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Overview

Xin-Fu Zhou is affiliated with the University of South Australia in Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work extensively covers subfields such as Molecular Biology, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, and Pharmacology.

The main topics Zhou has explored include:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol

Recent publications featuring contributions from Zhou include:

  • Intranasal delivery of BDNF-loaded small extracellular vesicles for cerebral ischemia therapy, 2023, Journal of Controlled Release
  • Anticancer property of ginsenoside Rh2 from ginseng, 2020, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Zhou consist of:

  • Larisa Bobrovskaya
  • Liu-Lin Xiong
  • Mohammed Al-Hawwas
  • Nai-Hong Chen
  • Lu-Lu Xue

Zhou's research has been disseminated through multiple publication venues where numerous papers have appeared, including:

  • Neurotoxicity Research
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Acta Pharmacologica Sinica
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Best Publications

  • Deprivation of endogenous brain-derived neurotrophic factor results in impairment of spatial learning and memory in adult rats.

    Jun-Shan Mu;Wei-Ping Li;Zhi-Bin Yao;Xin-Fu Zhou

  • Endogenous BDNF is required for myelination and regeneration of injured sciatic nerve in rodents.

    Jian-Yi Zhang;Xue-Gang Luo;Cory J. Xian;Zhong-Hao Liu

  • Endogenous brain-derived neurotrophic factor is anterogradely transported in primary sensory neurons

    X.-F. Zhou;R.A. Rush

  • Consumption of grape seed extract prevents amyloid-beta deposition and attenuates inflammation in brain of an Alzheimer's disease mouse.

    Yan-Jiang Wang;Yan-Jiang Wang;Philip Thomas;Jin-Hua Zhong;Fang-Fang Bi

  • Clearance of amyloid-beta in Alzheimer's disease: progress, problems and perspectives

    Yan-Jiang Wang;Hua-Dong Zhou;Xin-Fu Zhou

  • Physiological amyloid-beta clearance in the periphery and its therapeutic potential for Alzheimer's disease.

    Yang Xiang;Xian‑Le Bu;Yu‑Hui Liu;Chi Zhu

  • Satellite-cell-derived nerve growth factor and neurotrophin-3 are involved in noradrenergic sprouting in the dorsal root ganglia following peripheral nerve injury in the rat.

    Xin Fu Zhou;Yan Shen Deng;Edward Chie;Qing Xue

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor protects against tau-related neurodegeneration of Alzheimer's disease.

    S.-S. Jiao;L.-L. Shen;C. Zhu;X.-L. Bu

  • Blood-derived amyloid-β protein induces Alzheimer's disease pathologies

    Bu Xl;Xiang Y;Jin Ws;Wang J

  • Differential Expression of the p75 Nerve Growth Factor Receptor in Glia and Neurons of the Rat Dorsal Root Ganglia after Peripheral Nerve Transection

    Xin Fu Zhou;Robert A. Rush;Elspeth M. McLachlan

  • Injured primary sensory neurons switch phenotype for brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the rat.

    X.-F. Zhou;E.T. Chie;Y.-S. Deng;J.-H. Zhong

  • Hyperalgesia due to nerve damage: role of nerve growth factor.

    M Theodosiou;R.A Rush;X.F Zhou;D Hu

  • Edaravone alleviates Alzheimer’s disease-type pathologies and cognitive deficits

    Shu-Sheng Jiao;Xiu-Qing Yao;Yu-Hui Liu;Qing-Hua Wang

  • Increased brain-derived neurotrophic factor immunoreactivity in rat dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord following peripheral inflammation.

    Hee-Jung Cho;Jeong-Ki Kim;Xin-Fu Zhou;Robert A Rush

  • Isolation and Characterization of Neural Crest Progenitors from Adult Dorsal Root Ganglia

    Hong-Yun Li;Evonne Hwee Min Say;Xin-Fu Zhou

  • Neurotrophins from dorsal root ganglia trigger allodynia after spinal nerve injury in rats

    X. F. Zhou;Y. S. Deng;C. J. Xian;J. H. Zhong

  • Upregulation of blood proBDNF and its receptors in major depression

    Li Zhou;Jing Xiong;Yoon Lim;Ye Ruan

  • ProBDNF Collapses Neurite Outgrowth of Primary Neurons by Activating RhoA

    Ying Sun;Yoon Lim;Yoon Lim;Fang Li;Shen Liu;Shen Liu

  • Suppression of p75NTR does not promote regeneration of injured spinal cord in mice

    Xing-Yun Song;Jin-hua Zhong;Xin Wang;Xin-Fu Zhou

  • Distribution of trkB tyrosine kinase immunoreactivity in the rat central nervous system

    Xin Fu Zhou;Luis F. Parada;Dan Soppet;Robert A. Rush

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Rush
Robert A. Rush Flinders University
Zhi-Cheng Xiao
Zhi-Cheng Xiao Monash University
Weihong Song
Weihong Song University of British Columbia
Xiao-Jiang Li
Xiao-Jiang Li Jinan University
Robert W. Williams
Robert W. Williams University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Elspeth M. McLachlan
Elspeth M. McLachlan University of New South Wales
Jan Kaslin
Jan Kaslin Monash University
Bernhard T. Baune
Bernhard T. Baune University of Münster
Shihua Li
Shihua Li Southeast University
David L. Adelson
David L. Adelson University of Adelaide

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