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2026

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54
Citations
8132
World Ranking
4990
National Ranking
9

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  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Taiwan Leader Award

Overview

Ming-Jang Chiu is affiliated with National Taiwan University in Taiwan and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on neurodegenerative diseases. Their research spans various subfields including physiology, psychiatry and mental health, neurology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and cognitive neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and cognitive impairment research
  • Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Neurological disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Health, environment, cognitive aging
  • Noise effects and management

Ming-Jang Chiu has published in several notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • PLoS ONE
  • ACS Chemical Neuroscience
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Their collaborations involve several coauthors such as:

  • Ta-Fu Chen
  • Chin-Hsien Lin
  • Shieh-Yueh Yang
  • Chaur-Jong Hu
  • Yu Sun

Among recent published papers are the following:

  • Classifications of Neurodegenerative Disorders Using a Multiplex Blood Biomarkers-Based Machine Learning Model, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Three month inhalation exposure to low-level PM2.5 induced brain toxicity in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Rural-urban Disparities in the Prevalence of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Taiwan: A Door-to-door Nationwide Study, 2021, Journal of Epidemiology
  • The contribution of vascular risk factors in neurodegenerative disorders: from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease, 2020, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
  • Safety, tolerability, immunogenicity, and efficacy of UB-311 in participants with mild Alzheimer's disease: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2a study, 2023, EBioMedicine

Best Publications

  • A nationwide survey of mild cognitive impairment and dementia, including very mild dementia, in Taiwan

    Yu Sun;Huey Jane Lee;Shu Chien Yang;Ta Fu Chen

  • Blood NfL: A biomarker for disease severity and progression in Parkinson disease.

    Chin Hsien Lin;Cheng Hsuan Li;Kai Chien Yang;Fang Ju Lin

  • Model-free functional MRI analysis using Kohonen clustering neural network and fuzzy C-means

    Kai-Hsiang Chuang;Ming-Jang Chiu;Chung-Chih Lin;Jyh-Horng Chen

  • From mild cognitive impairment to subjective cognitive decline: conceptual and methodological evolution.

    Yu-Wen Cheng;Ta-Fu Chen;Ming-Jang Chiu

  • UB-311, a novel UBITh® amyloid β peptide vaccine for mild Alzheimer's disease

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  • Plasma Amyloid-β (Aβ42) Correlates with Cerebrospinal Fluid Aβ42 in Alzheimer's Disease.

    Charlotte E. Teunissen;Ming-Jang Chiu;Che-Chuan Yang;Shieh-Yueh Yang

  • Plasma tau as a window to the brain-negative associations with brain volume and memory function in mild cognitive impairment and early alzheimer's disease

    Ming Jang Chiu;Ya Fang Chen;Ta Fu Chen;Shieh Yueh Yang

  • Plasma α-synuclein predicts cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease

    Chin Hsien Lin;Shieh Yueh Yang;Herng Er Horng;Che Chuan Yang

  • Assay of Plasma Phosphorylated Tau Protein (Threonine 181) and Total Tau Protein in Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease.

    Che Chuan Yang;Ming Jang Chiu;Ta Fu Chen;Hui Ling Chang

  • Combined plasma biomarkers for diagnosing mild cognition impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

    Ming Jang Chiu;Shieh-Yueh Yang;Herng-Er Horng;Che Chuan Yang

  • Autonomic activities in hyperhidrosis patients before, during, and after endoscopic laser sympathectomy.

    Ming-Chien Kao;Jui-Chang Tsai;Dar-Ming Lai;Yi-Yun Hsiao

  • Biofunctionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles for Specifically Detecting Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease in Vitro

    Che Chuan Yang;Shieh-Yueh Yang;Jen Jie Chieh;Herng-Er Horng

  • Plasma Levels of Aβ42 and Tau Identified Probable Alzheimer's Dementia: Findings in Two Cohorts.

    Lih-Fen Lue;Marwan N. Sabbagh;Ming-Jang Chiu;Naomi Jing

  • An automatic analysis method for detecting and eliminating ECG artifacts in EEG

    Joe-Air Jiang;Chih-Feng Chao;Ming-Jang Chiu;Ren-Guey Lee

  • Clinical presentations and skin denervation in amyloid neuropathy due to transthyretin Ala97Ser

    N.C.-C. Yang;M.-J. Lee;C.-C. Chao;Y.-T. Chuang

  • Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) suppresses β-amyloid-induced neurotoxicity through inhibiting c-Abl/FE65 nuclear translocation and GSK3β activation

    Chih-Li Lin;Ta-Fu Chen;Ming-Jang Chiu;Tzong-Der Way

  • Executive dysfunction and periventricular diffusion tensor changes in amnesic mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease.

    Ta-Fu Chen;Ya-Fang Chen;Ting-Wen Cheng;Mau-Sun Hua

  • Neurocognitive Improvement After Carotid Artery Stenting in Patients With Chronic Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion and Cerebral Ischemia

    Mao-Shin Lin;Ming-Jang Chiu;Yen-Wen Wu;Ching-Chang Huang

  • Plasma Aβ but not tau is related to brain PiB retention in early Alzheimer's disease.

    Kai Yuan Tzen;Shieh Yueh Yang;Ta Fu Chen;Ting Wen Cheng

  • New assay for old markers-plasma beta amyloid of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

    M. J. Chiu;Shieh-Yueh Yang;T. F. Chen;J. J. Chieh

  • Quality of Sleep and Related Factors During Chemotherapy in Patients with Stage I/II Breast Cancer

    Hsiao-Hsuan Kuo;Ming-Jang Chiu;Wen-Chun Liao;Shiow-Li Hwang

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaj Blennow
Kaj Blennow University of Gothenburg
Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng
Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng National Taiwan University
Andrzej Cichocki
Andrzej Cichocki Systems Research Institute
Joe-Air Jiang
Joe-Air Jiang National Taiwan University
Sung-Tsang Hsieh
Sung-Tsang Hsieh National Taiwan University
Henrik Zetterberg
Henrik Zetterberg University of Gothenburg
Anqi Qiu
Anqi Qiu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jun S. Liu
Jun S. Liu Harvard University
Chi-Kuang Sun
Chi-Kuang Sun National Taiwan University
Andrew C. N. Chen
Andrew C. N. Chen Capital Medical University

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