Bai Lu

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in China Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in China Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in China Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in China Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• The BDNF val66met polymorphism affects activity-dependent secretion of BDNF and human memory and hippocampal function

  Michael F. Egan;Masami Kojima;Masami Kojima;Joseph H. Callicott;Terry E. Goldberg

  4703
  Citations

• The yin and yang of neurotrophin action

  Bai Lu;Petti T. Pang;Newton H. Woo

  1829
  Citations

• Direct current stimulation promotes BDNF-dependent synaptic plasticity: potential implications for motor learning.

  Brita Fritsch;Janine Reis;Janine Reis;Keri Martinowich;Heidi M. Schambra

  1592
  Citations

• New insights into BDNF function in depression and anxiety

  Keri Martinowich;Husseini Manji;Bai Lu

  1458
  Citations

• Regulation of synaptic responses to high-frequency stimulation and LTP by neurotrophins in the hippocampus

  Alexander Figurov;Lucas D. Pozzo-Miller;Lucas D. Pozzo-Miller;Petur Olafsson;Petur Olafsson;Ti Wang;Ti Wang

  1396
  Citations

• BDNF and activity-dependent synaptic modulation.

  Bai Lu

  1371
  Citations

• Cleavage of proBDNF by tPA/plasmin is essential for long-term hippocampal plasticity.

  Petti T. Pang;Henry K. Teng;Eygene Zaitsev;Newton T. Woo

  1348
  Citations

• Synaptic Vesicle Depletion Correlates with Attenuated Synaptic Responses to Prolonged Repetitive Stimulation in Mice Lacking α-Synuclein

  Deborah E. Cabin;Kazuhiro Shimazu;Diane Murphy;Nelson B. Cole

  1240
  Citations

• BDNF and synaptic plasticity, cognitive function, and dysfunction.

  Unknown

  1172
  Citations

• Activation of p75NTR by proBDNF facilitates hippocampal long-term depression

  Newton H Woo;Henry K Teng;Chia-Jen Siao;Cristina Chiaruttini

  1120
  Citations

• Interaction between BDNF and Serotonin: Role in Mood Disorders

  Keri Martinowich;Bai Lu

  960
  Citations

• BDNF: A key regulator for protein synthesis-dependent LTP and long-term memory?

  Yuan Lu;Kimberly Christian;Bai Lu

  936
  Citations

• Distinct role of long 3' UTR BDNF mRNA in spine morphology and synaptic plasticity in hippocampal neurons.

  Juan Ji An;Kusumika Gharami;Guey Ying Liao;Newton H. Woo

  920
  Citations

• BDNF-based synaptic repair as a disease-modifying strategy for neurodegenerative diseases

  Bai Lu;Guhan Nagappan;Xiaoming Guan;Pradeep J. Nathan;Pradeep J. Nathan

  816
  Citations

• New insights in the biology of BDNF synthesis and release: implications in CNS function.

  Michael E. Greenberg;Baoji Xu;Bai Lu;Barbara L. Hempstead

  811
  Citations

• Disrupted-In-Schizophrenia 1 regulates integration of newly generated neurons in the adult brain

  Xin Duan;Jay H. Chang;Shaoyu Ge;Regina L. Faulkner

  739
  Citations

• Impairments in High-Frequency Transmission, Synaptic Vesicle Docking, and Synaptic Protein Distribution in the Hippocampus of BDNF Knockout Mice

  Lucas D. Pozzo-Miller;Wolfram Gottschalk;Li Zhang;Kathryn McDermott

  595
  Citations

• Neuronal release of proBDNF

  Jianmin Yang;Chia-Jen Siao;Guhan Nagappan;Tina Marinic

  587
  Citations

• The Role of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Receptors in the Mature Hippocampus: Modulation of Long-Term Potentiation through a Presynaptic Mechanism involving TrkB

  Baoji Xu;Wolfram Gottschalk;Ana Chow;Rachel I. Wilson

  491
  Citations

• Cyclic AMP controls BDNF-induced TrkB phosphorylation and dendritic spine formation in mature hippocampal neurons

  Yuanyuan Ji;Petti T Pang;Petti T Pang;Linyin Feng;Bai Lu

  455
  Citations

• Regulation of late-phase LTP and long-term memory in normal and aging hippocampus: role of secreted proteins tPA and BDNF.

  Petti T. Pang;Bai Lu

  437
  Citations

• Opposing Roles of Transient and Prolonged Expression of p25 in Synaptic Plasticity and Hippocampus-Dependent Memory

  Andre Fischer;Farahnaz Sananbenesi;Petti T. Pang;Bai Lu

  401
  Citations