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Overview

Jiang-Fan Chen is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with numerous publications contributing to these fields.

Their work spans various subfields including Physiology, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology. Key topics within their research include Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Neural dynamics and brain function, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces.

Frequent publication venues for Jiang-Fan Chen include Neuropharmacology and Purinergic Signalling, which have hosted multiple papers by them. Other venues include Research Square, Frontiers in Neuroscience, and Neural Computing and Applications.

Their research collaborations are evident through frequent co-authors such as Wei Guo, Rodrigo A. Cunha, Zutao Zhang, Wu Zheng, and Tao Xu.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • The belated US FDA approval of the adenosine A2A receptor antagonist istradefylline for treatment of Parkinson's disease (2020, Purinergic Signalling)
  • Caffeine and Parkinson's Disease: Multiple Benefits and Emerging Mechanisms (2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience)
  • A Self-Powered and Self-Sensing Lower-Limb System for Smart Healthcare (2023, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • Vehicle driver drowsiness detection method using wearable EEG based on convolution neural network (2021, Neural Computing and Applications)
  • Lateral septum adenosine A2A receptors control stress-induced depressive-like behaviors via signaling to the hypothalamus and habenula (2023, Nature Communications)

Best Publications

  • Adenosine A1 receptors mediate local anti-nociceptive effects of acupuncture

    Nanna Goldman;Michael Chen;Takumi Fujita;Qiwu Xu

  • Adenosine receptors as drug targets — what are the challenges?

    Jiang-Fan Chen;Holger K. Eltzschig;Bertil B. Fredholm

  • Adenosine and Brain Function

    Bertil B Fredholm;Jiang-Fan Chen;Rodrigo A Cunha;Per Svenningsson

  • Adenosine A2A, but not A1, receptors mediate the arousal effect of caffeine

    Zhi-Li Huang;Wei-Min Qu;Naomi Eguchi;Jiang-Fan Chen

  • A(2A) adenosine receptor deficiency attenuates brain injury induced by transient focal ischemia in mice

    J.-F. Chen;Zhihong Huang;Jianya Ma;Jinmin Zhu

  • Targeting adenosine A2A receptors in Parkinson's disease.

    Michael A. Schwarzschild;Luigi Agnati;Kjell Fuxe;Jiang-Fan Chen

  • ACTIONS OF ADENOSINE AT ITS RECEPTORS IN THE CNS: Insights from Knockouts and Drugs

    Bertil B. Fredholm;Jiang-Fan Chen;Susan A. Masino;Jean-Marie Vaugeois

  • Psychosis pathways converge via D2high dopamine receptors.

    Philip Seeman;Johannes Schwarz;Jiang Fan Chen;Henry Szechtman

  • Adenosine signaling and function in glial cells.

    Detlev Boison;Jiang-Fan Chen;Bertil B. Fredholm

  • Arousal Effect of Caffeine Depends on Adenosine A2A Receptors in the Shell of the Nucleus Accumbens

    Michael Lazarus;Hai Ying Shen;Yoan Cherasse;Wei Min Qu

  • Renal protection from ischemia mediated by A2A adenosine receptors on bone marrow–derived cells

    Yuan-Ji Day;Liping Huang;Marcia J. McDuffie;Diane L. Rosin

  • Caffeine acts through neuronal adenosine A2A receptors to prevent mood and memory dysfunction triggered by chronic stress

    Manuella P. Kaster;Manuella P. Kaster;Nuno J. Machado;Henrique B. Silva;Ana Nunes

  • Adenosine Promotes Wound Healing and Mediates Angiogenesis in Response to Tissue Injury Via Occupancy of A2A Receptors

    M. Carmen Montesinos;Avani Desai;Jiang-Fan Chen;Herman Yee

  • Synergistic up-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor expression in murine macrophages by adenosine A2A receptor agonists and endotoxin

    Samuel Joseph Leibovich;Jiang-Fan Chen;Grace Pinhal-Enfield;Paula C. Belem

  • Adenosine A2A receptors and brain injury: Broad spectrum of neuroprotection, multifaceted actions and “fine tuning” modulation

    Jiang Fan Chen;Patricia K. Sonsalla;Felicita Pedata;Alessia Melani

  • Adenosine A2A receptors play a role in the pathogenesis of hepatic cirrhosis

    Edwin S L Chan;Maria Carmen Montesinos;Patricia Fernandez;Avani Desai

  • Potential therapeutic interest of adenosine A2A receptors in psychiatric disorders.

    Rodrigo A. Cunha;Sergi Ferre;Jean-Marie Vaugeois;Jiang-Fan Chen

  • Geldanamycin Induces Heat Shock Protein 70 and Protects against MPTP-induced Dopaminergic Neurotoxicity in Mice

    Hai-Ying Shen;Jin-Cai He;Jin-Cai He;Yumei Wang;Qing-Yuan Huang

  • Nucleus accumbens controls wakefulness by a subpopulation of neurons expressing dopamine D 1 receptors

    Yan-Jia Luo;Ya-Dong Li;Lu Wang;Su-Rong Yang

  • A Critical Role of the Adenosine A2A Receptor in Extrastriatal Neurons in Modulating Psychomotor Activity as Revealed by Opposite Phenotypes of Striatum and Forebrain A2A Receptor Knock-Outs

    Hai Ying Shen;Joana E. Coelho;Nobuhisa Ohtsuka;Paula M. Canas

  • Caffeinated clues and the promise of adenosine A2A antagonists in PD

    Michael A. Schwarzschild;Jiang-Fan Chen;Alberto Ascherio

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhi-Li Huang
Zhi-Li Huang Fudan University
Zhiping Weng
Zhiping Weng University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Detlev Boison
Detlev Boison Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Schahram Akbarian
Schahram Akbarian Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Michael Lazarus
Michael Lazarus University of Tsukuba
Benjamin K. Yee
Benjamin K. Yee Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Paula Agostinho
Paula Agostinho University of Coimbra
Robert J. Ferrante
Robert J. Ferrante Boston University
Marcy E. MacDonald
Marcy E. MacDonald Harvard University
James F. Gusella
James F. Gusella Harvard University

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