimental Neurology. 297. 168–178. 39 indexed citations

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Song, Feier, et al.. (2017). Roles of NG2‐glia in ischemic stroke. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 23(7). 547–553. 41 indexed citations

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Tong, Xiaoping, Zechun Peng, Nianhui Zhang, et al.. (2015). Ectopic Expression of α6 and δ GABA_AReceptor Subunits in Hilar Somatostatin Neurons Increases Tonic Inhibition and Alters Network Activity in the Dentate Gyrus. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(49). 16142–16158. 13 indexed citations

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Tong, Xiaoping, Yan Ao, Guido C. Faas, et al.. (2014). Astrocyte Kir4.1 ion channel deficits contribute to neuronal dysfunction in Huntington's disease model mice. Nature Neuroscience. 17(5). 694–703. 463 indexed citations breakdown →

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Haustein, Martin D., Sebastian Kracun, Xiao‐Hong Lu, et al.. (2014). Conditions and Constraints for Astrocyte Calcium Signaling in the Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Pathway. Neuron. 82(2). 413–429. 185 indexed citations

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Shigetomi, Eiji, Xiaoping Tong, Kelvin Y. Kwan, David P. Corey, & Baljit S. Khakh. (2011). TRPA1 channels regulate astrocyte resting calcium and inhibitory synapse efficacy through GAT-3. Nature Neuroscience. 15(1). 70–80. 369 indexed citations

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