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Chinfei Chen is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within neuroscience and molecular biology, with a focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and molecular biology.

Their work primarily addresses topics including retinal development and disorders, neural dynamics and brain function, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, visual perception and processing mechanisms, neuroscience and neural engineering, and genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Chen has authored several recent publications, such as:

  • Circuitry Underlying Experience-Dependent Plasticity in the Mouse Visual System, 2020, Neuron
  • Retinal Inputs to the Thalamus Are Selectively Gated by Arousal, 2020, Current Biology
  • Organization, Function, and Development of the Mouse Retinogeniculate Synapse, 2020, Annual Review of Vision Science
  • Circuitry Underlying Experience-Dependent Plasticity in the Mouse Visual System, 2020, Neuron
  • Brainstem serotonin neurons selectively gate retinal information flow to thalamus, 2022, Neuron

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Chen include Qiufen Jiang, Takuma Sonoda, Liang Liang, Mark L. Andermann, and Michael E. Greenberg.

Chen's research is frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuron, Current Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Annual Review of Vision Science.

Best Publications

  • Astrocytes mediate synapse elimination through MEGF10 and MERTK pathways

    Won-Suk Chung;Laura E. Clarke;Gordon X. Wang;Benjamin K. Stafford

  • Activity-dependent regulation of MEF2 transcription factors suppresses excitatory synapse number.

    Steven W. Flavell;Christopher W. Cowan;Christopher W. Cowan;Tae Kyung Kim;Paul L. Greer

  • Developmental remodeling of the retinogeniculate synapse.

    Chinfei Chen;Wade G. Regehr

  • CD47 Protects Synapses from Excess Microglia-Mediated Pruning during Development

    Emily K. Lehrman;Daniel K. Wilton;Elizabeth Y. Litvina;Christina A. Welsh

  • Distinct roles for spontaneous and visual activity in remodeling of the retinogeniculate synapse

    Bryan M. Hooks;Bryan M. Hooks;Chinfei Chen;Chinfei Chen

  • Loss of erbB signaling in oligodendrocytes alters myelin and dopaminergic function, a potential mechanism for neuropsychiatric disorders

    Kristine Roy;Joshua C. Murtie;Bassem F. El-Khodor;Nicole Edgar

  • Critical periods in the visual system: changing views for a model of experience-dependent plasticity.

    Bryan M. Hooks;Bryan M. Hooks;Chinfei Chen;Chinfei Chen

  • Cloning of the cocaine-sensitive bovine dopamine transporter.

    Ted B. Usdin;Eva Mezey;Claudia Chen;Michael J. Brownstein

  • An RNAi-Based Approach Identifies Molecules Required for Glutamatergic and GABAergic Synapse Development

    Suzanne Paradis;Dana B. Harrar;Dana B. Harrar;Yingxi Lin;Yingxi Lin;Alex C. Koon;Alex C. Koon

  • Restoration of Visual Function by Enhancing Conduction in Regenerated Axons.

    Fengfeng Bei;Henry Hing Cheong Lee;Xuefeng Liu;Georgia Gunner

  • Touch and tactile neuropathic pain sensitivity are set by corticospinal projections

    Yuanyuan Liu;Alban Latremoliere;Alban Latremoliere;Xinjian Li;Zicong Zhang;Zicong Zhang

  • The Mechanism of cAMP-Mediated Enhancement at a Cerebellar Synapse

    Chinfei Chen;Wade G. Regehr

  • Voltage-sensitive calcium channels in normal and transformed 3T3 fibroblasts.

    Chinfei Chen;Michael J. Corbley;Thomas M. Roberts;Peter Hess

  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Modulates Cerebellar Plasticity and Synaptic Ultrastructure

    Alexandre R. Carter;Chinfei Chen;Phillip M. Schwartz;Rosalind A. Segal

  • Contributions of receptor desensitization and saturation to plasticity at the retinogeniculate synapse.

    Chinfei Chen;Dawn M. Blitz;Wade G. Regehr

  • Circuitry Underlying Experience-Dependent Plasticity in the Mouse Visual System.

    Bryan M. Hooks;Chinfei Chen

  • Presynaptic modulation of the retinogeniculate synapse.

    Chinfei Chen;Wade G. Regehr

  • A Mouse Model of X-linked Intellectual Disability Associated with Impaired Removal of Histone Methylation

    Shigeki Iwase;Shigeki Iwase;Emily Brookes;Saurabh Agarwal;Aimee I. Badeaux

  • Wiring and rewiring of the retinogeniculate synapse.

    Y Kate Hong;Chinfei Chen

  • Contributions of Residual Calcium to Fast Synaptic Transmission

    Chinfei Chen;Wade G. Regehr

  • Critical Periods in the Visual System: Changing Views for a Model of

    Bryan M. Hooks;Chinfei Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark L. Andermann
Mark L. Andermann Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Wade G. Regehr
Wade G. Regehr Harvard Medical School
Michael E. Greenberg
Michael E. Greenberg Harvard University
Beth Stevens
Beth Stevens Boston Children's Hospital
Zhigang He
Zhigang He Boston Children's Hospital
Hee-Sup Shin
Hee-Sup Shin Institute for Basic Science
Clifford J. Woolf
Clifford J. Woolf Boston Children's Hospital
William Guido
William Guido University of Louisville
Joshua R. Sanes
Joshua R. Sanes Harvard University
Maureen A. Sartor
Maureen A. Sartor University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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