Yanghong Meng

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Yanghong Meng is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanghong Meng has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Yanghong Meng's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (4 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (4 papers). Yanghong Meng is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (4 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (4 papers). Yanghong Meng collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Yanghong Meng's co-authors include Zhengping Jia, Yu Zhang, Christopher Janus, Douglas L. Falls, Mike Jackson, John F. MacDonald, Yu Zhang, L.A.G. da Cruz, Wei‐Yang Lu and Suhail Asrar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Yanghong Meng

15 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Abnormal Spine Morphology and Enhanced LTP in LIMK-1 Knockout Mice

2002 547 citations Yanghong Meng, Yu Zhang et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanghong Meng Canada	10	852	718	326	279	200	15	1.4k
Detlef Vullhorst United States	20	687 0.8×	1.2k 1.7×	184 0.6×	143 0.5×	191 1.0×	31	1.8k
Nicolas Heck France	23	881 1.0×	818 1.1×	342 1.0×	283 1.0×	157 0.8×	38	1.7k
Yang Z. Huang United States	22	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	265 0.8×	226 0.8×	137 0.7×	31	2.2k
Jilin Bai United States	14	560 0.7×	735 1.0×	272 0.8×	480 1.7×	139 0.7×	18	1.7k
Takeo Saneyoshi Japan	16	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.7×	325 1.0×	223 0.8×	204 1.0×	26	2.0k
Zachary P. Wills United States	18	838 1.0×	1.3k 1.8×	502 1.5×	154 0.6×	108 0.5×	28	2.1k
Lotfi Ferhat France	23	684 0.8×	750 1.0×	514 1.6×	249 0.9×	78 0.4×	42	1.5k
Joanna Dzwonek Poland	15	620 0.7×	898 1.3×	253 0.8×	178 0.6×	134 0.7×	21	1.7k
Lars Christian B. Rønn Denmark	26	1.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	266 0.8×	377 1.4×	166 0.8×	42	2.1k
Jay B. Bikoff United States	14	909 1.1×	975 1.4×	567 1.7×	410 1.5×	151 0.8×	22	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanghong Meng

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15 of 15 papers shown

Liu, An, Yu Zhou, Xingcan Li, et al.. (2024). Astrocytic neuroligin 3 regulates social memory and synaptic plasticity through adenosine signaling in male mice. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8639–8639. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Haiwang, Haorui Zhang, An Liu, et al.. (2022). Inhibition of Rac1 in ventral hippocampal excitatory neurons improves social recognition memory and synaptic plasticity. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 14. 5 indexed citations

Zhou, Zikai, Guiqin He, Xin Lv, et al.. (2021). NGPF2 triggers synaptic scaling up through ALK-LIMK-cofilin-mediated mechanisms. Cell Reports. 36(7). 109515–109515. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Haiwang, An Liu, Haorui Zhang, et al.. (2021). Overexpression of LIMK1 in hippocampal excitatory neurons improves synaptic plasticity and social recognition memory in APP/PS1 mice. Molecular Brain. 14(1). 121–121. 15 indexed citations

Liu, An, Hong Ji, Qiaoyun Ren, et al.. (2020). The Requirement of the C-Terminal Domain of GluA1 in Different Forms of Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus Is Age-Dependent. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience. 12. 588785–588785. 9 indexed citations

Deng, Rui, et al.. (2019). LIMK1 and LIMK2 regulate cortical development through affecting neural progenitor cell proliferation and migration. Molecular Brain. 12(1). 67–67. 19 indexed citations

Zhou, Zikai, An Liu, Shuting Xia, et al.. (2017). The C-terminal tails of endogenous GluA1 and GluA2 differentially contribute to hippocampal synaptic plasticity and learning. Nature Neuroscience. 21(1). 50–62. 102 indexed citations

Asrar, Suhail, et al.. (2008). Regulation of hippocampal long-term potentiation by p21-activated protein kinase 1 (PAK1). Neuropharmacology. 56(1). 73–80. 96 indexed citations

Zhou, Zikai, et al.. (2008). A critical role of Rho-kinase ROCK2 in the regulation of spine and synaptic function. Neuropharmacology. 56(1). 81–89. 85 indexed citations

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Meng, Yanghong, et al.. (2005). Abnormal Long-Lasting Synaptic Plasticity and Cognition in Mice Lacking the Mental Retardation GenePak3. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(28). 6641–6650. 152 indexed citations

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Meng, Yanghong, Hisaaki Takahashi, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2004). Regulation of ADF/cofilin phosphorylation and synaptic function by LIM-kinase. Neuropharmacology. 47(5). 746–754. 98 indexed citations

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Meng, Yanghong, Yu Zhang, & Zhengping Jia. (2003). Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity in the Absence of AMPA Glutamate Receptor GluR2 and GluR3. Neuron. 39(1). 163–176. 207 indexed citations

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Meng, Yanghong, et al.. (2003). Regulation of Spine Morphology and Synaptic Function by LIMK and the Actin Cytoskeleton. Reviews in the Neurosciences. 14(3). 233–40. 82 indexed citations

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Meng, Yanghong, Yu Zhang, Christopher Janus, et al.. (2002). Abnormal Spine Morphology and Enhanced LTP in LIMK-1 Knockout Mice. Neuron. 35(1). 121–133. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

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Meng, Yanghong, et al.. (1998). An in vivo and in vitro comparative study on the mechanism of the selective vulnerability of the inferior colliculus in experimental thiamine‐deficient encephalopathy. Neuropathology. 18(1). 27–32. 1 indexed citations

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