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Ping Liu

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Neuroscience

D-Index
39
Citations
4946
World Ranking
8392
National Ranking
27

Ping Liu publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ping Liu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 118 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Ping Liu D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ping Liu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ping Liu is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand and has contributed extensively to multiple fields related to medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics within these domains. Notable papers include:

  • "Arginase: An emerging and promising therapeutic target for cancer treatment" (2022) published in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  • "A novel Alzheimer's disease prognostic signature: identification and analysis of glutamine metabolism genes in immunogenicity and immunotherapy efficacy" (2023) published in Scientific Reports
  • "(Ascorb)ing Pb Neurotoxicity in the Developing Brain" (2020) published in Antioxidants
  • "Synaptosome as a tool in Alzheimer's disease research" (2020) published in Brain Research
  • "Intravenous antagomiR-494 lessens brain-infiltrating neutrophils by increasing HDAC2-mediated repression of multiple MMPs in experimental stroke" (2020) published in The FASEB Journal

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Faraz Ahmad, Haiping Zhao, Jing Yu, Hu Zhang, and Fangfang Li, each having worked together on multiple projects.

Their work appears regularly in prominent scientific journals, with multiple publications in venues such as Scientific Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, PubMed, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, and Antioxidants.

Ping Liu's research spans several interconnected fields, emphasizing:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Their specialized subfields include:

  • Neurology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Physiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Main research topics focus on:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Best Publications

  • A comparison of random forest regression and multiple linear regression for prediction in neuroscience

    Paul F. Smith;Siva Ganesh;Ping Liu

  • Agmatine: clinical applications after 100 years in translation

    John E. Piletz;John E. Piletz;Feyza Aricioglu;Juei Tang Cheng;Carolyn A Fairbanks

  • Altered arginine metabolism in Alzheimer's disease brains.

    Ping Liu;Michael S. Fleete;Yu Jing;Nicola D. Collie

  • Local glutamate level dictates adenosine A2A receptor regulation of neuroinflammation and traumatic brain injury.

    Shuang-Shuang Dai;Yuan-Guo Zhou;Wei Li;Jian-Hong An

  • The effect of excitotoxic lesions centered on the hippocampus or perirhinal cortex in object recognition and spatial memory tasks.

    Ping Liu;David K. Bilkey

  • The effects of vestibular lesions on hippocampal function in rats.

    Paul F. Smith;Arata Horii;Noah Russell;David K. Bilkey

  • Excitotoxic lesions centered on perirhinal cortex produce delay-dependent deficits in a test of spatial memory.

    Ping Liu;David K. Bilkey

  • Age-related changes in polyamines in memory-associated brain structures in rats.

    P. Liu;N. Gupta;Y. Jing;H. Zhang

  • Perirhinal cortex contributions to performance in the Morris water maze.

    Ping Liu;David K. Bilkey

  • Regional variations and age-related changes in nitric oxide synthase and arginase in the sub-regions of the hippocampus.

    P Liu;P.F Smith;I Appleton;C.L Darlington

  • Glutamate receptor subunits expression in memory-associated brain structures: regional variations and effects of aging.

    Ping Liu;Paul F. Smith;Cynthia L. Darlington

  • Age-related changes in arginine and its metabolites in memory-associated brain structures.

    P. Liu;Y. Jing;H. Zhang

  • Potential involvement of NOS and arginase in age-related behavioural impairments.

    P. Liu;P.F. Smith;I. Appleton;C.L. Darlington

  • Nitric oxide synthase and arginase in the rat hippocampus and the entorhinal, perirhinal, postrhinal, and temporal cortices: regional variations and age-related changes

    Ping Liu;Paul F. Smith;Ian Appleton;Cynthia L. Darlington

  • Spatial learning results in elevated agmatine levels in the rat brain.

    Ping Liu;Nicola D. Collie;Sree Chary;Yu Jing

  • Lesions of perirhinal cortex produce spatial memory deficits in the radial maze

    Ping Liu;David K. Bilkey

  • Long-term changes in hippocampal n-methyl-d-aspartate receptor subunits following unilateral vestibular damage in rat

    P Liu;Y Zheng;J King;C.L Darlington

  • Effects of aging on agmatine levels in memory‐associated brain structures

    Ping Liu;Sree Chary;Renuka Devaraj;Yu Jing

  • The effect of excitotoxic lesions centered on the perirhinal cortex in two versions of the radial arm maze task.

    Ping Liu;David K. Bilkey

  • Hippocampal nitric oxide synthase and arginase and age-associated behavioral deficits.

    Ping Liu;Paul F. Smith;Ian Appleton;Cynthia L. Darlington

  • Aggregated single-walled carbon nanotubes attenuate the behavioural and neurochemical effects of methamphetamine in mice

    Xue Xue;Jing-Yu Yang;Yi He;Li-Rong Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

David K. Bilkey
David K. Bilkey University of Otago
Paul F. Smith
Paul F. Smith University of Otago
Cynthia L. Darlington
Cynthia L. Darlington University of Otago
Yuning Li
Yuning Li University of Waterloo
Wickliffe C. Abraham
Wickliffe C. Abraham University of Otago
Richard L.M. Faull
Richard L.M. Faull University of Auckland
Esther S. Takeuchi
Esther S. Takeuchi Stony Brook University
Kenneth J. Takeuchi
Kenneth J. Takeuchi Stony Brook University
Amy C. Marschilok
Amy C. Marschilok Stony Brook University
Henry J. Waldvogel
Henry J. Waldvogel University of Auckland

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