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Neuroscience
Taiwan
2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
54
Citations
10126
World Ranking
4931
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Taiwan Leader Award

Overview

Kuei Sen Hsu is affiliated with National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study for Kuei Sen Hsu include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, the scientist has contributed to several subfields of study, including:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology

Their research focuses on topics such as:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Kuei Sen Hsu has authored numerous scientific papers published in a range of journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Biomedical Science
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Brain Stimulation
  • Molecular Neurobiology

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Kuei Sen Hsu include:

  • Yi-Jen Wu
  • Kimberly M. Christian
  • Guo-li Ming
  • Miao-Er Chien
  • Chin-Hao Chen

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Kuei Sen Hsu are:

  • "TNFα-mediated necroptosis in brain endothelial cells as a potential mechanism of increased seizure susceptibility in mice following systemic inflammation," 2022, Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • "Pharmacological rescue in patient iPSC and mouse models with a rare DISC1 mutation," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Social Transmission and Buffering of Hippocampal Metaplasticity after Stress in Mice," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "A dorsal CA2 to ventral CA1 circuit contributes to oxytocinergic modulation of long-term social recognition memory," 2022, Journal of Biomedical Science
  • "CYFIP1 Dosages Exhibit Divergent Behavioral Impact via Diametric Regulation of NMDA Receptor Complex Translation in Mouse Models of Psychiatric Disorders," 2021, Biological Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • A Critical Period for Enhanced Synaptic Plasticity in Newly Generated Neurons of the Adult Brain

    Shaoyu Ge;Chih hao Yang;Chih hao Yang;Kuei sen Hsu;Guo li Ming

  • Presynaptic mechanisms underlying cannabinoid inhibition of excitatory synaptic transmission in rat striatal neurons

    Chiung‐Chun Huang;Shiow‐Win Lo;Kuei‐Sen Hsu

  • Insulin promotes dendritic spine and synapse formation by the PI3K/Akt/mTOR and Rac1 signaling pathways.

    Cheng Che Lee;Chiung Chun Huang;Kuei Sen Hsu

  • Estrogen modulates sexually dimorphic contextual fear extinction in rats through estrogen receptor β

    Yao Ju Chang;Chih Hao Yang;Ying Ching Liang;Che Ming Yeh

  • Rap1-induced p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Activation Facilitates AMPA Receptor Trafficking via the GDI·Rab5 Complex POTENTIAL ROLE IN (S)-3,5-DIHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCINE-INDUCED LONG TERM DEPRESSION

    Chiung Chun Huang;Jia Lin You;Mei Ying Wu;Kuei Sen Hsu

  • Behavioral stress enhances hippocampal CA1 long-term depression through the blockade of the glutamate uptake.

    Chih Hao Yang;Chiung Chun Huang;Kuei Sen Hsu

  • NADPH Oxidase–Derived Superoxide Anion Mediates Angiotensin II–Induced Pressor Effect via Activation of p38 Mitogen–Activated Protein Kinase in the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla

    Samuel H.H. Chan;Kuei-Sen Hsu;Chiung-Chun Huang;Ling-Lin Wang

  • Behavioral Stress Modifies Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity through Corticosterone-Induced Sustained Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation

    Chih Hao Yang;Chiung Chun Huang;Kuei Sen Hsu

  • Characterization of the Mechanism Underlying the Reversal of Long Term Potentiation by Low Frequency Stimulation at Hippocampal CA1 Synapses

    Chiung Chun Huang;Ying Ching Liang;Kuei Sen Hsu

  • Conditional Deletion of Hippocampal CA2/CA3a Oxytocin Receptors Impairs the Persistence of Long-Term Social Recognition Memory in Mice.

    Yu Ting Lin;Tsan Yu Hsieh;Tsung Chih Tsai;Chien Chung Chen

  • A role for extracellular adenosine in time-dependent reversal of long-term potentiation by low-frequency stimulation at hippocampal CA1 synapses.

    Chiung Chun Huang;Ying Ching Liang;Kuei-Sen Hsu

  • Isoproterenol potentiates synaptic transmission primarily by enhancing presynaptic calcium influx via P- and/or Q-type calcium channels in the rat amygdala

    Chiung Chun Huang;Kuei Sen Hsu;Po Wu Gean

  • Oxytocin stimulates hippocampal neurogenesis via oxytocin receptor expressed in CA3 pyramidal neurons

    Yu Ting Lin;Chien Chung Chen;Chiung Chun Huang;Katsuhiko Nishimori

  • Presynaptic D2 dopaminergic receptors mediate inhibition of excitatory synaptic transmission in rat neostriatum

    Kuei-Sen Hsu;Chiung Chun Huang;Cheng Hsun Yang;Po-Wu Gean

  • Prenatal stress alters hippocampal synaptic plasticity in young rat offspring through preventing the proteolytic conversion of pro-brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) to mature BDNF.

    Che Ming Yeh;Chiung Chun Huang;Kuei Sen Hsu

  • An investigation into signal transduction mechanisms involved in insulin-induced long-term depression in the CA1 region of the hippocampus.

    Chiung Chun Huang;Cheng Che Lee;Kuei-Sen Hsu

  • Inhibition of N-type calcium currents by lamotrigine in rat amygdalar neurones.

    Su Jane Wang;Chiung Chun Huang;Kuei-Sen Hsu;Jing Jane Tsai

  • Progress in Understanding the Factors Regulating Reversibility of Long-term Potentiation

    Chiung-Chun Huang;Kuei-Sen Hsu

  • Characterization of the anoxia-induced long-term synaptic potentiation in area CA1 of the rat hippocampus

    Kuei Sen Hsu;Chiung Chun Huang

  • Insulin rescues amyloid β-induced impairment of hippocampal long-term potentiation

    Cheng Che Lee;Yu Min Kuo;Chiung Chun Huang;Kuei Sen Hsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Chiung Chun Huang
Chiung Chun Huang National Cheng Kung University
Po Wu Gean
Po Wu Gean National Cheng Kung University
Guo Li Ming
Guo Li Ming University of Pennsylvania
Samuel H.H. Chan
Samuel H.H. Chan Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Hongjun Song
Hongjun Song University of Pennsylvania
Julie Y.H. Chan
Julie Y.H. Chan Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Kimberly M. Christian
Kimberly M. Christian University of Pennsylvania
Huan Yao Lei
Huan Yao Lei National Cheng Kung University
Chi-Hung Juan
Chi-Hung Juan National Central University
Paul F. Worley
Paul F. Worley Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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