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Qing-song Liu

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Neuroscience

D-Index
43
Citations
8369
World Ranking
7350
National Ranking
3176

Qing-song 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 Qing-song Liu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 85 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Qing-song 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 Qing-song Liu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Qing-song Liu is affiliated with the Medical College of Wisconsin in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on neuroscience, with 53 publications in this field. Within neuroscience, their work spans several subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, neurology, and physiology.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function

Qing-song Liu has contributed to scientific literature published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Cells
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Translational Psychiatry

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Qing-song Liu include:

  • "Treadmill Exercise Prevents Decline in Spatial Learning and Memory in 3×Tg-AD Mice through Enhancement of Structural Synaptic Plasticity of the Hippocampus and Prefrontal Cortex", 2022, Cells
  • "Dynamic Characterization of Structural, Molecular, and Electrophysiological Phenotypes of Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cerebral Organoids, and Comparison with Fetal and Adult Gene Profiles", 2020, Cells
  • "Role of endocannabinoid signaling in a septohabenular pathway in the regulation of anxiety- and depressive-like behavior", 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Sex, stress, and prefrontal cortex: influence of biological sex on stress-promoted cocaine seeking", 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "The Neuroprotective Effects of the CB2 Agonist GW842166x in the 6-OHDA Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease", 2021, Cells

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Xiaojie Liu
  • Lianwei Mu
  • Vladislav Friedman
  • Thomas J. Kelly
  • Hao Yu

Best Publications

  • Signaling at the Gliovascular Interface

    Marie Simard;Gregory Arcuino;Takahiro Takano;Qing Song Liu

  • Chronic monoacylglycerol lipase blockade causes functional antagonism of the endocannabinoid system

    Joel E Schlosburg;Jacqueline L Blankman;Jonathan Z Long;Daniel K Nomura

  • P2X7 receptor inhibition improves recovery after spinal cord injury.

    Xiaohai Wang;Gregory Arcuino;Takahiro Takano;Jane Lin

  • Acute Cannabinoids Impair Working Memory through Astroglial CB1 Receptor Modulation of Hippocampal LTD

    Jing Han;Philip Kesner;Mathilde Metna-Laurent;Mathilde Metna-Laurent;Tingting Duan;Tingting Duan

  • β-Amyloid peptide blocks the response of α7-containing nicotinic receptors on hippocampal neurons

    Qing-song Liu;Hideki Kawai;Darwin K. Berg

  • Recruitment of prefrontal cortical endocannabinoid signaling by glucocorticoids contributes to termination of the stress response.

    Matthew N. Hill;Ryan J. McLaughlin;Bin Pan;Megan L. Fitzgerald

  • Repeated cocaine exposure in vivo facilitates LTP induction in midbrain dopamine neurons

    Qing-song Liu;Lu Pu;Mu-ming Poo

  • Astrocyte-mediated activation of neuronal kainate receptors

    Qing-song Liu;Qiwu Xu;Gregory Arcuino;Jian Kang

  • Blockade of 2-arachidonoylglycerol hydrolysis by selective monoacylglycerol lipase inhibitor 4-nitrophenyl 4-(dibenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl(hydroxy)methyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (JZL184) Enhances retrograde endocannabinoid signaling

    Bin Pan;Wei Wang;Jonathan Z. Long;Dalong Sun

  • Rapid and profound rewiring of brain lipid signaling networks by acute diacylglycerol lipase inhibition

    Daisuke Ogasawara;Hui Deng;Andreu Viader;Marc P. Baggelaar

  • BDNF-dependent synaptic sensitization in midbrain dopamine neurons after cocaine withdrawal

    Lu Pu;Qing-song Liu;Mu-ming Poo

  • D2 dopamine receptor activation facilitates endocannabinoid-mediated long-term synaptic depression of GABAergic synaptic transmission in midbrain dopamine neurons via cAMP-protein kinase A signaling.

    Bin Pan;Cecilia J. Hillard;Qing-song Liu

  • Alterations of Endocannabinoid Signaling, Synaptic Plasticity, Learning, and Memory in Monoacylglycerol Lipase Knock-out Mice

    Bin Pan;Wei Wang;Peng Zhong;Jacqueline L. Blankman

  • Endocannabinoid Signaling Mediates Cocaine-Induced Inhibitory Synaptic Plasticity in Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

    Bin Pan;Cecilia J. Hillard;Qing-song Liu

  • Nicotinic regulation of CREB activation in hippocampal neurons by glutamatergic and nonglutamatergic pathways.

    Mei Hu;Qing-song Liu;Karen T Chang;Darwin K Berg

  • Metabolic Interplay between Astrocytes and Neurons Regulates Endocannabinoid Action.

    Andreu Viader;Jacqueline L. Blankman;Peng Zhong;Xiaojie Liu

  • Monoacylglycerol Lipase Inhibition Blocks Chronic Stress-Induced Depressive-Like Behaviors via Activation of mTOR Signaling

    Peng Zhong;Wei Wang;Wei Wang;Bin Pan;Xiaojie Liu

  • Deficiency in Endocannabinoid Signaling in the Nucleus Accumbens Induced by Chronic Unpredictable Stress

    Wei Wang;Dalong Sun;Dalong Sun;Bin Pan;Christopher J Roberts

  • Nitric oxide inhibits neuronal activity in the supraoptic nucleus of the rat hypothalamic slices.

    Qing-Song Liu;You-Sheng Jia;Gong Ju

  • Treadmill Exercise Prevents Decline in Spatial Learning and Memory in 3×Tg-AD Mice through Enhancement of Structural Synaptic Plasticity of the Hippocampus and Prefrontal Cortex

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  • Astrocyte activation of presynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors modulates hippocampal inhibitory synaptic transmission.

    Qing-Song Liu;Qiwu Xu;Jian Kang

  • D2 dopamine receptor involvement in spinal dopamine-produced antinociception.

    Qing-Song Liu;Jian-Tian Qiao;Nachum Dafny

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin F. Cravatt
Benjamin F. Cravatt Scripps Research Institute
Cecilia J. Hillard
Cecilia J. Hillard Medical College of Wisconsin
Darwin K. Berg
Darwin K. Berg University of California, San Diego
Aron H. Lichtman
Aron H. Lichtman Virginia Commonwealth University
Djoher Nora Abrous
Djoher Nora Abrous University of Bordeaux
Muriel Koehl
Muriel Koehl Inserm
Takahiro Takano
Takahiro Takano University of Rochester
Steven A. Goldman
Steven A. Goldman University of Rochester Medical Center
Mu-ming Poo
Mu-ming Poo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Youming Lu
Youming Lu Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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