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D-Index
67
Citations
14614
World Ranking
8289
National Ranking
36

Overview

Weihong Pan is affiliated with the National Defense Medical Center in Taiwan and has contributed to research at the intersection of medicine and computer science. Their publications span across several specialized domains, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry.

Their research interests include a focus on advanced image and video retrieval techniques, interferon and immune responses, tryptophan and brain disorders, advanced vision and imaging, robotics and sensor-based localization, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, as well as stress responses and cortisol.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Weihong Pan encompass the following:

  • NeuralMarker, 2022, ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • Intracellular interplay between cholecystokinin and leptin signalling for satiety control in rats, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Estrogen can abolish oxytocin-induced spinal anti-hyperalgesia, 2021, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Phenotypic Resemblance to Neuropsychiatric Disorder and Altered mRNA Profiles in Cortex and Hippocampus Underlying IL15Rα Knockout, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Molecular mechanism of PANoptosis and programmed cell death in neurological diseases, 2025, Neurobiology of Disease

Weihong Pan frequently collaborates with several researchers including:

  • Zhaoyang Huang
  • Xiaokun Pan
  • Weikang Bian
  • Hongsheng Li
  • Yi He

Their work has been published in a variety of scientific venues, including:

  • ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Neurobiology of Disease
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience

Analysis of their publications reveals engagement primarily in the fields of medicine and computer science, with particular subfields represented such as computer vision and pattern recognition, immunology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, molecular biology, and biological psychiatry.

Best Publications

  • Strategies to advance translational research into brain barriers

    Edward Neuwelt;N Joan Abbott;Lauren Abrey;William A Banks

  • Differential BBB interactions of three ingestive peptides: obestatin, ghrelin, and adiponectin.

    Weihong Pan;Hong Tu;Abba J. Kastin

  • Decreased transport of leptin across the blood-brain barrier in rats lacking the short form of the leptin receptor

    Abba J Kastin;Weihong Pan;Lawrence M Maness;Richard J Koletsky

  • Nesfatin-1 crosses the blood-brain barrier without saturation.

    Weihong Pan;Hung Hsuchou;Abba J. Kastin

  • Cytokine Signaling Modulates Blood-Brain Barrier Function

    Weihong Pan;Kirsten P. Stone;Hung Hsuchou;Vamshi K. Manda

  • Efficient transfer of receptor-associated protein (RAP) across the blood-brain barrier

    Weihong Pan;Abba J. Kastin;Todd C. Zankel;Peter van Kerkhof

  • Permeation of growth hormone across the blood-brain barrier

    Weihong Pan;Yongmei Yu;Courtney M. Cain;Fred Nyberg

  • Obesity induces functional astrocytic leptin receptors in hypothalamus

    Hung Hsuchou;Yi He;Abba J. Kastin;Hong Tu

  • C-reactive protein increases BBB permeability: implications for obesity and neuroinflammation.

    Hung Hsuchou;Abba J. Kastin;Pramod K. Mishra;Weihong Pan

  • Sleep restriction impairs blood-brain barrier function.

    Junyun He;Hung Hsuchou;Yi He;Abba J. Kastin

  • Tumor necrosis factor and stroke: role of the blood-brain barrier.

    Weihong Pan;Abba J. Kastin

  • Neural plasticity after spinal cord injury.

    Yuemin Ding;Abba J. Kastin;Weihong Pan

  • Astrocyte Leptin Receptor (ObR) and Leptin Transport in Adult-Onset Obese Mice

    Weihong Pan;Hung Hsuchou;Yi He;Amul Sakharkar

  • Soluble receptor inhibits leptin transport

    Hong Tu;Abba J. Kastin;Hung Hsuchou;Weihong Pan

  • Upregulation of Tumor Necrosis Factor α Transport across the Blood–Brain Barrier after Acute Compressive Spinal Cord Injury

    Weihong Pan;Abba J. Kastin;Abba J. Kastin;Richard L. Bell;Richard D. Olson

  • Urocortin and the brain.

    Weihong Pan;Abba J. Kastin

  • Can sleep apnea cause Alzheimer's disease?

    Weihong Pan;Abba J. Kastin

  • Leptin: a biomarker for sleep disorders?

    Weihong Pan;Abba J. Kastin

  • Neuroinflammation facilitates LIF entry into brain: role of TNF

    Weihong Pan;Chuanhui Yu;Hung Hsuchou;Yan Zhang

  • Developmental Changes of Leptin Receptors in Cerebral Microvessels: Unexpected Relation to Leptin Transport

    Weihong Pan;Hung Hsuchou;Hong Tu;Abba J. Kastin

Frequent Co-Authors

Abba J. Kastin
Abba J. Kastin Louisiana State University
Franz Halberg
Franz Halberg University of Minnesota
Fred Nyberg
Fred Nyberg Uppsala University
Manfred Herold
Manfred Herold Innsbruck Medical University
Tetsuya Terasaki
Tetsuya Terasaki Tohoku University
Streamson C. Chua
Streamson C. Chua Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Chaim G. Pick
Chaim G. Pick Tel Aviv University
Christopher S. von Bartheld
Christopher S. von Bartheld University of Nevada Reno
Takatoshi Mochizuki
Takatoshi Mochizuki Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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