Yi Rao

Yi Rao publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yi Rao sits on this spectrum.

Yi Rao D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yi Rao sits on this spectrum.

Overview

Best Publications

• Small molecule drug screening in Drosophila identifies the 5HT2A receptor as a feeding modulation target

  Gabriel Gasque;Stephen Conway;Juan Huang;Yi Rao

  3631
  Citations

• Both the Establishment and the Maintenance of Neuronal Polarity Require Active Mechanisms: Critical Roles of GSK-3β and Its Upstream Regulators

  Hui Jiang;Wei Guo;Xinhua Liang;Yi Rao;Yi Rao

  736
  Citations

• Signal transduction in neuronal migration: roles of GTPase activating proteins and the small GTPase Cdc42 in the Slit-Robo pathway.

  Kit Wong;Xiu Rong Ren;Yang Zhong Huang;Yi Xie

  733
  Citations

• Directional guidance of neuronal migration in the olfactory system by the protein Slit.

  Wei Wu;Kit Wong;Jin-hui Chen;Zhi-hong Jiang

  719
  Citations

• Vertebrate Slit, a Secreted Ligand for the Transmembrane Protein Roundabout, Is a Repellent for Olfactory Bulb Axons

  Hua shun Li;Jin hui Chen;Wei Wu;Tanya Fagaly

  605
  Citations

• Induction of tumor angiogenesis by Slit-Robo signaling and inhibition of cancer growth by blocking Robo activity.

  Biao Wang;Yang Xiao;Bei Bei Ding;Na Zhang;Na Zhang

  545
  Citations

• The neuronal repellent Slit inhibits leukocyte chemotaxis induced by chemotactic factors.

  Jane Y. Wu;Lili Feng;Hwan Tae Park;Necat Havlioglu

  543
  Citations

• Signalling mechanisms mediating neuronal responses to guidance cues

  Kun-Liang Guan;Yi Rao

  410
  Citations

• Robo4 is a vascular-specific receptor that inhibits endothelial migration

  Kye Won Park;Clayton M. Morrison;Lise K. Sorensen;Christopher A. Jones

  404
  Citations

• Chemoconnectomics: Mapping Chemical Transmission in Drosophila.

  Bowen Deng;Qi Li;Xinxing Liu;Yue Cao

  394
  Citations

• A single morphogenetic field gives rise to two retina primordia under the influence of the prechordal plate

  Hua Shun Li;Christopher Tierney;Leng Wen;Jane Y. Wu

  387
  Citations

• A subset of octopaminergic neurons are important for Drosophila aggression.

  Chuan Zhou;Yong Rao;Yi Rao

  353
  Citations

• Cellular and Molecular Guidance of GABAergic Neuronal Migration from an Extracortical Origin to the Neocortex

  Yan Zhu;Hua Shun Li;Lijuan Zhou;Jane Y. Wu

  347
  Citations

• Role of the chemokine SDF-1 as the meningeal attractant for embryonic cerebellar neurons.

  Yan Zhu;Tao Yu;Xiao Chun Zhang;Takashi Nagasawa

  330
  Citations

• Netrin requires focal adhesion kinase and Src family kinases for axon outgrowth and attraction

  Guofa Liu;Hilary Beggs;Claudia Jürgensen;Hwan Tae Park

  328
  Citations

• Activation of FAK and Src are receptor-proximal events required for netrin signaling

  Weiquan Li;Jeeyong Lee;Haris G. Vikis;Seung Hee Lee

  312
  Citations

• The mouse SLIT family: secreted ligands for ROBO expressed in patterns that suggest a role in morphogenesis and axon guidance.

  Wenlin Yuan;Lijuan Zhou;Jin hui Chen;Jane Y. Wu

  311
  Citations

• Mapping Neural Circuits with Activity-Dependent Nuclear Import of a Transcription Factor

  Kaoru Masuyama;Yi Zhang;Yi Rao;Jing W Wang

  258
  Citations

• Disruption of ROBO2 Is Associated with Urinary Tract Anomalies and Confers Risk of Vesicoureteral Reflux

  Weining Lu;Weining Lu;Albertien M. Van Eerde;Xueping Fan;Fabiola Quintero-Rivera

  257
  Citations

• Slit proteins: molecular guidance cues for cells ranging from neurons to leukocytes

  Kit Wong;Hwan Tae Park;Jane Y Wu;Yi Rao

  246
  Citations