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Neuroscience
Korea
2022

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Neuroscience

D-Index
62
Citations
16193
World Ranking
3491
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Bong-Kiun Kaang is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, they have contributed significantly to subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Physiology.

Their work spans multiple main topics including Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Ion Channel Regulation and Function, and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments.

Kaang has several recent publications showcasing their active research efforts. Notable papers include:

  • Severe reactive astrocytes precipitate pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease via H2O2− production, 2020, published in Nature Neuroscience
  • Glutamatergic synapses from the insular cortex to the basolateral amygdala encode observational pain, 2022, published in Neuron
  • Synaptic correlates of associative fear memory in the lateral amygdala, 2021, published in Neuron
  • The essence of the engram: Cellular or synaptic?, 2021, published in Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • PKA drives an increase in AMPA receptor unitary conductance during LTP in the hippocampus, 2021, published in Nature Communications

The publication venues where Kaang most frequently appears include:

  • Molecular Brain
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuron
  • Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • Neuroscience

Frequent collaborators in Kaang's research include Pojeong Park, Dong Il Choi, Ji-il Kim, Ja Eun Choi, and Min Zhuo. These coauthors have contributed to multiple joint publications, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Autistic-like social behaviour in Shank2 -mutant mice improved by restoring NMDA receptor function

    Hyejung Won;Hye Ryeon Lee;Heon Yung Gee;Won Mah

  • Synaptic plasticity in the anterior cingulate cortex in acute and chronic pain

    Tim V. P. Bliss;Graham L. Collingridge;Bong-Kiun Kaang;Bong-Kiun Kaang;Min Zhuo;Min Zhuo

  • Spatially resolved dynamics of cAMP and protein kinase A subunits in Aplysia sensory neurons

    Brian J. Bacskai;Binyamin Hochner;Martyn Mahaut-Smith;Stephen R. Adams

  • Roles of NMDA NR2B Subtype Receptor in Prefrontal Long-Term Potentiation and Contextual Fear Memory

    Ming Gao Zhao;Hiroki Toyoda;Yong Seok Lee;Yong Seok Lee;Long Jun Wu;Long Jun Wu

  • Synaptic protein degradation underlies destabilization of retrieved fear memory.

    Sue-Hyun Lee;Jun-Hyeok Choi;Nuribalhae Lee;Hye-Ryeon Lee

  • Alleviating Neuropathic Pain Hypersensitivity by Inhibiting PKMζ in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex

    Xiang-Yao Li;Xiang-Yao Li;Hyoung-Gon Ko;Tao Chen;Tao Chen;Giannina Descalzi

  • Activation of cAMP-Responsive genes by stimuli that produce long-term facilitation in aplysia sensory neurons

    Bong-Kiun Kaang;Bong-Kiun Kaang;Eric R. Kandel;Seth G.N. Grant

  • Two Interdependent TRPV Channel Subunits, Inactive and Nanchung, Mediate Hearing in Drosophila

    Zhefeng Gong;Wonseok Son;Yun Doo Chung;Janghwan Kim

  • Interregional synaptic maps among engram cells underlie memory formation

    Jun-Hyeok Choi;Su-Eon Sim;Ji-il Kim;Dong Il Choi

  • Coexistence of Two Forms of LTP in ACC Provides a Synaptic Mechanism for the Interactions between Anxiety and Chronic Pain

    Kohei Koga;Giannina Descalzi;Tao Chen;Tao Chen;Hyoung Gon Ko

  • CTCF as a multifunctional protein in genome regulation and gene expression

    Somi Kim;Nam-Kyung Yu;Bong-Kiun Kaang

  • The JAK/STAT Pathway Is Involved in Synaptic Plasticity

    Céline S. Nicolas;Stéphane Peineau;Stéphane Peineau;Stéphane Peineau;Mascia Amici;Zsolt Csaba;Zsolt Csaba

  • Upregulation of Forebrain NMDA NR2B Receptors Contributes to Behavioral Sensitization after Inflammation

    Long-Jun Wu;Hiroki Toyoda;Ming-Gao Zhao;Yong-Seok Lee

  • Pyrexia is a new thermal transient receptor potential channel endowing tolerance to high temperatures in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Youngseok Lee;Yong Lee;Jaejung Lee;Sunhoe Bang

  • Severe reactive astrocytes precipitate pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease via H2O2-production

    Heejung Chun;Hyeonjoo Im;You Jung Kang;Yunha Kim

  • Epigenetic regulation and chromatin remodeling in learning and memory

    Somi Kim;Bong-Kiun Kaang

  • Mutation in the Phosphorylation Sites of MAP Kinase Blocks Learning-Related Internalization of apCAM in Aplysia Sensory Neurons

    Craig H Bailey;Bong-Kiun Kaang;Mary Chen;Kelsey C Martin

  • A pivotal role of GSK-3 in synaptic plasticity

    Clarrisa A. Bradley;Stéphane Peineau;Stéphane Peineau;Changiz Taghibiglou;Celine S. Nicolas

  • Optimization of AAV expression cassettes to improve packaging capacity and transgene expression in neurons.

    Jun Hyeok Choi;Nam Kyung Yu;Gi Chul Baek;Joseph Bakes

  • AMPA receptor exchange underlies transient memory destabilization on retrieval

    Ingie Hong;Jeongyeon Kim;Jihye Kim;Sukwon Lee

  • Identification of an adenylyl cyclase inhibitor for treating neuropathic and inflammatory pain

    Hansen Wang;Hui Xu;Long Jun Wu;Susan S. Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Min Zhuo
Min Zhuo University of Toronto
Graham L. Collingridge
Graham L. Collingridge Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Eric R. Kandel
Eric R. Kandel Columbia University
Eunjoon Kim
Eunjoon Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Zuner A. Bortolotto
Zuner A. Bortolotto University of Bristol
Tao Chen
Tao Chen Air Force Medical University
Long-Jun Wu
Long-Jun Wu Mayo Clinic
Craig H. Bailey
Craig H. Bailey Columbia University
Ted Abel
Ted Abel University of Iowa
Hyun Kim
Hyun Kim Korea University

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