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Benjamin K. Yee is affiliated with Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Physiology.

The scientist's work focuses on a range of topics, notably:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Memory Processes and Influences
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Among Benjamin K. Yee's recent papers are the following publications:

  • "The Protective Impact of Telemedicine on Persons With Dementia and Their Caregivers During the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2020, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • "Small lesions of the dorsal or ventral hippocampus subregions are associated with distinct impairments in working memory and reference memory retrieval, and combining them attenuates the acquisition rate of spatial reference memory," 2020, Hippocampus
  • "The role of the endocannabinoid system in autism spectrum disorders: Evidence from mouse studies," 2020, Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science
  • "The impact of video gaming on cognitive functioning of people with schizophrenia (GAME-S): study protocol of a randomised controlled trial," 2021, BMC Psychiatry
  • "Efficacy and safety of transcranial pulse stimulation in young adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a pilot, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial," 2024, Frontiers in Neurology

Frequently publishing in venues such as Frontiers in Neurology, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Behavioural Brain Research, Alzheimer's & Dementia, and the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Benjamin K. Yee has a consistent presence in both clinical and experimental neuroscience literature.

Coauthors with whom they have frequently collaborated include:

  • Frank Ho-yin Lai
  • Joyce Yuen Ting Lam
  • Jimmy W. Y. Lam
  • Benson Wui-Man Lau
  • Teris Cheung

Best Publications

  • Regional dissociations within the hippocampus--memory and anxiety.

    D.M Bannerman;J.N.P Rawlins;S.B McHugh;R.M.J Deacon

  • The time of prenatal immune challenge determines the specificity of inflammation-mediated brain and behavioral pathology

    Urs Meyer;Myriel Nyffeler;Andrea Engler;Adrian Urwyler

  • Ventral hippocampal lesions affect anxiety but not spatial learning.

    DM Bannerman;Matthew S Grubb;RM Deacon;BK Yee

  • Towards an immuno-precipitated neurodevelopmental animal model of schizophrenia.

    Urs Meyer;Joram Feldon;Manfred Schedlowski;Benjamin K. Yee

  • Adult brain and behavioral pathological markers of prenatal immune challenge during early/middle and late fetal development in mice

    Urs Meyer;Myriel Nyffeler;Benjamin K. Yee;Irene Knuesel

  • Double dissociation of function within the hippocampus: a comparison of dorsal, ventral, and complete hippocampal cytotoxic lesions.

    D. M. Bannerman;B. K. Yee;Mark Andrew Good;M. J. Heupel

  • Dissociating context and space within the hippocampus: effects of complete, dorsal, and ventral excitotoxic hippocampal lesions on conditioned freezing and spatial learning.

    M. A. Richmond;B. K. Yee;B. Pouzet;L. Veenman

  • The Neurodevelopmental Impact of Prenatal Infections at Different Times of Pregnancy: The Earlier the Worse?

    Urs Meyer;Benjamin K. Yee;Joram Feldon

  • A Review of the Fetal Brain Cytokine Imbalance Hypothesis of Schizophrenia

    Urs Meyer;Joram Feldon;Benjamin K. Yee

  • Dissociation of function between the dorsal and the ventral hippocampus in spatial learning abilities of the rat: a within-subject, within-task comparison of reference and working spatial memory

    Helen H. J. Pothuizen;Wei-Ning Zhang;Ana L. Jongen-Relo;Joram Feldon

  • Immunological stress at the maternal-foetal interface : A link between neurodevelopment and adult psychopathology

    Urs Meyer;Joram Feldon;Manfred Schedlowski;Benjamin K. Yee

  • Adult behavioral and pharmacological dysfunctions following disruption of the fetal brain balance between pro-inflammatory and IL-10-mediated anti-inflammatory signaling

    U Meyer;P J Murray;A Urwyler;B K Yee

  • Relative Prenatal and Postnatal Maternal Contributions to Schizophrenia-Related Neurochemical Dysfunction after In Utero Immune Challenge

    Urs Meyer;Myriel Nyffeler;Severin Schwendener;Irene Knuesel;Irene Knuesel

  • Glycine transporters as novel therapeutic targets in schizophrenia, alcohol dependence and pain

    Robert J. Harvey;Benjamin K. Yee

  • Adenosine hypothesis of schizophrenia--opportunities for pharmacotherapy.

    Detlev Boison;Philipp Singer;Hai-Ying Shen;Joram Feldon

  • A schizophrenia-related sensorimotor deficit links α3-containing GABAA receptors to a dopamine hyperfunction

    B. K. Yee;R. Keist;L. Von Boehmer;R. Studer

  • Influence of differential housing on emotional behaviour and neurotrophin levels in mice.

    Shun-Wei Zhu;Benjamin K Yee;Myriel Nyffeler;Bengt Winblad

  • Double dissociation of the effects of selective nucleus accumbens core and shell lesions on impulsive-choice behaviour and salience learning in rats.

    Helen H. J. Pothuizen;Ana L. Jongen‐Rêlo;Joram Feldon;Benjamin K. Yee

  • The role of mesolimbic dopaminergic and retrohippocampal afferents to the nucleus accumbens in latent inhibition : implications for schizophrenia

    J A Gray;M H Joseph;D R Hemsley;A M Young

  • Disruption of glycine transporter 1 restricted to forebrain neurons is associated with a procognitive and antipsychotic phenotypic profile

    Benjamin K. Yee;Ela Balic;Philipp Singer;Cornelia Schwerdel

Frequent Co-Authors

Joram Feldon
Joram Feldon ETH Zurich
Detlev Boison
Detlev Boison Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Martin E. Schwab
Martin E. Schwab University of Zurich
Manfred Schedlowski
Manfred Schedlowski University of Duisburg-Essen
David M. Bannerman
David M. Bannerman University of Oxford
Jiang-Fan Chen
Jiang-Fan Chen Boston University
Franz X. Vollenweider
Franz X. Vollenweider University of Zurich
J. N. P. Rawlins
J. N. P. Rawlins University of Oxford
Abdul H. Mohammed
Abdul H. Mohammed Linnaeus University
Boris B. Quednow
Boris B. Quednow University of Zurich

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