Wen-Jun Gao

Overview

Best Publications

• PV Interneurons: Critical Regulators of E/I Balance for Prefrontal Cortex-Dependent Behavior and Psychiatric Disorders.

  Brielle R. Ferguson;Wen-Jun Gao

  612
  Citations

• Heterogeneous organization of the locus coeruleus projections to prefrontal and motor cortices.

  Daniel J. Chandler;Wen-Jun Gao;Barry D. Waterhouse

  393
  Citations

• PSD95: A synaptic protein implicated in schizophrenia or autism?

  Austin A. Coley;Wen-Jun Gao

  350
  Citations

• Presynaptic regulation of recurrent excitation by D1 receptors in prefrontal circuits.

  Wen-Jun Gao;Leonid S. Krimer;Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic

  304
  Citations

• NMDA hypofunction as a convergence point for progression and symptoms of schizophrenia

  Melissa A. Snyder;Wen-Jun Gao

  286
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• A specialized NMDA receptor function in layer 5 recurrent microcircuitry of the adult rat prefrontal cortex.

  Huaixing Wang;George G. Stradtman;Xiao Jing Wang;Wen Jun Gao

  236
  Citations

• Cell type-specific development of NMDA receptors in the interneurons of rat prefrontal cortex.

  Huai-Xing Wang;Wen-Jun Gao

  229
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• Norepinephrine versus dopamine and their interaction in modulating synaptic function in the prefrontal cortex.

  Bo Xing;Yan-Chun Li;Wen-Jun Gao

  217
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• Selective modulation of excitatory and inhibitory microcircuits by dopamine

  Wen-Jun Gao;Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic

  214
  Citations

• Thalamic Control of Cognition and Social Behavior Via Regulation of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acidergic Signaling and Excitation/Inhibition Balance in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex

  Brielle R. Ferguson;Wen-Jun Gao

  175
  Citations

• Dopamine modulation of perisomatic and peridendritic inhibition in prefrontal cortex.

  Wen-Jun Gao;Yun Wang;Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic

  169
  Citations

• Role of dysbindin in dopamine receptor trafficking and cortical GABA function

  Yuanyuan Ji;Feng Yang;Francesco Papaleo;Huai Xing Wang

  163
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• New perspectives on catecholaminergic regulation of executive circuits: evidence for independent modulation of prefrontal functions by midbrain dopaminergic and noradrenergic neurons

  Daniel J. Chandler;Barry D. Waterhouse;Wen-Jun Gao

  153
  Citations

• The Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus Is an Important Node in the Emotional Processing Network.

  Jessica R Barson;Nancy R Mack;Wen-Jun Gao

  120
  Citations

• Performance enhancement at the cost of potential brain plasticity: neural ramifications of nootropic drugs in the healthy developing brain

  Kimberly R. Urban;Wen-Jun Gao

  118
  Citations

• Development of calcium-permeable AMPA receptors and their correlation with NMDA receptors in fast-spiking interneurons of rat prefrontal cortex.

  Huai-Xing Wang;Wen-Jun Gao

  118
  Citations

• Cross-Modal Reorganization of Horizontal Connectivity in Auditory Cortex without Altering Thalamocortical Projections

  W.-J. Gao;S. L. Pallas

  113
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• PSD-95 deficiency disrupts PFC-associated function and behavior during neurodevelopment.

  Austin A. Coley;Wen-Jun Gao

  111
  Citations

• NR2B subunit in the prefrontal cortex: A double-edged sword for working memory function and psychiatric disorders.

  Sarah A. Monaco;Yelena Gulchina;Wen-Jun Gao

  108
  Citations

• Dizocilpine (MK-801) induces distinct changes of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor subunits in parvalbumin-containing interneurons in young adult rat prefrontal cortex.

  Dong Xi;Wentong Zhang;Huai Xing Wang;George G. Stradtman

  103
  Citations

• Activation of Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β Is Required for Hyperdopamine and D2 Receptor-Mediated Inhibition of Synaptic NMDA Receptor Function in the Rat Prefrontal Cortex

  Yan Chun Li;Dong Xi;Joy Roman;Yue Qiao Huang

  96
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