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Overview

Po See Chen is affiliated with National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, where their research spans medicine and neuroscience with a particular focus on psychiatry and mental health. Their work extensively covers multiple subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, biological psychiatry, and neurology.

Their research encompasses a variety of topics, such as bipolar disorder and treatment, tryptophan and brain disorders, schizophrenia research and treatment, functional brain connectivity studies, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, and neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms.

Significant recent publications include:

  • High-fat diet induces depression-like phenotype via astrocyte-mediated hyperactivation of ventral hippocampal glutamatergic afferents to the nucleus accumbens, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Peripheral inflammation is associated with dysfunctional corticostriatal circuitry and executive dysfunction in bipolar disorder patients, 2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Factors associated with internalized stigma for Indonesian individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia in a community setting, 2020, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
  • Dysregulation of oxytocin and dopamine in the corticostriatal circuitry in bipolar II disorder, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Add-on repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with opioid use disorder undergoing methadone maintenance therapy, 2021, The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Po See Chen collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Yen Kuang Yang, Huai-Hsuan Tseng, Wei Hung Chang, Tzu-Yun Wang, and Hui Hua Chang. These coauthor relationships support their extensive publication record.

The scientist has published numerous articles in a range of journals, with notable appearances in:

  • Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience (10 publications)
  • Journal of Affective Disorders (9 publications)
  • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology (7 publications)
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research (5 publications)
  • Psychiatry Research (4 publications)

The body of work from Po See Chen contributes to advancing understanding in mental health disorders, neuropharmacology, and brain function with a strong emphasis on clinical and biological psychiatry aspects. Their research plays a role in exploring mechanisms underlying psychiatric conditions and potential therapeutic interventions.

Best Publications

  • Histone deacetylase inhibitors exhibit anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects in a rat permanent ischemic model of stroke: multiple mechanisms of action.

    Hyeon Ju Kim;Michael Rowe;Ming Ren;Jau-Shyong Hong

  • Valproate protects dopaminergic neurons in midbrain neuron/glia cultures by stimulating the release of neurotrophic factors from astrocytes

    Po-See Chen;G. S. Peng;G. S. Peng;G. Li;S. Yang

  • Histone deacetylase inhibitors up-regulate astrocyte GDNF and BDNF gene transcription and protect dopaminergic neurons

    Xuefei Wu;Po See Chen;Po See Chen;Shannon Dallas;Belinda Wilson

  • Valproic acid and other histone deacetylase inhibitors induce microglial apoptosis and attenuate lipopolysaccharide-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity.

    Po See Chen;Chao-Chuan Wang;Chao-Chuan Wang;Carl D. Bortner;Giia-Sheun Peng;Giia-Sheun Peng

  • Valproate pretreatment protects dopaminergic neurons from LPS-induced neurotoxicity in rat primary midbrain cultures: role of microglia

    Giia Sheun Peng;Guorong Li;Nian Sheng Tzeng;Po-See Chen;Po-See Chen

  • Glycogen synthase kinase‐3 negatively regulates anti‐inflammatory interleukin‐10 for lipopolysaccharide‐induced iNOS/NO biosynthesis and RANTES production in microglial cells

    Wei Ching Huang;Yee Shin Lin;Chi Yun Wang;Cheng Chieh Tsai

  • Treatment response and cognitive impairment in major depression: Association with C-reactive protein

    Hui Hua Chang;I. Hui Lee;Po Wu Gean;Sheng Yu Lee

  • Correlation between body mass index and striatal dopamine transporter availability in healthy volunteers--a SPECT study.

    Po See Chen;Yen Kuang Yang;Tzung Lieh Yeh;I-Hui Lee

  • Arecoline, a major alkaloid of the areca nut, causes neurotoxicity through enhancement of oxidative stress and suppression of the antioxidant protective system

    Yu Tzu Shih;Po See Chen;Chi Han Wu;Yu Ting Tseng

  • The Differential Levels of Inflammatory Cytokines and BDNF among Bipolar Spectrum Disorders

    Tzu Yun Wang;Sheng Yu Lee;Shiou Lan Chen;Shiou Lan Chen;Yi Lun Chung

  • The Amygdala Excitatory/Inhibitory Balance in a Valproate-Induced Rat Autism Model

    Hui Ching Lin;Po Wu Gean;Chao Chuan Wang;Yun Han Chan

  • Clozapine protects dopaminergic neurons from inflammation-induced damage by inhibiting microglial overactivation

    Xiaoming Hu;Hui Zhou;Dan Zhang;Sufen Yang

  • High prevalence of metabolic disturbances in patients with bipolar disorder in Taiwan.

    Hui Hua Chang;Chen Hsi Chou;Po See Chen;Po Wu Gean

  • Decreased dopamine transporter availability in male smokers — A dual isotope SPECT study

    Yen Kuang Yang;Wei Jen Yao;Tzung Lieh Yeh;I Hui Lee

  • Interaction of serotonin-related genes affects short-term antidepressant response in major depressive disorder

    Eugene Lin;Po See Chen;Hui Hua Chang;Po Wu Gean

  • Associated Alterations of Striatal Dopamine D2/D3 Receptor and Transporter Binding in Drug-Naive Patients With Schizophrenia: A Dual-Isotope SPECT Study

    Yen Kuang Yang;Lung Yu;Tzung Lieh Yeh;Nan Tsing Chiu

  • The role of valproate in metabolic disturbances in bipolar disorder patients

    Hui Hua Chang;Yen Kuang Yang;Po Wu Gean;Hui Chun Huang

  • Higher striatal dopamine transporters in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder: A SPECT study with [99mTc] TRODAT-1

    Ting Ting Chang;Tzung Lieh Yeh;Nan Tsing Chiu;Po See Chen

  • Methods related to the treatment of neurodegenerative and inflammatory conditions

    Jau-Shyong Hong;Liya Qin;Guorong Li;Michelle Block

  • Availability of dopamine and serotonin transporters in opioid-dependent users—a two-isotope SPECT study

    Tzung Lieh Yeh;Kao Chin Chen;Shih Hsien Lin;I. Hui Lee

  • Chronic cannabinoid administration in vivo compromises extinction of fear memory.

    Hui Ching Lin;Sheng Chun Mao;Po See Chen;Po Wu Gean

  • Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) 38 and PACAP4-6 are neuroprotective through inhibition of NADPH oxidase: potent regulators of microglia-mediated oxidative stress.

    Sufen Yang;Jun Yang;Zhengqin Yang;Posee Chen

  • Correlation between different memory systems and striatal dopamine D2/D3 receptor density: a single photon emission computed tomography study.

    Po See Chen;Yen Kuang Yang;Yuh-Shiow Lee;Tzung Lieh Yeh

  • The application of tDCS for the treatment of psychiatric diseases.

    Min Fang Kuo;Po See Chen;Michael A. Nitsche

Frequent Co-Authors

Yen Kuang Yang
Yen Kuang Yang National Cheng Kung University
Anthony S. David
Anthony S. David University College London
David J. Miklowitz
David J. Miklowitz University of California, Los Angeles

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