2026 Yan Dong: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	47	6376	5868	2778	2506	107	9944

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Overview

Yan Dong is a researcher affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their work spans several fields, including neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research output is concentrated in subfields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, infectious diseases, and oncology.

Their recent major publications include:

Sex-Specific Role for the Long Non-coding RNA LINC00473 in Depression, 2020, Neuron
Cocaine-induced projection-specific and cell type-specific adaptations in the nucleus accumbens, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
Cocaine Triggers Astrocyte-Mediated Synaptogenesis, 2020, Biological Psychiatry
Global seroprevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in human populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, BMJ Global Health
Astrocytes in cocaine addiction and beyond, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry

Yan Dong collaborates frequently with several researchers including:

Nicholas Graziane
Yanhua H. Huang
Yuxin Fan
Fukai Bao
Meixiao Liu

Their work has been published in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
SSRN Electronic Journal
Biological Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry
Journal of Neuroscience

The main topics covered in their research are focused on:

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Neural dynamics and brain function
Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Vector-borne infectious diseases
Viral Infections and Vectors
Sleep and Wakefulness Research

Best Publications

Drugs of abuse and stress trigger a common synaptic adaptation in dopamine neurons.

Daniel Saal;Yan Dong;Antonello Bonci;Robert C Malenka

1395
Citations
Sex-specific transcriptional signatures in human depression.

Benoit Labonté;Olivia Engmann;Immanuel Purushothaman;Caroline Menard

793
Citations
Transient neuronal inhibition reveals opposing roles of indirect and direct pathways in sensitization

Susan M Ferguson;Daniel Eskenazi;Masago Ishikawa;Matthew J Wanat

500
Citations
CREB modulates excitability of nucleus accumbens neurons

Yan Dong;Thomas Green;Daniel Saal;Helene Marie

428
Citations
Bidirectional Modulation of Incubation of Cocaine Craving by Silent Synapse-Based Remodeling of Prefrontal Cortex to Accumbens Projections

Yao Ying Ma;Brian R. Lee;Xiusong Wang;Changyong Guo

365
Citations
Circuit-wide Transcriptional Profiling Reveals Brain Region-Specific Gene Networks Regulating Depression Susceptibility

Rosemary C C. Bagot;Hannah M M. Cates;Immanuel Purushothaman;Zachary S S. Lorsch

361
Citations
Maturation of silent synapses in amygdala-accumbens projection contributes to incubation of cocaine craving

Brian R. Lee;Yao Ying Ma;Yanhua H. Huang;Xiusong Wang

318
Citations
In vivo Cocaine Experience Generates Silent Synapses

Yanhua H. Huang;Ying Lin;Ping Mu;Brian R. Lee

307
Citations
Activation of intestinal CFTR Cl- channel by heat-stable enterotoxin and guanylin via cAMP-dependent protein kinase.

A.C. Chao;F.J. de Sauvage;Y.J. Dong;J.A. Wagner

306
Citations
A schizophrenia-related sensorimotor deficit links α3-containing GABAA receptors to a dopamine hyperfunction

B. K. Yee;R. Keist;L. Von Boehmer;R. Studer

222
Citations
A Silent Synapse-Based Mechanism for Cocaine-Induced Locomotor Sensitization

T. E. Brown;B. R. Lee;P. Mu;D. Ferguson

207
Citations
Cocaine-induced potentiation of synaptic strength in dopamine neurons: Behavioral correlates in GluRA(–/–) mice

Y. Dong;D. Saal;M. Thomas;R. Faust

192
Citations
Circuit and Synaptic Plasticity Mechanisms of Drug Relapse

Yan Dong;Jane R. Taylor;Marina E. Wolf;Yavin Shaham

182
Citations
Opposing mechanisms mediate morphine- and cocaine-induced generation of silent synapses

Nicholas M Graziane;Shichao Sun;William J Wright;Daniel Jang

179
Citations
The neural rejuvenation hypothesis of cocaine addiction

Yan Dong;Eric J. Nestler

163
Citations
Sex-Specific Role for the Long Non-coding RNA LINC00473 in Depression.

Orna Issler;Yentl Y. van der Zee;Yentl Y. van der Zee;Aarthi Ramakrishnan;Junshi Wang

156
Citations
Exposure to Cocaine Dynamically Regulates the Intrinsic Membrane Excitability of Nucleus Accumbens Neurons

Ping Mu;Jason T. Moyer;Masago Ishikawa;Yonghong Zhang

146
Citations
Progressive maturation of silent synapses governs the duration of a critical period.

Xiaojie Huang;Sophia K. Stodieck;Bianka Goetze;Lei Cui

136
Citations
Cocaine-induced plasticity of intrinsic membrane properties in prefrontal cortex pyramidal neurons: adaptations in potassium currents.

Yan Dong;Fernando J. Nasif;Jennifer J. Tsui;William Y. Ju

135
Citations
Dopamine D1-Class Receptors Selectively Modulate a Slowly Inactivating Potassium Current in Rat Medial Prefrontal Cortex Pyramidal Neurons

Yan Dong;Francis J. White

134
Citations