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Overview

Hong Gu is affiliated with the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their work focuses extensively on cognitive neuroscience, functional brain connectivity, and neural dynamics as well as brain function.

Their research interests include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Gu's subfields of study cover:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Their recent papers include:

  • Temporal Dynamics of Functional Brain States Underlie Cognitive Performance, 2020, Cerebral Cortex
  • Converging Structural and Functional Evidence for a Rat Salience Network, 2020, Biological Psychiatry
  • Functional connectivity of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex predicts cocaine relapse: implications for neuromodulation treatment, 2021, Brain Communications
  • Short-term nicotine deprivation alters dorsal anterior cingulate glutamate concentration and concomitant cingulate-cortical functional connectivity, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Disrupted Dynamic Interactions Between Large-Scale Brain Networks in Cocaine Users Are Associated With Dependence Severity, 2022, Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hong Gu are:

  • Tianye Zhai
  • Betty Jo Salmeron
  • Yihong Yang
  • Hanbing Lu
  • Elliot A. Stein

The venues in which Gu frequently publishes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Rat brains also have a default mode network

    Hanbing Lu;Qihong Zou;Qihong Zou;Hong Gu;Marcus E. Raichle

  • Synchronized delta oscillations correlate with the resting-state functional MRI signal

    Hanbing Lu;Yantao Zuo;Hong Gu;James A. Waltz

  • Mesocorticolimbic circuits are impaired in chronic cocaine users as demonstrated by resting-state functional connectivity.

    Hong Gu;Betty Jo Salmeron;Thomas J. Ross;Xiujuan Geng

  • The influence of carbon dioxide on brain activity and metabolism in conscious humans.

    Feng Xu;Jinsoo Uh;Matthew R. Brier;John Hart

  • Association of nicotine addiction and nicotine's actions with separate cingulate cortex functional circuits.

    L. Elliot Hong;Hong Gu;Yihong Yang;Thomas J. Ross

  • Large-Scale Brain Network Coupling Predicts Acute Nicotine Abstinence Effects on Craving and Cognitive Function

    Caryn Lerman;Hong Gu;James Loughead;Kosha Ruparel

  • Intrinsic resting-state activity predicts working memory brain activation and behavioral performance.

    Qihong Zou;Qihong Zou;Qihong Zou;Thomas J. Ross;Hong Gu;Xiujuan Geng

  • Impaired Functional Connectivity Within and Between Frontostriatal Circuits and Its Association With Compulsive Drug Use and Trait Impulsivity in Cocaine Addiction

    Yuzheng Hu;Betty Jo Salmeron;Hong Gu;Elliot A. Stein

  • Resting-State Glutamate and GABA Concentrations Predict Task-Induced Deactivation in the Default Mode Network

    Yuzheng Hu;Xi Chen;Hong Gu;Yihong Yang

  • Anterior insular cortex plays a critical role in interoceptive attention.

    Xingchao Wang;Qiong Wu;Qiong Wu;Laura Egan;Xiaosi Gu;Xiaosi Gu

  • Large-scale brain networks in the awake, truly resting marmoset monkey.

    Annabelle M. Belcher;Cecil C. Yen;Haley Stepp;Hong Gu

  • Frequency specificity of functional connectivity in brain networks.

    Changwei W. Wu;Hong Gu;Hanbing Lu;Elliot A. Stein

  • Interactions between the salience and default-mode networks are disrupted in cocaine addiction.

    Xia Liang;Yong He;Betty Jo Salmeron;Hong Gu

  • Transit time, trailing time, and cerebral blood flow during brain activation: Measurement using multislice, pulsed spin-labeling perfusion imaging

    Yihong Yang;Wolfgang Engelien;Su Xu;Hong Gu

  • Constituents and functional implications of the rat default mode network.

    Li Ming Hsu;Li Ming Hsu;Xia Liang;Hong Gu;Julia K. Brynildsen

  • Anatomical differences and network characteristics underlying smoking cue reactivity

    Xiaochu Zhang;Betty Jo Salmeron;Thomas J. Ross;Hong Gu

  • Implicit reference-based group-wise image registration and its application to structural and functional MRI

    Xiujuan Geng;Gary E. Christensen;Hong Gu;Thomas J. Ross

  • Cerebral perfusion alterations in type 2 diabetes and its relation to insulin resistance and cognitive dysfunction

    Ying Cui;Ying Cui;Xia Liang;Hong Gu;Yuzheng Hu

  • Simultaneous MRI acquisition of blood volume, blood flow, and blood oxygenation information during brain activation.

    Yihong Yang;Hong Gu;Elliot A. Stein

  • Compulsive drug use is associated with imbalance of orbitofrontal- and prelimbic-striatal circuits in punishment-resistant individuals.

    Yuzheng Hu;Yuzheng Hu;Betty Jo Salmeron;Irina N. Krasnova;Hong Gu

  • Simultaneous perfusion and BOLD imaging using reverse spiral scanning at 3T: Characterization of functional contrast and susceptibility artifacts

    Yihong Yang;Hong Gu;Wang Zhan;Su Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yihong Yang
Yihong Yang National Institute on Drug Abuse
Elliot A. Stein
Elliot A. Stein National Institute on Drug Abuse
Betty Jo Salmeron
Betty Jo Salmeron National Institute on Drug Abuse
Thomas J. Ross
Thomas J. Ross National Institute on Drug Abuse
Emily Stern
Emily Stern Brigham and Women's Hospital
David Silbersweig
David Silbersweig Brigham and Women's Hospital
Hanzhang Lu
Hanzhang Lu Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Xiaosi Gu
Xiaosi Gu Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ching-Po Lin
Ching-Po Lin National Yang Ming University
Jin Fan
Jin Fan City University of New York

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