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Overview

Lin Lu is affiliated with Peking University in China and has an extensive research portfolio predominantly in the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology. Their work focuses on various overlapping subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Molecular Biology, and Neurology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to mental health and brain function. Notably, these include:

  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Lin Lu has contributed to several recent publications, which feature prominently in high-impact journals. Selected papers include:

  • Gastrointestinal symptoms of 95 cases with SARS-CoV-2 infection, 2020, published in Gut
  • Prevalence of and Risk Factors Associated With Mental Health Symptoms Among the General Population in China During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic, 2020, published in JAMA Network Open
  • Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in China, 2020, published in General Psychiatry
  • Brief Report: Increased Addictive Internet and Substance Use Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China, 2020, published in American Journal on Addictions
  • Global prevalence of digital addiction in general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, published in Clinical Psychology Review

The scientist frequently publishes in venues including:

  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Research Square
  • American Journal on Addictions

Collaboration is a significant part of Lin Lu's research activities. Frequent co-authors include Jie Shi, Yanping Bao, Kai Yuan, Le Shi, and Wei Yan.

Best Publications

  • 2019-nCoV epidemic: address mental health care to empower society.

    Yanping Bao;Yankun Sun;Shiqiu Meng;Jie Shi

  • The reinstatement model of drug relapse: history, methodology and major findings.

    Yavin Shaham;Uri Shalev;Lin Lu;Harriet de Wit

  • Prevalence of and Risk Factors Associated With Mental Health Symptoms Among the General Population in China During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.

    Le Shi;Zheng An Lu;Jian Yu Que;Xiao Lin Huang

  • Mental health considerations for children quarantined because of COVID-19.

    Jia Jia Liu;Yanping Bao;Xiaolin Huang;Jie Shi

  • Depression and anxiety in relation to cancer incidence and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

    Yun-He Wang;Jin-Qiao Li;Ju-Fang Shi;Jian-Yu Que

  • A Memory Retrieval-Extinction Procedure to Prevent Drug Craving and Relapse

    Yan-Xue Xue;Yi-Xiao Luo;Ping Wu;Hai-Shui Shi;Hai-Shui Shi

  • Psychological impact of the covid-19 pandemic on healthcare workers: A cross-sectional study in China

    Jianyu Que;Le Shi;Jiahui Deng;Jiajia Liu

  • Time-Dependent Increases in Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Protein Levels within the Mesolimbic Dopamine System after Withdrawal from Cocaine: Implications for Incubation of Cocaine Craving

    Jeffrey W. Grimm;Lin Lu;Teruo Hayashi;Bruce T. Hope

  • Incubation of cocaine craving after withdrawal: a review of preclinical data.

    Lin Lu;Jeffrey W. Grimm;Bruce T. Hope;Yavin Shaham

  • Brief Report: Increased Addictive Internet and Substance Use Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic in China.

    Yan Sun;Yangyang Li;Yanping Bao;Shiqiu Meng

  • Central amygdala ERK signaling pathway is critical to incubation of cocaine craving

    Lin Lu;Bruce T Hope;Jack Dempsey;Shirley Y Liu

  • Genetics of dopamine receptors and drug addiction: a comprehensive review.

    Bernard Le Foll;Alexandra Gallo;Yann Le Strat;Lin Lu

  • Role of ERK in cocaine addiction

    Lin Lu;Eisuke Koya;Haifeng Zhai;Bruce T. Hope

  • A Single Infusion of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor into the Ventral Tegmental Area Induces Long-Lasting Potentiation of Cocaine Seeking after Withdrawal

    Lin Lu;Jack Dempsey;Shirley Y. Liu;Jennifer M. Bossert

  • Rodent BDNF genes, novel promoters, novel splice variants, and regulation by cocaine.

    Qing Rong Liu;Lin Lu;Xu Guang Zhu;Jian Ping Gong

  • Effect of environmental stressors on opiate and psychostimulant reinforcement, reinstatement and discrimination in rats: a review.

    Lin Lu;Jack D Shepard;F Scott Hall;Yavin Shaham

  • Neurobiology of relapse to heroin and cocaine seeking: an update and clinical implications.

    Jennifer M. Bossert;Udi E. Ghitza;Lin Lu;David H. Epstein

  • Effects of medication-assisted treatment on mortality among opioids users: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Jun Ma;Yan-Ping Bao;Yan-Ping Bao;Ru-Jia Wang;Meng-Fan Su

  • Modification of hippocampal neurogenesis and neuroplasticity by social environments

    Lin Lu;Guobin Bao;Hai Chen;Peng Xia

  • Molecular neuroadaptations in the accumbens and ventral tegmental area during the first 90 days of forced abstinence from cocaine self-administration in rats.

    Lin Lu;Jeff W. Grimm;Yavin Shaham;Bruce T. Hope

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas R. Kosten
Thomas R. Kosten Baylor College of Medicine
Xiang Yang Zhang
Xiang Yang Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yavin Shaham
Yavin Shaham National Institute on Drug Abuse
David H. Epstein
David H. Epstein National Institute on Drug Abuse
Therese A. Kosten
Therese A. Kosten University of Houston
Tianzi Jiang
Tianzi Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mao-Sheng Ran
Mao-Sheng Ran University of Hong Kong
Bruce T. Hope
Bruce T. Hope National Institute on Drug Abuse
Lan Ma
Lan Ma Fudan University
Jun Chen
Jun Chen Nankai University

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