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Overview

Yen Kuang Yang is affiliated with National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, with a research focus across medicine and neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, biological psychiatry, and neurology. This multidisciplinary orientation supports investigations into complex brain disorders and mental health conditions.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as bipolar disorder and its treatment, schizophrenia research and treatment, tryptophan and brain disorders, functional brain connectivity studies, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, and maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum.

Prominent venues for their publications include Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience, Journal of Affective Disorders, The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, and Frontiers in Psychiatry. These reflect a sustained engagement with psychiatric and neuroscientific communities.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yen Kuang Yang are Po See Chen, Huai-Hsuan Tseng, Kao Chin Chen, Wei Hung Chang, and Shih-Hsien Lin.

Selected recent papers illustrate the range and focus of their research:

  • Peripheral inflammation is associated with dysfunctional corticostriatal circuitry and executive dysfunction in bipolar disorder patients (2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity)
  • Dysregulation of oxytocin and dopamine in the corticostriatal circuitry in bipolar II disorder (2020, Translational Psychiatry)
  • Add-on repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with opioid use disorder undergoing methadone maintenance therapy (2021, The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)
  • The Association of Serum and Dietary Magnesium with Depressive Symptoms (2023, Nutrients)
  • Childhood neglect is associated with corticostriatal circuit dysfunction in bipolar disorder adults (2020, Psychiatry Research)

Best Publications

  • The risk factors of Internet addiction - a survey of university freshmen.

    Hsing Fang Tsai;Shu Hui Cheng;Tzung Lieh Yeh;Chi Chen Shih

  • A study on the sleep quality of incoming university students

    Shu Hui Cheng;Chi-Chen Shih;I. Hui Lee;Yi-Wen Hou

  • Factors associated with premenstrual syndrome - a survey of new female university students.

    Shu Hui Cheng;Chi Chen Shih;Yen Kuang Yang;Kow Tong Chen

  • Serotonin and mental disorders: a concise review on molecular neuroimaging evidence.

    Shih Hsien Lin;Lan Ting Lee;Yen Kuang Yang

  • Psychiatric morbidity and post-traumatic symptoms among survivors in the early stage following the 1999 earthquake in Taiwan.

    Chwen-Cheng Chen;Tzung-Lieh Yeh;Yen Kuang Yang;Shin-Jaw Chen

  • Name Change for Schizophrenia

    Norman Sartorius;Helen Chiu;Kua Ee Heok;Min Soo Lee

  • Psychiatric morbidity and posttraumatic symptoms among earthquake victims in primary care clinics.

    Yen Kuang Yang;Tzung Lieh Yeh;Chwen Cheng Chen;Chih Kuei Lee

  • Treatment response and cognitive impairment in major depression: Association with C-reactive protein

    Hui Hua Chang;I. Hui Lee;Po Wu Gean;Sheng Yu Lee

  • Correlation between body mass index and striatal dopamine transporter availability in healthy volunteers--a SPECT study.

    Po See Chen;Yen Kuang Yang;Tzung Lieh Yeh;I-Hui Lee

  • The Differential Levels of Inflammatory Cytokines and BDNF among Bipolar Spectrum Disorders

    Tzu Yun Wang;Sheng Yu Lee;Shiou Lan Chen;Shiou Lan Chen;Yi Lun Chung

  • Neuropsychological functions in patients with bipolar I and bipolar II disorder

    Yih-Lynn Hsiao;Yi-Syuan Wu;Jo Yung-Wei Wu;Min-Hsien Hsu

  • High prevalence of metabolic disturbances in patients with bipolar disorder in Taiwan.

    Hui Hua Chang;Chen Hsi Chou;Po See Chen;Po Wu Gean

  • Decreased dopamine transporter availability in male smokers — A dual isotope SPECT study

    Yen Kuang Yang;Wei Jen Yao;Tzung Lieh Yeh;I Hui Lee

  • Interaction of serotonin-related genes affects short-term antidepressant response in major depressive disorder

    Eugene Lin;Po See Chen;Hui Hua Chang;Po Wu Gean

  • Correlation between fine motor activity and striatal dopamine D2 receptor density in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls.

    Yen Kuang Yang;Nan Tsing Chiu;Chwen Cheng Chen;Chwen Cheng Chen;Mitchell Chen

  • Associated Alterations of Striatal Dopamine D2/D3 Receptor and Transporter Binding in Drug-Naive Patients With Schizophrenia: A Dual-Isotope SPECT Study

    Yen Kuang Yang;Lung Yu;Tzung Lieh Yeh;Nan Tsing Chiu

  • The role of valproate in metabolic disturbances in bipolar disorder patients

    Hui Hua Chang;Yen Kuang Yang;Po Wu Gean;Hui Chun Huang

  • Nicotine decreases bradykinesia-rigidity in haloperidol-treated patients with schizophrenia.

    Yen Kuang Yang;Leann Nelson;Lakshmi Kamaraju;William Wilson

  • Higher striatal dopamine transporters in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder: A SPECT study with [99mTc] TRODAT-1

    Ting Ting Chang;Tzung Lieh Yeh;Nan Tsing Chiu;Po See Chen

  • Availability of dopamine and serotonin transporters in opioid-dependent users—a two-isotope SPECT study

    Tzung Lieh Yeh;Kao Chin Chen;Shih Hsien Lin;I. Hui Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Po See Chen
Po See Chen National Cheng Kung University
Anthony S. David
Anthony S. David University College London
Jack E. James
Jack E. James Reykjavík University
Katharina Domschke
Katharina Domschke University of Freiburg
Helen F.K. Chiu
Helen F.K. Chiu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Josep M. Mercader
Josep M. Mercader Broad Institute
Fernando Fernández-Aranda
Fernando Fernández-Aranda University of Barcelona
Alessandro Serretti
Alessandro Serretti Kore University of Enna
David J. Castle
David J. Castle University of Tasmania

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