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Overview

Grace Y. Sun is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, and Developmental Neuroscience.

The main topics that Grace Y. Sun investigates encompass neural dynamics and brain function, sleep and wakefulness research, neural networks and applications, nerve injury and regeneration, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, and functional brain connectivity studies.

Grace Y. Sun's recent publication record shows activity across a range of journals and preprint servers. Key recent papers include:

  • BDNF-TrkB signaling orchestrates the buildup process of local sleep, 2024, Cell Reports
  • A Framework to Determine Active Connectivity within the Mouse Brain, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Whole-cortex simulation reveals spatiotemporal patterns emerging from the interplay of network connectivity and intracellular dynamics, 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Realistic coupling enables flexible macroscopic traveling waves in the mouse cortex, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • A framework to determine active neurons and networks within the mouse brain reveals how brain activity changes over the course of the day, 2025, PLoS Biology

The venues Grace Y. Sun frequently publishes in include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports
  • PLoS Biology

Their collaborative network includes several frequent coauthors such as:

  • Daniel B. Forger
  • Steven A. Brown
  • Alex Rosi-Andersen
  • Hiroki R. Ueda
  • Konstantinos Kompotis

Best Publications

  • Resveratrol protects against global cerebral ischemic injury in gerbils.

    Qun Wang;Jianfeng Xu;George E Rottinghaus;Agnes Simonyi

  • Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA): An essential nutrient and a nutraceutical for brain health and diseases

    Grace Y. Sun;Agnes Simonyi;Kevin L. Fritsche;Dennis Y. Chuang

  • Neuroprotective mechanisms of curcumin against cerebral ischemia‐induced neuronal apoptosis and behavioral deficits

    Qun Wang;Albert Y. Sun;Agnes Simonyi;Michael D. Jensen

  • Polyphenols in cerebral ischemia: novel targets for neuroprotection.

    Agnes Simonyi;Qun Wang;Rebecca L. Miller;Mozow Yusof

  • Effects of fatty acid unsaturation numbers on membrane fluidity and α-secretase-dependent amyloid precursor protein processing.

    Xiaoguang Yang;Wenwen Sheng;Grace Y. Sun;James C.-M. Lee

  • Secretory PLA2-IIA: a new inflammatory factor for Alzheimer's disease

    Guna S D Moses;Michael D Jensen;Lih-Fen Lue;Douglas G Walker

  • The roles of NADPH oxidase and phospholipases A2 in oxidative and inflammatory responses in neurodegenerative diseases.

    Grace Y. Sun;Lloyd A. Horrocks;Akhlaq A. Farooqui

  • Quercetin Attenuates Inflammatory Responses in BV-2 Microglial Cells: Role of MAPKs on the Nrf2 Pathway and Induction of Heme Oxygenase-1.

    Grace Y. Sun;Zihong Chen;Kimberly J. Jasmer;Dennis Y. Chuang

  • Pro-inflammatory cytokines and lipopolysaccharide induce changes in cell morphology, and upregulation of ERK1/2, iNOS and sPLA2-IIA expression in astrocytes and microglia

    Wenwen Sheng;Yijia Zong;Arwa Mohammad;Deepa Ajit

  • Resveratrol protects against neurotoxicity induced by kainic acid.

    Qun Wang;Sue Yu;Agnes Simonyi;George Rottinghaus

  • Prostaglandin E2 production in astrocytes: regulation by cytokines, extracellular ATP, and oxidative agents

    J Xu;M Chalimoniuk;M Chalimoniuk;Y Shu;A Simonyi

  • Role of PKC and MAPK in cytosolic PLA2 phosphorylation and arachadonic acid release in primary murine astrocytes.

    Jianfeng Xu;Yu-I. Weng;Agnes Simonyi;Brent W. Krugh

  • Phospholipases A2 mediate amyloid-beta peptide-induced mitochondrial dysfunction.

    Donghui Zhu;Yinzhi Lai;Phullara B. Shelat;Chunhua Hu

  • Phospholipase A2 in astrocytes: responses to oxidative stress, inflammation, and G protein-coupled receptor agonists.

    Grace Y. Sun;Jianfeng Xu;Michael D. Jensen;Sue Yu

  • Ethanol and oxidative stress.

    Albert Y. Sun;Magnus Ingelman‐Sundberg;Etienne Neve;H. Matsumoto

  • Beneficial effects of dietary EGCG and voluntary exercise on behavior in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model

    Jennifer M. Walker;Diana Klakotskaia;Deepa Ajit;Gary A. Weisman

  • Proteomic quantification and site-mapping of S-nitrosylated proteins using isobaric iodoTMT reagents.

    Zhe Qu;Fanjun Meng;Ryan D. Bomgarden;Rosa I. Viner

  • P2Y2 receptors activate neuroprotective mechanisms in astrocytic cells

    Nataliya E. Chorna;Laura I. Santiago‐Pérez;Laurie Erb;Cheikh I. Seye

  • Mechanisms of P2X7 receptor-mediated ERK1/2 phosphorylation in human astrocytoma cells.

    Fernand-Pierre Gendron;Joseph T. Neary;Patty M. Theiss;Grace Y. Sun

  • Cytotoxicity of paraquat in microglial cells: involvement of PKCδ- and ERK1/2-dependent NADPH oxidase

    Rebecca L Miller;Grace Y. Sun;Albert Y. Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Agnes Simonyi
Agnes Simonyi University of Missouri
Gary A. Weisman
Gary A. Weisman University of Missouri
W. Gibson Wood
W. Gibson Wood University of Minnesota
Dennis B. Lubahn
Dennis B. Lubahn University of Missouri
Jianlin Cheng
Jianlin Cheng University of Missouri
David Q. Beversdorf
David Q. Beversdorf University of Missouri
Chung Y. Hsu
Chung Y. Hsu China Medical University
George E. Rottinghaus
George E. Rottinghaus University of Missouri
Lloyd A. Horrocks
Lloyd A. Horrocks The Ohio State University
Joseph T. Neary
Joseph T. Neary University of Miami

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