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61
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3638
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 1981 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

Lu Chen is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has a diverse research portfolio spanning medicine and engineering. Their work intersects multiple subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Neurology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's main research topics encompass:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Advanced battery technologies research

Lu Chen has contributed to several publications, including peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. Recent papers include:

  • "Homeostatic plasticity and excitation-inhibition balance: The good, the bad, and the ugly" (2022) published in Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • "Microglia modulate stable wakefulness via the thalamic reticular nucleus in mice" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "How Prussian Blue Analogues Can Be Stable in Concentrated Aqueous Electrolytes" (2022) published in ACS Energy Letters
  • "An analog of psychedelics restores functional neural circuits disrupted by unpredictable stress" (2021) published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Carbon emission of energy consumption of the electric vehicle development scenario" (2021) published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Frequent co-authors working alongside Lu Chen include Jicheng Yi, Shruti Thapliyal, Lixia Pei, Ruijie Ma, and He Yan. Collaboration across these researchers indicates a strong interdisciplinary approach.

Publications appear regularly in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • eLife
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Advanced Energy Materials

Lu Chen has also authored a book titled Synaptic Plasticity and Dysfunction, Friend or Foe? published by Frontiers Media in 2023.

Recognition for Lu Chen's contributions includes being named a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 2005 and a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1981.

Best Publications

  • Rapid Single-Step Induction of Functional Neurons from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Yingsha Zhang;Chang Hui Pak;Yan Han;Henrik Ahlenius

  • Stargazin regulates synaptic targeting of AMPA receptors by two distinct mechanisms

    Lu Chen;Dane M. Chetkovich;Ronald S. Petralia;Neal T. Sweeney

  • Direct interactions between PSD-95 and stargazin control synaptic AMPA receptor number

    Eric Schnell;Max Sizemore;Siavash Karimzadegan;Lu Chen

  • Functional studies and distribution define a family of transmembrane AMPA receptor regulatory proteins

    Susumu Tomita;Lu Chen;Yoshimi Kawasaki;Ronald S. Petralia

  • Synaptic Signaling by All-Trans Retinoic Acid in Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity

    Jason Aoto;Christine I. Nam;Michael M. Poon;Pamela Ting

  • Deficient Cerebellar Long-Term Depression, Impaired Eyeblink Conditioning, and Normal Motor Coordination in GFAP Mutant Mice

    Katsuei Shibuki;Hiroshi Gomi;Lu Chen;Shaowen Bao

  • Postsynaptic assembly induced by neurexin-neuroligin interaction and neurotransmitter

    Christine I. Nam;Lu Chen

  • Impaired motor coordination correlates with persistent multiple climbing fiber innervation in PKCγ mutant mice

    Chong Chen;Chong Chen;Masanobu Kano;Asa Abeliovich;Asa Abeliovich;Lu Chen

  • Impaired classical eyeblink conditioning in cerebellar-lesioned and Purkinje cell degeneration (pcd) mutant mice

    Lu Chen;Shaowen Bao;Jon M. Lockard;Jeansok J. Kim

  • Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1a1 mediates a GABA synthesis pathway in midbrain dopaminergic neurons.

    Jae-Ick Kim;Subhashree Ganesan;Sarah X. Luo;Yu-Wei Wu

  • Integrating Hebbian and homeostatic plasticity: the current state of the field and future research directions

    Tara Keck;Taro Toyoizumi;Lu Chen;Brent Doiron

  • Phosphorylation of the Postsynaptic Density-95 (PSD-95)/Discs Large/Zona Occludens-1 Binding Site of Stargazin Regulates Binding to PSD-95 and Synaptic Targeting of AMPA Receptors

    Dane M. Chetkovich;Lu Chen;Timothy J. Stocker;Roger A. Nicoll

  • Selective enhancement of emotional, but not motor, learning in monoamine oxidase A-deficient mice

    Jeansok J. Kim;Jean C. Shih;Kevin Chen;Lu Chen

  • Postsynaptic synaptotagmins mediate AMPA receptor exocytosis during LTP

    Dick Wu;Taulant Bacaj;Wade Morishita;Debanjan Goswami

  • Remediation of Childhood Math Anxiety and Associated Neural Circuits through Cognitive Tutoring

    Kaustubh Supekar;Teresa Iuculano;Lang Chen;Vinod Menon

  • Fragile X Protein FMRP Is Required for Homeostatic Plasticity and Regulation of Synaptic Strength by Retinoic Acid

    Marta E. Soden;Lu Chen

  • Retinoic acid regulates RARα-mediated control of translation in dendritic RNA granules during homeostatic synaptic plasticity

    Bita Maghsoodi;Michael M. Poon;Christine I. Nam;Jason Aoto

  • β-Neurexins Control Neural Circuits by Regulating Synaptic Endocannabinoid Signaling

    Garret R. Anderson;Jason Aoto;Katsuhiko Tabuchi;Csaba Földy

  • Synaptic retinoic acid signaling and homeostatic synaptic plasticity.

    Lu Chen;Anthony G. Lau;Federica Sarti

  • Cerebellar cortical inhibition and classical eyeblink conditioning.

    Shaowen Bao;Lu Chen;Jeansok J. Kim;Richard F. Thompson

  • An ocular glymphatic clearance system removes β-amyloid from the rodent eye.

    Xiaowei Wang;Xiaowei Wang;Nanhong Lou;Allison Eberhardt;Yujia Yang

  • Conditional neuroligin-2 knockout in adult medial prefrontal cortex links chronic changes in synaptic inhibition to cognitive impairments

    J. Liang;W. Xu;Y. T. Hsu;A. X. Yee

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaowen Bao
Shaowen Bao University of Arizona
Richard F. Thompson
Richard F. Thompson University of Southern California
Jeansok J. Kim
Jeansok J. Kim University of Washington
Roger A. Nicoll
Roger A. Nicoll University of California, San Francisco
Robert C. Malenka
Robert C. Malenka Stanford University
Frank Sengpiel
Frank Sengpiel Cardiff University
Ronald S. Petralia
Ronald S. Petralia National Institutes of Health
Wade Morishita
Wade Morishita Stanford University School of Medicine
Matthew H. Porteus
Matthew H. Porteus Stanford University
Toshimitsu Uede
Toshimitsu Uede Hokkaido University

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