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37
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8782
National Ranking
26

Overview

Keng-Chen Liang is affiliated with National Taiwan University in Taiwan and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience.

Their work covers several subfields, including Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Sensory Systems. The main research topics addressed are Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, Action Observation and Synchronization, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, and Dietary Effects on Health.

Recent publications by Liang highlight a range of biomedical and neuroscience topics. These include:

  • "Affective mirror and anti-mirror neurons relate to prosocial help in rats," 2022, published in iScience
  • "Epinephrine modulates memory of latent learning in an inhibitory avoidance task," 2021, published in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • "090 Organic Diet and Intermittent Fasting are Associated with Improved Erectile Function," 2021, published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • "Pain Empathy Neurons in Rats are Related to Prosocial Rescuing," 2021, published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Salvage pelvic lymph node dissection of locally recurrent prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy can delay the need for systemic interventions," 2021, published in European Urology

Liang frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Wen-Yi Wu, Yawei Cheng, Ray X. Lee, Chen-Tung Yen, and Der-Yow Chen. Each of these collaborations has resulted in multiple joint publications.

The scientist's work has been published in various academic venues with multiple appearances in the Journal of the Endocrine Society, alongside publications in iScience, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, The Journal of Sexual Medicine, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Modulating effects of posttraining epinephrine on memory: Involvement of the amygdala noradrenergic system

    K.C. Liang;Ronald G. Juler;James L. McGaugh

  • Sex differences in high-fat diet-induced obesity, metabolic alterations and learning, and synaptic plasticity deficits in mice.

    Ling Ling Hwang;Chien Hua Wang;Tzu Ling Li;Shih Dar Chang

  • Involvement of amygdala pathways in the influence of post-training intra-amygdala norepinephrine and peripheral epinephrine on memory storage.

    K.C. Liang;James L. McGaugh;H.-Y. Yao

  • Intra-amygdala injections of corticotropin releasing factor facilitate inhibitory avoidance learning and reduce exploratory behavior in rats

    K. C. Liang;Eminy H. Y. Lee

  • Corticotropin-releasing factor: long-lasting facilitation of the acoustic startle reflex

    K. C. Liang;K. R. Melia;M. J. D. Miserendino;W. A. Falls

  • Naloxone enhancement of memory.

    Rita B. Messing;Robert A. Jensen;Joe L. Martinez;Vina R. Spiehler

  • Lesions of the central nucleus of the amygdala, but not the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, block the excitatory effects of corticotropin-releasing factor on the acoustic startle reflex

    K. C. Liang;K. R. Melia;S. Campeau;W. A. Falls

  • Post-training amygdaloid lesions impair retention of an inhibitory avoidance response

    K.C. Liang;James L McGaugh;Joe L. Martinez;Robert A. Jensen

  • Central and peripheral actions of amphetamine on memory storage.

    Joe L. Martinez;Robert A. Jensen;Rita B. Messing;Beatriz J. Vasquez

  • Towards a neural circuit model of verbal humor processing: an fMRI study of the neural substrates of incongruity detection and resolution.

    Yu Chen Chan;Tai Li Chou;Hsueh Chih Chen;Yu Chu Yeh

  • Segregating the comprehension and elaboration processing of verbal jokes: An fMRI study

    Yu Chen Chan;Tai Li Chou;Hsueh Chih Chen;Keng Chen Liang

  • Pre- and posttraining infusion of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonists into the amygdala impair memory in an inhibitory avoidance task.

    Keng Chen Liang;Wai Hon;Michael Davis

  • Long-term social isolation exacerbates the impairment of spatial working memory in APP/PS1 transgenic mice.

    Hei Jen Huang;Keng Chen Liang;Hsing Chieh Ke;Yen Yu Chang

  • The role of amygdala norepinephrine in memory formation: involvement in the memory enhancing effect of peripheral epinephrine.

    Liang Kc;Chen Ll;Huang Te

  • Lesions of the stria terminalis attenuate the enhancing effect of post-training epinephrine on retention of an inhibitory avoidance response.

    K.C. Liang;James L. McGaugh

  • Selective improvement of cognitive function in adult and aged APP/PS1 transgenic mice by continuous non-shock treadmill exercise

    Hsing Chieh Ke;Hei Jen Huang;Keng Chen Liang;Hsiu Mei Hsieh-Li

  • Attenuation of amphetamine-induced enhancement of learning by adrenal demedullation

    Joe L. Martinez;Beatriz J. Vasquez;H. Rigter;R.B. Messing

  • Enhancement of learning behaviour by a potent nitric oxide‐guanylate cyclase activator YC‐1

    Wei-Lin Chien;Keng-Chen Liang;Che-Ming Teng;Sheng-Chu Kuo

  • Enhancement of Long-Term Potentiation by a Potent Nitric Oxide-Guanylyl Cyclase Activator, 3-(5-Hydroxymethyl-2-furyl)-1-benzyl-indazole

    Wei-Lin Chien;Keng-Chen Liang;Che-Ming Teng;Sheng-Chu Kuo

  • Involvement of hippocampal NMDA and AMPA receptors in acquisition, formation and retrieval of spatial memory in the Morris water maze.

    K. C. Liang;Wai Hon;Yih-Min Tyan;Wen-Lin Liao

  • Peripheral epinephrine modulates the effects of post-training amygdala stimulation on memory

    K.C. Liang;Cathy Bennett;James L. McGaugh

Frequent Co-Authors

James L. McGaugh
James L. McGaugh University of California, Irvine
William A. Falls
William A. Falls University of Vermont
Serge Campeau
Serge Campeau University of Colorado Boulder
Eminy H. Y. Lee
Eminy H. Y. Lee Academia Sinica
Susan Shur-Fen Gau
Susan Shur-Fen Gau National Taiwan University
Sung-Tsang Hsieh
Sung-Tsang Hsieh National Taiwan University
Richard F. Thompson
Richard F. Thompson University of Southern California

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