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Overview

Chu Chen is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Engineering, with significant contributions in subfields such as Neurology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

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

  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Chu Chen include Hongyan Zhang, Chunshuai Wu, Guanhua Xu, Hongxiang Hong, and Zhiming Cui. Their partnership has contributed to multiple publications across several research areas.

Chu Chen has published articles extensively in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Neural Regeneration Research
  • Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • International Immunopharmacology
  • Applied Surface Science

Their recent papers illustrate the scope of their research interests. Notable publications include:

  • "Design of high sensitivity graphite carbon nitride/zinc oxide humidity sensor for breath detection" (2021) in Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • "Inter-doped ruthenium-nickel oxide heterostructure nanosheets with dual active centers for electrochemical-/solar-driven overall water splitting" (2021) in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Spontaneous ruthenium doping in hierarchical flower-like Ni2P/NiO heterostructure nanosheets for superb alkaline hydrogen evolution" (2020) in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Inhibiting degradation of 2-arachidonoylglycerol as a therapeutic strategy for neurodegenerative diseases" (2023) in Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • "A review for the pharmacological effects of paeoniflorin in the nervous system" (2022) in Frontiers in Pharmacology

Best Publications

  • Sleep deprivation causes behavioral, synaptic, and membrane excitability alterations in hippocampal neurons

    Carmel M. McDermott;Gerald J. LaHoste;Chu Chen;Alberto Musto

  • Cyclooxygenase-2 regulates prostaglandin E2 signaling in hippocampal long-term synaptic plasticity.

    Chu Chen;Jeffery C. Magee;Nicolas G. Bazan

  • Monoacylglycerol Lipase Is a Therapeutic Target for Alzheimer's Disease

    Rongqing Chen;Jian Zhang;Yan Wu;Dongqing Wang

  • A mouse model of Down syndrome trisomic for all human chromosome 21 syntenic regions

    Tao Yu;Zhongyou Li;Zhengping Jia;Steven J. Clapcote

  • Cyclooxygenase-2 in synaptic signaling.

    Hongwei Yang;Chu Chen

  • Lipid signaling: sleep, synaptic plasticity, and neuroprotection.

    Chu Chen;Nicolas G. Bazan

  • Homeostatic Scaling of Vesicular Glutamate and GABA Transporter Expression in Rat Neocortical Circuits

    Stéphanie De Gois;Martin K.-H. Schäfer;Norah Defamie;Chu Chen

  • Postsynaptically synthesized prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) modulates hippocampal synaptic transmission via a presynaptic PGE2 EP2 receptor.

    Nan Sang;Jian Zhang;Victor Marcheselli;Nicolas G. Bazan

  • Δ9-THC-Caused Synaptic and Memory Impairments Are Mediated through COX-2 Signaling

    Rongqing Chen;Jian Zhang;Ni Fan;Zhao-qian Teng

  • Endogenous PGE2 regulates membrane excitability and synaptic transmission in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons.

    Chu Chen;Nicolas G. Bazan

  • Diacylglycerol kinase epsilon regulates seizure susceptibility and long-term potentiation through arachidonoyl- inositol lipid signaling.

    Elena B. Rodriguez de Turco;Wen Tang;Matthew K. Topham;Fumio Sakane

  • Endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol protects neurons by limiting COX-2 elevation.

    Jian Zhang;Chu Chen

  • AMPA-preferring glutamate receptors in cochlear physiology of adult guinea-pig

    Jérôme Ruel;Chu Chen;Remy Pujol;Richard Peter Bobbin

  • Synaptic and Cognitive Improvements by Inhibition of 2-AG Metabolism Are through Upregulation of MicroRNA-188-3p in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    Jian Zhang;Mei Hu;Zhaoqian Teng;Ya-Ping Tang

  • Inhibition of COX-2 expression by endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol is mediated via PPAR-γ.

    Huizhi Du;Xiaolei Chen;Jian Zhang;Chu Chen

  • Endocannabinoids in synaptic plasticity and neuroprotection

    Jian-Yi Xu;Chu Chen

  • Effects of individual segmental trisomies of human chromosome 21 syntenic regions on hippocampal long-term potentiation and cognitive behaviors in mice

    Tao Yu;Chunhong Liu;Pavel Belichenko;Steven J. Clapcote

  • Endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol protects neurons against β-amyloid insults

    Xiaolei Chen;Jian Zhang;Chu Chen

  • Lipid Signaling and Synaptic Plasticity

    Nan Sang;Chu Chen

  • Altered NMDA receptor trafficking contributes to sleep deprivation-induced hippocampal synaptic and cognitive impairments

    Chu Chen;Mattie Hardy;Jian Zhang;Gerald J. LaHoste

  • PGE2 glycerol ester, a COX-2 oxidative metabolite of 2-arachidonoyl glycerol, modulates inhibitory synaptic transmission in mouse hippocampal neurons

    Nan Sang;Jian Zhang;Chu Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicolas G. Bazan
Nicolas G. Bazan Louisiana State University
Jeffrey D. Erickson
Jeffrey D. Erickson Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Norma J. Nowak
Norma J. Nowak University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Allan Bradley
Allan Bradley University of Cambridge
William C. Mobley
William C. Mobley University of California, San Diego
Antonio Baldini
Antonio Baldini University of Naples Federico II
Katrin Andreasson
Katrin Andreasson Stanford University
Martin K.-H. Schäfer
Martin K.-H. Schäfer Philipp University of Marburg
Prescott L. Deininger
Prescott L. Deininger Tulane University

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