Yang Dan

22.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
104 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Yang Dan is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Dan has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 73 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yang Dan's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (62 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (50 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (24 papers). Yang Dan is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (62 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (50 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (24 papers). Yang Dan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Yang Dan's co-authors include Mu‐ming Poo, Natalia Caporale, Robert C. Froemke, Seung‐Hee Lee, Michael J. Goard, Min Xu, Lucas Pinto, Franz Weber, Gidon Felsen and Siyu Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Yang Dan

101 papers receiving 14.3k 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.

Spike Timing–Dependent Plasticity: A Hebbian Learning Rule

2008 1.3k citations Yang Dan et al. profile →
Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity of Neural Circuits

2004 749 citations Yang Dan, Mu‐ming Poo Neuron profile →
Spike-timing-dependent synaptic modification induced by natural spike trains

2002 613 citations Yang Dan et al. Nature profile →
Long-range and local circuits for top-down modulation of visual cortex processing

2014 542 citations Siyu Zhang, Min Xu et al. Science profile →
Basal forebrain circuit for sleep-wake control

2015 370 citations Min Xu, Shinjae Chung et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Microglia regulate sleep through calcium-dependent modulation of norepinephrine transmission

2024 51 citations Chenyan Ma, Bing Li et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Dan United States	59	10.9k	8.3k	2.7k	2.0k	1.1k	104	14.6k
Miguel A. L. Nicolelis United States	74	15.9k 1.5×	12.9k 1.5×	2.7k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	862 0.8×	226	21.2k
Barry W. Connors United States	74	14.0k 1.3×	15.9k 1.9×	1.3k 0.5×	5.0k 2.5×	552 0.5×	130	20.7k
Itzhak Fried United States	75	17.3k 1.6×	8.8k 1.1×	509 0.2×	1.1k 0.6×	512 0.4×	271	22.6k
Alain Destexhe France	63	12.7k 1.2×	8.5k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	358 0.3×	242	15.0k
Diego Contreras United States	52	9.9k 0.9×	8.2k 1.0×	954 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	544 0.5×	114	13.3k
Denis Paré United States	66	13.1k 1.2×	10.9k 1.3×	508 0.2×	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	163	16.8k
Eve Marder United States	82	11.3k 1.0×	15.7k 1.9×	2.1k 0.8×	4.3k 2.1×	2.0k 1.7×	300	22.4k
Gina G. Turrigiano United States	62	11.3k 1.0×	14.8k 1.8×	3.0k 1.1×	5.7k 2.8×	563 0.5×	106	19.9k
Markus Meister United States	58	7.3k 0.7×	8.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	5.9k 2.9×	1.7k 1.4×	93	15.2k
Robert C. Froemke United States	45	4.0k 0.4×	3.8k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	992 0.5×	707 0.6×	88	7.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Dan

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Darmohray, Dana, et al.. (2025). Brainstem circuit for sickness-induced sleep. Science Advances. 11(50). eady0245–eady0245.

Dan, Yang, Ying Xiong, Yuqi Wang, et al.. (2025). Potential common targets of music therapy intervention in neuropsychiatric disorders: the prefrontal cortex-hippocampus -amygdala circuit (a review). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 19. 1471433–1471433. 3 indexed citations

Silverman, Daniel, Shuang Chang, Yufan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Activation of locus coeruleus noradrenergic neurons rapidly drives homeostatic sleep pressure. Science Advances. 11(3). eadq0651–eadq0651. 7 indexed citations

Ma, Chenyan & Yang Dan. (2025). The how and why of sleep: Motor theory and catecholamine hypothesis. Neuron. 113(20). 3315–3332.

Ding, Xinlu, Daniel N. Silverman, Peng Zhong, et al.. (2025). Neuroendocrine circuit for sleep-dependent growth hormone release. Cell. 188(18). 4968–4979.e12. 3 indexed citations

Yao, Yuanyuan, Zeke Barger, Mohammad Saffari Doost, et al.. (2022). Cardiovascular baroreflex circuit moonlights in sleep control. Neuron. 110(23). 3986–3999.e6. 33 indexed citations

Hu, Fei & Yang Dan. (2021). An inferior-superior colliculus circuit controls auditory cue-directed visual spatial attention. Neuron. 110(1). 109–119.e3. 22 indexed citations

Liu, Danqian, Weifu Li, Chenyan Ma, et al.. (2020). A common hub for sleep and motor control in the substantia nigra. Science. 367(6476). 440–445. 83 indexed citations

Li, Bing, et al.. (2020). Inhibition of impulsive action by projection-defined prefrontal pyramidal neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(29). 17278–17287. 48 indexed citations

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Ma, Chenyan, Peng Zhong, Danqian Liu, et al.. (2019). Sleep Regulation by Neurotensinergic Neurons in a Thalamo-Amygdala Circuit. Neuron. 103(2). 323–334.e7. 52 indexed citations

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Zhong, Peng, Zhe Zhang, Zeke Barger, et al.. (2019). Control of Non-REM Sleep by Midbrain Neurotensinergic Neurons. Neuron. 104(4). 795–809.e6. 53 indexed citations

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Weber, Franz, et al.. (2018). Regulation of REM and Non-REM Sleep by Periaqueductal GABAergic Neurons. Nature Communications. 9(1). 354–354. 153 indexed citations

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Kamigaki, Tsukasa & Yang Dan. (2017). Delay activity of specific prefrontal interneuron subtypes modulates memory-guided behavior. Nature Neuroscience. 20(6). 854–863. 142 indexed citations

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Xu, Min, Seung‐Hee Lee, Wei-Cheng Chang, et al.. (2016). Cell type-specific long-range connections of basal forebrain circuit. eLife. 5. 128 indexed citations

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Zhang, Siyu, Min Xu, Wei-Cheng Chang, et al.. (2016). Organization of long-range inputs and outputs of frontal cortex for top-down control. Nature Neuroscience. 19(12). 1733–1742. 165 indexed citations

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Lee, Seung‐Hee, Alex C. Kwan, Siyu Zhang, et al.. (2012). Activation of specific interneurons improves V1 feature selectivity and visual perception. Nature. 488(7411). 379–383. 427 indexed citations

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Poo, Mu‐ming, et al.. (2009). Burst Spiking of a Single Cortical Neuron Modifies Global Brain State. Science. 324(5927). 643–646. 172 indexed citations

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Dan, Yang, et al.. (2006). An Improved Multi-Scale Fuzzy Edge Detection. Computer Engineering and Applications Journal. 42(7). 65–68. 1 indexed citations

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Yao, Haishan & Yang Dan. (2001). Stimulus Timing-Dependent Plasticity in Cortical Processing of Orientation. Neuron. 32(2). 315–323. 192 indexed citations

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Dan, Yang & Mu-ming Poo. (1992). Quantal transmitter secretion from myocytes loaded with acetylcholine. Nature. 359(6397). 733–736. 79 indexed citations

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