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Jiang-Ning Zhou

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Neuroscience

D-Index
65
Citations
13873
World Ranking
3139
National Ranking
40

Jiang-Ning Zhou publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jiang-Ning Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 193 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Jiang-Ning Zhou D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jiang-Ning Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jiang-Ning Zhou is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with a significant body of work in related fields such as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The scientist contributes to several subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Social Psychology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist's main research topics are varied and include Stress Responses and Cortisol, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, Tryptophan and Brain Disorders, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, and Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin.

Jiang-Ning Zhou has published in multiple scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Neuron
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Biology

Their published papers include the following recent works:

  • "Early-life inflammation promotes depressive symptoms in adolescence via microglial engulfment of dendritic spines," 2021, Neuron
  • "A tool kit of highly selective and sensitive genetically encoded neuropeptide sensors," 2023, Science
  • "Prefrontal Cortex Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Neurons Control Behavioral Style Selection under Challenging Situations," 2020, Neuron
  • "Chronic Stress Induces Maladaptive Behaviors by Activating Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Signaling in the Mouse Oval Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Glucose-sensing glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus regulate glucose metabolism," 2022, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Jiang-Ning Zhou include:

  • Qing-Hong Shan
  • Xin-Ya Qin
  • Peng Chen
  • Rong-Jun Ni
  • Xiu-Hong Qi

Best Publications

  • A sex difference in the human brain and its relation to transsexuality

    J.-N. Zhou;M.A. Hofman;L.J.G. Gooren;D.F. Swaab

  • Male-to-Female Transsexuals Have Female Neuron Numbers in a Limbic Nucleus

    Frank P. M. Kruijver;Jiang-Ning Zhou;Chris W. Pool;Michel A. Hofman

  • Suppression of neuroinflammation by astrocytic dopamine D2 receptors via αB-crystallin

    Wei Shao;Shu-zhen Zhang;Mi Tang;Mi Tang;Xin-hua Zhang

  • Decreased melatonin levels in postmortem cerebrospinal fluid in relation to aging, Alzheimer's disease, and apolipoprotein E-epsilon4/4 genotype.

    R.-Y. Liu;J.-N. Zhou;J. Van Heerikhuize;M. A. Hofman

  • Age-associated difference in circadian sleep-wake and rest-activity rhythms.

    Yong-Lu Huang;Rong-Yu Liu;Qing-Song Wang;Eus J.W Van Someren

  • Early neuropathological Alzheimer's changes in aged individuals are accompanied by decreased cerebrospinal fluid melatonin levels.

    Jiang-Ning Zhou;Rong-Yu Liu;Wouter Kamphorst;Michel A. Hofman

  • Gene expression analysis in the human hypothalamus in depression by laser microdissection and real-time PCR: the presence of multiple receptor imbalances

    S.S. Wang;W. Kamphuis;I. Huitinga;J.N. Zhou

  • VIP neurons in the human SCN in relation to sex, age, and Alzheimer's disease.

    Jiang-Ning Zhou;Michel A. Hofman;Dick F. Swaab

  • Molecular changes underlying reduced pineal melatonin levels in Alzheimer disease: Alterations in preclinical and clinical stages

    Ying-Hui Wu;Matthijs G P Feenstra;Jiang-Ning Zhou;Rong-Yu Liu

  • A neural circuit for comorbid depressive symptoms in chronic pain

    Wenjie Zhou;Yan Jin;Qian Meng;Xia Zhu

  • Early-life inflammation promotes depressive symptoms in adolescence via microglial engulfment of dendritic spines

    Peng Cao;Changmao Chen;An Liu;Qinghong Shan

  • Decreased MT1 melatonin receptor expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus in aging and Alzheimer's disease.

    Ying-Hui Wu;Jiang-Ning Zhou;Joop Van Heerikhuize;Ralf Jockers

  • Accumulated hippocampal formaldehyde induces age-dependent memory decline

    Zhiqian Tong;Chanshuai Han;Wenhong Luo;Xiaohui Wang

  • Urine formaldehyde level is inversely correlated to mini mental state examination scores in senile dementia

    Zhiqian Tong;Jinling Zhang;Wenhong Luo;Weishan Wang

  • Alterations in arginine vasopressin neurons in the suprachiasmatic nucleus in depression.

    Zhou Jn;Riemersma Rf;Unmehopa Ua;Hoogendijk Wj

  • Pineal clock gene oscillation is disturbed in Alzheimer’s disease, due to functional disconnection from the “master clock”

    Ying-Hui Wu;David F. Fischer;Andries Kalsbeek;Marie-Laure Garidou-Boof

  • Colocalization of corticotropin-releasing hormone and oestrogen receptor-alpha in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus in mood disorders.

    Ai-Min Bao;Andon Hestiantoro;Eus J. W. Van Someren;Dick F. Swaab

  • Distribution of MT1 melatonin receptor immunoreactivity in the human hypothalamus and pituitary gland: colocalization of MT1 with vasopressin, oxytocin, and corticotropin-releasing hormone.

    Ying-Hui Wu;Jiang-Ning Zhou;Rawien Balesar;Unga Unmehopa

  • Decreased vasopressin gene expression in the biological clock of Alzheimer disease patients with and without depression.

    R.-Y. Liu;J.-N. Zhou;W. J. G. Hoogendijk;J. Van Heerikhuize

  • fMRI revealed neural substrate for reversible working memory dysfunction in subclinical hypothyroidism

    De Fa Zhu;Zhao Xin Wang;Da Ren Zhang;Zhong Lin Pan

Frequent Co-Authors

Dick F. Swaab
Dick F. Swaab Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Michel A. Hofman
Michel A. Hofman Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Yu Wang
Yu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Paul J. Lucassen
Paul J. Lucassen University of Amsterdam
Andries Kalsbeek
Andries Kalsbeek University of Amsterdam
Rivka Ravid
Rivka Ravid Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
Guo-Qiang Bi
Guo-Qiang Bi University of Science and Technology of China
Ralf Jockers
Ralf Jockers Inserm
Nobuyuki Nukina
Nobuyuki Nukina Doshisha University
Marian Joëls
Marian Joëls University of Groningen

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